It was shortly after I listened to the songs of Kuttey (2023) that I was reminded of the subject of this post.
The song in question was the title
track of Kaminey, which released in 2009.
Spread across my blogs, it was the
fifth track from the film in my collection.
The involvement of Vishal Bhardwaj in
the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he sang it as well.
Gulzar wrote it.
By the way, it was the longest song
from the film in my collection – it was five minutes and 58 seconds long.
Rock On!! released in 2008.
Before I wrote
this post, my collection contained seven tracks from the film.
Phir Dekhiye – the subject of this post – was the
eighth.
Although the song could
be translated to, “Watch it again”, it should’ve actually been called, “Phir
Suniye” (which means, “Listen to it again”).
It was the only
contribution of Caralisa Monteiro to the soundtrack of the film.
Javed Akhtar wrote
the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composition.
I recently heard
that song, which was the shortest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was
three minutes and 27 seconds long.
Saawariya released in 2007.
Spread across my blogs, the subject
of this post was the fifth song from the film in my collection.
If they were arranged in the
alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their
durations, Thode Badmaash Ho Tum would be the fourth – it was
three minutes and 19 seconds long.
The song was rendered by Shreya
Ghoshal, who was the female voice of the film’s soundtrack.
It was written by Nusrat Badr (who
died, following a prolonged illness, on January 24, 2020).
It was composed by Monty Sharma.
Khosla Ka Ghosla! released in 2006.
With the inclusion of the subject of
this post to my collection, the number of songs from the film in it has
increased to a couple.
If they were arranged in the
alphabetical order, and in the ascending order of their durations, Ab
Kya Karenge Bhaiya would be the first – it was four minutes and 24
seconds long.
It was sung by Adnan Sami.
The song, which was written by
Jaideep Sahni, was composed by Bapi-Tutul. In fact, it was their only
contribution to the soundtrack of the film.
In 2005, I was pursuing my diploma in journalism, and staying in an apartment as a paying guest.
That was when I
stated listening to the radio.
And one of the
tracks that played on it regularly was Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, the title track
of the film of that name (which released that year).
Shaan was one of
the two people who sang it.
He was
(Cere)joined behind the microphone for it by Dominique.
The song, which
was four minutes and 40 seconds long, was written by Javed Akhtar.
It was composed by
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
A film titled Charas released in 1976.
An unrelated film of the same name
released in 2004.
The tagline of the latter was A
Joint Effort.
I remember watching the film once,
but I did not recall anything about it.
But when I was writing this blog, I
suddenly remembered one song from the film.
It was titled Yeh Dhuaan.
And there’s no two ways about the
fact that it was an appropriate title, because it could be translated to, “This
smoke”.
Mahalakshmi Iyer sang it.
Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which
Raju Singh composed.
There are two things about the subject of this post.
Firstly, there is an age-old debate
between boys and girls about who is the best.
And secondly, it is unlikely to show
any signs of ending.
But spread across my blogs, Boys
Are Best was the second song from the 2003 film Chura Liyaa
Hai Tumne in my collection.
It was as much a vocal duel as it was
a duet – the two people who lent it their voices were Sunidhi Chauhan and
Shaan.
Jay Sharma wrote the song, which was
composed by Himesh Reshammiya.
Yeh Dil Aashiqana released in 2002.
My collection
contained just one song from the film.
And it happened to
be its title track.
The two people who
lent their voices to it was Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.
By on means was it
a surprise, because they were the female and male voice of the film’s
soundtrack, respectively.
The song, which
was written by Sameer, was composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar
Rathod.
Jividha Sharma,
the leading lady of the film, was joined behind the microphone for the remixed
version of the song.
During my undergraduate days, I came across an audiotape in a friend’s room.
One of the songs
on it was the subject of this post.
It was titled Chalti
Hai Purvai, and it happened to be the only song from the 2001 film Rahul
in my collection.
I remembered that
song recently, when I was compiling this playlist.
The two ladies who
lent it their voices were Alka Yagnik and Mahalakshmi Iyer.
It was one of the
former’s two contributions, and the latter’s contribution to the film’s
soundtrack.
Anand Bakshi wrote
the Anu Malik composition.
Ghaath released in 2000.
My collection
contained just one song from the film.
It was titled Baba
Meri Yeh Jawani.
The two ladies who
lent their voices to the track were Falguni Pathak (the dandiya queen)
and Sapna Awasthi.
It was written by
Sameer Anjaan, and was composed by the one and only Anu Malik.
Although the film
was a Tabu-starrer, the song was picturised on Raveena Tandon.
I first heard it
on television at a restaurant years ago, but I did not add it to my collection
initially, because it was a run-of-the-mill song.
