Palak and Jubin sang it

Palak Muchhal and Mithoon tied the knot on November 6, 2022.

Salaam Venky released just over a month later.

The last song from the film in my collection was Yun Tere Hue Hum.

It was apt, because the song could be translated to, “I became yours just like that”.

The former happened to be one of the two people who sang it.

The other was Jubin Nautiyal.

The involvement of Mithoon in the song wasn’t restricted to writing and composing it.

He arranged the song, and was also credited with the creation of the track.

Only Arijit’s version was included

If the five songs from Salaam Venky in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jo Tum Saath Ho would be the fourth.

Although there were three versions of the song in the film, my collection contains just one – the one that Arijit Singh rendered.

It was the longest song in the film – it was five minutes and 49 seconds long.

Mithoon wrote and composed it.

Shreya Ghoshal joined Singh behind the microphone for the duet.

Ghoshal, Shambhavi Thakur and Sminit Mhatre sang the lullaby, which was just a minute and 56 seconds long.

Mohit joined the all-rounder Mithoon

If the five songs from Salaam Venky in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Dhan Te Nan Zindagi would be the third.

Dhan Te Nan itself has no meaning. But colloquially, the song could be translated to, “Life is awesome”.

And that is exactly how it should be.

The involvement of the one and only Mithoon in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he wrote it too.

And clearly, those weren’t enough, so he was one of the two men who lent it his voice too.

The other was Mohit Chauhan.

It was rendered by Shaan

In the 1971 film Anand, Rajesh Khanna said, “Babumoshai, zindagi lambi nahin, badi honi chahiye”.

Indeed, one should not aspire to live long (because nobody knows how long he or she will live), but one should definitely make the most of the length of time he or she has.

That philosophy, incidentally, inspired a song from Salaam Venky.

And what are the odds that it was also titled Badi Zindagi?

The song was rendered by Shaan.

It was penned by Kausar Munir, and was composed by Mithoon.

It was three minutes and 13 seconds long.

Ms Sharma sang this nuMBer

Salaam Venky released in 2022.

My collection contained five songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Anda Bata Paratha would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 18 seconds long.

I initially thought it was a misspelling of Batata, but it wasn’t.

Sandeep Shrivastava wrote the song, which was composed by Mithoon.

The latter was one of the three people who sang it.

Aditi Singh Sharma and Benny Dayal were the others.

Shahid sang this one too

If the six songs on the soundtrack of Qala were arranged in the alphabetical order, Udh Jaayega would be the sixth.

By the way, that was the oddest spelling of the word Ud.

The song happened to be the second Shahid Mallya solo in the film.

It was the only song in the film that wasn’t composed by Amit Trivedi – the music director was Sagar Desai.

Although it wasn’t a classical song, it had the elements of one, with the sitar and sarangis in the background.

This song’s lyrics were also credited to Sant Kabir.

 

 

 

Sireesha and Mallya (Kirki)rendered it

The fifth of the six tracks on the soundtrack of Qala was Shauq.

The word means hobby, passion or interest.

And one truly has to be passionate about art or music to appreciate all the songs on the soundtrack of the film.

(Am)It was written by Varun Grover, and composed by Trivedi.

Swanand was one of the three people who (Kirki)rendered it.

Interestingly, Sireesha Bhagavatula and Shahid Mallya – who happened to be the female voice and the male voice of the soundtrack, respectively – were the others.

The song was three minutes and 39 seconds long.

 

Mallya and Kirkire sang (Am)it

Qala could be translated to art, and music is definitely one.

And appropriately, the soundtrack of the film had a song that could be categorised as both.

It was titled Rubaaiyaan.

The song was written by Swanand Kirkire, and was composed by Amit Trivedi.

And they also happened to be two of three people who lent their voices to it.

No prizes for guessing that the third was Shahid Mallya.

That certainly was not a surprise, because he was one of the voices of the soundtrack.

The song was four minutes and 13 seconds long.

This was another Bhagavatula solo

If the six songs on the soundtrack of Qala were arranged in the alphabetical order, Phero Na Najariya would be the third.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to state that the song was unlike the sort of songs on film soundtracks these days, and one which people had not heard in a long time – a filmi ghazal.

The song’s title was ironic – it could be translated to, “Ignore”, and that was precisely what the listeners couldn’t do to it.

It was Sireesha Bhagavatula’s second contribution to the film’s soundtrack.

Kausar Munir wrote the Amit Trivedi composition.

 

It was sung by Mallya

Alphabetically, the second of the six tracks on the soundtrack of Qala was Nirbhau Nirvair.

