Words matter. These are the best Rajesh Roshan Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I need creative satisfaction and only then I can move in as a director.
The track ‘Fire’ is quite different from the other songs in ‘Kites.’
During the ’80s when I was peaking in my career, I was a heavy drinker and would not be in control post my drinks at times. I used to be a tough husband to live with and had a bad temper. But I have now learnt to control both my drinks and my temper.
Till ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai,’ I was involved in everything from casting to scripting. Then I shifted to a separate house.
RD Burman was one of the greatest and yet in the end, even his closest friends left him and he was all alone. So I do feel every music man should not be just only in music but should have an alternate career.
If I make a film it won’t be for commercial reasons.
In the earlier days, people used to be very emotional about making films. There used to be a great friendship between music directors and directors; today that is missing.
I was great friends with Rakesh Kumar, B. Naggi Reddy and Yash Chopra.
The law is against us music composers. We have no legal control over our compositions. Music companies are selling our songs to producers at throwaway prices. We are helpless.
I remember when the great composer Madan Mohan had suddenly passed away, the producer-director H.S. Rawail had approached me to complete three of the pending songs in the Rishi Kapoor-Ranjeeta starrer ‘Laila Majnu.’ I refused saying I am not worthy of sharing a soundtrack with a genius like Madan Mohan saab.
I can’t go to a party and just smile at people and walk away. There are big actors, directors who come to a party and stay for not more than 20 minutes. They have a knack for making a quick exit but I have not been successful in doing that. So I try to avoid such gatherings.
‘KNPH’ became a hit. But unfortunately for me, I then got my first heart attack.
I can’t be bullied by producers.
Rakesh is very strict and he will never use suggestive words in a song. Yes, he wants modern melodies but he wants the lyrics to be clean.
Hrithik is a great help to me while I compose the music for our films. He gives his inputs to us. He sits with me and learns a lot about music too. He is very fond of learning and very involved in the filmmaking process.
Evergreen songs are not made overnight. They are cultivated and nurtured and born out of creative conflicts.
How can I be happy when my songs are converted into a circus?
Even earlier there were songs where I was not finding appropriate voices, but still I overlooked that and didn’t get the perfect voice to sing it. Now I won’t do that.
A composer like me finds it impossible to work with today’s producers. They want to tell you exactly how to compose, which notes to play, which rhythms to put in which part of the song.
We’ve managed a hat trick with ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai,’ ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ and ‘Krrish.’
The proper thing to do would have been to first ask my consent before remixing ‘Mungda.’
Today’s singers don’t have the time and are very restless and they want to record and just run away.
