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.  

(Ud)It was sung by Sadhana

This is the second track from the No. 1 film series (starring Govinda) on this blog.

The song in question was Mohabbat Ki Nahin Jaati, and it was from the 1997 film Hero No. 1.

(Ud)It was sung by Sadhana Sargam and Narayan.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to state that lyricist Sameer and composers Anand-Milind hit a six with this song (because that was the number of songs from the film, spread across my blogs).

But it was the longest song on the soundtrack of the film – it was five minutes and 50 seconds long. 

Sulakshana Joined Udit for it

Including the subject of this post, my collection contains seven songs from Khamoshi: The Musical, which released in 1996.

I was actually torn between Jaana Suno (the Udit Narayan solo) and Saagar Kinare Bhi Do Dil Hain Pyaase.

But since my collection already contained many Narayan solos, I picked the latter, because he was joined behind the microphone for it by the Pandit siblings – Sulakshana (who was also a former Hindi film actress) and Jatin (who also composed the song with Lalit).

The song, which was exactly half-a-dozen minutes long, was written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

  

(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.

Indeed, this song was UnderrAted

Fareb released in 1996.

Spread across my blogs, my collection contains three songs from the film (including the subject of this post).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, O Humsafar Dil Ke Nagar would be the second of those.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was half-a-dozen minutes and 37 seconds long.

Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan rendered it.

By no means would it be incorrect to state the song – which was written by Neeraj, and composed by Jatin-Lalit – was underrated.

This Kavita-Udit duet became popular

While I heard most of the previous songs in this blog on the radio, the subject of this post was a song I was vaguely familiar with, thanks to its repeated telecasts in the 1990s.

The song was Raat Chhoti Baat Badi.

And it was the only song from Sanjay (1995) in my collection.

Kavita Krishnamurthy – who could be called the voice of the film’s soundtrack – sang the female portion of the song.

And she was joined behind the microphone for it by Udit Narayan.

Satish Sharma wrote the song, which was composed by Shyam-Surender.

(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.

 

JUSt about anybody could relate

Shiva was a Hindi film that released in 1990.

It was the remake of a Telugu film that released in 1989.

Ram Gopal Varma both of them.

In fact, they marked his debuts in the respective languages.

The only song from the film in my collection was Botany Chhodenge Matinee Dekhenge.

Even if one wasn’t a student of botany, he/she could relate to it if he/she ever bunked classes to watch the afternoon show of a film at the cinema.

S Janaki, Suresh Wadkar and Udit Narayan sang them.

Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the Ilaiyaraaja composition.