When I listened to it, it reminded me of something I had last read in middle school (except for the fact that those were just poems, and this was set to music).

And then it made sense – one of the two people who wrote it was Sant Kabir.

The other was Anvita Dutt, who also happened to be the director (and writer) of the film.

The song was a Shahid Mallya solo.

The man who composed it was Amit Trivedi.

Sireesha sang this underrated song

Qala released in 2022.

The soundtrack of the film contained half-a-dozen songs, and my collection contained all of them.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ghodey Pe Sawaar would be the first.

My first reaction on listening to the song was, “Hold your horses (pun intended)! This has to be one of the most underrated songs of the year”.

It was one of singer Sireesha Bhagavatula’s contributions to the soundtrack of the film.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which was composed by Amit Trivedi.

The song was three minutes and 14 seconds long.

Mishra was (Vish)also the composer

The third – and final – song from Maarrich in my collection was Na Boond.

The next nine words of the song went, “Hoon main barsaat ki, jo baadalon se bichhad jaoon”.

The opening line of the song could be translated to, “I am not the raindrop who is separated from the clouds”.

It was written by Kaushal Kishore.

The involvement of Vishal Mishra in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he lent his voice to it as well.

While everyone sings about what they are, this song was about what he was not.

Ms Chauhan did it justice

The soundtrack of Maarrich had just one song with which Vishal Mishra was not involved in any capacity.

It was titled Jaa Ne Jaa.

That was a different (read: rare) variant of the word Jaan-E-Jaan.

In fact, it was not just the only female solo on the soundtrack of the film, but it was written by a lady as well.

The lady who lent her voice to it was the one and only Sunidhi Chauhan.

And Rashmi Virag wrote it.

In fact, the only man associated with the song was Amaal Mallik, who composed it.

Vishal Mishra wrote it too

Maarrich released in 2022.

The soundtrack of the film had just three songs, and my collection contained all of them.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Deewana would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and 24 seconds long.

The involvement of Vishal Mishra in the song was not restricted to lending his voice to it, but he composed it too.

And clearly, doing both those things was not enough.

So, he was credited with writing the song as well.

Harry joined the Meet Bros

If the five songs on the soundtrack of Govinda Naam Mera were arranged in the alphabetical order, Pappi Jhappi would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was just a couple of minutes and 58 seconds long.

The involvement of the Meet Bros in the song was not restricted to composing it, but they happened to be two of the three men who lent their voices to it as well.

The third was Harry Arora.

The song was written by Kumaar.

Sandhu saNG this recreated track

It wasn’t surprising that one of the five songs on the soundtrack of Govinda Naam Mera was a recreated track.

The song in question was Kyaa Baat Haii 2.0.

The original was titled Kya Baat Ay, and it released in 2018.

Both those tracks were sung by Harrdy Sandhu.

For the recreated version, he was joined behind the microphone by Nikhita Gandhi.

Jaani wrote the song.

No prizes for guessing that Tanishk Bagchi was one of the two men who composed it.

B Praak was the other.

It was two minutes and 57 seconds long.

Kohli composed and sang it

Dial R for Rochak – Kohli, that is.

His involvement in the song titled Hello – which was from Govinda Naam Mera – was not restricted to composing it, but he rendered it too.

The song (which was the second solo on the soundtrack of the film) was written by Gurpreet Saini.

If the five songs on the soundtrack of the film were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the fifth.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was three minutes and 53 seconds long.

 

Ms Kakkar Joined the Sing(h)erS

If the five tracks from Govinda Naam Mera in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Bijli would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and 54 seconds long.

It was composed by Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya.

And if that were not enough, they also happened to be two of the four people who lent their voices to it.

The others were Neha Kakkar and Mika Singh.

The song was written by Vayu.

It was a Jubin solo

Govinda Naam Mera released in 2022.

My collection contained five songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Bana Sharabi would be the first – it was three minutes and 48 seconds long.

It may have been a run-of-the-mill song, but for a change, it was great to listen to an original song composed by Tanishk Bagchi.

Incidentally, he was also the person who wrote the song.

The man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Jubin Nautiyal.

Sanu lent it his voice

If the two tracks from Dedh Lakh Ka Dulha were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, O Mere Dilbar would be the second – it was four minutes and three seconds long.

It was nothing short of a coincidence that I was turning my blog about songs from films that released in the 1990s into a book when I chanced upon this song, which was rendered by the one and only Kumar Sanu.

The song, which was written by Abhay Pratap Singh, was composed by Shahjahan Shaikh.

