“I feel happy to have made my debut as a lyricist in Bollywood with Tujhse Pyaar Hai” – Anwesshaa

Anwesshaa embarked upon a career in music when she was still in school. After participating in a reality show as a child, Anwesshaa went on to build a solid career as a singer across multiple film industries. While Anwesshaa has made a formidable name for herself as a vocalist, there are several other facets to her personality as well.

Anwesshaa’s journey as a music composer started with the Bengali film ‘Lime n Light’. Last year, she made her debut as a composer in Marathi cinema with ‘Pahije Jatiche’. Apart from being a singer and composer, Anwesshaa has dabbled in lyric writing as well. Anwesshaa has written lyrics for some of the songs she has released independently. She has also been credited as a lyricist on the Bengali films which she has scored the music for. Now, the young artist has made her debut as a lyricist in the Hindi film industry with the song ‘Tujhse Pyaar Hai’ from the film ‘Main Ladega’ which has just released in the theatres.

Talking about the song, Anwesshaa states, “I feel happy to have made my debut as a lyricist in Bollywood with ‘Tujhse Pyaar Hai’. Akshay (Menon) composed a beautiful melody and it was wonderful writing verses around it. The song talks about the euphoria of first love. I have known Akshay for more than a decade. I met him when he used to arrange songs for other composers. He had arranged all the songs for the first film I worked on as a composer. When he started composing songs, he would ask me to write the lyrics for them. I am glad we could collaborate on this song as well”, says Anwesshaa.

When Anwesshaa started composing some melodies a few years ago, her parents suggested that she should try and fill those compositions with words herself. The first song written by her was in Bengali which she released herself. As she continued exploring the craft of lyric writing, she fell in love with it. Though singing remains her priority, she is enjoying the process of composing and writing songs.

“I am doing a few more projects with Akshay. He is composing songs for a series that is being made for Jio Cinema. I am writing the songs. Recently, we worked on an advertising project together. It has been wonderful working with him as a part of his team. When a tune is good, you get inspired to write something that would touch the heart of the listeners. I am also planning to take up some projects as a composer”, says Anwesshaa.