Lyricist Javed Akhtar says he is saddened by the phenomenon of meaningless songs increasing day by day and dominating the music scene.

"At any given point of time there have been all kinds of songs. I am not saying there shouldn't be any item song or there should not be any particular song which is not meaningful. It's fine! But what disturbs me is that most of the songs are becoming like that," Akhtar told IANS.