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.)

(Ud)It certainly wasn’t (Sarg)amazing track

Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar released in 2002.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that no one listened to its soundtrack baar baar (repeatedly), but one song did stand out, and that was the film’s title track, Deewanon Ko Pata Hai.

Of course, even that was short-lived, because it was a run-of-the-mill song.

As was the case with most of the popular songs of that time, it was penned by the prolific Sameer Anjaan.

It was composed by Jatin-Lalit and was rendered by Sadhana Sargam, who shared singing credits with Udit Narayan.

Ms Sulakhe San(u)g this number

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contains a post on one track from the 2002 film Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam.

Not only was the subject of this post – Gale Mein Laal Taai – shorter*, but the mood was exactly the opposite too.

Maya Govind penned the song, whose transliteration was not off the mark – Taai, a misspelling of tie, was the repeated word in the colloquial Hindi phrase, “Taai Taai Phish”.

Bela Sulakhe and Kumar Sanu rendered the Bappi Lahiri composition.

(*Note: It was exactly half-a-dozen minutes long.)

Ms Das definitely oozed KKlass

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contained posts on three tracks from Aks (2001).

One was over three minutes long, the second was over four minutes long and the third was over half-a-dozen minutes long.

And then there was Aaja Gufaon Mein, which was five minutes and 23 seconds long.

If the four songs from the film – spread across my blogs – were arranged in the alphabetical order, this Anu Malik composition would be the first.

Gulzar penned the track, which was rendered by Vasundhara Das and KK.

This trAcK was pretty disappointing

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contained posts on four songs from Hera Pheri, which released in 2000.

This is a post on the fifth track from the film – Main Ladka Pom Pom Pom.

Not only was the track – which was half-a-dozen minutes and a dozen seconds long – the shortest song in the film, but there’s no two ways about the fact that it was the most disappointing of them.

Kavita Krishnamurthy and Abhijeet Bhattacharya lent their voices to the Anu Malik composition, which Sameer Anjaan penned.

Narula Har(r)(dl)y gave anyone Anand

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2000 and 2009 contained a post on a track from Bichhoo (2000).

This is a post on another song from the film – Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana, whose hook went, “Once you fall in love in life”.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, and in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was five minutes and 15 seconds long.

Jaspinder Narula and Harry Anand sang the long-forgotten song, which the latter’s brother, Anand Raaj Anand, penned and composed.

Kavita’s solo wasn’t be‘Hadh’ popular

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released in the 1990s contained posts on four songs from Sarfarosh, which released in 1999.

While this track – Yeh Jawani Hadh Kar De – wasn’t obviously as popular as them, it was an underrated item number, and happened to be the lone contribution of Kavita Krishnamurthy to the film’s soundtrack.

If they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it was the second-shortest song in the film – it was four minutes and 44 seconds long.

Sameer Anjaan penned the track, which was composed by Jatin-Lalit.

(Pand)It certainly wasn’t Abhijeet’s best

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released in the 1990s contains posts on three tracks from Khoobsurat, which released in 1999.

This is a post on the fourth song from the film – Aazma Le Yeh Formule.

Upon forsaking science in favour of commerce, I learnt that the word I had hitherto been spelling as formulae was transliterated as Formule.

Jokes apart, it certainly wouldn’t be incorrect to state that it wasn’t among Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s best.

Shraddha shared singing credits with him.

(Pand)It was composed by her uncles, Jatin-Lalit.

Gulzar penned the song.

(Ud)It wAs dedicAted to Aadesh

Aande Aande – the only song from Angaaray (1998) on this blog – was dedicated to Aadesh Shrivastava, who was born on September 4, 1964 and died at the age of 51 on September 5, 2015

His involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the four people who were credited with rendering it too.

The others were Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar and Udit Narayan.

The track – which, aptly, could be translated to, “Keep them coming” – was penned by the one and only Javed Akhtar.

It was exactly half-a-dozen minutes long.

(Ud)It wasn’t a (He)marvellous track

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 1990 and 1999 contains a post on a song from Aar Ya Paar, which released in 1997.

This is a post on another track from the film.

Keeping in mind the song naming convention that seemed to be in vogue at that point, it was titled Hulle Hulle.

While the Viju Shah composition, which Indeevar penned, wasn’t awful, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that it certainly wasn’t awesome.

(Ud)It was rendered by Mr Narayan, who was joined behind the microphone by Hema Sardesai.