Ms Gandhi was the Sing(h)er

If the six tracks from Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Tere Pyaar Mein would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was four minutes and 25 seconds long.

Nikhita Gandhi was one of the two people who lent their voices to the track.

The man who shared singing credits with her for it was the one and only Arijit Singh.

The track, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

Ms Chauhan was the Sing(h)er

If the six songs from Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Show Me The Thumka would the fifth.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 56 seconds long.

It was the only song in the film that wasn’t sung by Arijit Singh.

But the male singer was his namesake – Shashwat.

Sunidhi Chauhan joined him behind the microphone for it.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the Pritam composition, which was three minutes and 56 seconds long.   

Charan sang it with Singh

If the six tracks from Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Pyaar Hota Kayi Baar Hai would be the fourth.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

Unsurprisingly, the one and only Arijit Singh was one of the two men who lent their voices to the track.

He was joined behind the microphone for it by Charan.

The track, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

(Arij)It was Mr Singh’s solo

If the six songs from Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, O Bedardiya would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was five minutes and 13 seconds long.

It happened to be the second male solo on the soundtrack of the film.

No prizes for guessing that the man who lent his voice to it was the one and only Arijit Singh.

The song, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Pritam.

It was SunG by Divya

By the way, the release of Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar also happened to coincide with Holi, the festival of colour, which is also celebrated with bhang, the intoxicant.

So, it was certainly not a surprise that lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and music director Pritam decided to give their fans a track to which they could groove after they had imbibed a bit too much.

It was aptly titled Maine Pee Rakhi Hai.

And it was four minutes and seven seconds long.

The two people who lent the track their voices were Shreya Ghoshal and Divya Kumar

Unfortunately, Jubin’s magic didn’t work

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar released on International Women’s Day of 2023 (March 8).

I don’t, however, think any woman should be called a jhoothi (liar).

My collection contains six songs from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Jaadui would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was three minutes and 42 seconds long.

One of the two male solos in the film, it was rendered by Jubin Nautiyal.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the Pritam composition, which wasn’t magical.

Singh sang this one too

If the two songs on the soundtrack of Tiger 3 were arranged in the alphabetical order, Ruaan would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it was four minutes and 17 seconds long.

The man who lent his voice to the song was the one and only Arijit Singh.

It was written by Irshad Kamil, and was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

The title of the song means ‘soft’.

And there could not have been a more apt word to describe the song, which was a love ballad.

They did not start Antakshari

My collection contained a couple of songs from the 2023 film Tiger 3, a sequel to Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017).

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the ascending order of their durations, Leke Prabhu Ka Naam would be the first – it was three minutes and 35 seconds long.

The song, which is reminiscent of the line used to kick Antakshari – the musical game – off, was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

(Arij)It was sung by Nikhita Gandhi and Mr Singh.

The track was composed by Pritam.

Mr Raval rendered this (Mi)track

If the four songs from The Great Indian Family were arranged in the alphabetical order, Sahibaa would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the penultimate one – it was three minutes and 56 seconds long.

The soundtrack of the film happened to include a couple of duets.

And each of those was rendered by a female singer and a male one.

This (Mi)track was one of those – Antara and Darshan Raval lent their voices to it.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which Pritam composed.

Sonu sang the other solo

In keeping with the devotional theme of The Great Indian Family, the other male solo on its soundtrack was rendered by a man who was in the news in 2017 for quitting X (the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter).

The song in question was Pukaroon Hari Om (which invoked Lord Vishnu, the Preserver in the Holy Trinity).

And the person who lent his voice to it was the one and only Sonu Nigam.

The song, which was penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

It was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

It diDNn’t matter to (Moh)anybody

The soundtrack of The Great Indian Family had a couple of tracks beginning with the letter K.

The subject of this post happened to be the shortest song in the film – it was three minutes and a couple of seconds long.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to state that its title reflected the attitude of the majority towards Hindi film songs today – Ki Farak Painda Hai? (Punjabi for, “What difference does it make?”)

The two people who lent their voices to it were Neeti Mohan and Dev Negi.

