Prasoon Joshi adds a new title of a music composer

  Lyricist and poet Prasoon Joshi has added another title to his profile — that of a music composer. Having proved his talent and wit at words, time and again, the genius now takes it a step further as he composes music for Prakash Jha’s most anticipated film Arakshan.
Prasoon has written the lyrics for four evocative songs in the film. And the one song that he has also composed music for is called Kaun Si Dor.
However, music is not something new to Prasoon, who is a trained in classical music from Rampur Gharana. “Music is in my blood. Both my parents are trained musicians as well,” reveals Prasoon who has trained under Ustad Hafiz Ahmed Khan. In fact Prasoon often composes and sings many of his advertising jingles. “People in the advertisement industry are all aware of my inclination towards music. Whenever I write…I always have a tune in my head.”
And just before we begin to think that Prasoon’s interests are shifting, he clears the air. “No, this doesn’t mean I am turning into a music composer. I’m not even thinking of music direction. In India, unlike west, we do not have the concept of song writers composing the music as well. I just had a tune and so I recorded it in my own voice and bounced it off to Prakash Ji and Shankar, and they loved it.” He maintains that “Shankar is the music director for the film.” “It was very gracious of him to appreciate and use my work.”
Talking more about his romance with music, Prasoon reveals that he enjoys all kinds of music, from all across the world. “Pop, hip hop, jazz, rock, classical of course…I listen to all,” he says. “I try and use it in my writing too. For instance Genda Phool had a touch of folk music in it.”
Clearly, Prasoon is a master with pen and paper as his writings have never failed to arrest our attention. And even when he created some, what he calls ‘brainless’ words like Masak Kali, there remained a honey soaked texture to it - something which can be called his characteristic style.