For writing philosophical songs, you can refer our old epics and stories and take the theme from them.ġ9. Don’t criticize any belief or caste or religion in your song using strong words.ġ8. The theme of the song may be good even if the words are not perfect.ġ7. Don’t throw anything if it did not satisfy you or the director.
For Love songs, use words that reflects the appearance, character, style etc of the pair involved in the movie.ġ6. For Melody songs, use words which are pleasing to hear when pronounced.ġ5.
If the song is used to describe about the hero or heroine, you can write it in the form of a story which will make it more interesting.ġ4. Express the feelings using simple words so that it goes to the heart of the viewer instead of the mind.ġ3. Write down your feelings using various words and choose the best among themġ2. Before starting writing,imagine yourself in the situation of the song and how you would feel. Understand the main subject of the song fully.You can refer articles or stories related to the situation in books and magazines and note down the interesting phrases in that.ġ1. Put double effort while writing on the verse as it is the key for success as people will only listen further if the first few lines get their attention.ġ0. List all the points you want to say in the song even it may seem silly to you and then choose the best among them.ĩ.
Use more rhythmic (ending characters have same rhymes) words in your song.Ĩ. So use some words in your song to follow the trend.ħ. Using at least one English word in the song is the latest trend. Use the word which is most commonly used.Ħ. More than one word can be used to describe a thing.
If you are writing a song for a movie taken in Delhi, you can use the slang spoken in Delhi.ĥ. For example, Hindi spoken in Mumbai and Delhi are not the same. Use spoken form of the language as it will be understood by the majority of the people.Ĥ. Every language will have two forms: spoken and literal. Know the catchy words used by having conversation with school and college students so that you can include them in your song.ģ. Of course you can refer the poems for understanding the concept.Ģ. Write the song on your own and don’t copy the same words from other songs or poems which have appeared in magazines.
Chorus is usually a small music using instruments or humming words and it does not have any meaningful lyrics.ġ. Verses are usually short and 2 to 4 lines long whereas the bridge (stanza) may vary from 8 to 10 lines long. The verse or the introductory lyrics appears at the beginning of the song and is repeated after each bridge or stanza. That was the key for success.Ī typical film songs will have the following format : chorus, verse, bridge1(stanza), chorus, repeat verse, bridge2(stanza), chorus, repeat verse. It used simple words in Tamil and English which can be understood even by a small child. You might have heard the popular Tamil song ‘Why this Kolaveri di’? It neither has the depth of the language nor has the extraordinary music but it became that much popular in almost all parts of India. I am not denying the fact that the writer should have a good knowledge in the language but the key is writing the song according to the latest trend using simple words instead of proving your proficiency in the language. If you ask me “Do some one needs to be highly qualified and proficient in the language to write a song?” We have seen movies which succeeded only because of songs even if the story is not impressive.Every movie will have at least 4 songs and can go up to 8.The type of song may be romantic, comedy,philosophy, devotional etc. Songs play an important role in the Indian films and it is very rare to see a film without a song. In India, songs are written mainly for movies and albums.