It was the title trAcK

Silsila Hai Pyaar Ka released in 1999.

My collection contained three versions of the film’s title track – Yeh Silsila Hai Pyaar Ka.

Of course, my collection contains just one of them.

It was four minutes and 35 seconds long, and was a duet (rendered by Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu).

Unbelievable but true, the shortest of the lot was just 29 seconds long.

It was a sad version, and it was a Yagnik solo.

And the instrumental version of the song was four minutes and 13 seconds long.

Sameer wrote the song, which Jatin-Lalit composed.

Two ladies rendered this trAcK

On October 16, 1999, a film titled Mother released.

As hard as it was to picture Rekha essay the titular role, I remember the subject of this post being aired on television on numerous occasions at that point.

It was titled Mother Mother.

And as the song’s title states, it was the film’s title track.

Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy lent their voices to the song.

The track, which was written by Sameer Anjaan, was composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

Interestingly, Saawaan Kumar Tak – who was a lyricist himself – wrote, directed, and produced the film.

It was their ‘Soldier’ hAt-tricK

Soldier released in 1998.

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

It was titled Mere Dil Jigar Se.

It was actually a double hat-trick.

Firstly, it was the third song from the film in my collection that began with the letter ‘M’ (and the third, if they were arranged in the alphabetical order).

And secondly, it completed the hat-trick of Alka Yagnik-Kumar Sanu duets in the film.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan, and was composed by Anu Malik.

It was five minutes and 32 seconds long.

(Ud)It was sung by Kavita

The subject of this post was another track I remembered from watching its promos on television.

The song in question was Maharaja Ki Kahani.

And it was the title track of Maharaja, which released in 1998.

The two people who lent their voices to it were Kavita Krishnamurthy and Udit Narayan, the other two prominent voices of the 1990s.

While the former was the voice of the soundtrack, the latter rendered both the versions of the film’s title track.

The song was written by Sameer Anjaan.

Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod composed it.

This was an underrated (Sa)number

My collection contains a couple of tracks from the 1997 film Tamanna, including the subject of this post.

The track in question was Yeh Aaine Jo Tumhe.

The man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Kumar Sanu.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the song, which was written by Indeevar, and composed by Anu Malik, was underrated.

In fact, I recently heard this song during a radio show featuring Malik, which happened to be one of the videos on the YouTube channel of an FM station.

Mr Anand wAS the all-rounder

I remember watching the subject of this post on television.

And recently, for no reason, I looked a Hindi phrase up – which was in a line of that track – online.

The phrase in question was “Maikhane ki chaabi” (which means, “The keys to the bar”).

And the song was Humko Hone De Sharabi.

It was the only track from Koi Kisise Kum Nahin (which released in 1997) in my collection.

Anand Raaj Anand did not write and compose it, but he sang it too.

Kumar Sanu and Abhijeet joined him behind the microphone for it.

Ms Sargam sang thiS(a)number too

The subject of this post was a song that completed the Sonali Bendre hat-trick on this blog.

It was titled Kaajal Kaajal, and it happened to be the only song from the 1996 film Sapoot in my collection.

Although the film’s soundtrack contained a couple of versions of the song, my collection contains just one – the one sung by Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu.

It was written by Dev Kohli, and composed by Anu Malik.

This was another song that was on the playlist of Bendre songs on the FM interview I watched on YouTube.

This was another Alka-Sanu duet

The fact that Sonali Bendre was a big deal in 1996 was evidenced by the fact that this blog contains a couple of songs from films starring her that released that year.

One of them, of course, was English Babu Desi Mem.

The only song from that film in my collection was Deewana Main Tera Deewana.

Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu sang it.

Yogesh wrote the song, which was composed by Nikhil-Vinay.

It was, in fact, one of the songs that was playing during a radio interview with Bendre, which I watched on YouTube recently.

It was S(an)ung by Sadhana

For the inclusion of the subject of this post into my collection, the YouTube channel of an FM station deserves the credit*.

It was titled Teri Chaahat Mein Dil Yeh Deewana Hai.

And it happened to be the only song from The Don – the 1995 film – in my collection.

The two people who sang it were Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu, who were the voices of the soundtrack.

The song, which was written by Faaiz Anwar, was composed by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

(*Note: The video I was watching featured Sonali Bendre, the film’s leading lady.)

Bappi (Bhos)lent it hiS voice

While I was deciding what songs from films that released in 1995 to add to this playlist, I remembered a track titled Dil Ka Doctor.

It was the title track of the film of that name.

Not only did Bappi Lahiri compose the song, but he also happened to be one of the three people who lent their voices to it.

The others were Shweta Shetty and Sudesh Bhosle.

Interestingly, the man who wrote it was Dr Deepak.

I probably remembered the song from the early days of 24X7 channels on television, which promoted it.

 

Ms Yagnik San(u)g this too

The fact that Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lent their voices to both the songs on the blog that were from films that released in 1994 was purely coincidental.

But the two tracks were as different from each other as chalk is from cheese.