Amitabh Bhattacharya penned the song, which Pritam composed.

There wA(zi)z no character limit

Twitter is now known as X.

But if the four songs from The Great Indian Family (2023) were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would not sound decent if the latter were in the lyrics – it was titled Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aa Ja.

If they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would still be the first – it was four minutes and 45 seconds long.

In fact, it was the only song on the film’s soundtrack that was over four minutes long.

Nakash Aziz sang the Pritam composition, which Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote.

Sonu sang the title track

Shehzada is the Urdu word for ‘prince’.

And there is no two ways about the fact that while Mohammed Rafi was the emperor of playback singing, Sonu Nigam is the shehzada.

Indeed, the latter was the right man to lend his voice to that film’s title track.

If Pritam’s compositions on its soundtrack were arranged in the alphabetical order, it would be the last of those.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 47 seconds long.

Mayur Puri wrote it.

 

(Dilj)It was sung by Gandhi

If the four Pritam Chakraborty compositions from Shehzada in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Munda Sohna Hoon Main would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was three minutes and 50 seconds long.

Obviously a Punjabi phrase, it could be translated to, “What a handsome boy I am”.

The man who lent his voice to it was Diljit Dosanjh.

Nikhita Gandhi was the lady who joined him behind the microphone for the song, which was written by Kumaar.

Ms Kholgade was the Sing(h)er

If the four Pritam compositions on the soundtrack of Shehzada were arranged in the alphabetical order, Mere Sawaal Ka would be the second.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and 13 seconds long.

It was a run-of-the-mill song, but it was undoubtedly great to hear Shalmali Kholgade’s voice on a film soundtrack after ages.

Shashwat shared Sing(h)ing credits with her for it.

The song was the second contribution of Shloke Lal as a lyricist to the soundtrack.

(Arij)It was rendered by Gandhi

Shehzada – which released in 2023 – marked the debut of Kartik Aaryan as a producer.

Needless to say, he played the lead in it as well.

My collection contains four Pritam compositions from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Chedkhaniyan would be the first.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was three minutes and 51 seconds long.

Arijit shared Sing(h)ing credits with Nikhita Gandhi for the song.

The two people who wrote it were I P Singh and Shloke Lal.

This recreated song certainly JARred

One of the songs on the soundtrack of Mera Saaya (1966) was Jhumka Gira Re.

Fifty-seven years later, a recreated version of that track featured on the soundtrack of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.

Needless to say, What Jhumka? was an appalling adaptation of the Asha Bhosle classic, which was written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and composed by Madan Mohan (who was credited as co-composer with Pritam).

Ranveer Singh, the titular Rocky, shared Sing(h)ing credits with Jonita Gandhi and Arijit.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which was three minutes and 33 seconds long.

The Faridis SAng this one

I do not know if the person credited with the phrase ‘saving the best for last’ had Arijit in mind.

But this was the second song in his hat-trick on the soundtrack of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani.

The song was titled Ve Kamleya and also completed the four-minutr trilogy in the film. Seven seconds could be added to the track’s duration.

Shreya Ghoshal and the Faridis, Altamash and Shadaab, shared Sing(h)ing credits with the aforementioned crooner behind the microphone for it.

The song, which was written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, was composed by Pritam.

 

(Arij)It was rendered by Shreya

I reckon it was the novelty that went in Ro Lein De’s favour.

Having said that, that certainly does not imply that Tum Kya Mile was not a great song – all I would like to point out is that I had heard it before I added the songs of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani to my collection.

Shreya Ghoshal was joined behind the microphone for (Arij)it by Mr Singh.

It was the longest song in the film – it was four minutes and 37 seconds long.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which Pritam Chakraborty composed.

Ms Rao sang this Son(u)g

As far as the best song on the soundtrack of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani was concerned, I reckon there was a toss-up between the subject of this post and that of the next song.

And that was because four talented individuals teamed up for both of them.

But I picked Ro Lein De, which was three minutes and 58 seconds long, because the two people who lent their voices to it were Shilpa Rao and Sonu Nigam (both of whom are treats for the ears).

