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.

The younger Merchant rendered it

Luck released in 2009.

The subject of this post was the second song from the film in my collection.

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

If the subject of the previous post was sung by Salim Merchant, it would have been a hat-trick for him.

But he also composed the song, with his older brother, Sulaiman Merchant,

The song was written by Shabbir Ahmed.

The remixed version of the song was three minutes and 42 seconds long.

This was sung by Dadlani

The second male solo on the soundtrack of Kurbaan was the title track of the film – Kurbaan Hua.

The man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Mr Dadlani.

If the three songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the (Vish)alphabetical order, it would be the second.

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

The song, which was written by Niranjan Iyengar, was composed by the Merchants, Salim and Sulaiman.

It was another Salim solo

The subject of this post was the second of the three songs from the 2009 film Kurbaan in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the first – it was titled Ali Maula.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations (or the descending order, if one pleases), it would be the second – it was four minutes and 37 seconds long.

The contribution of Salim Merchant to the song wasn’t restricted to composing it (with Sulaiman).

But he sang it too.

Irfan Siddiqui wrote the song.

Kareena’s Actual nickname wAS used

In the post about Missing Sunday, I wrote about Viva!

Another member of the band was Anushka Manchanda.

She happened to be one of the three people who sang the subject of this post.

It was titled Bebo, and it was from Kambakkht Ishq (2009).

The song wasn’t just named after Kareena Kapoor (who is affectionately called Bebo), but it was also picturised on her.

By the way, the other ladies who sang it were Alisha Chinai and Suzanne D’Mello.

Anvita Dutt wrote the Anu Malik composition, which was four minutes and 19 seconds long.

Trivedi composed and sang (Am)it

Dev.D released in 2009.

There were four songs from the film in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Nayan Tarse would be the penultimate one.

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

The contribution of Amit Trivedi to the song was not restricted to composing it, but he lent his voice to it as well.

The only thing he did not do was write the song – its lyrics were credited to Amitabh Bhattacharya. 

Kailash Kher was the all-rounder

Kailash Kher sang two songs with three-word titles, of which two were Chak and De.

One of those was the subject of this post – Chak Lein De.

It was from the 2009 film Chandni Chowk To China.

If the four songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the penultimate one – it was four minutes and 25 seconds long.

Kailasa (a band comprising Kher and the Kamath brothers, Naresh and Paresh) composed the song, which Kher penned.