Murshidabadi S(oumy)ang Sant Kabir’s poem

If the four songs from Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Moko Kahan would be the last.

It was the longest song on its soundtrack – it was four minutes and 32 seconds long,

The Shantanu Moitra composition was sung by Soumya Murshidabadi.

It was written by Sant Kabir, a 15^th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, who was born in Varanasi, and died in Maghar.

Incidentally, all the three cities mentioned in this poet – viz., Pilibhit, Varanasi and Maghar – are in present-day Uttar Pradesh, a state in north India. 

Rahul Ram rendered the song

If the four tracks from Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Maya Chhaliya Roop Dhare would be the third.

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

The song, which was written by Vinod Dubey, was composed by Shantanu Moitra.

The man who lent his voice to it was none other than Rahul Ram.

And there’s no two ways about the fact that he was the right man to sing it.

KK would be fondly Remembered

If the four songs from Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Dhoop Paani Bahne De would be the second – it was four minutes and eight seconds long.

Legendary singer KK – who was born in Delhi on August 23, 1968 – died of a cardiac arrest in Kolkata at the age of 53 on May 31, 2022.

He was one of the two men who rendered it (the other being Rituraj).

The (Moi)track, which Gulzar wrote, was composed by Shantanu.

Rahgir composed and rendered it

Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga released in 2022.

If the four songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Aadmi Bhutiya Hai would be the first.

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

Rahgir’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to writing it, but he rendered it too.

By the way, his name could be translated to, “Passenger”.

The only thing he didn’t do was compose the (Moi)tra – Shantanu was the music director.

It was a MARVellouS tRack

Spread across my blogs, there are five tracks from the 2022 film Samrat Prithviraj.

The subject of this post was Aigiri Nandini.

It wasn’t just composed by the (Al)apty-named Desai*, but he was also one of the six men who lent it their voices.

The others were Mahavir Kubadia, Raghav Dave, Rahul Chitnis, Saurabh Wakhare and Vivek Naik.

Varun Grover wrote the song, which was two minutes and 54 seconds long.

(*Note: The other four songs from the film in my collection were composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, and are in the blog dedicated to their music.)

Negi R(an)endered this track too

If the five tracks from Nikamma on this blog were arranged in the alphabetical order, Tere Bin Kya (which means, “What am I without you?”) would be the last.

The song was three minutes and 20 seconds long.

It was Dev Negi’s second contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

Shruti Rane joined him behind the microphone for it.

Kumaar wrote the Gourov Dasgupta composition.

The soundtrack also contained a Reprise version of the song.

Shirley Setia – also the film’s leading lady – and Mame Khan sang it.

It was four minutes and two seconds long.

 

 

 

The recreators DiSturbed the origiNal

I would usually refrain from using the oxymoron ‘better recreation’.

But I must admit that Nikamma – the title song of Nikamma – was a pretty decent recreation of Nikamma Kiya Is Dil Ne, from Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa (2002).

Lyricist Danish Sabri teamed up with Sanjay Chhel (who wrote the original).

But composers Javed-Mohsin tried, albeit in vain, to step into the original composer Himesh Reshammiya’s shoes.

And Payal Dev, Deane Sequeira and Dev Negi couldn’t recreate the magic of Sanjeevani Bhelande and Shaan’s voices from the original.

It was two minutes and 48 seconds long.

It was the joint-longest SoNg

Radio Nasha and Radio Ishq radio stations in Mumbai.

While the former’s frequency is 91.9 FM, that of the latter is 104.8 FM.

What one gets on putting their names together is Nasha Ishq Ka.

Alphabetically, it was the penultimate song from Nikamma in my collection.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the joint-longest track from the film in my collection – it was four minutes and six seconds long.

It was sung by Neha Karode and Stebin Ben.

Kumaar wrote the song, which Vipin Patwa composed.

 

Mallik was a Sing(h)er too

Ironically, one of the five songs on the soundtrack of Nikamma was titled Killer.

It happened to be the joint-longest song in the film – it was four minutes and six seconds long.

The involvement of Amaal Mallik in the track was not restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two men who lent it their voices as well.

The person who shared Sing(h)ing credits with him for it was the one and only Mika.

The song was the first of the three contributions of lyricist Kumaar to the soundtrack of the film.

Farhad Joined the Music directors

Nikamma released in 2022.

My collection contained five songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ab Teri Baari would be the first.

The song was three minutes long.

It was written by Sabbir Khan (who also happened to be the director and the screenplay writer of the film) and Danish Sabri.

The involvement of Javed-Mohsin in the song was not restricted to composing it, but they were two of the three people who lent it their voices as well.

They were joined behind the microphone for it by Farhad Bhiwandiwala.

Javed sang this short solo

If the four songs from Major in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Saathiya would be the second of those – it was just a couple of minutes and 57 seconds long.

