(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”).

Aditya did AN aMazing (Jo)job

I picked Jaago Jaago Subah Ho Gayi from Ghoonghat (1997) because of the line that went, “Chai thandi ho gayi”.

I could relate to it because I love tea.

Aditya Narayan was (Jo)joined behind the microphone for the song by Mukherjee, Arun, Nilesh and Meena.

Vicky Nagar wrote the song, which Anand Raaj Anand composed.

By the way, I had planned to add Hotel Mobile from the same film, but I couldn’t, for the life of me, recall nine other songs (one for each of the remaining years in that decade) to go with it.

Anuradha sang it with Sanu

Ankhon Mein Tum Ho released in 1997.

My collection contains just one track from that film.

It was titled Hum Kahe Na Kahe.

Kumar Sanu was one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

He was joined behind the microphone by Anuradha Paudwal.

Anand Bakshi wrote the Anu Malik composition, which was half-a-dozen minutes and 57 seconds long.

The Bengali version of the song – which was also sung by them, and was as long as the Hindi version – was titled Ami Boli Na Boli.

It was from the simultaneously-released film, Achena Atithi.

   

This Sanu solo was popular

If the three songs from Papa Kehte Hai (1996) – spread across my blogs – were arranged in the alphabetical order, Yeh Ho Thode Se Hain Paise would be the third.

By the way, it wasn’t a song about a miser.

But if it released today instead of 26 years ago, I reckon the person singing it on screen would have been hailed as a man who is extremely practical.

No prizes for guessing that it was rendered by none other than Kumar Sanu.

The song, which was written by Javed Akhtar, was composed by Rajesh Roshan.

It was Ms Krishnamurthy’s solo

Before I included the subject of this post, and that of the next one, to my collection, it contained just one song from Papa Kehte Hai, which released in 1996.

But before moving to the next post, I must get this one out of the way.

The song I will be discussing in this post was the second song from the aforementioned film, and the only female solo on its soundtrack.

It was titled Pehle Pyaar Ka Pehla Gham, and it was rendered by Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which Rajesh Roshan composed.

 

 

Supriyo sang it with Alka

After I added the subject of this post to my collection, it contains three tracks from Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi, which released in 1996.

By the way, the song I will be writing about in this post is Aaj Meri Zindagi Mein Pehli Pehli Baar.

I vaguely recall listening to it a long time ago, but I decided to include it in my collection after I heard it on the radio recently.

Alka Yagnik was joined behind the microphone for it by Babul Supriyo.

It was written by Dev Kohli, and was composed by Anu Malik.

It was S(an)ung by Poornima

Hun Huna Re Hun Huna was a gibberish phrase.

It also happened to be the title of the only song from the 1995 film Taaqat in my collection.

When the film released, it was apparently a popular song.

But eventually, woh gaana bahut kam logon ne suna (which could be translated to, “Only a few people listened to it”).

The two people who lent their voices to it was Poornima and Kumar Sanu.

No prizes for guessing that the song was written by none other than Sameer.

It was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand-Milind.

Alka San(g) this embarrassing number

We all know that a cock goes, “Kuk-doo-koo”.

But what on earth is a dil ka murga?

That phrase, which could be translated to, “The cock of the heart”, was actually a part of the title of the only song from Kartavya – which released in 1995 – in my collection.

The song in question was Pyaar Mein Dil Ka Murga.

Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lent their voices to it.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the song, which was composed by his namesake, Sameer Sen, and Dilip Sen.

Unsurprisingly, it did not receive any love from the listeners.

Sargam sang it with Sanu

Gambler released in 1995.

My collection already contained a couple of songs from the film.

And the third song from the film in it was Hum Unse Mohabbat Karke.

In fact, if that track were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was eight minutes and 50 seconds long.

The two people who lent their voices to it were Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu.

The song, which was written by Nawab Arzoo, was composed by the one and only Anu Malik.

 

Yagnik sang this iNSpired song

My collection already contains a couple of songs from Suhaag (1994).

And the subject of this post – Shaava Yeh Nakhra Ladki Ka – was the third.

The reigning Trimurti of playback singing then – Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan – lent their voices to it.

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

It was inspired by Shaava Ke Nakhra Gori Da, a song by Pakistani singer Hassan Jahangir (of Hawa Hawa fame).

Please note how interesting it is that both the songs mean the same thing in different languages (Jahangir’s was a Punjabi song).

This Sanu solo was underrated

Kaash (I wish) I had heard this song before.

But better late than never – I have now heard and included Ae Kaash Kahin Aisa Hota in my collection.

It was rendered by none other than Kumar Sanu, and happened to be one of his two contributions to the soundtrack of Mohra (which released in 1994)*.

The song, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was written by Viju Shah.

(*Note: My collection does not contain the other song he sang in the film. It was titled Dil Har Koi, and was a duet with Alka Yagnik.)

