(Am)It was sung by Alka

Spread across my blogs, my collection contains five songs from the 1999 film Dillagi.

They include the subject of this post – Koi Nahin Aisa Ki Jo Mujhko.

(Am)It was rendered by Alka Yagnik and Mr Kumar.

Javed Akhtar penned the song, which was one of the two contributions of music directors Jatin-Lalit to the film’s soundtrack.

The song was inspired by American pop act Tommy James and the Shondells’ 1968 hit Mony Mony, which was inspired by the Mutual of New York Insurance Company building, whose logo could be inspired by James’ apartment in Manhattan.

Sukhwinder wAsn’t just the Sing(h)er

Spread across my blogs, there are references to half-a-dozen songs from Biwi No. 1 (1999).

They include the subject of this post – Mehboob Mere.

If the six tracks from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last of those.

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

Sukhwinder wasn’t just the Sing(h)er, but he wrote and composed it too.

He was joined behind the microphone for it by Alka Yagnik.

 

(Ud)It wAS an underrated track

I vaguely remembered recently Baant Raha Tha, because it was another of those songs whose promos were frequently on air when I was in school.

It was the only song from the 1999 film Bade Dilwala in my collection.

Three singers lent their voices to the song.

Of those, only one was a lady.

No prizes for guessing that that was none other than Alka Yagnik.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan.

The song, which was written by Qateel Shifai, was composed by the late Aadesh Shrivastava.

Udit (Bhos)lent it his voice

With the addition of the subject of this post to my collection, the number of songs from Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha in my collection is four.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the song – which was Aashiq Hoon Main – would, in fact, be the first of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was five minutes and 22 seconds long.

The two people who (Bhos)lent it their voices were Asha and Udit Narayan.

Sameer wrote the song, which Jatin-Lalit composed.

This track was iNsPired too

My collection contains five songs from the 1998 film Pyaar Kiya To Karna Kya.

That includes the subject of this post – Chhad Zid Karna.

By the way, Chhad is the Punjabi word for ‘Chhod’, which means quit.

(Ud)It was sung by Anuradha Paudwal and Narayan.

The song, which was written by Sameer Anjaan, was the third of the five Jatin-Lalit compositions from the film in my collection.

It was inspired by I’ve Been Waiting, the song by the British Asian band Stereo Nation, and released a couple of years before Pyaar Kiya To Karna Kya.

This Abhijeet solo was inspired

Kareeb released in 1998.

My collection already contained a couple of songs from the film, and both began with the Hindi letter Ch (as in chair).

However, the subject of this post did not begin with that letter – it was titled Tera Gussa.

And unlike the other songs from the film in my collection, it was a solo.

In fact, it was the only contribution of Abhijeet Bhattacharya to its soundtrack.

The song was written by Rahat Indori.

It was inspired by Happy Birthday.

No prizes for guessing that it was composed by Anu Malik.

Poornima and Abhijeet sang it

Zameer released in 1997.

The tagline of the film was The Awakening of a Soul.

My collection contains just one song from that film.

It was titled Dekho Jo Palat Ke.

I vaguely remember the song from the film’s promos that aired regularly when I was in school.

It happened to be the only contribution of both the singers – Poornima and Abhijeet – to the soundtrack of the film.

Sameer wrote the song, which was composed by Anand-Milind.

And it didn’t result in qayamat (a word from the song, which, in this context, means, “An uproar”).