Javed Akhtar has said many times that he is an atheist. He does not believe in God yet he has written a song like O Palanahare. He writes many songs in 10 minutes. During an interview, Javed Akhtar told what he thought while writing the song on God. He also said that there was no motivation behind writing the song Ek Ladki Ko Dekha but fear.
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Javed Akhtar has been seen arguing against the absence of any divine power in many instances. Although he has written many songs on God. In an old Red FM interview, Javed Akhtar was asked where he gets the inspiration for his songs. On that he said that the actor is hidden inside the lyricist or dialogue writer. He writes for a character. We have to write after understanding what we are writing for.
Singing requires dedication
Giving an example of the song ‘O Palanhare’, Javed said, I am an atheist. I have no religious opinion. If you are writing a song on a situation like ‘O Palanhare’, you have to create that feeling, devotion and simplicity within yourself. Such songs require dedication. Nowadays people express that they are very happy, pretending to be winners. Such a song requires three things: simplicity, humility and dedication. One has to find it in the corner of the heart and come into that mindset to write a song. It was very difficult for me to write this song.
Javed’s friend got a call
Javed said that his friend called him and said, you are lying and you are an atheist. No atheist can write such songs. To this Javed replied, You would also think I am a bandit because I also wrote Gabbar Singh’s dialogues. You have to feel it. The emotion has to be taken there.