Lewd Lyrics

Today the catchiest tunes of Bollywood have the weirdest, most obnoxious lyrics. Yet their popularity has no limit. The reason for the publicity is not just the lyrics merely, but media, be it promos, news or newspapers all work collaboratively to popularize the tracks. But one thing is true; although the lyrics are unpleasant still the music is somewhat better than the regular tracks. May be, the music directors are hyper-excited with the lyrics and they think to produce a different kind of music that is at par with the punk attitude of the song. Who knows.
But along with the promotions several question rises, are such songs good for the society in general? Are people comfortable listening to such tracks with their family? Is obscenity the only way to popularity?

The answer to the above questions would be a NO. Of course, the songs are not healthy for the society. I’ll give you few instances. The lewd lyrics like “Dil tharki ho jaye toh …pyaar do, pyaar lo” are now among the eve teasers’ moves. For them to tease a girl just singing the song is enough. Even if the song is not accompanied with the usual repugnant actions, still it’s enough to embarrass a girl to death. Let apart eve teasers, how would it sound if a 6yr old frivolously sings, “Daddy mujhse bola wo galti hai meri…tujhse zindgani guilty h meri” ?answer: I guess” The ripping of his father’s heart into pieces” can be heard aloud. Not only the words are strange, but even the choreography crosses the line and adds to its lubricity. Who can forget munni applying the “zandu baam” on her buttocks ..!! Imagine the same number (due to its popularity again), being innocuously performed by a bunch of school girls. It would be detestable to anyone. Also, songs like “aaj mere liye chair kheech rha h kal skirt kheechega ; dum maaro dum ” no family would allow their young children to watch songs that may harm their mental character in any way. Children imitate what they see, and the songs have nothing to teach after all. But yes, the today’s directors find obscenity the staircase to promotions, the short cut to make money, and the girl dancing in the video is raised to fame overnight.

Sadly, Bollywood had such numbers before too. Reviewing the Bipasha Basu’s popular number “beedi jalaile” and “Namak Ishq ka” one can say bollywood has always been tainted with raunchy tracks. But then, the movie’s story line demanded such songs. Exemplifying, Movies like Murder , Omkara, Bunty and bubbly (kajrare fame) etc demanded such tracks. Now how can amitabh sing a kawali/bhajan in a bar. Still those tracks did not contain as much repulsive words as present days tracks have. But nowadays every bollywood movie has one such track, just to get the ball rolling. Several movies made solely on “Music” theme have proved how lyrics can be used judiciously. Few examples are “ROCK On”, “LONDON DREAMS” etc. I hope, the directors and the lyricist would understand the deeper impact the songs are leaving on the society apart from the tunes that we often hum unknowingly. I wish the tunes remain the same but with better, meaningful lyrics like old days, where singing the song itself took you to different places in the memory lane.


P.S : the above mentioned songs are just taken as examples, i dont have grudge against any director and the whole article is my personal view on the subject.