Singer Lucky Ali in a heartto heart conversation with TOIshares notes on Bollywood,music and his personal angstsHe has lived his life on his ownterms. From selling carpets tobreeding sheep in a farm, to acting,composing and singing,Maqsood aka Lucky Ali hasdone it all.Best known for his chartbustingsongs O Sanam, Anjaani RahonMein and Na Tum Jano NaHum, Lucky confesses he likesto “live life in the most unconventionalmanner”, at a pacethat suits him.Lucky, who was in Ahmedabadrecently, revealed his angstabout today’s music saying, “It’sall about getting the numbersthese days,” just before settlingin his couch. He adds, “No oneis making music. These daysmusic’s like fast food, you cookit, eat it and forget it. That’s whythere is no recall value in today’smusic.”And Bollywood music, he says,is to be blamed.
“Bollywoodrepresents anything that is badabout our country. Be it films,music or representation ofsense and sensibilities, it onlyproduces low quality content.Otherwise, in a country of billions,it’s shocking to not to havequality in anything.”Elaborating on the topic, headds, “We musicians can’t takethe liberty of singing just aboutanything.We have to be responsibleand not create somethingthat will insult others in thename of creative freedom andexpect people to like it.
“Lucky recently faced flak whenhis song Ya Hussain (David) wasremoved from the film becauseit offended sensibilities.He says, “Bollywood hurt people’ssensibilities. The song hadno relevance in the film and theplacement was wrong. Though Idon’t align with any religiouswar of words, but you have tomake sure that you are not hurtingothers in the name of ‘your’culture.”
