Sen waS(o)hailed for this (Taran)number

This blog contains a post on just one track from What’s Your Raashee? (2009). And it represented Aquarius, the 11^th sign of the zodiac. 

The duration of the sign – represented by the water-bearer – is between January 20 and February 18. 

It was titled Jao Na, and was four minutes and 45 seconds long.

Javed Akhtar penned the track.

It wasn’t just composed, but also rendered by Sohail Sen (the son of Sameer Sen, who was one half of the 1990s music director duo, the other being Dilip Sen).

Tarannum Malik joined him behind the microphone.

Undoubtedly, the FrontbEncherS Were hooked

Tose Pyaar Karte Hain was the shortest of the three tracks from Wanted on this blog – it was three minutes and 47 seconds long.

There’s no two ways about the fact that the song, which was penned by Shabbir Ahmed, became popular among the frontbenchers in the hinterland*.

No prizes for guessing that it was composed by Sajid-Wajid.

It was rendered by the latter and Sunidhi Chauhan.

They were joined behind the microphone by Earl D’Souza and Fx.

(*Note: Its remixed version, which was titled Bhojpuri Makhan Mix, was four minutes and 53 seconds long.)

This track WAs certainly Loved

Love Me Love Me was penned by Jalees Sherwani.

If the three tracks from Wanted were arranged in alphabetical order, as well as the descending order of their durations, it was the second – it was four minutes and half-a-dozen seconds long.

The song, which was composed by Sajid-Wajid, was rendered by the latter, who was joined behind the microphone by Amrita Kak.

Its remixed version, which was titled Mama Papa Mix (inspired by the intriguing lines, “Your mama says you love me, your papa says you love me”), was 37 seconds longer than the original.

They shoWEd everyone their Jalwa

Wanted (2009) was the film with which Salman Khan’s ongoing purple patch at the box office commenced.

This blog contains posts on three tracks from the film.

A couple of them were penned by Jalees Sherwani.

The longer of these was Jalwa. It was four minutes and 31 seconds long. In fact, it was the longest track from the film on this blog.

The Sajid-Wajid composition was rendered by the latter, who was joined behind the microphone by Earl D'Souza.

Its remixed version – titled Jalwa On The House – was 16 seconds longer than the original.

This veRsion was as impAcTful

The impact of the male version of Iktara, from Wake Up Sid, was as deep as that of the female version.

(Am)It would be unfair to compare them, but there’s no two ways about the fact that the composer (Trive)did a fabulous job.

It was the shorter of the two versions – it was three minutes and 44 seconds long. 

By no means would it be incorrect to state that the track was underrated.

Amitabh Bhattacharya, who penned it, was also one of the three who rendered it.

The others were Raman Mahadevan and Tochi Raina.

This trAcK stirred everyone’s soul

Most of the songs from Wake Up Sid (2009) have already been written about on my blog on the music of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

But it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that guest composer Amit Trivedi gave Hindi film music aficionados two reasons to be delighted.

The first of these was the female version of Iktara, which was soul-stirring.

It was the longer of the two versions of the song – it was four minutes and 13 seconds long.

The song was rendered by Kavita Seth, who was joined behind the microphone by Amitabh Bhattacharya, who penned it.

It wasn’t a BaD track

A post on the only song from Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year (2009) on this blog must be preceded by a warning – “Title pe mat ja” (which could be translated to, “Don’t be fooled by the title”).

It was titled Pocket Mein Rocket (ahem!)

And it was the longest song in the film – it was four minutes and 44 seconds long.

By no means was this track, which was rendered by Benny Dayal, bad. However, not everybody was sold on it.

It was penned by Jaideep Sahni, and composed by none other than Salim-Sulaiman.