Rajkumar Hirani Offered This Much Amount To Javed Akhtar To Write One Song For "Dunki"
Rajkumar Hirani gave Rs. 25 lakh to Javed Akhtar To Write One Song for "Dunki".
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00:00 Rajkumar Hirane's most disappointing creation, Dunky, couldn't earn as much as SRK's previous movies, Pathan and Jawan, did.
00:10 But it was an quite entertaining movie and people enjoyed it because of the songs.
00:15 The movie indeed has great songs, many of them are trending on social media like Luth Put Gaya and some others.
00:23 There are a total of 8 songs in the movie, created by legends from music industry.
00:28 And Javed Akhtar is one of them.
00:31 He had contributed one song, he got a very high amount.
00:35 The song Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se, released on December 1, 2023.
00:42 It got millions of views after release.
00:44 The lyrics of the song are so touchy that everyone will get emotional after listening to it.
00:51 And its credit goes to Javed Akhtar.
00:53 He wrote lyrics for this song for Rajkumar Hirane's creation.
00:57 He was given an amount of Rs. 25 lakh just to write one song for the movie.
01:03 On a talk show, Mein Koi Aisa Kit Gau, he talked about movie Dunky and said that he generally doesn't write lyrics for one song.
01:13 When the director asked him to write one song, he refused.
01:18 But later on, he put some terms in front of Hirane.
01:21 The director agreed to all of them and this is how Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se was created.
01:27 But later on, Javed Akhtar politely gave all credit for the song's massive hit to Rajkumar Hirane.
01:34 Saying that the song was a hit because of Rajkumar Hirane.
01:39 On that show, he also talked about his writing process.
01:43 He mentioned that he has cried several times while writing lyrics for any specific song.
01:49 In recent days, he was trending on social media due to various comments he made about Salman Khan.
01:57 And Sholay!
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