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.

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.

Sanjay wAS Among the singers

Plan released in 2004.

If the two songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Aim Kaim would be the first.

The involvement of Anand Raaj Anand in the song was not restricted to composing it, but he was also one of the four people who lent their voices to it*.

The others were Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Shaan, and Sanjay Dutt.

No prizes for guessing that Dutt top-lined the cast of the film.

Dev Kohli penned it.

(*Note: Interestingly, Anand Raaj Anand was one of the male voices of the soundtrack.)

It was another Yagnik-Supriyo duet

There were a couple of things in common between the subject of the previous post and that of this one.

Firstly, both were from films that released in 2002.

And secondly, they were composed by Anand Raaj Anand.

But what is more interesting are the four differences between them.

Firstly, it was titled Humne Tumko Dil Yeh De Diya.

Secondly, it was the only song from Gunaah in my collection.

Thirdly, Alka Yagnik and Babul Supriyo were the two people who lent their voices to it.

And lastly, the track was penned by Praveen Bhardwaj.

Anand wASn’t just the composer

Some people will literally make a song and dance about Indian-made foreign liquor (abbreviated to IMFL).

And that is precisely what the team behind the music of Annarth (2002) did in what was, alphabetically, the second song from the film in my collection.

It was titled Whisky Pila De.

The involvement of Anand Raaj Anand in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was also one of the three people who lent their voices to it.

Sadhana Sargam and Abhijeet Bhattacharya were the others.

The man who penned the song was Dev Kohli.

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.

(Ud)It wasn’t a Praiseworthy track

Qila – which was released in 1998 – marked the final film appearance of Dilip Kumar, whose career spanned 54 years.

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was the ironically-titled Wah Bhai Wah, a phrase even the most die-hard fans of the film’s cast would not utter upon listening to the song.

While it was Poornima’s only contribution to the soundtrack, the man who lent his voice to (Ud)it was the one and only Mr Narayan.

Dev Kohli wrote the Anand Raaj Anand composition.

The song was five minutes and 24 seconds long.

This trAcK received no ‘(Hel)lo’ve

Aakrosh released in 1998.

There was just one song from the film.

And I remembered just a couple of lines of it when I created this playlist.

It was titled Hello Hello Bolke.

Unfortunately, no one really warmed up to the song, to which a couple of singers lent their voices.

While one was Kavita Krishnamurthy, the other was Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

The song was written by Dev Kohli.

Just like the repetitions of the word ‘Hello’ in its title, there were a couple of Anands in the name of the music director – Anand Raaj Anand.