Tejas was the lone singer

If all the 10 songs from The Archies in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Yeh Saari Awaazein would be the last.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the song could not have been more ironically titled – after all, just one person lent his awaaz to it, and that was Tejas Menon.

Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which was written by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa.

It happened to be the longest song from the film in my collection – it was four minutes and 10 seconds long.

Indie SUperStar TejaS waZ BACKKed

If the seven Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy compositions from The Archies were arranged in the alphabetical order, Va Va Voom would be the penultimate one.

Tejas Menon, a renowned indie musician, was one of the 11 people who lent their voices to the song.

A couple of those Sing(h)ers – Aryaman and Shaurya – happened to share a last name.

Brendan Alphonso, Chelsea Das, Kiara Alemao, Kenishaa Francis, Shane D’Souza, Simran Duggal, Urgen Yolmo, and Zoe Siddharth were the others.

The song, which was just a couple of minutes and eight seconds long, was penned by the legendary Javed Akhtar.

 

It wAZn't worth repeated listenS

The proof of the (Plum) Pudding was, indeed, in its eating.

Or, in the case of the song of that name from The Archies, in its listening.

However, it was a run-of-the-mill song, so it would be fair to say that people would not repeatedly listen to it.

The song was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Ankur Tewari.

The latter also happened to be one of the three people who lent it their voices.

The others were the Akhtar ladies, Zoya and Shibani (who wrote the track).

It was three minutes and as many seconds long.

Suhana made her singing DebuT

Suhana Khan – Shahrukh Khan’s daughter – was one of the debutantes in The Archies. She played Veronica Lodge in the film.

But her involvement in it was not restricted to acting in it – the film also marked her debut as a singer.

The song she lent her voice to was titled Jab Tum Na Theen.

Her co-actor, Dot, who played Ethel Muggs in the film, and Tejas Menon were the two people who joined her behind the microphone for it.

Javed Akhtar and Dot wrote the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composition, which was two minutes and 43 seconds long.

(Arij)It was Singh’s only contribution

For about a decade, it would not be incorrect to state that a majority of Hindi film soundtracks have been incomplete without a song sung by Arijit Singh.

And even as far as the soundtrack of The Archies was concerned, the man did not disappoint his fans.

His only contribution to it was In Raahon Mein*.

Javed Akhtar wrote the song, which was composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa.

The song was three minutes and as many seconds long.

(*Note: It was one of the two male solos on the film’s soundtrack.)

Two actors joined MahaDeVAn Jr.

Everything is Politics.

Not only is that a fact, but it was also a song from The Archies.

If the seven Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy compositions from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, it was the second.

And it was one of the three songs on its soundtrack that were three minutes and as many seconds long.

Shivam (Mahadev)and the M(en)ononymously-credited Tejas were two of the five people who sang it.

The others were Arish B and two members of the film’s cast, Dot and Vedang Raina.

Javed Akhtar and Dot wrote it.

Dot sang this short tracK

The Archies (2023) was based on the comic book.

Of the ten songs from the film in my collection, Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, and Loy Mendonsa composed seven.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Dhishoom Dhishoom would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and a second long.

Aditi ‘Dot’ Saigal was one of the two people who lent their voices to the track.

The other was Kelly DLima.

The song was written by the one and only Javed Akhtar.