Summary:
Nagpur: Think of a popular Hindi film song and in all likelihood it may have been penned by Anand Bakshi. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Bakshi has written more than 4,000 songs. And though the singers were all amateurs and a tad off key and the orchestra mediocre, the programme rode on the strength of Bakshi’s pen. The musical event Lafzon Ka Jadugar aimed at highlighting his contribution through 24 select songs which were presented at Scientific Society Hall on Sunday.Conceptualized by Dr Sudhir Kunnawar for Saptrang, and anchored by Dr Manoj Salpekar, the evening had six singers presenting some of the best known songs penned by the lyricist. What followed were a string of super-hit numbers like ‘Hum tum ek kamre band hai’, ‘Aye ri pawan’ and ‘Itna toh yaad hai mujhe’ from Mehboob ki Mehndi which was written by Gulzar, yet Bakshi was called to write the songs.Though Bakshi wrote songs for all genres, young and old actors and debutants like in Bobby, he was best at songs which had an element of tragedy..