Akhil was the (Gujr)all-rounder

There have been songless films, although it is not a regular occurrence. And, of course, there have been musical bonanzas.

But do you know a film whose entire soundtrack is just one song?

The answer to that Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship, which released in 2020.

And interestingly, the involvement of Akhil Sachdeva in the track – titled Channa Ve – wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he penned and rendered it as well.

The only portion he didn’t sing was the female portion, which Mansheel Gujral sang.

The song was three minutes and 31 seconds long.

Neha needed a Musikal Sahara

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2010 and 2019 contained posts on two tracks from Good Newwz (2019).

Unsurprisingly, the third track – Laal Ghaghra – was recreated.

But it certainly was good news that Manj Musik and Herbie Sahara, who composed and rendered the original, teamed up for this version as well.

And they were joined behind the microphone by Neha Kakkar.

Sahara penned it with Tanishk Bagchi.

Spread across both my blogs, it was the longest of the three songs from the film – it was four minutes and 28 seconds long.

It certainly wasn’t Aslam-bang track

While my blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2010 and 2019 contains a couple of tracks from Loveyatri (2018), the subject of this post was in contrast to those.

Regardless of whether they are arranged in the ascending or descending order of their durations, Tera Hua would be the second – it was three minutes and 34 seconds long.

The track, which was penned by the one and only Manoj Muntashir, was composed by the resident recreator of the Hindi film industry at this point, Tanishk Bagchi.

It was rendered by Atif Aslam.

Sadly, it didn’t sound TazAA!

This blog contains a post on just one song from Guest Iin London (2017).

When I noticed the (mis)spelling of the word in in the film’s title, I assumed the track was credited to someone with a degree in recreation from IIN.

But that wasn’t the case – it was composed by Raghav Sachar, and penned and sung by T S Jarnail (a.k.a. Taz), whose songs blared from Stereos across the Nation. He was joined behind the microphone by Arya Acharya.

Titled Daru Vich Pyaar, it was a version of the track from Tum Bin (2001).

Mr Reshammiya rendered (K)apoor recreation

“Don’t you fool around with the chartbuster from Kaante (2002)!”

I wonder why this warning wasn’t issued to Himesh Reshammiya, whose involvement in Ishq Samundar (Reloaded) – from Teraa Surroor (2016) - wasn’t restricted to composing it, but he was one of the two who rendered it as well.

The other was Kanika Kapoor.

Mercifully, Anand Raj Anand, who penned and composed the original, wasn’t ignored – he was credited as the lyricist of this version.

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2010 and 2019 contains posts on two songs from the film.

It was the T(rived)itle track

Question: Which film, which released in 2015, was contrary to its title?

The answer was Shaandaar, which means wonderful, which this film certainly wasn’t.

However, lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya salvaged the film’s soundtrack with a decent title track, titled Shaam Shaandaar.

Trivedi didn’t just compose (Am)it, but he rendered it too.

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2010 and 2019 contains posts on a couple of tracks from the film.

As far as their durations are concerned, this was the second-longest of the three – it was three minutes and 57 seconds long.

Indeed, Arijit’s rendition provided sukoon

My blog on the music of Hindi films released between 2010 and 2019 contains a post on one song from Mary Kom (2014). And here’s the second.

After the vocal equivalent of a punch in the gut that was the track rendered by Vishal Dadlani, this Arijit Singh number literally would’ve made the listener say, “Sukoon Mila” (which means, “I felt relieved”).

Spread over both my blogs, it was the shorter of the two tracks from the film – it was three minutes and 19 seconds long.

Penned by Sandip Ssingh, it was composed by Shivam.