The subject of this post was Woh Aankh Hi Kya.

And spread across my blogs, it was the third song from Khuddar in my collection.

Each of them was written by a different lyricist.

And this song was penned by Zameer Kazmi.

It was composed by none other than Anu Malik.

Alka San(u)g this vulgar track

My collection contains three tracks from the 1994 film Amaanat*, including the subject of this post.

It was titled Daloonga Daloonga.

In fact, if they were arranged in the alphabetical order, that track would be the first.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that this Bappi Lahiri composition had one of the most vulgar titles.

The two people who rendered it were Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu.

The song was written by Ravi Anand.

[*Note: The film released on October 14, 1994 (which happened to be the day after my twelfth birthday).]

This track completed Sanu’s hat-trick

From the point of view of this blog, 1993 was not just Nadeem-Shravan’s year, but also Sameer Anjaan’s.

The composer duo and the lyricist collaborated on Dil Cheer Ke Dekh.

Spread across, my blogs, it happened to be the third track from Rang in my collection.

Obviously, the male voice of the film’s soundtrack was that of the one and only Kumar Sanu.

But unlike the other two tracks from the film in my collection (which were duets with Alka Yagnik), this song, which completed his hat-trick of songs from the film, was a solo.

Vinod sang it with Alka

Spread across my blogs, the subject of this post was the fourth song from the 1993 film Dil Tera Aashiq in my collection (if they were arranged in the alphabetical order).

It should have been the first song of my 1990s playlist, because its title was a greeting – Namaste Namaste.

The song completed Alka Yagnik’s hat-trick of duets on the film’s soundtrack.

She was joined behind the microphone for it by Vinod Rathod.

It was the longest of the lot – it was half-a-dozen minutes and seven minutes long.

Sameer wrote the song, which Nadeem-Shravan composed.

This Yagnik-Sanu duet was popular

Although I discovered the subject of this post recently (thanks to a video on the YouTube channel of an FM station), there is no two ways about the fact that it was quite popular in 1992, the year the film it was from released.

The track in question was De Do De Do Mujhe Dil.

And it was the only song from Laat Saab in my collection.

Kumar Sanu was joined behind the microphone for it by the one and only Alka Yagnik.

The song was written by Gulshan Bawra, and composed by Anu Malik.

Sachdeva sang it with Paudwal

Bobby released in 1973.

Its songs became very popular, and the success of the film itself inspired Vikram Bhatt to make his directorial debut in 1992.

The film – which was based on the Dimple Kapadia-Rishi Kapoor-starrer – was titled Jaanam.

My collection contains just one track from the film.

It was titled Mere Dil Ka Pata Tumhe Kisne Diya.

Anuradha Paudwal, then a leading playback singer in the Hindi film industry, was joined behind the microphone by Vipin Sachdeva.

Faaiz Anwar wrote the song, which was composed by Anu Malik, who wasn’t a household name then.   

Sukhwinder Singh got a break

The male version of Aaja Sanam was the song with which Sukhwinder – one of the leading playback Sing(h)ers now – got his break in Hindi films.

It was the only song from the 1991 film Khilaaf in my collection.

The track, which was written by Anand Bakshi, was composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma.

This, and Tu Andar Kaise Aaya from Jai Shiv Shankar (1990), happened to be two songs I heard during a show featuring Chunky Panday (the film’s leading man), which was uploaded to the YouTube channel of an FM station.

Sanu rendered it with Sadhana

Dalapathi was the Hindi dubbed version of Thalapathi, a Tamil film that released in 1991.

My collection contained just one song from the film.

It was titled Ae Jaaneman Aaja Aaja.

The two people who lent their voice to the song (which was seven minutes and 10 seconds long) were Sadhana Sargam (who happened to be the voice of the soundtrack) and Kumar Sanu.

The songs of the Hindi version were written by P K Mishra, and were composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

By the way, this song was the reason I created this playlist and blog.

(Am)It was sung by Asha

If Jai Shiv Shankar had not been shelved, it would have released in 1990.

My collection contained just one track from the film.

It was titled Tu Andar Kaise Aaya.

Asha and Amit Kumar were the two people who (Bhos)lent their voices to it.

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which was composed by R D Burman.

By the way, the film was produced by Rajesh Khanna. In fact, he was supposed to star in it as well.

It derived its title from the song from Aap Ki Kasam, the 1974 film, which also starred Khanna.

 

It wA(zi)z sung by Asha

The leading ladies in Anil Kapoor’s films would have made great Hindi teachers at primary schools – while Madhuri Dixit taught us the numbers in Ek Do Teen from Tezaab (1988), Meenakshi Seshadri made it easy for us to memorise the names of the months in a song from the 1990 film Ghar Ho To Aisa.

Interestingly, the song was titled Janvari Farvari.

I have obviously written the months’ names in Hindi.

Asha Bhosle was joined behind the microphone for the song by Mohammed Aziz.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the song, which was composed by Bappi Lahiri.