Lyricist requires versatility and not a poet: Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar said that one doesn't necessarily need to be a great poet to become a film lyricist but should have versatility and good command over vocabulary in order to write songs for different situations. Akhtar narrates his struggle and story of how he became a lyricist from a script writer in Dainik Bhaskar's musical show.