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Amitabh Bachchan trusted my language, says Manoj Muntashir
Lyricist Manoj Muntashir has revealed that Amitabh Bachchan handpicked him to write for Kaun Banega Crorepati after a brief meeting where the superstar simply trusted his language. Speaking on Times Group Editor-in-Chief…
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Lyricist Manoj Muntashir has revealed that Amitabh Bachchan handpicked him to write for Kaun Banega Crorepati after a brief meeting where the superstar simply trusted his language. Speaking on Times Group Editor-in-Chief Navika Kumar's podcast Baatein Dil Se, Muntashir recalled arriving at the meeting in second-hand clothes from Dadar Market and battling self-doubt. He said he was trembling when he stood before Bachchan.
Muntashir said he simply started speaking whatever came to his mind. Bachchan interrupted him to say, "Your language is very good. Where have you come from?" Though the interaction lasted only minutes, Muntashir received a message on his pager from producer Siddhartha Basu before he even reached home: "He has loved your work. Welcome on board." Muntashir still does not know how his writing originally reached Bachchan.
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The story is being framed as a fairy tale of a struggling writer being discovered by a megastar. What is lost is Manoj Muntashir's own admission that his work had already reached Sameer Nair, the COO of Star, who arranged the meeting. The real test of this 'luck' narrative is whether Muntashir's subsequent work on KBC and his lyrics would have found an audience without that corporate endorsement. How many other talented writers waiting in bus number 79 never get their pager to buzz?
Source: timesnownews.com
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