Mazumdar’s item number was (b)lous(e)y

Women’s clothing have always inspired male songwriters in Hindi films.

And Sameer Anjaan was no different.

He wrote Jawaani Se Ab Jung Hone Lagi.

The next line of the item number went, “Yeh choli meri tang hone lagi”.

Spread across my blogs, it was the fourth song from Vaastav: The Reality (1999) in my collection, and it wouldn’t be incorrect to say that it was ‘tailor-made’ for titillation.

Four minutes and 44 seconds long, it was the second-longest of the lot, and the third alphabetically.

It was sung by Preetha Mazumdar, and composed by Jatin-Lalit.

Ms Yagnik’s solo was underrated

Before I downloaded Meri Raaton Ki Neendein Uda De, my collection contained five songs from Sarfarosh, which released in 1999.

With the addition of that song, I have now added all the six tracks from the film.

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

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was four minutes and 37 seconds long.

The Alka Yagnik solo was Indeevar’s only contribution as a lyricist to the film’s soundtrack.

It was written by Jatin-Lalit.

 

This song was a NameSake

The soundtrack of Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai – which released in 1981 – contained a song titled Poochho Na Yaar Kya Hua.

Its namesake featured on the soundtrack of Mast, which released in 1999.

In fact, the new song even contained a few lines from the original.

Therefore, it could be called a tribute to R D Burman (who composed the original) by Sandeep Chowta, who composed the song from Mast (which was not a Mast song by any stretch of the imagination).

The track was sung by Sadhana Sargam and Sonu Nigam.

Nitin Raikwar penned it.

 

 

Lata sang this adapted song

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died at the age of 48 in London, England, on August 16, 1997.

One of his posthumous hits was the soundtrack of the 1999 film Kachche Dhaage (he composed all its songs).

Spread across my blogs, the subject of this post was the second song from the film.

The song in question was the female version of Tere Bin Nahin Jeena (a.k.a. Oopar Khuda Aasmaan Neeche).

Anand Bakshi wrote the song, which was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

It was a cover version of Khan’s popular qawwali, Tere Bin Nahin Lagda.

This Paudwal-Sanu duet became popular

Before I downloaded the subject of this post, my collection contained just one song from the 1999 film Daag: The Fire.

The second song from the film was Dil Deewana Na Jaane Kab Kho Gaya (which could be translated to, “I don’t know when my crazy heart got lost”).

There were two versions of the song on the soundtrack of the film.

But my collection contains just one – the duet, which was rendered by Anuradha Paudwal and Kumar Sanu.

The other was a Paudwal solo.

They were written by Sameer, and composed by Rajesh Roshan.

Shetty (Bhos)lent it her voice

My collection contains one song from Yamraaj (1998).

I never thought I would recall songs churned out by Mithun’s Dream Factory, which was located in Ooty in the 1990s, because no self-respecting Hindi film music buff would be caught dead listening to such tacky numbers.

But I must admit that Ude Ude Hain Hosh – the song in question – was a guilty pleasure.

Therefore, it became an addition to the songs from Jallaad (1995), Jurmana (1996) and Shapath (1997) in my collection.

Shweta Shetty and Sudesh Bhosle sang the song.

Dev Kohli wrote the Anand-Milind composition.

This Lata solo was underrated

When I heard Geela Geela Paani for the first time, I wondered what was going on in the brilliant mind of Gulzar, who wrote the song (which could literally be translated to, “Wet wet water”).

Spread across my blogs, the Vishal Bhardwaj composition was the fourth track from the 1998 film Satya.

However, if they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the Lata Mangeshkar solo would be the first.

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