This was Ms Yadav’s solo

The fourth – and final – track from Looop Lapeta in my collection was Tera Mera.

It was three minutes and 20 seconds long.

The track happened to be the only female solo on the soundtrack of the film – it was sung by Sharvi Yadav.

It was written by the other Siddhant (but with a double D) – Kaushal.

This was the third track in the film that was composed by a duo – Rahul Pais and Nariman Khambata.

They are the co-founders of The Jamroom, and teamed up to compose the background score of the film as well.

 

 

This V(y)as the shortest track

The shortest track of the soundtrack of Looop Lapeta was something everyone would like to attain (or an American rock band, if that genre of music is what floats your boat) – Nirvana.

It was three minutes and four seconds long.

The contribution of Sidhant Mago to the track was not restricted to writing it (solo), but he was also one of the two men who composed it.

His collaborator, of course, was Mayank Mehra.

That track happened to be the only male solo on the soundtrack of the film – it was rendered by Harshal Vyas.

Mago ensured triple the Anand

The title track of Looop Lapeta was the longer of the two contributions of Sidhant Mago to the soundtrack of the film – it was three minutes and 47 seconds long.

And he could’ve been called the musical equivalent of an all-rounder.

As far as the penning the song was concerned, it was solely credited to him.

But he was one of the two men who composed it – the other was Mayank Mehra.

And it happened to be the only duet on the soundtrack of the film – Mago was joined behind the microphone by Jay Anand.

 

This tRacK wasn’t Ronkini’s solo

If the four songs from the oddly-spelled Looop Lapeta (2022) in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, the duet version of Beqaraar would be the first – it was three minutes and 55 seconds long.

The song was rendered by Ronkini Gupta and Raghav Kaushik.

Gupta sang the female version of the song, which was as long as the duet.

The involvement of Santanu Gupta in both the versions of the track was not restricted to writing them, but he composed them as well.

Jha rendered this track too

If the three songs from Gehraiyaan were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, the film’s title track (which Lothika Jha sang) would be the third – it was just two minutes and 59 seconds long.

Ankur Tewari wrote the Kabeer Kathpalia (OAFF) and Savera Mehta composition.

Mohit Chauhan joined Jha behind the microphone for the Reprise version of the track, which was three minutes long.

And she teamed up with Skeletron to render another remixed version of the track, which was two minutes and 24 seconds long.  

Mehta Sa(vera)ng it with Jha

Doobey was the longest of the three songs from Gehraiyaan on my blog – it was three minutes and 39 seconds long.

It was composed by Kabeer Kathpalia and Savera Mehta.

Incidentally, the latter was also one of the two people who rendered it.

The other was Lothika Jha.

The only renowned name associated with the song was the lyricist, Kausar Munir.

In fact, its remixed version, which was sung by Jha and Sarvesh Shrivastava (a.k.a. Sickflip), happened to be the longest of the remixes in the album – it was three minutes and 17 seconds long.

Shalmali joined the debutant compOSers

If the three tracks on the soundtrack of the 2022 film Gehraiyaan – which released the same day as Badhaai Do – were arranged in the alphabetical order, Beqaaboo would be the first.

The song – which was three minutes and seven seconds long – was composed by Kabeer Kathpalia (a.k.a. OAFF) and Savera Mehta, an independent musical duo making its mainstream film debut.

They also happened to be two of the three people who lent their voices to it.

The third was Shalmali Kholgade.

It was the shorter of lyricist Kausar Munir’s two contributions to the film’s soundtrack.

Nobody complained about Archana’s (Go)rendition

I was certainly not kidding when I called Archana Gore the voice of the soundtrack of Gangubai Kathiawadi (as far as the number of songs was concerned).

Her second contribution to it was a solo titled Shikayat.

And it would be correct to state that contrary to the title of the song, she gave the listeners no reason to complain.

The longest of the three female solos on the soundtrack of the film, it was four minutes and nine seconds long.

The song was written by A M Turaz, and composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Kumaar’s longest was Neeti’s solo

The subjects of the next three posts happen to be solos from Gangubai Kathiawadi. 

And the shortest of those was the subject of this post.

It was titled Meri Jaan, and was the only song in the film that exceeded the three-minute mark but was shorter than the four-minute mark (it was three minutes and 58 seconds long).

The song – which was composed by none other than Sanjay Leela Bhansali – was rendered by Neeti Mohan.

In fact, it was the longest of the two-and-a-half contributions of Kumaar, the lyricist, to the soundtrack of the film.

Singh’s solo was the longest

For almost a decade, it is practically impossible to imagine – let alone appreciate – a Hindi film soundtrack without an Arijit Singh song.

And that was why the subject of this post elicited a smile.

Incidentally, it was also titled Muskurahat, and it was the longest song on the soundtrack of Gangubai Kathiawadi – it was four minutes and 37 seconds long.

The song also happened to be the longest of the three contributions of the lyricist, A M Turaz, to the soundtrack of the film.

It was composed by the one and only Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Four lADies (Go)rendered this (Taran)number

Jhume Re Gori was the shortest of the two-and-a-half contributions of lyricist Kumaar to the soundtrack of Gangubai Kathiawadi. 

In fact, it also happened to be the shortest song in the film – it was two minutes and 50 seconds long.

It was the only song in the film that featured multiple voices.

In fact, as its title suggests, the quartet who sang it were members of the ‘fair’er sex – Archana Gore (the voice of the soundtrack in terms of ‘numbers’), Aditi Prabhudesai, Dipti Rege and Tarannum Jain.

