(Ud)It was rendered by Yagnik

Tere Mere Sapne released in 1996.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Mera Dil Gaya would be the third of the four songs from the film in my collection.

It was the only contribution of Alka Yagnik to the soundtrack of the film.

She was joined behind the microphone by none other than Udit Narayan, who happened to be the voice of the soundtrack.

The song was written by Anand Bakshi.

It was composed by Viju Shah, who, incidentally, composed 30% of the tracks from films that released in 1997 on this playlist.

Ms Chauhan joined the Narayans

With the addition of the subject of this post to my collection, there were a couple of songs from Shastra (1996) in it.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ladki Deewani Ladka Deewana would be the second.

While that was how the song was credited on the film’s soundtrack, the third word of the song was Dekho.

Sunidhi Chauhan, who was barely into her teens at that point, joined the father and son duo of Udit and Aditya Narayan behind the microphone for it.

Shyam Raj wrote the song, which Aadesh Shrivastava composed.

Mr Mishra was the sinGeR

Ek Number is a colloquial phrase, which means ‘excellent’.

If one were to reverse those words, they would be the third and fourth words, respectively, of a song from Saajan Chale Sasural.

It was titled Main Hoon Number Ek Gawaiya.

If the five songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the third.

Three men lent it their voices. They were Kunal Ganjawala, Vinod Rathod, and Satyanarayan Mishra.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan.

And it was composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod.

Good‘bYeS’ did not sound sweeter

The subject of this post was a run-of-the-mill duet titled Bye Bye Miss Good Night.

If the five songs from Saajan Chale Sasural (1996) in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the first.

The two people who lent their voices to the soundtrack were Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

By no means would that be a surprise, because they were the female and male voices of the soundtrack respectively.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the song, whose next line went, “See You Again”.

Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod wrote it.

This title track becAMe popular

Like the subject of the previous post, the subject of this one was a song from an Ajay Devgn-starrer that released in 1996.

The film was Jaan.

And the song in question was the title track of the film, Jaan O Meri Jaan.

The lady who lent her voice to it was the one and only Alka Yagnik.

And that was no surprise, because she was the voice of the soundtrack.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Manhar Udhas.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which became popular.

It was composed by Anand-Milind.

Devgn joined Poornima for this

Diljale released in 1996.

My collection contained three songs from the film.

If the subject of this post was arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the third – it was titled Shaam Hai Dhuan Dhuan.

It was the only contribution of Poornima to the soundtrack of the film.

And, interestingly, the man who joined her behind the microphone for it was Ajay Devgn, the film’s lead.

But unlike other actors who sang songs, he merely mouthed a few dialogues in it.

The song, which was penned by Javed Akhtar, was composed by Anu Malik.

It was an Abhijeet solo

My collection contained a couple of songs from Dastak, which released in 1996.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the subject of this post would be the second.

Interestingly, this song was one of the two versions of a song, which was titled Tumhe Kaise Main Bataoon (which means, “How do I tell you?”)

The next line of the song went, “Tumhe kaise main kahoon” (which means, “How do I say it to you?”)

Abhijeet rendered both the versions of the song, which was penned by Javed Akhtar, and composed by Rajesh Roshan.

This was an underrated (Sa)number

Chaahat released in 1996.

My collection contained three songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, the underrated Dil Ki Tanhai Ko would be the third – it was seven minutes and 27 seconds long.

In fact, it was the only song from the film in my collection that wasn’t just a solo, but was also under the eight-minute mark.

That song was rendered by none other than Kumar Sanu.

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

Mr Nigam sang this Son(u)g

In 1996, there were two versions of Kinna Sona Tenu Rab Ne Banaya.

I have already included the Hindi translation of the song (Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne Banaya, from Raja Hindustani).

And the subject of this post is a version that combines Punjabi and Hindi.

It was titled Kinna Sona Tujhe Rab Ne Banaya.

And it was the song from Aisi Bhi Kya Jaldi Hai in my collection.

The man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Sonu Nigam.

The song, which Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote, was composed by Gaurishankar Sharma.

Ms Krishnamurthy sang this S(upriy)ong

Incidentally, both the songs from Agni Sakshi (1996) in my collection – including the subject of this post – began with the letter O.

Moreover, O Piya O Piya had three other things in common with O Yaara Dil Lagana.

Firstly, the lady who lent her voice to it was Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Secondly, it was written by Sameer Anjaan.

And thirdly, it was composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod.

But the first difference was O Piya O Piya was a duet – Babul Supriyo sang it with Krishnamurthy.

Moreover, that track was half-a-dozen minutes long.