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.

 

Sheeba sang it with Baba

Memsaab O Memsaab was the second song from Miss 420 in my collection.

While the soundtrack of the film released in 1994, the film released four years later.

The version in my collection was Part 1 of the song.

It was sung by actress Sheeba Akashdeep – who was essaying the titular role in the film – and rapper Baba Sehgal (who was making his debut as an actor).

Sheeba also sang Part 2, for which she was joined behind the microphone by Anu Malik (who also composed the songs of the film).

Shaily Shailendra wrote it.

MaNY people would’ve excluded it

Although most of the songs of Duplicate (1998) were hits, there was one that wouldn’t have been on many people’s playlists.

And, to be honest, even I had excluded it simply because I hadn’t heard it in a long time.

The track in question was Tum Nahin Jaana.

Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan were joined behind the microphone for it by Shankar Mahadevan.

It was written by Javed Akhtar, and composed by Anu Malik.

That was the fifth song from the film (spread across my blogs), and it was haff-a-dozen minutes and 48 seconds long.  

Vinod JuSt had a ball

Upon reconnecting with a former co-worker with whom I shared a fondness for Govinda films from the 1990s, I recalled that he loved the songs of Aunty No. 1, which released in 1998.

I was familiar with the over-the-top songs of the film but had consciously avoided including them in my collection – until I stumbled upon Reshmi Rumaal Wala.

That was when I realised Vinod Rathod must have had a blast singing for the actor.

Jyotsna and Sumati joined him behind the microphone.

The song, which was written by Sameer Anjaan, was composed by Anand-Milind.