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From camera to kalam
Updated On: 13 October, 2023 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
Turning lyricist with Saaqiya, Sultan of Delhi director Milan Luthria says Vidya, Emraan and his friends’ reactions have given him confidence to pursue songwriting
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Milan Luthria, Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi
Sultan of Delhi promises to be a signature Milan Luthria fare, complete with larger-than-life characters, well-mounted action sequences and dialoguebaazi. At the same time, the gangster drama marks a departure for the director, who has turned lyricist with the number, Saaqiya. Penning the song was an organic process, says Luthria. “When the melody was sung to me, I gave them a rough line, but couldn’t go further than that. I have worked with some of the best songwriters of my time, be it Vishal Dadlani or Rajat Arora, and the musical great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. You end up watching and learning from them,” says the director.
After giving the first line, Luthria started thinking how he could take it forward. “That night at home, I said, ‘Forget it, it’s not my job’ and went to sleep. When I woke up the next morning, I realised that I had written the mukhda at some point last night. My assistants, my producer and the music composer loved it. Later, on a holiday, one of my friends insisted that I complete the song, and I did!”
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