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.

It was sUNg by Sargam

When I compiled my playlist containing Hindi film songs that referenced birds, I had not heard the subject of this post.

It was titled Dil Junglee Kabootar.

And it was the only song from Qahar (1997) in my collection.

On one hand, I was trying to wrap my head around the reason a person would liken his heart to a wild pigeon.

And on the other, I was looking up the lyricist’s name – by the way, it was Anand Bakshi.

The song, which was written by Anand-Milind, was sung by Sadhana Sargam and Udit Narayan.

It was S(an)ung by Sargam

Hameshaa released in 1997.

My collection contained a couple of tracks from the film, including the subject of this post.

It happened to be the title track of the film, Hameshaa Hameshaa.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was half-a-dozen minutes and 54 seconds long.

Sadhana Sargam, the female voice of the soundtrack, lent it her voice.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Kumar Sanu.

Rahat Indori wrote the song, which Anu Malik composed.

Sargam sang this UNderrated song

This is the second of the three Viju Shah compositions from films that released in 1997 on this playlist.

And it was one of the two songs from Gupt: The Hidden Truth on it.

If the six songs from the film were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Mere Sanam Tujhko would the fourth – it was five minutes and 48 seconds long.

There is no two ways about the fact that that song, which Anand Bakshi penned, was underrated.

Sadhana Sargam and Mr Narayan sang (Ud)it.

Sargam sang it with Abhijeet

I concluded the previous post with a statement about three of the 10 songs from films that released in 1997 on this playlist being Viju Shah compositions.

One of them was the third song from Aar Ya Paar in my collection.

It was titled Mann Chahe Sanam.

It happened to be the only contributions of the two people who sang it to the soundtrack of the film.

Sadhana Sargam and Abhijeet were the singers in question.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that this song, which was written by Indeevar, was underrated.

ThiS(a)number had too many connectionS

Elaan released in 1994.

The second song from the film – alphabetically the first – was Subah Se Lekar Shaam Tak.

Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu teamed up to sing what could be called the first track in ‘Akshay Kumar’s Subah-Shaam Duology of 1994’.

It also happened to be one of the two songs in Sargam’s ‘Subah-Shaam Duology of 1994’.

By the way, they were the female and male voices of the soundtrack, respectively.

The song was written by Rani Malik.

Incidentally, one of the two people who composed it was Shyam.

And the other was Surender.

 

It was S(an)ung by Sadhana

My collection contains three songs from Platform, which released in 1993.

They include the subject of this post, and that of the next one.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ek Din Jhagda Ek Din Pyaar would be the second.

That line summed up the life of a couple in love.

It was the only contribution of Kumar Sanu to the soundtrack of the film.

He was joined behind the microphone for the song by Sadhana Sargam.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan, and composed by the Srivastava brothers, Anand and Milind.

This was a Sadhana-Sanu duet

Aasman Se Ooncha released on March 3, 1989.

The only song from the film in my collection was Jiya Pyaar Maange Jiya.

It was the title track of the film, because Aasman Se Ooncha were the three words that followed the four aforementioned ones.

The first time I heard it was during Kumar Sanu’s interview to an FM station’s YouTube channel.

The lady who joined him behind the microphone for the song was Sadhana Sargam.

The song, which was written by Shyamalal Babu Rai (better known by his pseudonym, Indeevar), was composed by Rajesh Roshan.