Sunday, February 7, 2021

Sand sang a sad song

Although it would ideally be inappropriate to begin a new year’s playlist with a sad song, that is perhaps the way it is meant to be.

The track in question was Jo Gum Hua Hai, and it was from Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi.

Of course, if the song was about the previous year, it would be categorised as a happy song, because 2020 – the year that gave everyone across the globe a great deal of ghum – is over.

Jokes apart, Sapna Sand sang the song.

It was penned by Neeraj Pandey, and composed by Sagar Desai.

 

Kamat’s rendition was (Arn)absolutely delightful

The catchiest song on the soundtrack of Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi was Ek Adhoora Kaam.

In fact, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that the song was ironically titled – it should have been called Ek Poora Kaam, because that was what the team behind it did.

The Sagar Desai composition, which was penned by Neeraj Pandey, transported the listeners back in time to their childhood, which was carefree and filled with simple joys.

It was rendered by Arnab Chakraborty, who was joined behind the microphone by Ninad Kamat, who is a well-known film and television actor.

 

The MASses liked it too

Even if you weren’t invited to a New Year’s party this year, you can definitely claim, “Bulava Aaye Re”.

But if you declined the invitation, and preferred to listen to the track of that name, which was from Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi, you definitely would not regret your decision, because it certainly would not be incorrect to state that it appealed to everyone.

The song was penned by Neeraj Pandey, and was composed by Sagar Desai, who also happened to be one of the three men who rendered it.

The others were Mohan and Abhigyan Dasgupta.

It was an underRa(chita)ted song

Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi was the first release of 2021 – in fact, it released on January 1.

Its soundtrack contained four songs, and this blog contains posts on all of them.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Aisa Hai Kyon would be the first.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was not just an underrated track, but was a cute one as well.

The only female solo in the film, it was rendered by Rachita Arora.

The song, which was penned by Neeraj Pandey, was composed by Sagar Desai.

Kirkire was just the crooner

This is a post about an interesting song.

The track in question was Chidi Chidi, and it was from Madam Chief Minister, which released in 2021.

It was composed by Mangesh Dhakde, and it was a couple of minutes and 15 seconds long.

Although Swanand Kirkire is best known for penning several Hindi film songs that have become very popular, his involvement in this track was restricted to rendering it.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the National Film Award-winning all-rounder was impressed by the lyrics, which were credited to Dushyant.

Sawani sang it with Rajnigandha

By no means would it be incorrect to state that item numbers have been the new normal in Hindi films since the 1990s, but it must be mentioned that not all of them are catchy.

And the latest addition to the list of songs that were neither worth a watch nor a listen was Laalam Laal, from Kaagaz.

The track, which was four minutes and 21 seconds long, was penned by Aseem Ahmed Abbasee.

Rajnigandha Shekhawat and Sawani Mudgal rendered it.

It was music director Pravesh Mallick’s second contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

 

Jain wasn’t just the crooner

“Rahul, naam toh suna hi hoga”.

Par kya aapne Rahul ka gaana suna hai?

If you haven’t, please listen to Jug Jug Jiyo, which was the longest of the four songs from Kaagaz on this blog – it was four minutes and 57 seconds long.

The involvement of Rahul Jain in the track was not restricted to singing it, but he composed it as well.

It was penned by two men, namely Aseem Ahmed Abbasee and Kunaal Vermaa.

The longer version of the track – titled Jug Jug Jiyo (Reprise) – was five minutes and 14 seconds long. 

The choosy Papon sang it

The shortest of the four tracks from Kaagaz on this blog was Bulaave – it was three minutes and 56 seconds long.

In fact, it was the only song from the film in this blog that was under four minutes long.

While Hindi film music buffs often rue the lack of unique voices nowadays, it was a refreshing change to listen to Papon’s rendition, especially because he is known to be extremely choosy about his projects.

The track, which was penned by Shweta Raj, was composed by a man whose name is, rather stylishly, spelled CeAzer.

(Ud)It made 1990s kids (Yag)N(ostalg)ik

Kaagaz released in 2021.

This blog contains posts on four tracks from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Bailgadi would be the first.

No one was fooled by the title – it was indeed a throwback to the past.

(Ud)It was rendered by Alka Yagnik and Mr Narayan, and evoked memories of the 1990s, when they were two of the leading playback singers.

The track was the longer of composer Pravesh Mallick’s two contributions to the film’s soundtrack – it was four minutes and 28 seconds long.

It was penned by Rashmi Virag.