Mauli sang this RecreateD track

I Love NY – a long-delayed film – released in 2015.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the recreated version of R D Burman’s composition, Aaja Meri Jaan (the title track of the 1993 film of that name) would be the first.

DJ Phukan was credited with composing this version, which was sung by Mauli Dave, a contestant on Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007.

The song – which was five minutes and 14 seconds long – was written by Mayur Puri.

Mamta was the right choice

At the time of writing this post, it was election time in India.

And many people consider politics dirty.

In 2015, a film titled Dirty Politics released.

My collection contained just one song from that film.

It was titled Ghaghara.

Mamta Sharma sang that song. Only she could have done it justice.

The song, which was written by Sameer Anjaan, was composed by Sanjeev-Darshan.

It was four minutes and 25 seconds long.

By the way, that song had nothing to do with Ila Arun’s Vote for Ghaghra, an Indi-pop song that released in the 1990s.

It was (Kirki)rendered by Swanand

Lootera released in 2013.

There were three songs from the film in my collection.

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

The song – which was influenced by the Baul musical tradition of West Bengal – was (Kirki)rendered by Swanand (whose fellow lyricist, Amitabh Bhattacharya, penned it).

Trivedi composed (Am)it.

It was the only song in the film that was under the four-minute mark – it was three minutes and 58 seconds long.

Therefore, if the songs were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first.

Ganesha devotees Hardly appreciated it

My collection contained three songs from ABCD: Any Body Can Dance (2013).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Sadda Dil Vi Tu would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was five minutes and 27 seconds long.

The song’s title was a Punjabi phrase that meant, “Our heart is you too”.

And the phrase that followed it was Ga Ga Ga Ganpati.

Devotees of the elephant-headed deity hated the Sachin-Jigar composition, which Mayur Puri penned.

Hard Kaur sang it.

This RFAK solo was insipid

Son of Sardaar released in 2012.

My collection contains four songs from the film.

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

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was five minutes and 21 seconds long.

That Rahat Fateh Ali Khan solo proved that he could do insipid songs justice.

The song, which was penned by Sameer Anjaan, was composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

The Reprise version of the song was just a couple of minutes and 11 seconds long.

Neeraj rendered this title track

Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi released in 2012.

Given the fact that the film was produced and written by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (who had a fantastic ear for music, and was a noted music director himself), the soundtrack was rather weak.

In fact, my collection contained just one song from the film, whose colloquial title means, ‘Shirin and Farhad got lucky’.

And that happened to be its title track.

The man who lent his voice to the song was Neeraj Shridhar.

The song, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Jeet Gannguli.

 

Ms Ghoshal S(ha)ang this song

Housefull 2 released in 2012.

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

If they were arranged in the (Ghosh)alphabetical order, Do U Know? would be the second.

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

Shreya and Shaan were the two people who lent the song their voices.

It was written by Sameer Anjaan, and composed by Sajid-Wajid.

The remixed version of the song was four seconds shorter than the original.

 

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a (Sunid)hit

My collection contained just one song from Chakravyuh, which released in 2012.

It was titled Kunda Khol.

The word that followed the title of the song – which translated to, “Open the latch” – was Fakeera.

The song – which was picturised on actor Sameera Reddy – was up the alley of Sunidhi Chauhan, who happened to be the voice of the soundtrack.

But it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that it didn’t fare as well as the other item numbers to which she has lent her voice.

Ashish Sahu wrote the song, which was composed by Sandesh Shandilya.

 

Dr Zeus sang this song

Dr Zeus is the stage name of Baljit Singh Padam, who shot to fame with his song, Kangna, in 2003.

In 2012, a recreated version of that track featured on the soundtrack of Chaar Din Ki Chandni.

The man who penned the song was Sandeep Shrivastava.

It was three minutes and 32 seconds long, and was composed by Lumber.

There were a couple of songs from the film in my collection.

Alphabetically, it was the second of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first.

Mr Singh rendered this trAcK

If the five songs on the soundtrack of the 2012 film Agneepath were arranged in the alphabetical order, Shah Ka Rutba would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was five minutes and 23 seconds long.

Sukhwinder Singh, Anand Raaj Anand, and Krishna Beura lent their voices to the song.

The song, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by the Gogavale brothers (Ajay-Atul).

It was nominated in the 2013 Mirchi Music Awards in the ‘Song Representing Sufi Tradition’ category.

