Former Director of the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) and IAS officer Gaurav Krishna Bansal insists that it's time for Pritam's “Break up“ song from Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM) to move over so the quirky heartbreak track, “Thukra Ke Dil Mera Intekaam Dekhegi“, that he has penned for Ratna Sinha's romcom, Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana, can set feet tapping and fingers snapping.

“It's much better than the other breakup song - a Majrooh Sultanpuri-styled track with Urdu lyrics. The hero who is dumped because he has failed to make it big, is back with a vengeance, telling his dushman-lover that she will now yearn for his dosti,“ says Gaurav.

The bureaucrat, who got a chance to meet the film's leads, Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda, is delighted that Ratna and producer Vinod Bachchan, after going through his poems thought this one would make for a potential chartbuster. “I did two drafts, but eventually everyone loved the end result,“ he reminisces.

An active member of the Government of India's North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), the debutant lyricist is determined to prove that officers are not stone hearted, but brimming with liter ary talent which usually doesn't find an audience. “Afsar ka bhi dil hota hai!“ he asserts, hoping that other government officials find a complementary career in mainstream cinema.