Sanu instilled hope in everyone

A believer will begin anything he does with a reference to God.

But this playlist of mine happened to end with one.

It was titled Ooparwala Apne Saath Hai.

If the five songs from Sirf Tum (1999) in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations (or the descending order, if you please), it would be the third – it was half-a-dozen minutes and a second long.

This Kumar Sanu solo instilled hope in all of us.

Sameer wrote the song, which was composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

It wAs (Man)hard to ignore

Jaanwar released in 1999.

When I was compiling my previous playlists of songs from Hindi films that released in the 1990s, I had not heard the subject of this post.

When I did, I included it in this one.

The song in question was Mausam Ki Tarah.

Alka Yagnik was one of the two people who lent their voices to it.

The person who joined her behind the microphone for it was Manhar Udhas.

The song was composed by the Shrivastava brothers, Anand and Milind.

No prizes for guessing that it was written by Sameer.

Raja’s duology completed Kohli’s hat-trick

If ‘Ishq’ (Urdu for ‘love’) and ‘Di’(Punjabi for ‘of’) were not the third and fourth word in the title of the subject of this post, it would have been called Pee Lo Whisky (which, ideally, is what everyone should abstain from doing).

It was the only song from the 1998 film Mard in my collection.

The song, which was written by Dev Kohli, was sung by Altaf Raja.

In fact, it completed the lyricist’s hat-trick (and the singer’s duology) on this blog.

The two men who composed it were the uncle-nephew duo, Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

The Raja of romance rocked!

The two tracks in this playlist that were from films that released in 1998 were rendered by the same man.

The singer in question was Altaf Raja.

And the first of those was Kar Lo Pyaar Kar Lo Pyaar.

Raja even featured in the song sequence in the film.

It was composed by Anand-Milind, and was the only song from Chandaal in my collection.

As a student of journalism, I was particularly chuffed by songwriter Dev Kohli’s line that went, “Padh lo aaj subah ka parcha” (which could be translated to, “Read this morning’s newspaper”).

Abhijeet (Poorni)made his Friday plan

From an alphabetical standpoint, Jumme Ke Jumme was the fourth – and final – song from Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997) in my collection.

And as far as the descending order of their durations was concerned, it was the first – it was seven minutes and 11 seconds long.

Dev Kohli wrote the lyrics of the Anu Malik composition, whose opening verse could be translated to, “Come home every Friday. That is the day I am alone at home, so come home and give me a kiss”.

Poornima joined Abhijeet for this weird request for a home-delivered liplock.

Ila wASn’t adept at JuGglIng

If the three songs from the 1997 film Auzaar in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Masti Ka Aalam Aaya Hai would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was seven minutes and 15 seconds long.

Anu Malik didn’t just compose the song, but he was also one of the two people who wrote it.

The other was Ila Arun, who sang it with a quartet comprising Gurdas Mann, Jo Jo, and a pair of Sabris – Afzal and Iqbal.

The crooner’s devotion was (Nig)amazing

My collection contains four songs from the 1996 film Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, the subject of this post would be the third.

It was titled Maa Sherawaliye.

Sonu Nigam proved that he was truly worthy of being called ‘the modern-day Mohammed Rafi', given his versatility and ‘devotion’ to the art of rendering songs of all genres.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that this Anu Malik composition, which was written by Dev Kohli, was one of the most popular devotional songs on Hindi film soundtracks.