My Name is Khan in for a change

Well don’t get the wrong idea here, the sufi song Noor-e-khuda from the film My Name is Khan had its lyrics improvised not because of some moral policing but due to the fact that Karan Johar did not liked the initial verses of the song.

Apparently, as the story goes, lyricist Niranjan Iyengar says, “The song which is currently being heard is not the original track, but that happens with most of the tracks,” adding further, he says, “the original lyrics of the song were stressing a lot on the term Noor-e- khuda which were later scrapped and changed to ‘Noor-e khuda …yun na humse nazre pihra.’”


Well as they say all's well that ends well, it seems ‘Noor-e-khuda’ sung by the trio of Adnan Sami, Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghoshal has shaped up perfectly well sans the rhetoric.

My Name Is Khan came to Niranjan Iyengar accidentally

My Name Is Khan is indisputably the most-awaited movie of the year. The music of the movie is already creating waves all-over especially ‘Sajda’ sung by the melodious Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Richa Sharma.

Nonetheless, the lyrical beauty of the song can’t be ignored either and due credit goes to Niranjan Iyengar who was recently appreciated for ‘Shukran Allah’ (Kurbaan). Another song titled 'Noor E Khuda’ has been penned down by this talented lyricist.

However, My Name Is Khan didn’t come easily in his kitty. Adds Niranjan, “I never gave a serious thought to the career as a lyricist. And My Name Is Khan fell in my kitty accidentally. I had written lyrics for My Name Is Khan much before Kurbaan.”

Niranjan goes on to add,” I used to have frequent discussions with Karan Johar over the lyrics. And one fine day KJO called me to write dummy lyrics for a song which turned out to be ‘Sajda’. The lyrics were liked by one and all and that’s when I was officially appointed as a lyricist.”