It was sung by Shahid

Dedh Lakh Ka Dulha – which means, “A groom who is worth Rs 1.5 lakh” – released a day before New Year’s Eve of 2022.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, and in the ascending order of their durations, Guddu Naach would be the first – it was three minutes and 21 seconds long.

The man who sang it was Shahid Mallya.

The song was written by Abhay Pratap Singh, who also happened to be the director of the film.

It was composed by Shahjahan Shaikh. 

It was SunG by Papon

If the three songs from Cirkus in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Sun Zara was the last.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations (or the descending order, if you please), it would be the second – it was three minutes and 35 seconds long.

There were a couple of reasons for people complying with the instruction suggested by the title of the song – the two people who sang it, Shreya Ghoshal and Papon.

It was written by Kumaar, and was composed by Devi Sri Prasad (a.k.a. DSP).

This sonG wAs not LoVeD

The second of the three songs from Cirkus in my collection was Current Laga Re.

Lijo George’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it (with DJ Chetas), but he was also one of the five people who lent it their voices.

Jonita Gandhi and Dhvani Bhanushali were the two female singers.

Nakash Aziz and Vivek Hariharan joined them behind the microphone for it.

Kumaar was one of the two men who wrote it.

Hari was the man who shared writing credits with him for it.

It was three minutes and 46 seconds long.

Badshah wasn’t just the Sing(h)er

Cirkus released in 2022.

My collection contained three songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, and in the ascending order of their durations, Aashiqui would be the first – it was a couple of minutes and 43 seconds long.

The involvement of Badshah in the song was not restricted to writing it, but he was one of the two people who composed it too.

The other was Hiten.

Moreover, the rapper was one of the two people who lent their voices to the song as well.

The other was Amrita Singh.

Srushti hit the bull’s-eye again

Remember Srushti Tawde, the contestant on MTV Hustle 2.0, who shot to fame when she sang Main Nahin Toh Kaun Be and Chhota Don?

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the rapper hit the bull’s-eye again with her rendition of Nishaana (a song she also penned).

It was the second song on the soundtrack of Blurr.

The track was composed by Aditya Pushkarna.

Although it was just a couple of minutes and 24 seconds long, it was, in fact, the longer of the two songs on the soundtrack of the film.

Bhayana sang it with Dee

Deepa Unnikrishnan – the rapper who goes by Dee MC – was one of the squad bosses on MTV Hustle 2.0.

She was one of the two people who lent their voices to the female version of the title track of Blurr, which released in 2022.

The other was Shivangi Bhayana, who also happened to be one of the two people who composed the song.

The other was Rishi Dutta.

Mellow D replaced Dee MC for the male version.

Both the versions, which were a minute and 51 seconds long apiece, were written by Akshay The One.

Yohani Joined Kaur and Singh

The first time I heard Jehda Nasha was in a YouTube clip from the rap-based reality show MTV Hustle 2.0, on which it was rendered by a contestant named Aarya Jadhao (who goes by QK).

The song was originally sung by Amar [who (Jal)also wrote it with Balla Jalal].

He also happened to be one of the three people who sang its film version (which was from An Action Hero).

The others were Yohani Diloka de Silva, Harjot Kaur and I P Singh.

No prizes for guessing that that version was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi.

D’Evil’s (Chhab)rap certainly Vasn’t great

If the four songs on the soundtrack of An Action Hero were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ghere would be the third.

It was, in fact, the second original song in the film.

Parag Chhabra’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing, producing and arranging it, but he also happened to be one of the three people who lent it their voices.

The others were Vivek Hariharan and D’Evil.

In fact, the latter didn’t just write, but also performed, the rap portion of the song.

The remainder of the lyrics were credited to Vayu.

D’Evil’s rap could be over‘Rule’d

If the four songs on the soundtrack of An Action Hero were arranged in the alphabetical order, Asli Action Chaalu – the theme song of the film – would be the second.

It was actually the first of the two original songs from the film in my collection.

Parag Chhabra’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he also happened to be the producer and the arranger too.

It had rap portions in English and Hindi.

While D’Evil wrote and performed the Hindi rap portion, Shah Rule wrote and performed the English rap portion. 

  

Zahara (Fari)did it no justice

Nobody can forget Aap Jaisa Koi, the song from Qurbani (1980), which was picturised on Zeenat Aman, and made the late singer Nazia Hassan and composer Biddu popular in India.

And I don’t think anybody would want to remember the recreated version of the song, which was from An Action Hero, which released in 2022.

It was sung by Zahrah S Khan and Altamash Faridi.

While Indeevar’s lyrics were retained, the song had additional lyrics as well.

They were credited to Tanishk Bagchi.

Needless to say, he was also the man who recreated the song.