Lyricist Raqueeb Alam is overwhelmed with the response to the songs of Allu Arjun’s film Pushpa: The Rise

The renowned lyricist and singer Raqueeb Alam is overwhelmed not only by the phenomenal worldwide success of Allu Arjun’s film Pushpa, but the songs from the album have also struck a chord with the audiences worldwide and topping the charts. The Hindi dubbed version released on OTT platform Amazon Prime this week has gotten more pan India box-office success than the original Telugu version.

The lyrics of the whole album of the film Hindi version of ‘Pushpa: The Rise’ were penned by the acclaimed lyricist Raqueeb Alam and composed by Pan-India rockstar composer Devi Sri Prasad aka DSP. The Hindi songs are not only being received well by the masses but take the audience straight to the heart of the narrative, the element of the film. The Hindi songs which are released under the T-Series music label are taking the internet by storm as they are part of the top 5 charts on YouTube Music Charts. ‘Srivalli’ sung by Javed Ali have been trending at number 1 position followed by ‘Oo Bolega Ya Oo Oo Bolega’ by Kanika Kapoor at 2nd position on YouTube, ‘Sami Sami’ by Sunidhi Chauhan have been trending at number 4, ‘Eyy Bidda Ye Mera adda’ by Nakash Aziz & ‘Jaago Jaago Bakre’ by Vishal Dadlani have been trending which are all written by him.

Speaking on his association with composer DSP, Raqueeb Alam says, “It is a great feeling to see the album trending and so much love has been showered from the audiences for the songs. When DSP called me for the film Pushpa, I didn’t think for a second and reached there the same day. The entire project was helmed by DSP and I started with the first song ‘Jaago Jaago Bakre’ and eventually all the five songs for the film. He understands the nuances and the essence of lyrics extremely well and has always been good with maneuvering a project. Some of what we have produced on-screen as a team has been the outcome of his intense trust in me and our similar vision to create the same magic.”

“DSP is not only my colleague or a good friend, but he is also more like a brother to me and our association goes back a long way. I have been working with DSP since his first film ‘Devi’ and since then have written numerous blockbuster songs for him including ‘Aa Aante Amalapuram’, ‘Eswara’ from Blockbuster Telugu film Uppena”, he added.

The song for Pushpa is a testament that music transcends language barriers, along with the Telugu album, the Hindi album is also trending among the top 5 and has been a chartbuster. After soaking in all the recent success, Raqueeb Alam has a lot of projects in his pipeline. But mostly he is waiting for Allu Arjun’s upcoming film ‘AlaVaikunthapurramuloo’ where he has penned two songs for the film.

Raqueeb Alam is a singer and a lyricist who worked in Tollywood, Bollywood, and Kollywood entertainment industries and his artwork has been released in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language movies and songs. He has worked in the Oscar-winning movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. His work includes in films like Gangster, Maximum, Deepa Mehta’s ‘Water’ and many more. He has also worked in Raanjhana (Album), 1921 Tere Bina, Piya tu Piya all by Arijit Singh, Jiya Re Jiya & Taj Anthem by A.R Rahman.

The pan-Indian project Pushpa was released in multiple languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Pushpa: The Rise is streaming on over-the-top (OTT) platform Amazon Prime Video