Songs and lyrics are a big part of what I do for a living. As an assistant director on the film Veer Zaara, I had to check the lyrics for Punjabi parts. My contributions towards making SOME lines more meaningful as well as METRE-friendly were appreciated and I was lucky enough to work on a film that had GULZAR as the songwriter. Here I contributed nothing, but learnt the fine art of wordplay in the Indian romantic context, over 1.5 years by being around the great man.
I can exploit ideas, idioms and innuendo very well in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.. Mycontributions for the works of the band East India Company and Milli Bhagat, both started from Delhi. One band member is soon starting a solo career in his free time that is outside the contract calendar. I am helping him with lyrics for 2 songs One of them is from scratch, while the other has 1 stanza provided.
As a student of language, I have a English literature degree from Delhi University and I have traveled and lived all over India to connect with their world, thoughts and aspirations. Having lived in Delhi and Mumbai, I know the urban aspects that affect and complicate our lives.
But in world view, words and language and their multi meanings are regarded as a work of art. I keep my distance from cheap and slang variants that undermine the social fabric of the world.
I am interested in song writing for your project, and I look forward to details and situations that convey the idea fully.