“I was born and brought up in Delhi. I was a medical student, but did not wish to pursue it further. In fact, I also appeared for PMTs and AIEEEs of the world, but went on to take journalism and mass Communication for graduation,” says
lyricist
Garima Obrah, who has debuted in
Bollywood
by writing a few songs for
Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
.
Ask her how she got into writing, and Garima says, “I was always among the bottom three at singing competitions in school, but used to participate, because I enjoyed singing. While growing up, I figured I can’t sing, even if I can in my mind. I started using that to understand how songs are weaved and how they are different from poetry. I started writing songs for short films and ads, and eventually got the chance to write for my first Bollywood film.”
While it’s believed that Bollywood doesn’t have a lot of female lyricists, Garima feels that writing remains the same, irrespective of whether a man has penned it or a woman. “I don’t understand the term, female lyricist. A lyricist is a lyricist! Some of the best songs on my playlist like Maana Ki Hum Yaar Nahin by
Kausar Munir, Super Chor by
Sneha Khanwalkar or Small-town Girl by
Anvita Dutt Guptan are all well-written songs, which happen to be written by women. So this division doesn’t work for me,” says Garima.