It was a Shinde solo

I hadn’t heard any of the songs from Malaal, which released in 2019.

Until recently.

A few days ago, I happened to listen to Udhal Ho, which went on to become the only song from the film in my collection.

The song, which Sanjay Leela Bhansali composed, was rendered by Adarsh Shinde.

It was written by Prashant Ingole (who wrote four other solos in the film, and another song in tandem with A M Turaz).

Interestingly, it was the longest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was three minutes and 34 seconds long.

ThiS waS a POoR Medley

Rafta Rafta – a song from Kahami Kismat Ki (1973) – was recreated for Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se (2018).

It was originally picturised on Rekha and Dharmendra [on whom Yamla Pagla Deewana – from Pratiggya (1975) – was picturised].

She happened to be one of the six people who rendered the song from the 2018 film, which was titled Rafta Rafta Medley.

The other was actress Sonakshi Sinha, Vishal Mishra, Disha Patel, Jordi Patel and Akash Ojha.

Incidentally, Mishra composed it as well.

The song, which was written by Kunwar Juneja, was four minutes and 57 seconds long.

Ms Chauhan sang (Kum)arecreated song

My collection contained one track from Fanney Khan, which released in 2018.

And the subject of this post happened to be the second song from the film.

Interestingly, both the songs from it in my collection were recreated versions of old songs.

The second song from the film was Halka Halka.

It was the recreated version of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai.

Sunidhi Chauhan was joined behind the microphone for the song by Divya Kumar.

Irshad Kamil wrote the Amit Trivedi composition, which was four minutes and seven seconds long.

Royal composed and rendered it

My collection contained two songs from Phillauri, which released in 2017.

And the subject of this post was the third song from it.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Din Shagna Da would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order (or the descending order, for that matter), it would be the second – it was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

Jasleen Royal’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but she sang it too.

Neeraj Rajawat penned the song, which was a staple at Punjabi weddings.

This was another Arijit solo

M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story released in 2016.

My collection contained three songs from the film.

And the subject of this post is the fourth track on its soundtrack.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Phir Kabhi would be the fourth.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was four minutes and 47 seconds long.

The man who lent his voice to it was none other than Arijit Singh.

The song, which was written by Manoj Muntashir, was composed by Amaal Mallik.

It certainly was not (Asl)amazing

My collection contained a couple of songs from Baaghi 2, which released in 2016.

And the subject of this post was the third song from the film in it.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the latter – O Saathi – would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was four minutes and 12 seconds long.

Arko Pravo Mukherjee’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to writing it, but he composed it too.

However, he didn’t sing it.

Atif Aslam did.

Pandit Birju Maharaj SanG it

The 2015 film Bajirao Mastani was one of the few films I have watched at the cinema hall, and my collection contained five tracks from it before I added the subject of this post.

The sixth song from the film in my collection was Mohe Rang Do Laal.

Do (two) was the number of people who wrote it, and the number of people who lent it their voices.

Siddharth-Garima were the lyricists, and Shreya Ghoshal and Pandit Birju Maharaj rendered it.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali composed the song, which was three minutes and 52 seconds long.

 

 

It was an Arijit solo

The second song on the soundtrack of Gunday that began with the letter J was Jiya.

And it happened to be the only solo.

No prizes for guessing that (Arij)it was sung by none other than Mr Singh.

Irshad Kamil wrote the song, which was composed by Sohail Sen.

If the four songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was four minutes and 43 seconds long.

Ali (Fari)did a fantastic job

The soundtrack of Gunday had a couple of songs with the word ‘Ishq’ in their titles, and a couple of songs whose titles began with the letter J.

The second track in the ‘Ishq’ duology, and the first in the J duology, was titled Jashn-E-Ishqa.

The song, which is Urdu for, “A celebration of love”, was a male duet – Javed Ali and Shadab Faridi sang it.

Irshad Kamil wrote the Sohail Sen composition.

It was the shortest of the four tracks from the film in my collection – it was four minutes and 21 seconds long.

Mr Lahiri was the (Bha)singer

My collection contained just one track from Gunday, which released in 2014.

No prizes for guessing that it was the most popular one.

But now, there are three new Entriyaan from the film, including the subject of this post.

It was titled Asalaam-E-Ishqum.

In the alphabetical order, it was the first of the four songs from the film in my collection.

And in the ascending order of their durations, it was the second – it was four minutes and 38 seconds long.

Neha and Bappi Lahiri were the (Bha)singers.

Irshad Kamil wrote the Sohail Sen composition.

