Unsurprisingly, Chithra’s rendition was mind-blowing

With the Indian T20 league underway, and Shahrukh Khan being the owner of one of the teams, it would not be incorrect that spread across my blogs, the number of songs from the 1997 film Pardes in my collection would be the musical equivalent of a six.

The subject of this post was Jahan Piya Wahan Main.

It was, in fact, the first – and only – song rendered by K S Chithra under the baton of Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and the late Shravan Kumar Rathod.

The song was written by the one and only Anand Bakshi.

(Ud)It was A lengthY duet

I was aways of the opinion that Yaara O Yaara was the only song on the soundtrack of Jeet (1996) that I was aware of, because it was one of the most popular songs at that point.

But I recently heard another song from the film that I had long forgotten.

It was titled Saanson Ka Chalna, and it was sung by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan.

Spread across my blogs, it was the longer of the two songs from the film – it was seven minutes and 22 seconds long.

Sameer wrote the Nadeem-Shravan composition.

Sargam sang this (Bhos)lengthy song

The subject of this post is the third song from Dil Tera Aashiq, which released in 1993.

It was titled Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hai, and the longest of the all – it was eight minutes and 26 seconds long.

Interestingly, Sameer thought, “Aapko”, the last word of the first line, rhymed with an English line that went, “I’ve never been in love before”.

Unlike the other two songs from the film in my collection, this one wasn’t sung by Alka Yagnik – Sadhana Sargam was joined behind the microphone for it by Sudesh Bhosle.

Nadeem-Shravan composed it.

Unsurprisingly, (Sa)numerous hearts were won

This is the second song from Dil Ka Kya Kasoor (1992) in my collection.

And both of them have a couple of similarities.

Firstly, they were both Kumar Sanu solos.

And secondly, both were composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

Of course, it is imperative to mention the two differences between them too.

Unlike the other song from the film in my collection, this one was written by Anwar Sagar.

And although it was the film’s title track, its opening line was, “Aashiqui mein har aashiq ho jaata hai majboor” (which means, “In love, every lover is compelled”).

It was another Sargam-Sanu duet

Before I downloaded the subject of this post, my collection contained five songs from the 1992 film Deewana.

I recently heard another song from the film – Teri Isi Ada Pe Sanam.

It was the second song starting with the word Teri in the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the Nadeem-Shravan composition – which Sadhana Sargam and Kumar Sanu sang – would be the fifth.

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

Sameer wrote it.

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.