Lyricists Protested About Their Credit, But Nothing Has Been Done So Far

Last month, as many as 15 contemporary lyricists from the Hindi film industry joined hands to ask for what is rightfully theirs - credits from music streaming platforms and YouTube channels. The Hitch Grover, who has penned lyrics for films like Masaan, Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, was among the first ones to publicly demand credits on music streaming apps. However, when the consumption of music shifted to digital platforms like YouTube and music streaming apps, they decided to randomly and arbitrarily drop lyric writers’ names." Additionally, Kirkire claims that lyric writers are not only subjected to unfair treatment by the music streaming apps but they are occasionally forgotten during the front line introductions of a film. Creative Protest Voicing out their suppression in the industry and calling out the music streaming platforms for proper acknowledgement, 15 lyric writers took the creative route to protest and create awareness by releasing a song on YouTube.