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.  

Unsurprisingly, this trAcK made headlines

While there were plagiarised songs in Hindi films even in the Golden Era, Anu Malik’s name has been linked with the (mal)practice most often.

But he crossed the limits of being inspired when he lifted Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel.

He was trolled for his composition, titled Mera Mulk Mera Desh.

It was from the 1996 film Diljale.

My collection contains just one of its three versions – the duet, sung by Kumar Sanu and Aditya Narayan.

While Sanu rendered the sad male version, Kavita Krishnamurthy sang the sad female version.

Javed Akhtar wrote them.

This song didn’t R(a)ock, Man(n)!

Chak Lange – a song with a Punjabi title – was the only song from Ram Shastra, which released in 1995, in my collection.

Though I obviously don’t know what it translates to, I was vaguely familiar with the song, because it used to be telecast in the mid-1990s.

It was written by Maya Govind, who passed away on April 7, 2022.

The Anu Malik composition was sung by pop stars Suneeta Rao and Gurdas Maan.

Given the fact that this quartet was involved in it, the song should have been popular.

But, it was rather underwhelming.

(Ud)It was a vulgar song

If there was a playlist containing the most vulgar songs in Hindi films, the subject of this post would certainly make it to the list.

It was titled Rat Song.

It happened to be the only song from Yaar Gaddar (1994) in my collection.

Even the most ardent fan of Anu Malik, who composed it, didn’t want to be the guinea pig for this experiment (to assault the listeners).

The song was rendered by Udit Narayan.

Dev Kohli wrote it.

Thankfully, it didn’t make it to my YouTube series titled Animals in Hindi film songs.

 

It was S(an)ung by Sadhana

Including the subject of this post, this was the third track from Vijaypath, which released in 1994.

But there were three differences between this song – which Anu Malik composed – and the others.

Firstly, this song began with the letter A (Aayiye Aapka Intezaar Tha), unlike the other two (which began with the letter R).

Secondly, it was written by Faaiz Anwar.

While Shyam Anuragi wrote one of the others, Zameer Kazmi wrote the other.

And thirdly, Sadhana Sargam shared singing credits with Kumar Sanu for this song.

Alka Yagnik and Sanu sang the other two.

This was a reflective (Sa)number

Spread across my blogs, the subject of this post – Aaine Ke Sau Tukde – was the second song from Maa, which released in 1992, in my collection.

The Kumar Sanu solo was seven minutes and two seconds long.

Hasrat Jaipuri wrote the Anu Malik composition, whose opening verse went, “Aaine ke sau tukde karke humne dekhe hain, ek mein bhi tanha hain, sau mein bhi akele hain” (which could be translated to, “I broke the mirror into a hundred pieces and saw myself in it. I am lonely in one piece, and alone in a hundred”).

This Lata-Aziz duet was underrated

While Mohammed Aziz passed away in November 2018, Lata Mangeshkar passed away in February this year.

Bali Umar Ne Mera – from the 1990 film Awaargi – was an underrated song sung by the duo.

It would not be incorrect to state that it was the perfect track to dedicate to them to pay a joint tribute to them.

If I had to list the best Anu Malik compositions before the turning point in his career, the list would be very short. But this song – which Anand Bakshi wrote – would certainly make it to the top 10.