It had a celebratory ViBe

It would be pertinent to mention that when I read that the soundtrack of War featured a track titled Jai Jai Shivshankar, I admit I assumed it was a recreation of the Aap Ki Kasam (1974) chartbuster, and saying, “Oh no, not another one!”

Thankfully, my doubts were quelled. It wasn’t just an original, but it was also the shorter of the two tracks from the film on this blog – it was three minutes and 50 minutes long.

Kumaar penned the track.

Vishal Dadlani, who composed it (with Shekhar Ravjiani), rendered it (with Benny Dayal).

Yet another clASsic was mauled

Looks like Hindi film music aficionados cannot expect the declaration of a ceasefire anytime soon, and the battle of bad recreations will rage on.

Sadly, Vishal-Shekhar can no longer toot the horn of originality, because they came back with an awful version of another classic* – Ghunghroo Song.

Kumaar penned the song, which was from War (2019), and was five minutes and two seconds long.

Shilpa Rao and Mr Singh rendered (Arij)it.

(*Note: Earlier this year, they joined the recreation factory with The Jawaani Song, which featured on the soundtrack of Student of the Year 2.)

Vishal RendereD this apP(ay)alling (Kisho)recreation

The soundtrack of Student of the Year 2 featured yet another avoidable recreation.

Although the listeners did not expect Vishal-Shekhar to jump onto the recreation B(urm)andwagon (considering their Pancham prem that dates back to 2003’s Jhankaar Beats), it wasn’t surprising that Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, from Jawani Diwani (1972), was RehasheD.

Anvita Dutt Guptan penned the track, titled The Jawaani Song. It was four minutes and 13 seconds long.

Anand Bakshi penned the original.

While Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev and Marianne D’Cruz shared singing credits, the voice of Kumar, who rendered the original, was (Kisho)retained.

Sadly, the listeNerS weren’t ‘hook’ed

If the three tracks from Student of the Year 2 were arranged in the ascending order of their durations, The Hook Up Song would be the first – it was three minutes and 33 seconds long.

The involvement of Shekhar Ravjiani in the track wasn’t restricted to composing it (with Vishal Dadlani), but he rendered it too.

He was joined behind the microphone by Neha Kakkar.

The track was penned by Kumaar.

Although it probably became popular with those who enjoy hooking up, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that only a few listeners were hooked.

Ms Mohan did (S)anamazing job

This blog contains posts on three songs from Student of the Year 2, which released in 2019 and was the sequel to Student of the Year (2012).

If they were to be arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Fakira would be the first – it was four minutes and 48 seconds long.

The track, which was penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, was composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani.

It was rendered by Neeti Mohan and Sanam Puri, and took a while to grow on the listeners.

Ms Ghoshal supported Nakash ably

Slow Motion was the shorter of the two songs from Bharat on this blog – it was four minutes and seven seconds long.

By no means would it be incorrect to state that it was also the more popular of the two. And that was attributable to its Hinglish lyrics, credited to Irshad Kamil.

Its hook went, “Aa doob jaoon teri aankhon ke ocean mein, slow motion mein”.

The track, which was composed by Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani, was rendered by Nakash Aziz, who was joined behind the microphone by none other than Shreya Ghoshal.

 

Srivastava sang this syrupy song

This blog contains posts on a couple of songs from Bharat, which released in 2019.

If they were to be arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, the male version of Chashni would be the first – it was four minutes and 25 seconds long.

Abhijeet Srivastava rendered the track, which, as its title suggested, was syrupy.

The female version of the song, titled Reprise, was rendered by Neha Bhasin. It was three minutes and 59 seconds long.

Irshad Kamil penned both the versions of the Vishal-Shekhar composition.