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Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United released in 1999.

My collection contained four songs from the film, including the subject of this post.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Maiyya Yashoda would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was half-a-dozen minutes and 19 seconds long.

The ladies who sang it were Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, and Kavita Krishnamurthy – the top three female singers of the time.

The song, which was written by Kiran R, was composed by Raamlaxman.   

Hariharan joined Alka for this

Including the subject of this post, my collection contained a couple of tracks from Arjun Pandit, which released in 1999.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, O Priya would be the second.

While the soundtrack of the film contained a couple of versions of it, my collection contained just one.

It was sung by Alka Yagnik, who was joined behind the microphone by Hariharan for it.

By the way, the second version was sung by Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

Both those songs were written by Javed Akhtar, and composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

 

SeVen SingerS SAng this trAck

My collection contains five songs from Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999).

Those include the subject of this post – O Yaaron Maaf Karna.

The soundtrack of the film contained a couple of versions of that track.

But my collection contains just one.

And that was the one sung by multiple singers – seven of them, to be precise.

Alka Yagnik and Vijeta were the two ladies.

And Abhijeet, Kumar Sanu, Shabbir Kumar, Sonu Nigam, and Saud Khan were the others.

Sameer wrote the Nadeem-Shravan composition.

Yagnik and Sanu lent their voices to Version 2 of the song.

Alka (An)and Aditya sang it

Man, Woman and Child was a book by Erich Segal, and a 1983 film of the same name.

The subject of this post was, incidentally, sung by a man, a woman, and a child.

It was titled Hai Nazuk Nazuk Halki Phulki, and spread across my blogs, it was the second song from Pardesi Babu (1998) in my collection.

Firstly, I’ll talk about the woman and the child – Alka Yagnik and Aditya Narayan, respectively.

As for the man, it was Anand Raaj Anand.

He didn’t just compose and sing it, but he wrote it too.

It Vasn’t an AUrAl treat

Abhijeet Bhattacharya sang Badi Mushkil Hai, a popular song from Anjaam, which released in 1994.

He also happened to be one of the four people who lent their voices to an unrelated song of the same name, which was from Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate, which released in 1998*.

The others were Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, and Vinod Rathod.

The song was written by the legendary Anand Bakshi.

It was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand-Milind.

(*Note: Spread across my playlists, it was, in fact, one of the two songs from the film in my collection.)

(Ud)It was sung by Paudwal

I recently watched a podcast in which three stand-up comedians were talking about the 1998 film Dulhe Raja.

My collection contains five songs from that film, including the subject of this post – Ladka Deewana Lage.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was half-a-dozen minutes long.

Anuradha Paudwal and Udit Narayan were the two people who sang it.

It was written by Sameer, and was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand-Milind.

Yagnik sang this underrated (Sa)number

Yeh Kya Hua was an R D Burman composition from Amar Prem, which released in 1971.

There was an unrelated song of the same name.

And, of course, it was from the film that released in the 1990s.

I am talking about Yeh Kya Hua, the only song from the 1997 film Tamanna in my collection.

Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lent their voices to it.

That track was written by Rahat Indori.

And it was composed by Anu Malik.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was an underrated song.

Kavita rendered it with Udit

The subject of this post was Dil Ki Dhadkan, and it was the second song from Mohabbat (1997) in my collection.

If the two tracks from the film in it were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations – it was five minutes and 24 seconds long.

While the previous post was about a song sung by the son, this track was a duet featuring the father’s vocals – Udit Narayan joined Kavita Krishnamurthy behind the microphone.

The song was sung by Sameer Anjaan.

It was composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

 

  

Aditya sang it with Prashant

Ghoonghat released in 1997.

Including the subject of this post, my collection contained four songs from the film.

The song was titled Hotel Mobile.

And believe it or faint, that track that should have been included in my collection long ago, because given the year it released and the fact that I was a teenager then, I was the targeted listener.

The song was sung by Aditya Narayan (who was a kid then) and Prashant Raj.

Anand Raaj Anand’s involvement in the song was not restricted to writing it, but he composed it as well.

It VAs another title track

Chaahat released in 1996.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film, including the subject of this post.

It was the title track of the film – it was titled Chaahat Na Hoti.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first of those – it was eight minutes and 22 seconds long.

The song was sung by Alka Yagnik (the ‘female voice’ of the soundtrack) and Vinod Rathod.

It was written by Nida Fazli, and was composed by Anu Malik.

This was another Yagnik-Udit duet

Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan were the voices of the soundtrack of Beqabu.

They sang the only song from the film in my collection – its title track, Beqabu Ho Gaya.

It was written by the one and only Anu Malik.