Sanu and Udit sang it

I remember Beparwah Bahut Din Ghoome, because it was quite a popular track when I was 11 (and hadn’t yet turned 12).

It was, in fact, the second song from the 1994 film Madhosh in my collection.

The song was rendered by the two top male singers of the time – Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan.

Interestingly, the characters lip-synching to their voices, respectively, were a father and a son.

In real life, Sanu is a couple of years younger than Narayan.

The song, which was written by Sameer, was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand-Milind.

It wasn’t a douBle-meaning tracK

People cannot be blamed if they assumed that Lena Hai Lena Hai was a vulgar song merely by reading it off the inlay card of a tape.

Or for that matter, reading that it was composed by Bappi Lahiri, who had his share of double-meaning songs.

By the way, it was the only song from the 1993 film Bomb Blast in my collection (and was, in fact, one of the reasons I started this blog).

The two people who lent their voices to it were Kavita Krishnamurthy and Bali Brahmbhatt.

K C Verma wrote it.

Anuradha sang this SuPerB song

Spread across my blogs, my collection contains a couple of songs from Aaja Meri Jaan, which released in 1993.

They include the subject of this post.

It was titled Pagal Dil Mera.

Anuradha Paudwal and S P Balasubrahmanyam were the two people who lent their voices to the song.

By no means was it a surprise, because they were the voices of the soundtrack.

The song was written by Rani Malik.

It was composed by Amar-Utpal.

The duo consisted of Amar Biswas and Utpal Biswas, who are the sons of yesteryears’ music director Anil Biswas.

 

A(zi)z alwAYs, they were awesome!

Aadmi Khilona Hai released in 1993.

My collection contains just one song from the film.

It was titled Bahut Jatate Ho Chah Humse.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that though it was a run-of-the-mill song, Alka Yagnik’s and Mohammed Aziz’s rendition, as usual, was fantastic.

The song was written by Sameer, and was composed by Nadeem Akhar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod.

It was clear that J Om Prakash, the director of the film, missed his regulars (viz., songwriter Anand Bakshi and music directors, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma).  

Sanu’s wish was never fulfilled

Jaan Tere Naam released in 1992.

The second song from the film in my collection was Romance Period.

By the way, the word ‘period’ here is used in educational institutions across India to define a class or a lecture.

And when one is in college, it is not uncommon for him or her to want to spend quality time with his or her crush (given the fact that one’s late teens are a phase when the hormones are raging).

Kumar Sanu expressed every youngster’s wish.

Surendra Sathi wrote the song, which was composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

Asha sang it with Sanu

Milne Ki Tum Koshish Karna was the fourth song from Dil Ka Kya Kasoor – which released in 1992 – in my collection.

It was, in fact, one of the three songs that prompted me to start this blog.

Although Kumar Sanu was the voice of the soundtrack, this wasn’t a solo, unlike the other three tracks from the film in my collection.

The lady who joined behind the microphone for it was the one and only Asha Bhosle, the female voice of the soundtrack.

The song, which was written by Madan Pal, was composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

 

They had their fAnS ‘Hook’ed

Spread across my blogs, the third track from the 1992 film Chamatkar in my collection was O Meri Neendein Churane Wale.

The singers who (Bhos)lent their voices to it were Asha and Kumar Sanu.

The song, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was composed by Anu Malik.

It was inspired by the American rock band Dr Hook’s 1979 single When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman.

Malik wasn’t the first Indian music director to be inspired by the song.

It also inspired Meri Jaisi Haseena, Bappi Lahiri’s composition from Armaan, which released in 1981.

This was another Alka-Amit duet

Jao Tum Chahe Jahan was the second consecutive Alka Yagnik-Amit Kumar duet in this playlist, and the second song from Narsimha (1991) in my collection.

For me, it will always be the song that was the bridge between the golden period in radio history and the era of private FM stations.

I heard it for the first time on a radio station, and then read that it was one of the songs on Bianca Geetmala’s annual list in 1991.

Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which was written by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

SAdlY, Amit lacked the drive

I loved cars as a kid.

So, by no means was it surprising that one of the songs in my collection was titled Kya Gaadi Hai.

It was the only song from the 1991 film Lakshmanrekha in my collection.

The two people who lent their voices to it were Alka Yagnik and Amit Kumar.

That track, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

Although it was far from great, it would not be incorrect to state that decline was the road less travelled by the latter.

It was sung by Sudesh

Music director R D Burman and actor Amitabh Bachchan collaborated on the 1975 film Sholay, whose soundtrack contained a song titled Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

In 1991, they teamed up for a film titled Indrajeet.

The title of the only song from that film on its soundtrack in my collection was derived by adding two words to the aforementioned track – it was titled Jab Tak Jaan Mein Hai Jaan.

Sudesh (Bhos)lent it his voice.

The song was written by Gulshan Bawra (who also happened to be a member of the supporting cast in the film).