Three SingerS sang this tracK

The second song from Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011) in my collection was its title track, which was five minutes and a second long.

Sunidhi Chauhan, Shilpa Rao, and Kunal Ganjawala lent it their voices.

Swanand Kirkire wrote the Abhishek Ray composition.

There were two other versions of the song, which weren’t in my collection.

One was titled the Bonus Song. It was sung by Ray, and was three minutes and 28 seconds long.

And the other was the Female Version.

It was a second longer than the original, and obviously, Ganjawala wasn’t involved in it.

 

It was a Krsna Solo

Tanu Weds Manu – the first film in the series of that film – released in 2011.

There were four songs from it in my collection.

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

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

Krsna Solo’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he lent his voice to it too.

It was written by Raj Shekhar.

I hadn’t heard the Wadali Brothers’ version.

 

 

(Ank)It was sung by Aneja

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster – the first installment of that film series (whose title was inspired by Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam) – released in 2011.

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was titled Saheb Bada Hathila.

Tiwari’s involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to composing (Ank)it, but he sang it too.

Vipin Aneja was the other.

Sandeep Nath wrote that track, which I first heard on the radio (and I had to look up online to find out more about it).

By the way, the song was five minutes and 58 seconds long.

Sidd Coutto renDereD this tracKK

My collection contains a couple of songs from the 2011 film Pyaar Ka Punchnama, including the subject of this post.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the second – it was titled Life Sahi Hai (colloquially, ‘Life is great’).

Four men lent their voices to that track.

Benny Dayal, KK, and Vishal Dadlani were joined behind the microphone for it by the indie artist, Sidd Coutto.

The song was written by Luv Ranjan (who also happened to be the writer and director of the film).

It was composed by Clinton Cerejo.

  

Hard Kaur was the Sing(h)er

Seldom does the title track of a film end up becoming its review.

But that happened in 2011.

The film – and the song – in question was F.A.L.T.U.

It was the second song from the film in my collection.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that Hard Kaur was the female voice of the soundtrack.

And she was one of the two people who lent their voices to that track.

The other was the one and only Mika Singh.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the song, which was composed by Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya.

Sukhwinder was just the Sing(h)er

Chalo Dilli released in 2011.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Matargashtiyan would be the second – it was four minutes and 47 seconds long.

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

If he had his way, he would probably have lent his voice to it as well.

But he did not – the Sing(h)er was the one and only Sukhwinder.

It was sung by Bhardwaj

There were a couple of songs from 7 Khoon Maaf (which released in 2011) in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Bekaraan would be the first – it was half-a-dozen minutes and 25 seconds long.

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

No prizes for guessing that one of the two men who penned it was Gulzar.

Javed Sheikh shared writing credits with him for it.

Mr Reshammiya’s fans weren’t ‘Luck’y

At the outset, I must say imagine how ‘lucky’ I was, because Kajraare released on October 15, 2010 – a couple of days after my 28^th birthday.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Rabba Luck Barsa would be the first – it was five minutes and 27 seconds long.

The involvement of Himesh Reshammiya in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he sang it as well.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan.

  

(Pand)It was sung by Hada

If the three tracks from Guzaarish in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Tera Zikr would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was four minutes and 59 seconds long.

Rakesh Pandit was one of the two men who lent it their voices.

The other was Shail Hada, the voice of the soundtrack.

The latter bagged the Stardust Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Male for it.

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

 

Kunal sang this underrated song

There were three songs on the soundtrack of Guzaarish (2010) in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Sau Gram Zindagi would be the first – it was four minutes and 42 seconds long.

The man who lent this underrated track his voice was Kunal Ganjawala.

It was penned by Vibhu Puri (who was nominated in the Upcoming Lyricist of the Year category at the third essay of the Mirchi Music Awards, which took place in 2010).

Sanjay Leela Bhansali composed the song.

Shilpa deserved both her nominations

With the addition of Mudi Mudi Ittefaq Se to my collection, there are a couple of songs from Paa (2009) in it now.

It was the longer of the two Shilpa Rao solos from the film in it – it was a couple of minutes and 53 seconds long.

She was nominated in the Best Female Playback Singer category at the 16^th Star Screen Awards and the 11^th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards for the song in 2010.

And she deserved both of them.

The song was written by Swanand Kirkire, and composed by Ilaiyaraaja.