This RFAK solo was insipid

Son of Sardaar released in 2012.

My collection contains four songs from the film.

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

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was five minutes and 21 seconds long.

That Rahat Fateh Ali Khan solo proved that he could do insipid songs justice.

The song, which was penned by Sameer Anjaan, was composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

The Reprise version of the song was just a couple of minutes and 11 seconds long.

Mr Reshammiya’s fans weren’t ‘Luck’y

At the outset, I must say imagine how ‘lucky’ I was, because Kajraare released on October 15, 2010 – a couple of days after my 28^th birthday.

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, Rabba Luck Barsa would be the first – it was five minutes and 27 seconds long.

The involvement of Himesh Reshammiya in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he sang it as well.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan.

  

Harshdeep sang it with Himesh

If the two songs from Karzzzz (2008) in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Lut Jaoon Lut Jaoon would be the first – it was five minutes and 36 seconds long.

It had three things in common with the other song from the film in it.

Firstly, they were composed and sung by Himesh Reshammiya.

Secondly, they were duets.

And thirdly, Sameer Anjaan penned them.

But there was one difference between them – Harshdeep Kaur joined him behind the microphone for Lut Jaoon Lut Jaoon.

Himesh didn’t just compose it

The second song from Namastey London in this playlist, and the fifth overall, was Viraaniya.

If the were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the penultimate one – it was five minutes and 43 seconds long.

The involvement of Himesh Reshammiya in the song was not restricted to composing it.

But he lent his voice to it as well.

Interestingly, the song happened to be just a couple of seconds shorter than the other Reshammiya solo in the film, Chakna Chakna.

It was penned by the one and only Javed Akhtar.

 

Mr Gandhi sang this trAcK

Namastey London released in 2007.

There were five songs from the film in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Aanan Faanan – one of the two tracks from it in this playlist – would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was half a dozen minutes and a couple of seconds long.

Akriti Kakkar and Jayesh Gandhi were the two people who lent their voices to the song.

Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which was composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

Sonu sang this title soNG

Apne released in 2007.

There was just one song from the film in my collection.

It happened to be the title track of the film – Apne Toh Apne Hote Hain.

The opening line of the song translated to, “Our own people are our own”.

Of the three people lent their voices to it, one was a lady.

I am talking about Jaspinder Narula.

The men who joined her behind the microphone for the song were Sonu Nigam and Jayesh Gandhi.

It was written by Sameer Anjaan.

The man who composed the song was Himesh Reshammiya.

Mr Reshammiya was the (Tul)singer

Chup Chup Ke released in 2006.

If the two tracks from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Shab-E-Firaq 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 11 seconds long.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the song, whose title was the Urdu word for, “The night of separation”.

Himesh Reshammiya’s contribution to the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two people who sang it.

Tulsi Kumar was the other.

Sunidhi and Shaan sang it

There were a couple of songs from 36 China Town (2006) in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, 24 X 7 I Think of You would be the first – it was five minutes and 13 seconds long.

Sunidhi Chauhan, one of the female voices of the soundtrack, was one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Shaan.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan, and composed by Himesh Reshammiya.  

Richa sang it with Kunal

My collection contained a couple of songs from Run, which released in 2004*.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Nahin Hona Nahin Hona would be the second.

The two people who lent their voices to the song were Richa Sharma and Kunal Ganjawala.

It happened to be their only contribution to the film’s soundtrack.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the Himesh Reshammiya composition.

(*Note: I remember watching this film on what was then called a ‘video coach’ – a private bus that plied between cities, and had a television. I was travelling from Mumbai to Pune.)

Ms Yagnik S(ha)ang this song

Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne released in 2003.

My collection contained three songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the title track – Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne – would be the second.

Shaan, who was the voice of the soundtrack, was one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

The lady who joined him behind the microphone for it was the one and only Alka Yagnik.

It was one of her two contributions to the soundtrack, but it wasn’t included in my collection.

Sudhakar Sharma wrote the Himesh Reshammiya composition.

It wasn’t An (Ud)‘item’ number

Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya – which released in 2001 – was a film a friend and I ‘accidentally’ watched at a cinema hall.

There were a couple of songs from the film in my collection, including the subject of this post.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical number, Chori Chori Tera Chalna would be the second.

The two people who lent their voices to (Ud)it were Alka Yagnik and Mr Narayan.

Sudhakar Sharma wrote the song, which was composed by Himesh Reshammiya.

Inexplicably, it described everything about the pair on whom it was picturised as ‘items’.