It d(r)ove the liSTeners away

My blog on the music of A R Rahman’s music contained a post on Masakali, from Delhi-6 (2009).

And my blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2010 and 2019 contained posts on four songs from Marjaavaan (2019).

Combining those was yet another track from Marjaavaan – Masakali 2.0.

Awful would be the right word to describe the recreation.

No prizes for guessing that it was credited to Tanishk Bagchi, who penned it too.

Three minutes and 48 seconds long, the track was rendered by Sachet Tandon and T-Series’ in-house talent, Tulsi Kumar. 

Trivedi rendered his underrated composition

Naina Da Kya Kasoor was a song I recently heard on the radio, and I didn’t know which film it was from.

Obviously, Google came to my rescue, and I came to know that it was from Andhadhun, which released in 2018.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was one of the most underrated songs.

Amit Trivedi’s involvement in it wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he rendered it too.

Jaideep Sahni penned the song, which was three-and-a-half minutes long.

Its Electronic version was 18 seconds longer than the original.

Indeed, RFAK’s solo was soulful

Following a toss-up between Trippy Trippy and the solo version of Lag Ja Gale (both from Bhoomi, which released in 2017), I finally picked the latter, because while the former did not take me on a trip, the latter – which was rendered by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and was three minutes and 46 seconds long – had a lot of soul.

Priya Saraiya penned the song, which was composed by Sachin-Jigar.

Its duet version – which was four minutes and nine seconds long – was also sung by Khan, who was joined behind the microphone by Shruti Pathak.

This was Mr Singh’s version

My blog on the music of Hindi films that released between 2010 and 2019 contains a post on one song from Raaz: Reboot, which released in 2016.

Spread across my blogs, Yaad Hai Na was the shorter of the two tracks from the film – it was four minutes and seven seconds long.

Actually, there’s a correction – Arijit Singh’s version of the song is the one on this blog.

The second version – titled Unplugged – was three minutes and 43 seconds long, and was rendered by Jubin Nautiyal.

Kausar Munir penned the track, which Jeet Gannguli composed.   

Shrivastava sang his own composition

A few years ago, I happened to chance upon a song from the 2014 film Revolver Rani.

It was titled I Am Brutal, and it had Hinglish lyrics.

When I was compiling this playlist of fillers, I recalled the song again, but I didn’t know the names of the lyricist and composer.

However, a line of the song went, “When in doubt, go and Google”. And that’s precisely what I did.

The song was penned by Puneet Sharma, and the involvement of Sandeep Sharma in it wasn’t restricted to composing it – he sang it too.

 

Shreya’s rendition waS(ha)an (Shaba)absolute surprise

Tere Naina Maar Hi Daalenge was the longest of the three songs from the 2014 film Jai Ho (spread across my blogs) – it was five minutes long.

Pardon what I think is the catchiest title I’ve ever written for a blog post (owing to the irony), but I certainly believe that it stood out, because it was melodious, and the others were pure noise.

That perhaps explains why the track, which was penned by Sameer Anjaan, wasn’t remixed.

It was rendered by Shaan and Shreya Ghoshal, who were joined behind the microphone by Shabaab Sabri.  

This was Sagathia Jr’s version

Mujh Mein Tu was a song from Special 26 (2013).

The soundtrack of the film featured three versions of the track, but the one on this blog was Version 1, which was the longest – it was four minutes and 24 seconds long. It was rendered by Keerthi Sagathia.

M M Kreem, who composed them, sang Version 2, which was three minutes and 20 seconds long.

And Akshay Kumar, the film’s lead, sang the Film Version, which was the shortest of the three – it was three minutes and 13 seconds long.

Irshad Kamil penned the song.