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which Pritam composed.

Tandon’s was the longer solo

I recall listening to the word ‘Kudmayi’ without even having the faintest idea of what it meant.

When I was writing this post, I looked it up online.

And that was when I came to know that it was Punjabi for ‘engagement’.

By the way, it was the second-longest of the seven songs from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani in my collection – it was four minutes and 27 seconds long.

It happened to be the other male solo on the film’s soundtrack – it was sung by Sachet Tandon.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the Pritam composition.

Dev rendered the shorter solo

There were a couple of male solos on the soundtrack of Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Heart Throb would be the first.

It would be the second overall.

The song would also be the first if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations – it was three minutes and 20 seconds long.

By the way, the man who lent his voice to it was Dev Negi.

The song was penned by the master of colloquial phrases, Amitabh Bhattacharya.

It was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

 

Darshan took to the (Bhoo)microphone

I wrote this post on December 8, 2023, which happened to be Dharmendra’s 88^th birthday.

Earlier that year, the veteran actor was seen in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani.

If the seven songs from the film in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, Dhindhora Baaje Re would the first.

And if they were arranged in the descending order of their durations, it would be the second – it was four minutes and 14 seconds long.

Bhoomi Trivedi and Darshan Rawal lent their voices to it.

Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the song, which Pritam composed.

 

 

ThiS(o)number was sung by Nigam

By no means would it be incorrect to state that Sonu Nigam was roped in to be not-so-secret Santa for his countless fans across the globe halfway through the week leading to Christmas.

One of the songs to which he lent his voice was Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se.

That track happened to be the longest of the six tracks from Dunki in my collection – it was just a second short of the five-minute mark.

The man who wrote the song was the one and only Javed Akhtar.

It was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

Arijit rendered this one too

If the six songs from Dunki in my collection were arranged in the alphabetical order, O Maahi would be the last.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the third – it was three minutes and 53 seconds long.

It happened to be the second contribution of the one and only Arijit Singh to the soundtrack of the film.

And like Lutt Putt Gaya, it was a solo.

Keeping in mind, the horses for courses approach to the lyrics, Irshad Kamil penned this track, which Pritam Chakraborty composed. 

There VaS one female SinGer

If the six Pritam compositions from Dunki were arranged in the alphabetical order, Main Tera Rasta Dekhunga would be the fourth.

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

Speaking of four, that happened to be the number of singers who lent their voices to it.

One of them was Shreya Ghoshal, the only female singer on the film’s soundtrack.

The Faridis (Altamash and Shadaab) and Vishal Mishra were the others.

The song was penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Mr Singh sang this song

There were half-a-dozen songs from Dunki in my collection.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, Lutt Putt Gaya – which described the feeling of falling head over heels in love – would be the third.

And if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, it would be the penultimate one – it was three minutes and 42 seconds long.

The Sing(h)er who lent his voice to the song was the one and only Arijit.

The two men who wrote it were I P Singh and Swanand Kirkire.

It was composed by Pritam Chakraborty.

 

 

 

This was a Javed solo

If the six songs on the soundtrack of Dunki were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, the subject of this post would be the second.

It was titled Chal Ve Watna.

And it happened to be four minutes and 10 seconds long.

The man who lent his voice to the song was Javed Ali.

The song was about a young man bidding his motherland, India, adieu as he embarked upon a journey overseas for greener pastures.

It was written by Varun Grover, and composed by Pritam. 

(Dilj)It was rendered by Dosanjh

Dunki was a Shahrukh Khan-starrer that released four days before Christmas Day of 2023.

My collection contained half-a-dozen Pritam compositions from the film.

If they were arranged in the alphabetical order, and if they were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, Banda would be the first – it was just a couple of minutes and 49 seconds long.

The Banda who lent his voice to (Dilj)it was the one and only Mr Dosanjh.

The song – which described Hardy (a.k.a. Hardayal Singh Dhillon), the character played by Khan in the film – was written by Kumaar.