It was the only solo on the soundtrack of the film – it was rendered by Javed Ali.

The song was one of Ritesh Rajwada’s two contributions to the film’s soundtrack.

It was composed by Sricharan Pakala (who is primarily noted for his work as a music director in the Telugu film industry).

 

Armaan S(ripad)ang the Hindi version

The soundtrack of Major contained a song titled Oh Isha.

Isha, in the song, refers to Isha Agarwal, the character essayed by Saiee Manjrekar (the daughter of filmmaker and actor Mahesh Manjrekar, and the leading lady in the film).

Chinmayi Sripada and Armaan Malik rendered the Hindi and Telugu versions of the song.

While Poojan Kohli wrote the Hindi version of the song, Rajiv Bharadwaj wrote the Telugu version.

The Malayalam version was a solo, sung by Santhosh Sooraj.

It was written by Sam Mathew A D.

All of them were composed by Sricharan Pakala.

 

Chithra sang all the versions

The only contribution of K S Chithra to the Hindi version of the soundtrack of Major was Mere Laalna.

It was written by Ritesh Rajwada.

Kanna Kanna – the Telugu version of the song – was written by Ramjogayya Sastry.

Bu no means would it be incorrect to state that Chithra was the right choice to render the Malayalam version, because it is her mother tongue.

Titled Naru Vennilla, it was written by Sam Matthew A D.

All the three versions of the soundtrack were composed by Sricharan Pakala, and were three minutes and 42 seconds long.

(Am)It was a Mishra solo

Major – which released in 2022 – was based on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

It released in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam.

Jana Gana Mana – which is also the national anthem of India – was the title of the first song on its soundtrack, if the four songs in it were arranged in the alphabetical order.

The song, which was four minutes and as many seconds long, was rendered by Amit Mishra.

Yash Eshwari wrote the song, which was sung by Sricharan Pakala (who also sang the Malayalam version).

 

It was the crooner’s com‘Pozy’tion

The soundtrack of Jugjugg Jeeyo contained a couple of songs, which were composed by Pozy.

In fact, they were the male and female version of the same track – Tum Jo Gaye (which, alphabetically, was the last of the eight songs from the film in my collection).

Pozy lent his voice to the former.

It was two minutes and 24 seconds long.

The lady who lent her voice to the latter was Swati Sharma.

Interestingly, it was just one second longer than the male version.

Both the versions of the song were sung by Ginny Diwan.

UnsuRpriZinGly, Bagchi was the recreator

Pakistani pop singer Abrar-ul-Haq released a song titled Nach Punjaban.

The fact that Tanishk Bagchi recreated the song was no surprise.

That version – which was titled The Punjaabban Song – featured on the soundtrack of Jugjugg Jeeyo.

In fact, the song was written by Abrar and Bagchi.

And clearly, the latter’s involvement in the song did not end with the two aforementioned roles.

Therefore, he was one of the four people who lent it their voices too.

Zahrah S Khan, Gippy Grewal and Romy were the others.

The track was three minutes and 19 seconds long.

She was not that Sim(i)ran

Remember the 1995 blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, in which Amrish Puri’s character says the immortal line, “Ja Simran ja, jee le apni zindagi” (which could be translated to, “Go Simran, live your life”).

Cut to 27 years later.

One of the songs on the soundtrack of Jugjugg Jeeyo was Rok Leyy.

And that was what composer Tanishk Bagchi’s fans must have uttered when they heard the song, which was sung by a similarly-named singer, Simiran Kaur Dhadii.

The song, which was written by Dhruv Yogi, was a couple of minutes and 52 seconds long.

Kavita’s son Kanishk didn’t Set(h)

Kavita Seth bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2010 for Iktara, from Wake Up Sid, which released in 2009.

She has two sons, Kavish Seth and Kanishk Seth.

Kavita teamed up with the latter to compose and sing Rangisari (a popular thumri by the late classical vocalist Shobha Gurtu).

If the eight songs from Jugjugg Jeeyo in my collection were arranged in the descending order of their durations, that track would be the joint-longest – it was three minutes and 43 seconds long.

From a lyrical standpoint, it was a traditional song.

 

 

It (Randha)was rendered by Asees

If the eight songs from Jugjugg Jeeyo in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Nain Ta Heere would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

The Vishal Shelke composition was written by Ghulam Mohammed Khavar and Kumaar.

It (Randha)was rendered by Asees Kaur, who was joined behind the microphone for it by Guru.

The other version of the song – sung by Lisa Mishra and Randhawa – was three seconds shorter than Kaur’s version.

Bagchi was an en‘title’d all-rounder

Interestingly, the title track of JugJugg Jeeyo was the shortest of the eight songs from the film in my collection – it was just a couple of minutes and 22 seconds long.

