After Bhoot Bangla, lyricist and poet Yatindra Mishra teams up with Pritam, Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar for Haiwaan | Hindustan Times (original) (raw)

National Film Award-winning author and poet Yatindra Mishra turned lyricist with filmmaker Priyadarshan’s Bhoot Bangla. His song O Ri O Sanwariya, composed by music director Pritam and filmed on Akshay Kumar, Tabu, and Jisshu Sengupta, was well received.

Lyricist Yatindra Mishra during a song writing session with Pritam, Priyadarshan and his assistant Abhilash Nair at Pritam Studio, Mumbai and (inset) a still from song O Ri O Sanwariya.

HT City has now exclusively learnt that the lyricist has again teamed up with the same Pritam and Priyadarshan for Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan.

“I debuted into Hindi film songwriting with O Ri O Sanwariya, which was on the lines of Mera Dholna (Bhool Bhulaiyaa, 2007) but done in a very different manner. The Haiwaan song is again very different, but it's a beautiful number. More details are awaited, and a formal announcement will be made for the same,” tells the writer of biopics Lata Sur Gatha and Gulzar Saab: Hazaar Rahen Mud Ke Dekheen.

Giving insight into how the author and poet turned into a film lyricist, he says, “I have written Ram Tandav (Soor Veer Rang Rag Dheer Veer) for Priyadarshan’s documentary Sabke Ram, which was sung by Malini Awasthi on the music of Kerala-based national award-winning composer Ramesh Narayan. It was after this song that the filmmaker offered him his film song.”

He adds, “For the song, he called me to Mumbai and booked me a hotel for two days. With God’s grace, the song was written in two hours, and they liked it. The music, Priyadarshan’s direction, and vocals by Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali, and Prithvi Gandharv gave it a beautiful texture. More songs are happening, but slowly and steadily, as poetry is my core and I want to write meaningful songs.”

Last year, on Shri Ram Temple’s second anniversary of the Pran Pratistha ceremony, the temple trust released the song Hey Sakal Vishwas Ram, which was penned by Yatindra and sung by Hariharan, Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal, and Malini Awasthi.

The Ayodhya-based writer came up with poetry collection Bina Kalinga Vijay Ke last year and earlier this year has come up with Nainan Mein Aan Baan - Music History & Analysis.