While the soundtrack of SINGH IS KINNG is topping the charts the world over, little has been written about the lyricist Mayur Puri who has penned the successful numbers. From the emerging breed of young and talented dialogue writers-lyricists, Mayur Puri’s name strikes a chord when one talks about songs with distinct Punjabi flavour.

When quizzed about his favourite track from the film, Mayur is quick to respond, “Actually I have two favourite songs. ‘Jee Karda’ for its energy and synergy between the Punjabi and English lyrics, and ‘Teri Ore’ for its softness.” He also shares how Pritam had initially composed three different tunes for ‘Bas Ek Kinng’ – the track currently topping the charts, and had almost settled for one of the other tunes. After much deliberation from Mayur he used the current tune. In fact even the lyrics were a little different originally, but then a philosophical twist was added to them to go with the message of the film – Being a Kinng is a derivative of positive attitude in life.

Interestingly, while Punjabi is a binding factor among the songs, Mayur has gotten as authentic as it gets in the Daler Mehndi-rendered ‘Bhootnike’ – using some of the most rustic expressions found in the language. Talking about this track he says, “I really didn’t want this song to be a run-of-the-mill Shaadi number, where people come and wish the couple. This is the first song in the film and it really had to set the tone right. So Aneezji and I came up with the idea of making it as real as possible. If you notice, at a wedding, the groom’s friends are always kidding about the end of his independence, and how he found himself such a good looking wife despite being so ugly himself! ‘Bhootnike’ was written in the same spirit. Akshay’s character has a blast in the song, and he’s performed it beautifully. I’m confident it’ll leave people laughing!”

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