(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.

Ms Deshpande joined the SAbrIs

Prior to the addition to the subject of this post, there were five songs from Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998) in my collection.

If the six songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Teri Jawani Badi Mast Mast would be the penultimate one – it was five-and-a-half minutes long.

Anupama Deshpande joined the Sabri brothers, Afzal and Iqbal, and the latter’s son, Shabab, behind the microphone for it.

Iqbal Sabri wrote the song, which the debuting brothers, Sajid-Wajid, composed.

Nigam failed to (Chi)nail it

Keemat – whose tagline was They Are Back – released in 1998.

My collection contained a couple of songs from the film, including the subject of this post, which was titled De Diya Dil Piya.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would, in fact, be the first of those.

As far as contributions to the film’s soundtrack were concerned, it was the only one for both the people who lent their voices to it.

One was Alisha Chinai, and the other was Sonu Nigam.

The song, which Indeevar wrote, was composed by Rajesh Roshan.

(Ud)It was out of ‘Line’

A film titled Hum Se Badkar Kaun released in 1981.

Seventeen years later, an unrelated film released.

Its title combined the words Hum and Se, and added the letter ‘h’ to the word Badkar.

There was just one song from the film.

It was titled Line Maarle (Mumbai slang for flirting).

(Ud)It happened to be the only solo on the soundtrack of the film – the man who lent it his voice was none other than Mr Narayan (who was, in fact, the voice of the soundtrack).

Faaiz Anwar wrote the song, which Viju Shah composed.

Alka lent (Ud)it her voice

When I sat down to write this post, the 2024 film Merry Christmas had released.

That is what a person would wish a friend on Bada Din.

That, by the way, was the title of a film that released in 1998.

The subject of this post – Meri Aankhon Mein – is one of the two tracks from that film in my collection.

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

(Ud)It was sung by Alka Yagnik and Mr Narayan.

(Pand)It was written by Javed Akhtar, and composed by the siblings, Jatin-Lalit

This song VAs not sweet

Soan Papdi and Soan Halwa are popular Indian sweets.

Or, if one were a fan of 1990s Hindi film music, it was a song from Aunty No. 1, in which Govinda calls Raveena Tandon Soan Papdi, and she calls him Soan Halwe.

If the four songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last.

But the song, which was rendered by Alka Yagnik and Vinod Rathod, probably left a bitter taste in many a mouth.

It was written by Sameer Anjaan, and was composed by Anand-Milind.

This song was (Ba)nobody’s ‘Arzoo’

Govinda played the titular character in Aunty No. 1, which released in 1998.

My collection contained three songs from the film, including the subject of this post.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the first, because it happened to be the title track of the film.

While the other two tracks from the film in my collection, and the others on its soundtrack were either duets or sung by three singers, this was a solo – Arzoo Bano rendered it.

Sameer Anjaan wrote the awful song, which was composed by Anand-Milind.