DNA (December 19, 2014)

Ashutosh Gowariker, A R Rahman and Javed Akhtar created musical milestones in Lagaan, Swades and Jodhaa-Akbar. They are back together again for Gowariker’s period film Mohenjo Daro featuring Hrithik Roshan in the lead.

Interestingly, Akhtar will be penning songs after nearly four years. In 2012-13, Akhtar was blacklisted by all major producers because of his long legal and moral tussle over copyrights-royalty issues for writers.
Confirming this ‘historical’ return to poetic form, he says, “It’s true I was unemployed because of my fight with producers over writers’ royalty. During this time I mainly wrote lyrics for my children Farhan and Zoya’s film.”

Besides Mohenjo Daro, Akhtar has also been signed to write the lyrics for Vipul Shah’s next directorial venture. “Vipul’s film is a very contemporary love story while Ashutosh’s film will take me back to the past. Hopefully, you will get to hear a lot of songs in 2015.”