Anushka and Nikhil sang this

Maine Pyar Kiya released in 1989.

Its title track – Aate Jaate Hanste Gaate – was inspired by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder’s 1984 charttbuster I Just Called To Say I Love You.

It was written by Dev Kohli, composed by Raamlaxman, and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and S P Balasubrahmanyam.

A recreated version of the song – which was just a couple of minutes and 49 seconds long – featured on the soundtrack of Golmaal Again (2017).

Kohli was credited with penning that version too.

It was composed by Abhishek Arora, and sung by Anushka Manchanda and Nikhil D’Souza.

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.)

K S Chithra S(ha)ang this

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon released in 2003.

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was titled Kasam Ki Kasam.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was the best-known song in the film.

K S Chithra, one of the two people who lent her voice to the song, happened to be the voice of the soundtrack.

Shaan, who joined her behind the microphone for it, was the only male voice on it.

Dev Kohli wrote the Anu Malik composition.

It was half-a-dozen minutes and three seconds long.

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.

ThiS track wAS qUite diSAPpointing

Mela released in 2000.

If the two tracks from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, its title track – Mela Dilon Ka – would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was seven minutes and 28 seconds long.

(Ud)It was sung by three ladies (Alka Yagnik, Poonam, and Sadhana Sargam), and four men (Abhijeet, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, and Mr Narayan).

Dev Kohli and Dharmesh Darshan, the film’s director, wrote the Anu Malik composition, which was quite disappointing.

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. 

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.

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.

(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.

It was another Lata-SPB duet

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) may have had a sequence in which the film’s cast plays cricket.

But if were a cricket team arranged in the alphabetical order, I just found its number eight – Mujhse Juda Hokar.

By no means would it be surprising to state that the two people who lent their voices to that track were Lata Mangeshkar and S P Balasubrahmanyam.

As far as songwriters are concerned, it was Dev Kohli’s fifth contribution to the soundtrack.

The song was composed by Raamlaxman.

It was half-a-dozen minutes and a couple of seconds long.

There were two interchangeaBLe words

Before I added this song to my collection, there were a couple of songs from Patthar Ke Phool, which released in 1991.

The subject of this post was the third track from that film.

It was titled Deewana Dil Bin Sajna Ke Maane Na.

The words Deewana and Dil were interchanged from the song from Maine Pyar Kiya (1991).

It had two things in common with the other tracks from Patthar Ke Phool – Raamlaxman composed the song, which was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and S P Balasubrahmanyam.

The difference was Dev Kohli penned the song.

Paudwal rendered this recreated track

Though I knew Mera Laung Gawacha was recreated by Bally Sagoo, I was today years old when I read that it was a recreation of Pakistani singer Musarrat Nazir’s song of the same name.

The song, without which no Punjabi wedding is complete, appeared on the British DJ’s album Star Crazy.

And a Hindi film version of it featured on the soundtrack of Naag Mani.

Both of them released in 1991.

The lady who lent the latter her voice was Anuradha Paudwal.

The song, which was written by Dev Kohli, was composed by Anu Malik.  

Indeed, Rafi did it justice

I wrote this post on December 24, 2023 – the 99^th birth anniversary of the legendary Mohammed Rafi.

He lent his voice to the subject of it, which happened to be the second song from College Girl (1978) in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Phoolon Ki Tarah Woh Hansti Thi would be the first.

The song was his only contribution to the film’s soundtrack.

Dev Kohli wrote the Bappi Lahiri composition.

I first heard this song in a YouTube clip, in which Sachin Pilgaonkar – on whom it was picturised – mentioned it.