Wajid and Bonnie SanG it

Spread across my blogs, the second song from the 2013 film Bullett Raja in my collection was Saamne Hai Savera.

It was originally a part of my playlist of songs from films that released between 2010 and 2019, but I deleted it.

And now it is back in my collection.

Wajid’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it (with Sajid), but he was one of the three people who sang it too.

The others were Shreya Ghoshal and Bonnie Chakraborty.

Kausar Munir wrote the song, which was four minutes and 36 seconds long.

Another Singh was the singer

Kismat Love Paisa Dilli released in 2012.

My collection contains a song titled Appy Budday, which is obviously a misspelling of Happy Birthday.

And it isn’t even a version of the most recognised song in the world.

Speaking of versions, the film’s soundtrack had a couple of them.

One was the Desi (read: Punjabi) version, and the other was the Videshi (international) version.

The involvement of Santokh in both the versions of the song wasn’t restricted to Sing(h)ing them, but he wrote and composed them too.

By the way, my collection contains the Desi version.

“Stay single”, said Mr Singh

Although I am a bachelor, who has never been married, and more importantly, one who has never been in a long-term relationship (but in a few short ones), I do not relate to Ishq Na Kariyo Kakke, the only song from the 2011 film Pyaar Ka Punchnama in my collection.

It was sung by Mika Singh.

Luv Ranjan, the film’s director, wrote the Clinton Cerejo composition.

By the way, I only added it because I had no song from that film, and a couple from its sequel (Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, which released in 2015).

(Am)It was a Nice soNg

My collection already contained a couple of songs from Aisha, which released in 2010.

The subject of this song was the third track from the film.

It was titled Shaam.

And true to its title, it was truly a pretty good song to listen to while spending an evening in the company of a significant other.

The involvement of Amit Trivedi in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the three people who sang it too.

Nikhil D’Souza and Neuman Pinto were the others.

It was written by Javed Akhtar.

Raja definitely Del(h)ivered the goods

When I was training to be a journalist, I learnt that a sentence should not start with a number.

But it can end with one.

Hence, I have to mention that the subject of this post is the only song from the 2009 film 99.

It was titled Delhi Destiny.

The song was sung by Raja Hasan.

It was written by Vaibhav Modi, and composed by Shamir Tandon.

The song was four minutes and 43 seconds long.

And its remixed version – credited to DJ Whosane – was just a couple of seconds shorter than the original.

Sunidhi sang it with Himesh

My collection contains a couple of songs from Aksar, which released in 2006.

They include the subject of this post – Lagi Lagi.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the second.

And if they are arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was five minutes and 33 seconds long.

Himesh Reshammiya’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was also one of the two people who lent it voice.

The other was Sunidhi Chauhan.

The song was written by Sameer.

It was dedicated to KK

Dilnashin Dilnashin was a song from Aashiq Banaya Aapne, which released in 2005.

It was rendered by the late KK.

In fact, the song – which was written by Sameer Anjaan, and composed by Himesh Reshammiya – was not originally in my collection.

But now it is the fourth song from the film in it.

I chanced upon the track a few days ago, when I was working on a tribute to him for my YouTube channel.

The song was half-a-dozen minutes and 32 seconds long.

And interestingly, its remixed version was a couple of minutes shorter.

 

It was A Beautiful song

Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai released in 2002, which was one of the worst years in the history of Hindi films.

But my collection contains one song from the film.

It was titled Meri Tarah Tum Bhi.

And it was as beautiful as it was underated.

Alka Yagnik was one of the two people who lent her voice to the song.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Babul Surpiyo.

The song, which was written by Jalees Sherwani, was composed by Sajid and the late Wajid.

It was four minutes and 56 seconds long.

This trAcK was underrated too

I was in college when Grahan – the 2001 film – released after a delay (living up to its title, which could be translated to, “Eclipse”).

I remembered the film’s promos that featured the subject of this post.

It was titled Kehte Hain Jisko.

The song was sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy and Abhijeet.

It was written by Mehboob, and was composed by Karthik Raja.

The latter, who is the older son of the maestro, Ilaiyaraaja, and won the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent for the soundtrack in 1998 (which was when it released).

Why wAS this song underrated?

Bhagwan’s Albela released in 1951.

And in 2001 (i.e., half-a-century later), an unrelated film of the same name released, and it starred Govinda, whose dancing skills were as good as, if not better than, those of Bhagwan.

The subject of this post – Kaho Toh Zara Jhoom Loon – was an underrated song, and I reckon that was because it was from a film that did not fare well at the box office.