But here is the shocker – the song was written by Nida Fazli, who was born on October 12, 1938.

The film released on October 11, 1996 – the eve of his 58^th birthday.

By the way, Beqabu was a weak soundtrack vis-à-vis those of Tezaab (1988) and Narsimha (1991), which were also directed by N Chandra.

This song was not reMARkAble

The subject of this post was a song with which a personal story is associated.

A colleague used to sing it to my former co-workers and I when we used to hang out.

It was titled Ho Gayee Taiyar Hamari Army, and it was the title track of Army, which released in 1996.

Sameer wrote the Anand-Milind composition.

It was sung by Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod, and Jolly Mukherjee.

Alphabetically, it was the third of the four songs from the film in my collection.

The run-of-the-mill song was half-a-dozen minutes and 39 seconds long.

Kavita sang this one too

Spread across my blogs, Noorani Chehrewale was the second of the three songs on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Yaraana.

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 five minutes and 22 seconds long.

It was sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy, the voice of the soundtrack.

Anwar Sagar wrote the Anu Malik composition.

I picked that track over Jaadu Jaadu, which was my original choice, because musically, a song whose title began with Noorani made more sense.

Ms Yagnik sang (Ud)it too

Raja released in 1995.

With the inclusion of the subject of this post (Kisi Din Banoongi Main Raja Ki Rani), the number of songs from the film in my collection is three.

Each of those was sung by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan.

Sameer wrote the Nadeem-Shravan composition, which was the second title track of the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was seven minutes and 20 seconds long.

This Alka solo was catchy

When I was compiling this playlist, the subject of this post was one of the tracks on my mind, because I knew which film it was from.

The song in question was Kothe Oopar Kothri, and it was the only track from the 1995 film Jai Vikraanta in my collection.

It was a female solo – the singer who rendered it was the one and only Alka Yagnik.

Sameer wrote the song, which was composed by Anand-Milind.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was quite a popular song at one point.

(Ud)It was sung by Sargam

Before I decided to include the subject of this post to my collection, there was just one song from Krantiveer (1994) in it.

The second track fron the film in my collection was Phool Kali Chand Sitare, and I listened to it recently.

The song was one of the two contributions of Udit Narayan to the soundtrack of the film.

And it happened to be the only contribution of Sadhana Sargam to it.

Obviously, when William Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name”, he had not heard Sameer Anjaan’s lyrics.

The song was composed by Anand-Milind.

Sadhana San(u)g this title track

Karan released in 1994.

When I was compiling this list, I remembered the title track of the film (Mera Dil Tera Deewana Karan) from the early days of satellite television, when the song – minus the visuals – would play on Zee TV quite often.

These broadcasts were early in the morning, and never during the course of the main shows (including Philips Top 10, which was the most popular countdown show back in the day).

As for the song, it was sung by Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu.

Faaiz Anwar wrote the song, which Raamlaxman composed.

It was S(an)ung by Krishnamurthy

The 1994 film Aa Gale Lag Jaa was not related to the 1973 film.

As far as the former’s soundtrack was concerned, my collection contains just one track from it.

It was titled Aaj Humein Maloom Hua, and it was a song I looked up online after listening to it on a radio show.

Kavita Krishnamurthy and Kumar Sanu sang it.

Anwar Sagar wrote the Anu Malik composition, whose opening line sounded like a line from Kitna Pyaar Tumhein Karte Hain, which was also sung by Sanu, but was from Ek Ladka Ek Ladki (1992).

Arun Bakshi sang this song

In 1992, Ajay Devgn got the ‘Platform’ to showcase his acting skills.

The following year, one of his releases was a film whose title happened to be the italicised word in the line above.

I vaguely remembered a song from the film, which was picturised on him.

But I did not know its title, so I looked it up online.

It was titled Duniya Di Tha Tha Tha.

While the Arun Bakshi solo was a run-of-the-mill track, it was, undoubtedly, a great attitude to adopt.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the song, which was composed by Anand-Milind.

It was another Alka (Sa)number

Lootere released in 1993, and marked the directorial debut of Dharmesh Darshan.

Incidentally, he also wrote the subject of this post, which was titled Main Teri Rani Tu Raja Mera (and happened to be the only song from the film in my collection).

No prizes for guessing that the two people who lent their voices to the track were Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

The song was composed by Anand-Milind.

Although the song – and the film’s soundtrack – went on to become a hit, Darshan did not employ the brothers for any of his subsequent films.

Unsurprisingly, Ms Yagnik San(u)g it

Not much was memorable about the 1993 film Dhartiputra, barring the fact that it marked the Hindi film debut of Mammootty, the superstar of Malayalam films.

