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NEW DELHI: After capturing the minds of the people across the nation with his 'Chakde India' song, scriptwriter Jaideep Sahni is now penning the lyrics for a dog in animated film, 'Romeo.' Jaideep, who also wrote the lyrics, dialogue and screenplay for the just released Madhuri Dixit starrer 'Aaja Nachle,' wants the 'child' in him go berserk while penning the lyrics for the film. Romeo, the stylish dog, plays the lead role in Jugal Hansraj's animated feature film, 'Roadside Romeo.'

"I am writing the lyrics for 'Roadside Romeo'. It is an animation flick about a dog who is abandoned on the streets of Mumbai. I hope it will be fun to write the lyrics for a dog," he says adding "It was like a legal license to let the child in me go berserk."

The writer, whose films like 'Company' and 'Jungle' fared well, says he wants to expand his domain and work on multiple and different stories from diverse fields of interest. "I want to write on a variety of films. Given a chance I would like to do science fiction, something on ISRO, or micro credit, or may be public sector like railways, rights etc," he told PTI.

But, Sahni has no place for love and romance in his patchwork of ideas and expresses no enthusiasm for an "out and out romantic film". "I don't know what exactly love is. I am not clear about the emotions of love," says the 35-year-old bachelor, who has nevertheless penned the rhythmic numbers for the small time crooks, characters of Abishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjhee in the 2005 released film 'Bunty and Babli.'

Sahni, has become known for portraying with elan the sentiments of small town dwellers in most of his films like 'Bunty and Babli', 'Khosla ka Ghosla' and 'Chakde India.' He points out that he strives to bring the real world to audiences. "My job is to bring the real world to the audience. Gone are the days when we had characters who looked anything but real."

Sahni, who worked as a computer programmer before joining the tinsel town is a computer freak and spends his leisure time surfing the Internet. "One of my favorite pastimes is surfing. I type a random word on the google and see what comes out.

It is like a number of TV channels opening up in front of your eyes," he says. The writer, who started his career five years back, also has some advice for the independent filmmakers. "Everything is market driven now.

So I think the independent filmmakers should spend some time learning the nuances of marketing, distribution and financing as only good intentions are not enough," he says. The writer who did the lyrics, screenplay and dialogue for Madhuri Dixit's 'Aaja Nachle' says it is great that audiences have started accepting actress in varied roles.

"It is fortunate that now we are able to tell the story which we want to tell. The audience is bored of escapist and fantasy cinema where the characters are larger than life," he says. The writer who is still bubbling with enthusiasm of 'Aaja Nachle' confesses that he was apprehensive as well as under pressure while working on the film.

"I was apprehensive because it was a huge responsibility to write something substantial for Madhuriji as it was her comeback film. But I should say apart from being under pressure it was a great strength too," he says. "Knowing the performer that she is, we could try out certain things which otherwise we have avoided," he explains.