The two people who lent the song their voices was Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

Sameer wrote the song, which was composed by Jatin-Lalit.

Sanu sang this underrated song

Shikari released in 2000.

The first line of the only song from the film in my collection went, “Bahut Khoobsurat Ghazal Likh Raha Hoon”.

It was one of the songs that I definitely regret not including in my collection earlier.

That is because the film starred Karisma Kapoor and Govinda, who starred in the No. 1 films in the 1990s (the decade I grew up in).

And it was different from the songs of those films.

In fact, it was underrated.

Kumar Sanu sang it.

Sameer wrote the song, which was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.

It was (Kisho)rendered by Kumar

Aur Kaun? released in 1979.

The only song from the film in my collection was Haan Pehli Baar.

No prizes for guessing that Mr Kumar (Kisho)rendered it.

That track, again, was one of those radio regulars – I have heard it a number of times, but I had to look it up online to find out what I did not know about it.

And that was, of course, the names of the person who wrote it and the one who composed it.

By the way, Amit Khanna was the lyricist, and Bappi Lahiri was the composer.

Kumar (Bhos)lent it his voice

My collection already had one song from Swarg Narak, which released in 1978.

And the subject of this post is the second song from that film.

It was titled Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen.

I had heard that song on the radio a number of times, but I didn’t know which film it was from until I looked it up online recently.

No prizes for guessing that the two people who (Bhos)lent it their voices were Asha and Kishore Kumar.

Anand Bakshi wrote the Rajesh Roshan composition, which was five minutes and 50 seconds long. 

Truly, Mr Kumar did machao!

If I had added Shor Mach Gaya Shor to my collection earlier, this post would have been published before Krishna Janmashtami.

But better late than never.

Having said this, the catchy number was the only song from the 1974 film Badla in my collection.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that in the 1970s, Shor macha gaye Kishore [which could be translated to, “Kishore made a lot of noise (but obviously, the right kind)”].

This song was only sung by Mr Kumar.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

 

It was a transLat(a)ed track

There are only a few films whose entire soundtracks have been included in my collection.

And the soundtrack of Bobby (1973) was not one of them.

But that ended when I added the subject of this post.

It was titled Ankhiyon Ko Rehne De (and it happens to be the eighth – and final – song from the film).

The song was sung by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.

It was written by Anand Bakshi, and composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

The song was actually a mere translation of Ankhiyan Nu Rehen De, a Punjabi song by Reshma.

This Lata-Rafi duet was underrated

The first time I heard the word ‘boota’ was when I heard Imli Ka Boota from Saudagar (1991).

And recently, I heard it in a song titled Patta Patta Boota Boota.

The latter happens to be the subject of this post, and the only song from the 1972 film Ek Nazar in my collection.

It was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi.

The song was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

By the way, I looked the word boota’ up online, and found out that it could be translated to, “A plant”. 

This was Kishore’s third solo

The subject of this post completed the hat-trick of Kishore Kumar solos from the 1970s.

It was titled Main Toh Chala.

I have to make a confession – I remember listening to the song on the radio a few times, but didn’t know anything about it.

But I looked it up on YouTube, and found out that it was from Dharkan, which released in 1972.

The involvement of Ravi was not restricted to composing the song, but he happened to be one of the two men who penned it as well.

The other was Prem Dhawan.

 

 

Kumar (Kisho)rendered this rare song

Hum Tum Aur Woh released in 1971.

My collection contains just one song from the film.

It was titled Priye Praneshwari Hridayeshwari*.

It was written in chaste Hindi – a rarity in Hindi films.

And the man who wrote it was Verma Malik.

In fact, he was the only person who wasn’t involved in the song referenced in the previous post – that track, which Kalyanji-Anandji composed, was (Kisho)rendered by the one and only Mr Kumar.

(*Note: By the way, that line could literally be translated to, “Dear ruler of my life and empress of my heart”.)

Kishore sang this hilarious song

The first post to this blog was about the only song from the 1970 film Aansoo Aur Muskan in my collection.

The track in question was Gunijanon Bhaktjanon.

Fortunately, it wasn’t a song that elicited no aansoo (tears), and brought muskan (smiles) to the faces of those who watched and/or listened to it.

No prizes for guessing that it was (Kisho)rendered by the one and only Mr Kumar.

A verse of the Kalyanji-Anandji composition, which was written by Qamar Jalalabadi, contained hilarious references to some of the biggest names in the Hindi film industry then.