In the 1990s, lyrics was not something that people were much worried about. There were music directors whose music sold with whatever words or unwords were there. Of course, good lyrics could be a plus, but one could do with tu cheez badi hai mast mast and sexy sexy sexy mujhe log bolen as well. But fortunately, things changed for better with the next decade, at least to some extent. During those times, came a lyricist, who started slowly, but went on to give some of the best lyrics Hindi film industry would find in that age, especially from such a young lyricist.
Prasoon Joshi started his Journey in Hindi film industry with Bhopal Express where he wrote the lyrics for a single background track composed by Shankar Mahadevan, followed by a single song for Rajkumar Santoshi's Lajja, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Ilaiyaraja. He took time to find his movies, but most of the movies he chose got him good recognition. That is how Prasoon is one of the best known lyricists in film industry with less than twenty movies to his credit, a few of them having just a song of two written by him.
After this he wrote lyrics for Love at Times Square, Kyon and Aankhen as well, but his name got recognition when he wrote lyrics for Hum Tum (2004), his second complete Hindi album after Kyon. The album was hit not just due to its music, but Prasoon's lyrics in Ladki kyun got him quick recognition among youth, at the same time fetching him a screen award for the romantic title song.
Also, Kyon had all the songs written by Prasoon and with Bhupen Hazarika composing for the album, the songs were nice, but the movie was lost due to lack of enough publicity.
His next album Phir Milenge (2004), where he wrote lyrics for most of the songs, was not really a hit, but then the Revathi movie on a topic as serious as AIDS had quality in not only its story and screenplay, even the lyrics said a lot about the movie. Khul ke Muskura le tu, dard ko sharmane de was an example of poetry that wasn't very easily found in the Hindi film industry those days, or even today for that matter. Lines like utaar gham ke mozay, zameen ko gungunane de, kankaron ko talwon mein gudgudi machane de were freshness coming alive.
Prasoon Joshi started his Journey in Hindi film industry with Bhopal Express where he wrote the lyrics for a single background track composed by Shankar Mahadevan, followed by a single song for Rajkumar Santoshi's Lajja, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Ilaiyaraja. He took time to find his movies, but most of the movies he chose got him good recognition. That is how Prasoon is one of the best known lyricists in film industry with less than twenty movies to his credit, a few of them having just a song of two written by him.
After this he wrote lyrics for Love at Times Square, Kyon and Aankhen as well, but his name got recognition when he wrote lyrics for Hum Tum (2004), his second complete Hindi album after Kyon. The album was hit not just due to its music, but Prasoon's lyrics in Ladki kyun got him quick recognition among youth, at the same time fetching him a screen award for the romantic title song.
Also, Kyon had all the songs written by Prasoon and with Bhupen Hazarika composing for the album, the songs were nice, but the movie was lost due to lack of enough publicity.
His next album Phir Milenge (2004), where he wrote lyrics for most of the songs, was not really a hit, but then the Revathi movie on a topic as serious as AIDS had quality in not only its story and screenplay, even the lyrics said a lot about the movie. Khul ke Muskura le tu, dard ko sharmane de was an example of poetry that wasn't very easily found in the Hindi film industry those days, or even today for that matter. Lines like utaar gham ke mozay, zameen ko gungunane de, kankaron ko talwon mein gudgudi machane de were freshness coming alive.
