Sahitya Aaj Tak: Swanand Kirkire talks about song remixes, says 'pareshaan karte hain' 

In Short 
•        Swanand Kirkire attended Sahitya Aaj Tak in Delhi. 
•        He spoke about the trend of remixing old songs. 
•        "Remix pareshaan toh karte hain," he said. 

Two-time National Award-winning lyricist Swanand Kirkire recently graced the Sahitya Aaj Tak event, being held in New Delhi. During his session called Aao Sathi Sapne Dekhen, the multitalented personality spoke about the one thing that he likes doing the most. While talking about the same, the lyricist revealed that he probably never wanted to become a lyric writer. However, he admitted that he has earned fame by being a lyricist. 

"I am one of the few lucky ones who have been able to do everything. I never said I wanted to act, but people told me 'why don't you try acting?' and I did. Maybe I didn't want to become a lyric writer. But someone asked me to try and I did. I didn't want to become a singer," he said. Swanand Kirkire further shed light on the trend of remixing old classics. 

SWANAND KIRKIRE ON SONG REMIXES 
When Swanand was asked if he gets bothered by remixes of old songs, he said, "Remix pareshaan toh karte hain. I feel kisi ke bane banaye khet pe fasal kaat le vaise baat hogayi. I never liked it. Nowadays, in the film industry, [it is said] that you should remix your own song. There's no sense in it. There's a reason why an original song is made a certain way. I feel it [remixing] is not good. It keeps happening. I don't know the solution to this." 

SWANAND KIRKIRE ON OTT 
Continuing his chat on Sahitya Aaj Tak, Swanand Kirkire shared his thoughts on the OTT medium. 
"Every new thing comes with its pluses and minuses. When we used to do theatre, the cinema arrived. At that time, people felt 'theatre khatam hojayega because cinema aagaya'. And when we entered into films, came TV and everyone felt TV would take over cinemas. However, TV and cinema worked equally. And now, content has arrived on mobile phones. People feel because of OTT, cinema will disappear. But there's nothing like that. This is a phase where films aren't working. But OTT is a good format, which is a mid-path between cinema and TV," he said and signed off.