Writing comedy no funny business: Farhad Samji
24/06/2019
When Sajid-Farhad were stru-ggling in Bolly-wood as lyricists, the brot-hers would visit producers and present their songs, using a tub as a tabla. They called themselves "tub ne bana di jodi."
More than a decade later, the duo are the names behind the biggest comedy hits of recent times and Farhad Samji says writing humour, just like their success, isn't a cakewalk.
Farhad belongs to a business family from Bengaluru and used to run a restaurant in the city, before he moved to Mumbai to give Bollywood a try. The writer recalls how his supportive family they booked three rooms for nine people in a city hotel when the brothers came to struggle would always laugh at their 'comical songs', which boosted their confidence.
"I had keen interest in music, singing and lyric writing. We were avid first-day first-show Govinda film fans and used to compose music as well as write lyrics.
"With that attitude, confidence and arrogance, I came to struggle. We visited studio to studio, called up every producer who we could," Farhad told PTI.
The story goes that the brothers would visit studios and surprise everyone including Salman Khan by pulling out a bucket from their bag before presenting a tune.
"We used to take a tub along with us for presentations. Your wrist has to be strong when you play tabla but my knuckle was strong so I could play music easily on a tub! Everyone used to wonder, are they here to play music or wash clothes?
"There was no apprehension that 'oh my God can we really use a tub in front of Salman.'
Even he thought what are we taking out from a branded bag.
We played some songs, he liked them and our journey started."
Salman recommended the duo to David Dhawan, who got them as lyricists for "Hum Kisise Kum Nahin". Their career, however, would get another turn-around when they wrote lyrics for the title track of "Munna Bhai MBBS", for which Shah Rukh Khan was attached to play the leading role.
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