What’s Behind ‘Haanikaarak Bapu’ by Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya

How Amitabh Bhattacharya came to Bollywood wanting to sing but ended up becoming a writer.

Amitabh Bhattacharya tells us how he came up with the word haanikaarak for the song in Aamir Khan’s Dangal. (Screen grab: YouTube)

Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya is the man who has penned down some really quirky and fun songs like Emotional Atyachaar in Dev D and of course Batameez Dil in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Now Bhattacharya is back with Haanikaarak Bapu in Dangal. We caught up with the lyricist and singer who told us how he came up with the lyrics of the song and even sang few of his favourite numbers.