At Times, Gibberish Helps Capture Crazy Energy Said ‘Akdi Pakdi’ Songwriter – FilmyVoice
Because the peppy dance quantity ‘Akdi Pakdi’ from the upcoming movie ‘Liger’ is topping the charts, the lyricist of the music, Mohsin Shaikh, decoded the thought behind utilizing such gibberish to encapsulate the power of the character Liger and the persona of celebrity Vijay Deverakonda who performs the titular function.
Mohsin shouldn’t be solely a lyricist, but in addition a composer and a part of the Javed-Mohsin duo.
Requested about what briefing he acquired from the makers of the movie earlier than penning the music ‘Akdi Pakdi Timka Tikdi’, Mohsin stated: “Properly, we knew that it’s a pan-Indian movie and Vijay is a celebrity within the south. In southern cinema, there are various such songs which can be bigger than life and extremely energetic and make us dance like loopy. We had been advised to seize that power within the music.
“The character of Liger is that of a lion and a tiger. So to seize that distinctive power, we had been not likely specializing in the which means of the phrases however on the sound of them. So lastly after we put the phrases ‘Akdi Pakdi Dikka Dikadi…’ on the beats, it was working completely and the dance was occurring in our head!”
He added: “I believe at occasions it’s not the true lyrics, however the gibberish encapsulating the power of a personality.”
The music is written by Mohsin together with Azeem Dayani, and composed by Lijo George-DJ Chetas. It has been sung by Dev Negi, Pawni Pandey and Lijo George.
The music is picturised on Vijay and Anaya Pandey and has been launched in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
Requested concerning the first response of each the celebrities of the movie, Mohsin stated: “We made the music throughout the lockdown and again then every thing was occurring on zoom calls.
“The second we performed the music, Vijay reacted by saying ‘that is gonna be a superhit quantity!’ Properly, he actually has a robust sense of mass leisure and mass songs. It’s true that everybody is dancing to the music now. We’re blissful.”
‘Liger’ directed by Puri Jagannath additionally options Ramya Krishnan and Ronit Roy whereas boxing legend Mike Tyson makes a particular look. It’s slated to hit the screens on August 25.
