It waS a Memorable tracK

Just one letter separates the first word of the subject of this post from the two words that follow it.

I am talking about Saudagar Sauda Kar, the title track of Saudagar (1991).

Spread across my blogs, it was the fourth song from the film in my collection.

It was a pretty long track – it was seven minutes and 54 seconds long.

But it has also stayed in Hindi film music buffs’ memories for a long time.

Kavita Krishnamurthy shared Sing(h)ing credits with Manhar Udhas and Sukhwinder for it.

Anand Bakshi wrote the Laxmikant-Pyarelal composition.

 

This was a SuPerB song

It was because I had omitted this song earlier that I created this blog, and a playlist appropriately titled Oversights from the 1990s.

The track in question was Pehli Baar Mile Hain, and spread across my blogs, it is now the seventh song from Saajan (1991).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the S P Balasubrahmanyam solo was the third from the bottom.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it was the third-longest- it was six minutes and 16 seconds long.

Faaiz Anwar wrote the Nadeem-Shravan composition.

This song was Sure(sh)ly underrated

Spread across my blogs, Dhadkan Zara Ruk Gayi Hai was the second song from Prahaar: The Final Attack, which released in 1991.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was an underrated gem.

Unlike Hamari Hi Mutthi Mein (the Manna Dey solo from the film), which was a motivational song for children, this was a romantic number.

It was rendered by Suresh Wadkar.

The shorter of the two songs from the film in my collection, it was five minutes and 31 seconds long.

Mangesh Kulkarni wrote the song, which Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed.

It was an audio-visual TreAt

Dhun was supposed to release in 1991, but it has not seen the light of day.

However, the title of the film was apt, because Dhun is the Hindi word for tune.

My collection contains just one song from the film – Laagi Prem Dhun Laagi.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to call it an audio-visual treat, because the song was sung by and picturised on Talat Aziz, who is not just a popular ghazal singer, but also good-looking.

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

Aziz (Bhos)lent it his voice

One of the films that starred Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor was Ajooba, which released in 1991.

The film was directed by Shashi Kapoor (who was a frequent co-star of the former, and the younger paternal uncle of the latter).

The only song from the film in my collection was Arre Tajjub Hai.

But there was no tajjub (surprise) in the fact that Sudesh Bhosle sang Bachchan’s portion.

And Rishi lip-synched to the voice of Mohammed Aziz.

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