How to write lyrics for bollywood movies

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Vani at white phosphorous had written an interesting post on Hindi songs with wacky lyrics. That Post lists some famous Bollywood songs which never deserve to be hits, but still did.

This reminded me of my graduation days where we used to write Hindi “movie” songs, just like those, or better. I couldn’t help but writing about our contribution.

Some tips here:

  • No experience needed for writing a song, compose background music for it. When we (me and another copyright holder sarkar) wrote some songs and sung it in the middle of the night (in hostels life starts at mid night) the whole hostel went crazy. I guess they were cheering us, most of them were geeks.
  • Read news paper, blogs etc. pick a sentence first catches your eyes, write it down. Check Orkut scraps, mail regularly. That can make a great start up line

For example, there was a superhit song in movie “rakshak” Suneil Shetty and raveena:

“ Ladkeeeee haaaan shehar ki ladkeeeeeeeeeee,

ankh churake bole hay haawaryu haay haawaryu haay haawaryu

ankh milake bole haw do you do haw do you do haw do you do

I believe, lyricist picked up it from orkut scraps.

  • Remember general conversation with your friends, girlfriends etc. keep logging chat and instant messages also. There are some examples which went very super hit in Hindi industry (remember: accha to hum chalte hein…)
Planet Bollywood
Planet Bollywood
  • When mention a movie song when I have my own. We framed it some seven eight years back. Though the song is not sold we still hold copyrights of it

Male voice: Maine tumko dekhaaa….

Female voice: kahan dekha..kahan dekha…

Male voice: Maine tumko janaaa….

Female voice: kyajanaa.. kya janaa…..

Male voice: shaadi karogi…

Female voice: na na…. na na… na na…

Both together and chorous: lallalallala…..

We even had our dance steps also worked out for this.

  • Remember every thing can be music. Koyal ki koo koo main , bachche ki susu main, sangeet hi sangeet hai.
  • Think from other people perspective. Feel for poor, oppressed, refugees, animals, plants anything, and think what they think. For exmple : Main character is feeling bad about a stray dog.

paagal kutta meraa… tumse ye Bhonk rahaaaaaaa ..

abto tere bina bhonka jayenaaaaaaaaa…………..

  • Finally rants. Write what you think when you are not actually thinking. Insert sounds and words, which no one has any idea. Include political , social cultural and historical events in between. Go crazy. One example:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa meraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mera sundar sapna yaad aaya….main banke chidiyan ud gayiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……. mera sundar sapna yaad aaya……………..dhinka chikir dhin dhinka chikir dhikta tana tana nana na

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  1. request to all indians ……………..please adwise or guide me. i am a lyrics and poem writer and i have write a love story .. but without guide i am not improve ourself …. so pls request to all frnds,.,

    agar koi ek chance de to mai dekha dunga k mai kya hu,.,,., apne aap ko luta dunga uspe,,, jo muje guide krega

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    1. Title of my song@@@@@@@@@

      Boy—————— “tum ho khusi . . . .tum ho khuda. . .,
      hamse milke… . to. fir kyo hue yuu juda. . ,

      girl ——————- kuch hote hue bi . .
      dil rote hue bi. . . .
      Anjan hote hai musafir.
      . . . .o. . .o . . . .o. . .
      ho ,,,,ho,,,,,,,,hoho,,…

      boy——————— jb bi koi anjan. . . apna ban jata h. . .
      na jane kyo . .wo bhut yad aata h. .
      lakh bulane chahe unko
      par kya kre har najar mai wo hi najar aate h,,,
      . . . Aa. . . Aa . . . Aa
      . . . .jane kyo aapko bulaya na jaye. . . .@ continuous,,,,,,,

      Title OF 2nd song*****

      * tum hi ho….jo meri sanse ban ske…
      tum hi ho jo mera ….sathi ban ske.
      o,.,.,o,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hoooooooooo

      ban-ne ko to kya ban-na hai,,…………..,.
      ^tum hi ho jo meri jin…dagi ban ske…..

      aapke siva kuch bi yad na aaye. . . @ continuous,,,,,,, and modified after your selection,

      Jai hind jai bharat……..
      Thanks
      kARAN kHARI

      Thanks
      karan khari
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    2. dear friend main bhi writer hun zyada anubhav nahi mager aapko good advice de sakta hnu ager aap chahen marzi aapki
      contact
      08826086786

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        Toot jata hai aksar ghareebi me wo rishta jo khaas hota hai…
        hzaro yeer bante hai jab paisa paas hota hai..

        .. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥.. ♥ ♥

        hum is qabil to nahi shayad ke koi hum ko apna sajhe ga..
        lekin itna to…

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  5. hi i wrote so lovely songs one of my favorite songs is “bicharty lamhay” i want to know that how to submit this song to any singer i don’t have any idea.
    plz guide me for this my address is mehtab_sma@yahoo.com

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  7. i am surender kumar a hindi writing and hindi film song and hindi film story writing and diolouge scriept writing and bhajan song .

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  8. Tere jane ka dard hamari sanso ko mout de gayi ,par ham jite rahe kyunki us dard ka wasta tujhse tha…
    Jab jab yad kiya tujhe hajaro ansu ankho se gire ,par hamne gam nai kiya kyunki un ansuo me dikhta surat ka rista tujhse tha.

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