MUMBAI: Hindi film song-writers including Varun Grover, Swanand Kirkire and Neelesh Misra have criticised music streaming platforms for not crediting lyricists.
Grover, who has penned songs for films like “Masaan”, “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” and “Gangs of Wasseypur”, was among the first to tweet how he and composer Sagar Desai were not credited for the 2014 film “Aankhon Dekhi”.
In a series of tweets on July 18, Grover wrote how despite “repeated requests” it took the record label four years to release the film’s music online and that too without lyricist credits.
“Now I find they put the full album jukebox in 2018 but have not credited me and Sagar Desai. And then in 2020, six years after the film’s release, @TimesMusicHub starts putting out the ‘lyrics videos’ from #AnkhonDekhi – but again no credits eeven in lyrics videos,” Grover said.
Hours after his first tweet, the writer wrote that Times Music had added appropriate credits on the YouTube channel and thanked lyricist Mayur Puri for his timely intervention.
“Thanks to @mayurpuri for intervening & grateful to them for being prompt. Hope it’s a start and all music companies take action to rightly credit the creators on their channels.” (AGENCIES)
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