PRASOON JOSHI : LOVING REALISM
ARVIND K.PANDEY
(Published in DASH , MARCH ,2008)
The likes of Prasoon Joshi and Piyush Pandey have defied the norms by presenting conventional wisdom in crucible of modern lingo without destroying the essence of knowledge shared by the comon people . One of the main reasons for present-age writers /lyricists inability to strike bond with average people has been the absence of Indianness in them . Having little connection with lives of people living in rural India (the real India ) , the bonhomie of so-called writers with Hinglish fails to leave everlasting impression on the listeners/readers .The good thing about Prasoon Joshi is that he is trying to follow the footsteps of lyricists of yesteryears especially Gulzar .Probably , he is right in his observation that that song writer should have ability to record the happenings of real life in simplistic manner .The songs of Taren Zameen Par , Fanaa , Hum Tum and Rang De Basanti , to name a few , bear testimony to his ability to say things in a simple manner . Needless to state , such powerful ex-pressions cannot surface without having a deep bond with vernacular literature .
