Shaan deserved a second listen

It seemed Vishal Dadlani, Purna Das Baul Samrat and Shiraz Mehra had as much of a baul composing Woh Pehli Baar, Shaan’s second solo from Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, as they did when they collaborated on the singer’s first.

Mehra’s namesake, Shiraz Moti, penned the lyrics of this song with Dadlani. The latter (and Shekhar Ravjiani) bagged the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent in 2004, the year Raj Kaushal’s second film, Shaadi Ka Laddoo, released. Unlike Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, that film’s soundtrack met with a collective Chal Hatt from cinegoers.