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.