My collection contained just one song from the film – Mera Tohfa Tu Kar Le Qabool.

By no means was it a surprise that Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lent their voices to it – after all, they were among the voices of the 1990s in general, and those of that film’s soundtrack in particular.

The song, which Sameer Anjaan wrote, was composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod.

(Ud)It was sung by Uttara

Eons ago, I remember listening to the subject of this post on the bus I ride to school.

The song was titled Version 1 of Kangana Pehna Ke Le Jaoonga.

I didn’t know the film’s title then – it was only when I was writing it that I came to know it was from Police Aur Mujrim (1992).

Udit Narayan sang both the versions.

Uttara Kelkar joined him behind the microphone for this version.

For Version 2, she was replaced by the one and only Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Indeevar wrote both those tracks, which Bappi Lahiri composed.

It was a Sargam-Sanu duet

As was the case with most other songs in this playlist, I had vague memories of Banda Nawaz Izzat Nawaz too.

Spread across my playlists, it was the second song from Muskurahat – which released in 1992 – in my collection.

Incidentally, the team behind the other song from the film in my collection (Gun Gun Karta Aaya Bhanwara) collaborated on this song as well.

Sadhana Sargam, the female voice  of the soundtrack, was joined behind the microphone for it by the one and only Kumar Sanu.

Suraj Sanim wrong the song, which was composed by Raamlaxman.

Only Sadhana’s version was included

When I was compiling this playlist, Jaan Se Pyaara – which released in 1992, and was a film I vaguely remember watching – came to mind.

My collection contained just one song from the film – its title track, Raj Dulaara Tu.

Although the film’s soundtrack contained three versions of the song, my collection contained just one – the female version, which was sung by Sadhana Sargam.

It was half-a-dozen minutes and 13 seconds long (just a couple of seconds longer than Abhijeet’s version).

Sameer wrote the Anand-Milind composition, whose third – and shortest – version was a sad Sargam solo.

Aziz sang it with Lata

Saudagar released in 1991.

My collection contains five songs from the film, including the subject of this post – Radha Nachegi.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the fourth of the five songs from the film in it.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was half-a-dozen minutes and 50 seconds long.

The two people who sang it were Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Aziz.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

(Vip)Indeed, Sachdeva ‘stole’ the show

Sanam Bewafa released in 1991.

My collection contained two tracks from the film (including the subject of this post).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, O Hare Dupatte Wali was the second.

It was, in fact, the second song from the film which was about an accessory worn by women – a dupatta (which was green in colour)

And it would not be incorrect to state that Vipin Sachdeva, who sang it, ‘stole’ the show.

Mahesh-Kishor composed the song, which was written by Saawan Kumar Tak, who also produced, directed and wrote the film.

Amit (Bhos)lent it his voice

Spread across my blogs, my collection contained two songs from Afsana Pyar Ka, which released in 1991.

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

Interestingly, the titles of those songs happened to be the only difference between them.

And that was because the team that collaborated on this track was the same as the one who teamed up for Tip Tip Tip Tip Baarish (the other song from the film in my collection).

Anjaan wrote the Bappi Lahiri composition, which was sung by Asha Bhosle and Amit Kumar.

It wA(zi)z sung by Sadhana

The subject of this post was Batti Laal Haree.

It was the only song from Zahreelay (1990) in my collection.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the song, which referenced the traffic lights, confused the listeners.

And that is because the laal batti (or the red light) is a signal to stop, and the haree batti (or the green one) is a signal to go (read: continue listening to it).

Sadhana Sargam and Mohammed Aziz lent their voices to the song.

It was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, and conposed by Anand-Milind. 

Nobody listened to this trAcK

Jawani Zindabad released in 1990.

My collection contained just one song from that film.

It was titled Sun Sun Sun Mere Yaar.

That could be translated to, “Listen, my friend”.

I reckon that was ironic, because there is no two ways about the fact that that film, and therefore, its soundtrack, went unnoticed.

While the subject of the previous post was written by Anjaan, this track was penned by his son, Sameer.

It was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand-Milind.

The duo who lent their voices to the track was Kavita Krishnamurthy and Amit Kumar.

Anuradha sang it with Manhar

Aandhiyan released in 1990.

Spread across my blogs, my collection contains a couple of songs from that film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Yeh Waada Karle Waada would be the second.

And, as was the case with Duniya Mein Tere Siva, Anuradha Paudwal lent her voice to it.

After all, she could be called the voice of the soundtrack.

But the man who joined her behind the microphone for that track was Manhar Udhas.

The songs of that film were written by Anjaan.

They were composed by none other than Bappi Lahiri.