This title Son(u)g was wonderful

Mr Nigam bagged the National Film Award for Best Male Player Singer for the title track of Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003 and the International Indian Film Academy Award and the Filmfare Award in the same category the following year.  

Shankar Mahadevan, Noorani (Ehsa)and Loy Mendonsa composed both versions of the song.

The happy version, which is on this blog, was a So(nu)lo. It was five minutes and 27 seconds long.

It was penned by Javed Akhtar, who bagged the International Indian Film Academy Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in 2004.

Vasundhara S(h)a(a)ng this Lo(vel)y traKK

Shankar Mahadevan, Noorani (Ehsa)and Loy Mendonsa composed the songs of Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), bagging the International Indian Film Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director the following year.

Undoubtedly, It’s The Time To Disco Vas(undhar)a rocking song. Rendered by Ms Das, KK, Shaan and Mendonsa, no one said, “It’s The Time to Khisko” (from the dance floor) when this track, which was penned by Javed Akhtar, was played.

The song, which was five minutes and 35 seconds long, continues to be in Hindi film music aficionados’ memories and on their playlists.

This Son(u)g certainly wasn’t R(a)o(h)cking

At six minutes and 44 seconds, O Dushmana was the longest song on the So(n)undtrack of Ek Aur Ek Gyarah.

Rendered by Mr Nigam and Sowmya, the track certainly deserved a R(a)o(h)und of applause (read: slow claps).

Penned by Sameer and picturised on Govinda and Sanjay Dutt, it failed to enthuse even the front-benchers, who constituted a sizable chunk of the duo’s fan base.

It was one of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa’s most mediocre scores. It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that they were going through a lean S(p)E(l)L at that point.

Shankar and Sonu weren’t Ekcellent

There’s no doubt that Sonu Nigam and Mahadevan are singers par excellence. And they have Sha(nka)red singing credits on a few occasions in the past, but the combo hasn’t always clicked.

The title track of Ek Aur Ek Gyarah, which released in 2003, is a case in point. As if mathematics wasn’t one of the most disliked subjects at school already, it unsuccessfully attempted to reiterate that one plus one equalled eleven.

The song, which was six minutes and three seconds long, was penned by Sameer and composed by Mahadevan, Noorani (Ehsa)and Loy Mendonsa.

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This (Chi)t(h)rack was superbly rendered

Even the most ardent Hindi film aficionado wouldn’t have given an Arm(a)and a leg for Honey Irani’s directorial debut, which released in 2003.

But one of its songs – Mere Dil Ka Tumse – became quite popular. In fact, it wouldn’t be incorrect to call it the highlight of the film.

Javed Akhtar penned the track, which was composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa and picturised on Ms Zinta.

K S Chithra, who is prolific in South India, rendered it. It’s indeed a P(re)ity that she is infrequently heard by Hindi film music buffs.

Kavita S(ha)ang this awesome track

Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan, from Dil Chahta Hai, was five minutes and six minutes long.

It became popular for its signature step, which earned Farah Khan the Best Choreographer Award at the Filmfare Awards and the Indian International Film Academy Awards in 2002.

It paid homage to Hindi films that released in the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s.

The track, which was rendered by Mr Mukherjee and Kavita Krishnamurthy and could be translated to, “Where’s that girl”, was Shaandaar.

It was composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Noorani (Ehsa)and Loy Mendonsa, and penned by Javed Akhtar.

Everyone was (Ni)game for So(nu)litude

Tanhai was the longest song on the So(n)undtrack of Dil Chahta Hai. It was six minutes and 10 seconds long.

It was rendered by Mr Nigam, who bagged the Best Male Playback award at the Star Screen Awards in 2002 and was nominated in the Best Playback Singer – Male category at the Zee Cine Awards the same year.

Javed Akhtar penned the track, whose next line went, “Dil ke raaste mein kaisi thokar maine khaayi” (which means, “How I stumbled in the path of the heart”).

Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa composed it.

They KnocKed everyone’s SockS off

Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe, from Dil Chahta Hai, was five minutes and 46 seconds long.

There is no doubt that the track, which was rendered by Mr Mukherjee (who was nominated for the Best Male Playback Singer at the Filmfare Awards in 2002)*, was Shaandaar.

Shankar (Mahadev)and KK joined him behind the microphone. 

It instilled in youngsters a confident attitude, for which they must express their gratitude to Javed Akhtar, who penned it, and Mahadevan, Noorani (Ehsa)and Loy Mendonsa, who composed it.

(*Note: It was the first Hindi film song for which Shaan was nominated.)

This song (Srini)vas fairly popular

One of the tracks from Dil Chahta Hai went, “Kaisi hai yeh rut jismein phool banke dil khile”. It could be translated to, “Which is the season in which the heart becomes a flower and blooms?”

The song, which was five minutes and 29 minutes long, was penned by Javed Akhtar and penned by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa.

It (Srini)vas rendered by a fairly well-known playback singer in the South Indian film industries.

Although his assignments in Hindi films have been irregular, he seems to have made a good fist of them.  

This track was a C(ara)l(is)assic

At four minutes and 49 seconds, Jaane Kyon was the shortest of the six tracks from Dil Chahta Hai on this blog.

(Ud)It was rendered by Narayan and Alka Yagnik. While the former bagged the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2001, the latter was nominated for the Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category the following year.

Caralisa, who joined them behind the M(onte)i(c)rophone, made her debut as a playback singer.

The track, which was composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, was penned by Javed Akhtar.  

Mahadevan C(lint)onnected with the youth

The title track of Dil Chahta Hai (2001) was composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan and Loy Mendonsa.

The trio bagged the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent and the Star Screen Award for Best Music Director in 2002.

They were No(m)(oran)inated for the International Indian Film Academy Award, the Filmfare Award and the Zee Cine Award in the Best Music Director category for the film’s soundtrack the same year.

Mahadevan was (Cere)joined behind the microphone by Clinton. The track, which was five minutes and 11 seconds long, was penned by Javed Akhtar.