Mehul V(y)asn’t just the singer

Tanhaji, which released in 2020, may have been about an unsung warrior, but its soundtrack featured a song that wasn’t just sung, but also composed by a newbie named Mehul Vyas.

It was titled Shankara Re Shankara.

The only thing Vyas didn’t do was pen the song – its lyrics were credited to Anil Verma.

The first two lines of the song, which was three minutes and 31 seconds long, had several repetitions of the word Dam.

And with a hook like that, there’s no two ways about the fact that it was a dumdaar track.

It didn’t justify the hYPe

Remember Muqabala [the A R Rahman composition from Kadhalan (1994), which was dubbed into Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabala (1995)]?

Those who grew up attempting to shake a leg to that chartbuster would definitely not appreciate its recreated version, which featured on the soundtrack of Street Dancer 3D.

No prizes for guessing that it was penned and composed by the one and only Tanishk Bagchi. And the man who Sha(bbi)red writing credits with him was Mr Ahmed.

A couple of minutes and 56 seconds long, this version was rendered by Parampara Thakur and Yash Narvekar.

It didn’t GeT anyone grooving

The soundtrack of Street Dancer 3D featured yet another disappointing recreation.

The song in question was Lagdi Lahore Di, a version of the Punjabi single titled Lahore, which released in 2017.

It happened to be the longest of the four tracks from the film on this blog – it was three minutes and 35 seconds long.

Guru (Randha)wasn’t just the lyricist and composer of both the versions, but also rendered them.

Sachin-Jigar were also credited as the composers of the film version, which featured the vocals of Tulsi Kumar as well. The original was a solo.

 

Sandhu’s song didn’t (Sand)last long

Fun fact – While the soundtrack of Street Dancer 3D featured a track titled Illegal Weapon 2.0, I haven’t heard the original.

Upon reading about it online, I found that the original was a Punjabi single, which released in 2017.

The track, which was three minutes and eight seconds long, was rendered by Garry Sandhu, who was joined behind the microphone by Jasmine Sandlas. They rendered the original as well.

This version was penned by Priya Saraiya.

And considering that it was a recreation, how can that four-word credit – composed by Tanishk Bagchi – be far behind?

As expected, Badshah N(eh)ailed it!

This blog contains posts on four tracks from Street Dancer 3D, which released in 2020.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Garmi would be the first – it was three minutes and a couple of seconds long.

The heat, quite literally, must have been on when Badshah started working on this song – his involvement in it wasn’t restricted to penning and composing it, but he rendered it too.

The one who shared singing credits with him was Neha Kakkar.

It certainly wouldn’t be incorrect to state that it had chartbuster written all over it.

(Am)It did not elicit cheers

As someone who grew up in the 1990s, I was obviously appalled when I heard Ole Ole 2.0, the track from Jawaani Jaaneman.

It was a recreated version of the Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen composition from Yeh Dillagi (1994), which was penned by Sameer Anjaan, and rendered by Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

Needless to say, the new version – which was a couple of minutes and 25 minutes long – was composed by none other than Tanishk Bagchi.

Penned by Shabbir Ahmed, (Am)it was rendered by Mishra.

And, contrary to a line of the track, it lacked the purana swag.

The oriJinal’s MaJik was missing

If the two tracks from Jawaani Jaaneman (2020) on this blog were arranged in the alphabetical order, and in the descending order of their durations, Gallan Kardi would be the first – it was three minutes and 14 seconds long.

It was a recreated version of the 2004 Punjabi track Dil Luteya, which was composed by Sukhshinder Shinda and rendered by Jazzy B and Apache Indian.

The appalling film version, penned by Preet Harpal and Mumzy Stranger, was composed by Prem-Hardeep.

It was rendered by Jazzy and Jyotica Tangri, and featured a rap portion by Stranger.

It did earn Mummy’s diS(unand)approval

Mummy Nu Pasand was yet another recreation – it was the film version of the Punjabi single Jaani Teri Naa, by Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz.

It was the shorter of the two tracks from Jai Mummy Di on this blog – it was three minutes and four seconds long.

Of course, one would be really naïve if he/she thought his/her mom would approve of the song, which was penned by Jaani.

Needless to say, it was composed by Tanishk Bagchi, who also penned additional lyrics.

Sukh-E shared composing credits with him.

The track was rendered by Sunanda Sharma. 

The oriJiNal was certainly better

Keep The Doorbeen (binoculars) away. One will get a clearer view of where the Hindi film music industry is headed without them.

Unsurprisngly, a version of Lamberghini – the popular Punjabi song, which released in 2018 and featured Ragini Tandan – featured on the soundtrack of a film.

The recreated track was Lamborghini (at least they spelled it right), and the film was Jai Mummy Di, which released in 2020.

Kumaar penned the Meet Bros composition, which Neha Kakkar and Jassie Gill rendered.

It was four minutes and six seconds long, and definitely wasn’t worth a listen.  

Ranu made a Re(sha)m(miy)arkable debut

Ranu Mondal’s story – from rendering the Shor (1972) classic Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai at West Bengal’s Ranaghat railway station to making her playback singing debut in Happy Hardy And Heer – is well documented.

But did she live up to the hype? Well, the jury’s out on that, but the viral sensation made a decent debut, rendering Teri Meri Kahani.

The track was four minutes and 55 minutes long.

Of course, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that Himesh Reshammiya, who composed it and joined her behind the microphone, overshadowed her.

Shabbir Ahmed penned it.

It wasn’t worth HeaRing again

Aashiqui Meri Teri 2.0 was an appalling recreation of the song of the same name from 36 China Town (2006).

If the two tracks from Happy Hardy And Heer (2020) were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, this would be the first – it was five minutes and 16 seconds long.

Himesh Reshammiya, who composed and rendered the original, wasn’t just credited with composing this version, but he penned and sang it too.

Ranu Mondal joined him behind the microphone.

Sameer was credited as the lyricist too.

Sadly, Gill didn’t kill it!

The first release of 2020 – if they were arranged in the alphabetical order – was Bhangra Paa Le.

No prizes for guessing that its title track was the recreated version of the song of the same name from Karan Arjun (1995).

It was just three minutes long.

Mandy Gill’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to penning it, but he rendered it too.

It was composed by Shubham for JAM8 (Pritam Chakraborty’s platform for upcoming musicians).

By no means would it be incorrect to state that this version would (Shi)rule the charts for a long time.