The success of blockbuster songs like ‘Besharam Rang’, ‘Chaleya’, and ‘Sher Khul Gaye’, for which Kumaar wrote lyrics, show that despite being in the industry for almost two decades, his creative intuition for mainstream poetry has not dulled. Leaning into the growing Hinglish lyrics with ‘Not Ramaiya Vastavaiya’ and the alliterative, playful repetition of ‘Billi Billi’, Kumaar’s lyrics are like loam, malleable to whatever situation for which he needs to dispense his words.
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