It would not be incorrect to state that Tanishk Bagchi was an en‘title’d all-rounder (pun intended).

After all, his involvement in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he wrote and sang it as well.

It was one of his four contributions to the film’s soundtrack as a composer, and one of his three contributions to it as a lyricist and singer.

Zahrah Khan joined the all-rounder

If the eight songs from Jugjugg Jeeyo in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jaise Savan would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the joint-longest – it was three minutes and 43 seconds long.

The involvement of the one and only Tanishk Bagchi in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he wrote and sang it as well.

In fact, if he had his way, he would sing the song’s female portion too.

Thankfully, he didn’t – Zahrah S Khan sang it.

All-rounder Diesby recreated thiS Song

If the eight songs from Jugjugg Jeeyo (2022) were arranged in the alphabetical order, the oddly-spelled Duppata would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was three minutes and 40 seconds long.

It was written, composed and sung by Diesby, who was joined behind the microphone for it by Shreya Sharma.

It was a recreated version of Dupatta Tera Satrang Da, a Punjabi song that released in 1994.

Shamsher Sandhu wrote the Atul Sharma composition, which was sung by Surjit Bindrakhiya.

(Am)It was Dhvani’s second contribution

Just as I had begun to rue the fact that it had been a while since I last heard a great Holi song on a Hindi film soundtrack, Udaa Gulaal Ishq Wala came like a breath of fresh air (or should I say, a pop of colour from a pichkari).

It was the second contribution of Dhvani Bhanushali to the soundtrack of Janhit Mein Jaari.

The man who shared singing credits with her for (Am)it was Gupta.

Amol-Abhishek composed the song, which was three minutes and 58 seconds long.

It was written by Abhishek Talented.

Prini composed and sang it

Tenu Aunda Nahi is a Punjabi phrase, which could be translated to, “You don’t know (how to do something)”.

Sadly, as a statement, it doesn’t come across as something that is very nice to say (or hear, for that matter), but it was a fairly decent track from Janhit Mein Jaari.

The involvement of Prini Siddhant Madhav in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he rendered it too.

The only thing he didn’t do was write the song – it was penned by Kunwar Juneja.

It was three minutes and 52 seconds long.

Indeed, Mr Ali rendereD(hv)anice song

There’s no two ways about the fact that people who grew up in the 1990s would be excited upon discovering the name of the person who penned Parda Daari, a song from Janhit Mein Jaari – it was written by the one and only Sameer Anjaan.

The song was four minutes and 52 seconds long.

It happened to the first of singer Dhvani Bhanushali’s two contributions to the soundtrack of the film.

The man who joined her behind the microphone for it was none other than Javed Ali.

The track was composed by Prini Siddhant Madhav.

The public was definitely iNteRested

The title track of Janhit Mein Jaari was one of the three contributions of composer Prini Siddhant Madhav to the soundtrack of the film.

Rapper Raftaar was joined behind the microphone for it by Nakash Aziz.

The song was written by Raaj Shaandilyaa (who wasn’t just making his debut as a lyricist, as well as a producer with the film*.)

It also happened to be the shortest of the six tracks on soundtrack of the film – it was three minutes and a second long.

(*Note: He was one of the five people who produced it.)

 

 

 

Tushar’s solo had a misspelling

I presume it was unintentional (like an error in transliteration) or was perhaps altered for numerological reasons.

But the word Jaane was spelled Janne in Ishq Ho Janne De.

That happened to be a song from Janhit Mein Jaari.

It happened to be the second contribution of Sadhu Sushil Tiwari as a music director to the soundtrack of the film.

The song was written by Rohit Sharma, and the only well-known person associated with it was the man who lent it his voice – Tushar Joshi.

It was five minutes and a couple of seconds long.

Shopaholics definitely loved this trAcK

Chali Re Bazaar is a line that many women love to say, and most men do not want to hear (ever).

It also happened to be the longest song on the soundtrack of Janhit Mein Jaari (which released in 2022, and could be translated to, “Issued in public interest”) – it was five minutes and 44 seconds long.

The song was sung by Asees Kaur.

The involvement of Sadhu Sushil Tiwari in it wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two people who wrote it as well.

The other was Niket Pandey.

Mishra said, “Listen to (Arij)it”

If there is a song titled Sun Bhi Le, it is a choice given to the listeners.

And that is because it could be translated to, “Please listen to it (if you want to)”.

Alphabetically, it was the last of the five songs from Ittu Si Baat in my collection.

Vishal Mishra composed the song, and was one of the two people who sang it.

Arijit Singh was the other.

The song was written by Raj Shekhar.

It happened to be the longest song in the film – it was four minutes and 23 seconds long.

MAny people found it relatable

Only in India do people celebrate being middle-class.