The song was composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

It was totally worth (Ghosh)alisten

The six songs on the soundtrack of Gangubai Kathiawadi included four solos, of which three were female solos.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jab Saiyaan, which was four minutes and seven seconds long, would be the first.

Listening to the Shreya Ghoshal solo prompted me to remark that it was just a matter of time before we could all listen to a good song again, because it was certainly worth the agonising wait.

Of course, the lyricist (A M Turaz) and the composer (Sanjay Leela Bhansali) also deserved the credit for that.

 

Jahnvi certainly Hada fantastic start

Gangubai Kathiawadi released in 2022.

The first track from the film was Dholida.

It was just a couple of minutes and 59 seconds long.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that that was a refreshing change from the current lot of songs which are longer, and more often than not, fail to sustain the interest of the listeners.

Debutante Jahnvi Shrimankar shared singing credits with Shail Hada.

The song – which was written by Kumaar and Bhojak Ashok ‘Anjam’ – was composed by none other than Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also directed the film.

Only Maalavika’s version was included

For a man whose name is Khamosh Shah, the composer of the two versions of Maange Manzooriyan – from Badhaai Do – expressed himself well enough to be credited with the second-longest track(s) in the film (both were four minutes and 18 seconds long).

However, my collection contains just one of them – the female version, which was sung by the Chennai-born and Mumbai-based Maalavika Manoj (who professionally goes by Mali, and was a member of the now-dissolved underground band Bass-in-Bridge).

The male version of the track was sung by Abhay Jodhpurkar.

They were penned by Azeem Shirazi.

Shashaa’s solo had multiple coincidences

As far as the subject of this post was concerned, the coincidences seemed to abound.

Firstly, Hum Thay Seedhe Saadhe* was the second song on the soundtrack of Badhaai Do with the word Hum in the title.

Secondly, my blog contains only the female version of the song, which was sung by Shashaa Tirupati (but unlike Hum Rang Hain, it was a solo).

And thirdly, it was written by Varun Grover, and sung by Amit Trivedi.

(*Note: It happened to be the longest song in the film – it was four minutes and 24 seconds long.)

A trio SANg this song

Of the seven songs on the soundtrack of Badhaai Do, two appropriately began with Hum (the Hindi word for ‘we’, and the English verb).

And coincidentally, they happened to be the two longest songs in the film.

The subject of this post was titled Hum Rang Hain.

And it was the second-longest song in the film – it was four minutes and 19 seconds long.

Shashaa Tirupati was one of the three singers who lent it her voice.

The others were Amit Trivedi (who was also the composer) and Nakash Aziz.

Varun Grover penned the track.

Trivedi took to the miK(akka)rophone

While still retaining the North Indian flavour – literally – on the soundtrack of Badhaai Do, the next track in the film was called Gol Gappa (which is named after the snack that we call pani puri in Mumbai, and our Bengali brethren call phuchka).

It was the second-longest song in the film that didn’t have another version – it was three minutes and 39 seconds long.

Amit Trivedi’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two people who sang it.

The other was Neha Kakkar.

Anvita Dutt penned it.

Tiwari composed and saNG it

In North India, “Bandi tot” is slang for an attractive woman (though they would be offended if a guy were to use that phrase to describe them).

It also happened to be the title of a song from Badhaai Do.

The second-shortest of the four songs in the film that did not have multiple versions, it was three minutes and 33 seconds long.

Ankit Tiwari’s involvement in the song was restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two who rendered it too.

The other was Nikhita Gandhi.

Anurag Bhumia wrote the song.

 

 

Nakash rendered this title track

If the seven songs from Badhaai Do on this blog were arranged in the alphabetical order, its title track would be the second.

And if it were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just two minutes and 53 seconds long.

One of the four songs in the film that didn’t have multiple versions, it was rendered by Nakash Aziz.

Vayu* penned the song, which was composed by Tanishk Bagchi.

(*Note: While reading about this song recently, I found out that his real name was Vaibhav Shrivastava.)

 

Moghe sang it with Singh

Badhaai Do released three days before Valentine’s Day in 2022.

The film’s soundtrack contains three versions of Atak Gaya (which means stuck).

And the lyricist, Varun Grover, and the composer, Amit Trivedi, hoped it would get stuck in the listener’s minds for a long time.

The version on my blog was three minutes and 19 seconds long, and was sung by Arijit Singh and Rupali Moghe.

Moghe and Abhijeet Shrivastava sang another version, which was as long as the aforementioned track.

And Trivedi rendered its Acoustic version, which was three minutes and 10 seconds long.

Suno, because Sonu sang it

If the two songs from 36 Farmhouse were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Mohabbat would be the second – it was four minutes and seven seconds long.

Sonu Nigam rendered the song, which wasn’t just written, but also composed by Subhash Ghai.

And, as its title suggests, the song did deserve love from the listeners [despite the fact that it wasn’t as awesome as the duo’s previous collaborations, such as Yeh Dil Deewana (from the 1997 film Pardes) and Ishq Bina (from the 1999 film Taal).]

Hariharan’s song wasn’t really ‘Mind’-blowing

Just when I thought the January jinx was broken without a release at the beginning of the year, up popped 36 Farmhouse (2022).

My blog contains both the songs from the film.

And Mind Your Business was the shorter of those – it was three minutes and 44 seconds long.

Interestingly, the song – which Hariharan rendered – marked the debut of showman Subhash Ghai as lyricist and music director.

But the filmmaker – whose films that released in the 1980s and the 1990s boasted of superb soundtracks – was a shadow of his former self in both the disciplines.