This was another Lata-SPB duet

When I was compiling my playlist about Birds in Hindi Film Songs, I included Kabootar Ja Ja Ja, which was from the 1989 film Maine Pyar Kiya, and was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar and S P Balasubrahmanyam.

They lent their voices to another song that referenced a bird and was from a film that released a couple of years later.

It was titled Tota Tota Sajan Se Kehna.

And it happened to be the second song from First Love Letter in my collection.

The track, which was written by Anjaan, was composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Lata and SPB rendered it

First Love Letter, which starred Manisha Koirala and Vivek Mushran, released just over a month after Saudagar, the 1991 film that marked the pair’s debut.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film.

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

The two people who lent the song their voices were Lata Mangeshkar and S P Balasubrahmanyam.

The latter was the only male singer to feature on the soundtrack of the film.

While the song was penned by Anjaan, the man who composed it was Bappi Lahiri.

It was S(an)ung by Yagnik

C.I.D. released in 1956.

Thirty-four years later, a lesser-known namesake – which, incidentally, had nothing in common with it – released.

While the soundtrack of the former continues to be popular, my collection contained just one song from the latter.

It was titled Teri Na Na Na.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the repeated word in the song’s title was the listeners’ reaction to it.

The duo who lent the track their voices were Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

Anjaan wrote the song, which Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah composed.

Jolly sang Sanu’s breakthrough song

My collection contains a couple of songs from Jaadugar, which released in 1989.

The subject of this post was the first of those (if they were arranged in the alphabetical order).

It was the title track of the film – Main Jaadugar Mera Naam Goga.

It would not be incorrect to state that it was the breakthrough song of Kumar Sanu, who went on to rule the Hindi film playback scene in the 1990s.

Jolly Mukherjee joined him behind the microphone for it.

Anjaan and Prakash Mehra, the film’s director, wrote the song, which Kalyanji-Anandji composed.

Runa rendered this popular number

When I was compiling this playlist, I chanced upon a song that I had heard, but I did not know the title of the film it was from.

The song was Mera Babu Chhail Chhabila.

Before I added it to my collection, I looked it up online.

And that was when I found out that it was from Ghar Dwaar (1985).

Anjaan wrote the Chitragupta composition, which was the only song from the film in my collection.

The song, which could be translated to, “My lover is a handsome youth”, was sung by Runa Laila.

Alisha (Chi)nailed this title track

When Tarzan pops into the heads of people of my vintage, they remember Taarzan: The Wonder Car, which released in 2004.

But in 1985, a then newbie named Hemant Birje played the ape-like man in Adventures of Tarzan, with Kimi Katkar playing the desi Jane. Her character’s name in the film was Ruby Shetty.

My collection contained just one version of a song from the film – its title track, Tarzan My Tarzan.

By the way, both the versions were sung by Alisha Chinai.

The song was written by Anjaan.

It was composed by Bappi Lahiri.

This trAcK celebrated Shammi Kapoor

Wanted: Dead Or Alive released in 1984.

The only song from the film – sung by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar – was Tumsa Nahin Dekha.

It referenced Shammi Kapoor’s popular films and began with Yahoo!, from his 1961 hit Junglee (whose title was among those mentioned in it).

Even the title of the song was inspired by the actor’s breakthrough hit, which released in 1957.

How he must have missed his voice, Mohammed Rafi.

But Kishore Kumar (Bhos)lent his voice to the song, as did Asha.

It was penned by Anjaan, and composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Benedict sang this title track

The second song from Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki on this playlist was its title track.

It was the second song from the film on this playlist, and the third in my collection overall.

Speaking of third, that was the position of the track vis-à-vis the others from the film if they were arranged in the alphabetical order.

And it was the only one that wasn’t sung by either Salma Agha or Bappi Lahiri (who, incidentally, composed it).

The man who lent his voice to the track was Vijay Benedict.

It was written by Anjaan.

Bappi’s MJ-inspired track wasn’t (Sal)marvellous

Thriller, Michael Jackson’s sixth studio album, released in 1982.

The video accompanying the eponymous track featured ghoulish characters dancing in sync in a graveyard.

That inspired Jeena Bhi Kya Hai Jeena, one of the two songs from Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984) on this playlist.

The song was composed by Bappi Lahiri, who was inspired by Billie Jean, another track on the aforementioned album by the King of Pop.

Lahiri was also one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

The other was Salma Agha.

The track was penned by Anjaan.

It mArKed Mr Bhattacharya’s debut

I first came across the subject of this post – Waadon Ki Shaam Aayee – while listening to the radio.

It was referenced by Abhijeet Bhattacharya during an interview, when he was talking about the first Hindi film song he lent his voice to.

It was the only song from Anand Aur Anand (1984) in my collection.

The evergreen Dev Anand produced, directed and starred in the film, which marked his son’s (Suneil Anand) debut.

He joined a pair of (Bhos)legends behind the microphone for it – Asha and Kishore Kumar.

Anjaan wrote the R D Burman composition.