But if the soundtrack of Ittu Si Baat was anything to go by, it was also the title of one of the five songs in the film.

The song informed the listeners that all the female protagonist wanted was an iPhone (which many people would, in fact, be able to relate to).

Vishal Mishra didn’t just compose it, but was also one of the two men who sang it.

The other was Nakash Aziz.

Raj Shekhar wrote the song, which was two minutes and 27 seconds long.

Mishra SanG it as well

If the five songs from Ittu Si Baat in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Gulabi would be the third.

The title of the song could be translated to, “Pink” – apparently the colour everything turns when one is in love.

Vishal Mishra’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing, producing and arranging it, but he was one of the two people who lent it their voices as well.

He was joined behind the microphone for it by Shreya Ghoshal.

Raj Shekhar wrote the track, which was four minutes and seven seconds long.

Nautiyal joined Mishra for it

Darbadar is a Hindi word that could literally be translated to, “Running from pillar to post”.

It (Vish)also happened to a song from Ittu Si Baat, which was composed by Mishra, who was one of the two men who lent their voices to it as well.

The other was none other than Jubin Nautiyal.

Mercifully, he is competent enough to not have to do what the song’s title suggests in order to render a great song.

However, this song – which was three minutes and 21 seconds long – was passable.

It was written by Raj Shekhar.

This track VAsn’T exactly ‘priceless’

Ittu Si Baat – which could be translated to, “Something trivial” – was a film that released in 2022.

Its soundtrack contained five songs.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the run-of-the-mill 17 Lakh Ka Gajra – which means, “A garland worth Rs 17 lakh” – would be the first.

And that was only because its title began with a number. Or else, it would be the penultimate track.

Raj Shekhar wrote the Vishal Mishra composition, which was sung by the latter himself, with Asees Kaur and Tony Kakkar.

It was two minutes and 41 seconds long.

Only Nigam’s version was included

My collection contains just version of Zindagi.

It was the longest of the six songs from Ardh in the collection – it was five minutes and 43 seconds long.

That song was a Sonu Nigam solo.  

The Unplugged version of the track – which wasn’t included in my collection – was a female solo.

It was rendered by none other than Rekha Bhardwaj.

It happened to be the longest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was six minutes and 31 seconds long.

Both those tracks were written by Kunaal Vermaa.

They were composed by Palash Muchhal.

The leading lady RendereD it

Fans of the popular reality show, Bigg Boss, would remember Rubina Dilaik, who won the 14^th season of the show.

She was the leading lady in Ardh, and her co-star in it was Rajpal Yadav.

And she was also credited as the singer of one song on the film’s soundtrack.

It was titled Soja Chanda Re.

Palash Muchhal’s involvement in the three-minute-long song was not restricted to composing it, but he wrote it too.

And clearly those roles were not enough, so he produced and directed the film, and wrote its story and screenplay too.

Thankfully, they Kept it Short

The joint-shortest song on the soundtrack of Ardh was Peene Da Bahana – it was just two minutes and 43 seconds long (which was the same duration as Ardh Theme).

To be honest, the Palash Muchhal composition did not ‘Virk’, even with people who simply need a reason to drink.

The involvement of Kuwar – who shot to fame in the Hindi film industry with Maalamaal, a song from the 2016 film Housefull 3 – was not restricted to penning it, but he was also one of the two men who sang it.

The other was Shree D.

There were no (Much)half-Measures

Manjha is the string used by people who fly kites.

It is made of a mixture of an adhesive substance and glass dust on untreated cotton or acrylic thread, and is sharp and cuts the competitors’ kites.

On the contrary, Ishq Ka Manjha was a sweet, simple song from Ardh.

The Palash Muchhal composition could be translated to, “A string of love”.

The involvement of his sister – Palak Muchhal – in the song wasn’t restricted to writing it, but she was also one of the two people who lent it their voices.

The other was Armaan Malik.

 

(Am)It was tailor-made for Divya

That Divya Kumar is an unconventional singer whose vocals are powerful s well-known.

He harnessed the ‘Dum’ in his voice in order to render Dum Ali – a male duet from Ardh (which was, in fact, right up his alley).

The man who joined him behind the microphone for that track was Amit Mishra.

The involvement of Palash Muchhal in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he penned it as well.

It was the third-longest of the six songs from the film in my collection – it was three minutes and 33 seconds long.

Parry was (Muchh)also the lyricist

Ardh released in 2022.

Although the title of the film could be translated to, “Half”, there’s no two ways about the fact that there were no half-measures, because the team that collaborated on the song have never believed in those.

(Muchh)Alphabetically, the first song from the collection was called Ardh Theme.

It was composed by Palash, who was also one of the two people who lent it his voices.

The other was Parry G, who also wrote the track.

It was the joint-shortest song in the film – it was two minutes and 43 seconds long.