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Hum Hindustani released in 1960.

The opening line of its title track was Chhodo Kal Ki Baatein.

A recreated version of that song happened to be the fifth song from Sooryavanshi (2021) in my collection.

Alphabetically, it would be the second of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just two minutes long.

Various Artistes sang it.

Prem Dhawan, who wrote the original, was credited with writing this version too.

Tanishk Bagchi, unsurprisingly, shared composing credits with the original composer, Usha Khanna. 

Joshi and Khan sang it

Sherni released in 2021.

If the two songs from the film were arranged in the alphabetical order, an alliteratively-titled song would be the first.

The name of same track was Bandar Baant.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it would be three minutes and 16 seconds long.

The two people who lent the song their voices were Aishwarya Joshi and Roshan Khan.

It was written by Hussain Haidry, and composed by Bandish Projekt (a.k.a. Mayur Narvekar, who was also a producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist).

Alokananda and Ronkini sang it

The other short film segment in Ajeeb Daastaans that had a song was Geeli Pucchi, which was directed by Neeraj Ghaywan.

The song in question was Sang Rehna.

If the three songs on the soundtrack of the film were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last.

But if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was two minutes and 42 seconds long.

Alokananda Dasgupta didn’t just compose it, but she also teamed up with Ronkini Gupta to render it.

Varun Grover penned it.

 

Jahnavi joined John and Shashank

If Mohra (1994), and anthology films had a love child, it would be called Paani Mein Aag.

It was a track from Majnu, one of the four shorts that made Ajeeb Daastaans up.

It was directed by Shashank Khaitan.

His involvement in the song wasn’t restricted to penning it, but he was also one of the three people who sang it.

Jahnavi Kejriwal and John Stewart Eduri, who composed the song, joined him behind the microphone for it.

It was the shortest track in the film – it was just two minutes and 15 seconds long.

Mr Barve was the all-rounder

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai was a 1960 film.

The most popular song on its soundtrack was Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh.

Its first two words ‘inspired’ the title of a 2021 film.

However, there were two differences between that song and the film’s title.

Firstly, the second word in the latter was spelled with an extra A (in other words, it was Daastaan).

And secondly, the italicised word in the aforementioned sentence was pluralised (therefore, it was Dasstaans).

Shailendra Barve composed, penned, and sang its title track, which was two minutes and 38 seconds long.

Mr Malik sang this song

If the four songs on the soundtrack of Khuda Haafiz were arranged in the alphabetical order, Mera Intezaar Karna would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was four minutes and 25 seconds long.

The man who lent the song his voice was Armaan Malik.

The involvement of Mithoon in the song wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he penned it too.

Interestingly, that song, and Aakhri Kadam Tak, were the only songs in the film that had just one version.

Only Vishal’s version was included

The soundtrack of Khuda Haafiz contained a couple of versions of its title track.

But my collection contained just one.

The person who lent his voice to it was none other than Vishal Dadlani.

If the four songs from the film were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 38 seconds long.

The other version of the song – which was its Unplugged version – was sung by Javed Ali.

It was three minutes and 22 seconds long.

Sayeed Quadri penned those tracks, which Mithoon composed.