Honey’s ‘homage’ evoked mixed feelings

Some liked it, and some hated it, but no one could ignore Lungi Dance – which was from Chennai Express (2013), and was a ‘tribute’ to Rajinikanth (a.k.a. Thalaiva, which is Tamil for, “Leader”).

While the other tracks in the film were Vishal-Shekhar compositions, it was composed and sung by Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Four minutes and 36 seconds long, it was penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

By oversight, it was excluded from my blog dedicated to the music of Hindi films that released between 2010 and 2019, but I added it to my playlist containing fillers.

The KlasS was extremely evident

While my blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contained posts on three songs from the 2009 film Kaminey, the omission of the fourth track – which was titled Fatak – was an oversight.

Spread across my blogs, it was the longest of the four songs from the film – it was five-and-a-half minutes long.

It was rendered by a pair of male Sing(h)ers with the most unique voices – Sukhwinder and Kailash Kher.

The song, which was about a bee, was penned by none other than Gulzar, and composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

The underrated Ganjawala SanG it

This year, Saawariya, which released in 2007, will enter its teens.

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contains posts on three songs from the film.

The fourth track from the film was Masha Allah, which happened to be the longest of the four – it was five minutes and 28 seconds long.

It was rendered by Shreya Ghoshal, who was joined behind the microphone by Kunal Ganjawala (who ought to have sung more Hindi film songs).

The track, which was penned by Sameer, was composed by Monty Sharma.

Arnab S(owmy)ang this peppy track

I don’t recall listening to Qatra Qatra [from Family – Ties of Blood (2006)] in the past, but chanced upon it while watching some unrelated content on YouTube.

The track, which was three minutes and half-a-dozen seconds long, was penned by Sameer, and composed by Ram Sampath.

It was an upbeat number, and was rendered by Arnab Chakraborty and Sowmya Raoh.

And as if one version of this track wasn’t enough, the soundtrack of the film features Version 2, which was also rendered by the aforementioned duo. It was just three minutes longer than Version 1. 

Neeraj S(ha)ang this diSaPpointing track

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contained posts on two tracks from Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?, which released in 2005.

Dil Di Nazar was the third track from the film (spread across my blogs).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was five minutes and 24 seconds long.

Shaan and Neeraj Shridhar were joined behind the microphone by Priya and Shaznine.

Sameer Anjaan penned the song, which Himesh Reshammiya composed.

Sunidhi rendered this multi-lingual tracKK

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2000 and 2009 contains a post on one track from Dil Maange More!!! (2004).

The second song from the film was O Makhna Ve. While its opening line was Punjabi, the next line contained the Urdu word kaifiyat (which could be translated to, “Condition), and another line of its opening verse went, “Why does it happen in love?”

Four minutes and 47 seconds long, this Himesh Reshammiya composition was rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan, who was joined behind the microphone by KK.

Sameer Anjaan penned it.

Indeed, Asha's rendition was spirited

Another track that adhered to the then-prevalent trend of naming songs with the same word twice was Baila Baila.

The next two words of the song, which was from the 2003 film Khwahish, were Nacho Re.

It was rendered by the one and only Asha Bhosle, who was almost 70 when she recorded it*. She sang it with the gusto characteristic of a lady half her age (which the film’s leading lady, Mallika Sherawat, incidentally, was).

Faaiz Anwar penned the song, which was composed by Milind Sagar.

(*Note: She turns 87 on September 8, 2020.)