Lyricist Sameer lashes out at makers of Animal for not giving due credit to composer in pre-teaser: ‘Even sound recordist’s name is there’

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Sameer said, “Animal is such a huge film, even the sound recordist’s name is there on the poster. How can you do this injustice to the music fraternity? Can you imagine? Aisa nahi hai ki there will be no music in the film, jiski wajah se they didn’t put the names. I think there is a huge nexus working on this.”

Sameer believes the director and producer are deliberately doing this to “ruin the music fraternity’s importance”.

The lyricist also cited the lack of proper credit to music composers and lyricists as the reason for the drop in the quality of Hindi music. He shared that he and the music composer duo Nadeem-Sharavan used to put it into their contract that their name will appear on the film’s poster.

To make sure that action is taken against those who fail to give due credit to writers and composers, Sameer plans to call a meeting. He wants to encourage writers and music composers to raise their voices.

Animal, helmed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, also stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Triptii Dimri, and Rashmika Mandanna. The film will release on August 11.