It was sung by Sudesh

Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan released in 1999.

The title track of the film – which was five minutes and 59 seconds long – was the second song from the film in my collection.

I added the song to my collection for a couple of reasons.

Firstly, I loved the song that inspired the film’s title (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, from C.I.D., which released in 1956).

And secondly, I was once compiling a list of songs with cities in their titles.

The man who (Bhos)lent his voice to that track was Sudesh.

Indeevar wrote the Jatin-Lalit composition.

Asha sang this life lesson

Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin released in 1999.

My collection contained just one song from the film – Apni Toh Life Mein Style Hona Mangta.

That song was rendered by none other than Asha Bhosle.

The line that followed its title went ‘Face pe hardam smile hona mangta’.

That was a great life lesson, because while the first line of the song may not be everybody’s cup of tea, it is not just possible, but also necessary, to be positive.

It was penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

And the two men who composed (Pand)it were the siblings, Jatin-Lalit.

Anuradha and Sudesh sang it

In the past, whenever I thought of Dhanno, all I could remember was Basanti’s (Hema Malini) mare in Sholay (1975) or R D Burman’s song from the 1977 film Kitaab, Dhanno Ki Aankhon Mein.

But there was a non-Pancham Dhanno in the 1990s.

It was a song titled Dhanno Ki Aankh Sharabi.

And it happened to be the second song from the 1999 film Lal Baadshah in my collection.

The two people who (Bhos)lent the song their voices were Anuradha Paudwal and Sudesh.

It was written by Shyam Raj, and was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.

Amit (Bhos)lent it his voice

Kohram released in 1999.

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

It was titled Hum Hain Banaras Ke Bhaiya.

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

I remembered the song despite having no other connection with the city in Uttar Pradesh, barring the fact that a couple of my mates hailed from there.

The two men who (Bhos)lent (Am)it their voices were Mr Kumar and Sudesh.

The song, which was written by Dev Kohli, was composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen. 

NFAK composed and sang (Ud)it

My collection contained a couple of songs from Kartoos, which released in 1999.

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

The involvement of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he also happened to be one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

Udit Narayan was the other.

Interestingly, the latter was the voice of the soundtrack (and this was the second contribution of the former to it).

Majrooh Sultanpuri penned the song.

Narula (Bhos)lent it her voice

International Khiladi released in 1999.

It was the sixth film in Akshay Kumar’s Khiladi franchise.

In fact, it also happened to be the last film in that franchise to release in the 1990s.

My collection contains just one song from the film, in which the actor’s would-be wife, Twinkle Khanna, was his co-star.

It was titled Lutiya Gaya.

The two people who (Bhos)lent the song their voices were Jaspinder Narula and Sudesh.

It was four minutes and 24 seconds long, and was written by Dev Kohli.

The man who composed the song was Aadesh Shrivastava.

It was a run-of-the-mill Yagnik solo

By no means would it be incorrect to state that Alka Yagnik was the voice of the soundtrack of the 1999 film Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya.

And that was because she sang a couple of songs from it.

While one of those was a solo, the other was a duet.

But my collection contained just one of those – the former, which happened to be the title track of the film.

Rani Malik wrote the song, which was composed by two men – one was Anand Raaj Anand, and the other was Pradeep Lad.

Jaspinder and Sukhwinder sang (Ud)it

My collection contained just one song from Hindustan Ki Kasam, which released in 1999.

It was titled Jalwa Jalwa.

Three singers lent their voices to the song.

One of them were Jaspinder Narula. It happened to be her only contribution to the soundtrack of the film.

The involvement of Sukhwinder in the song wasn’t restricted to Sing(h)ing it, but he composed it too.

The man who joined them behind the microphone for (Ud)it was the one and only Mr Narayan.

The song, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was five minutes and 52 seconds long. 

Yagnik sang it with Abhijeet

As far as this playlist was concerned, the second film with No. 1 in its title was Anari No. 1, the Govinda-starrer which released in 1999.

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

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Dheere Dheere Hum Dono Mein would be the first.

The man who lent his voice to it was Abhijeet Bhattacharya, the male voice of the soundtrack.

Alka Yagnik joined him behind the microphone for it.

Dev Kohli wrote the song, which Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen composed.

Ms Yagnik sang this song

The second song on this playlist was from Arzoo (1950).

And the subject of this post was the second song from Aarzoo, which released in 1999.

It was titled Saajan Saajan Teri Dulhan.

If both the songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was seven minutes and 20 seconds long.

The only female solo on the film’s soundtrack, it was sung by none other than Alka Yagnik.

The song, which was penned by Anand Bakshi, was written by Anu Malik.