Mumbai, April 5 – The music from the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Veer-Zara" is timeless. The timeless piece, composed by the late music composer Madan Mohan, was used posthumously in the film. The late filmmaker Yash Chopra once spoke about how the songs of the late music composer became an integral part of the film's soundscape.
A video resurfaced online showing Yash Chopra speaking with Bollywood multi-talented star Karan Johar. In the video, he shared how destiny played a role in getting the late music composer's songs into the film.
He said, "I was listening to a lot of contemporary music. I wasn't happy with it. One day, I was discussing with Sanjeev, the son of Madan Mohan, who is also the CEO of my company. I was talking to Adi and Sanjeev, and I told them, 'I'm listening to music, and I'm not enjoying it.' Sanjeev said, 'It's not about selling Madan Mohan's music to you, but I have hundreds of tunes by Madanji, in his own voice. If you like, you can listen to them. You can select about 30 tunes, and record them with dummy words and dummy musicians."
He further added, "I learned how music was used in today's work. I selected about 12 tunes. Then, I worked differently. We worked in a format where we would tell the music director about the situation. He would compose the tunes. I said, 'The situations are with me, the tunes are with me. The person who composed the tunes is no longer with us. He can't change the tunes. So, let me see which tunes fit where.' I would fit the tunes. Then, I asked Javed Akhtar to write the lyrics, and he wrote a beautiful poem."