Sambhala Hai Maine,Bahut Apne Dil Ko- Revisiting Love Songs of the 90’s
Of late I keep going into a reflective mode often and look back in time and relive a lot of interesting memories. A few days ago I was discussing with a friend about a Tamil movie –‘Guru En Aalu’ which after lying in the cans for a while finally got released a few weeks ago. What’s interesting about the movie is that it is the Tamil remake of Yes Boss. The discussion once again made me go back in time to the 90’s and think of some of the romantic songs of the 90’s.Now the 90’s are very special to me for various reasons. The 90’s were when I was a teenager and also the time when I moved out of school and into college. Also it was the 90’s again (the later part) when I became a young adult. So the memories of this decade are very precious to me & since that was the time my heart really started fluttering, a lot of memories come alive when I listen to the numerous Bollywood love songs of the 90’s.
Taking a cue from my fellow PFC author Tushar’s write –ups ( like this one- http://passionforcinema.com/hona-hai-to-ho-hi-jayega-of-lost-songs-ii/) I am going on my journey of revisiting some of my favorite songs ( mostly romantic ) of the 90’s.If anyone is expecting me to write on the standard songs from the blockbusters like DDLJ,Aashiqui,Saajan, DTPH etc, you are thoroughly mistaken. The endeavor is to revisit those songs which have been more or less forgotten by us. Most of these songs are from movies which probably were not box office successes. And these songs are most likely not to be seen/heard anywhere these days- not even in T.V (unless the movie is being played), but back in those days of the 90’s were quite popular in their own way. Most of these songs are confined to individual memories and one has to go back to the old audio cassette/C.D or the internet to hear these songs again.
Sambhala Hai Maine- Naaraaz
By the early/mid 90’s Mahesh Bhatt had kind of become obsessed more with the number of projects than the quality of work and this resulted in him doing a series of movies which didn’t do much justice to his filmography (barring exceptions like Zakhm of course).One such movie was Naaraaz a movie which had Mithunda,Pooja Bhaat,Atul Agnihotri & Sonali Bhendre in the lead. Though I do vaguely remember the plot and some scenes from the movie, nothing else has remained etched permanently in my memory like the song Sambhala Hai Maine from the movie. Picturised on Atul Agnihotri and Sonali Bhendre, this was romance at its expressive best. I certainly was envious of Atul Agnihotri when I saw the song for the first time. Not only was he romancing the pretty Sonali, he also got to sing such a beautiful song on screen- probably his best ever song in his entire career as a hero 
Anu Malik certainly created magic with this song.
Check out the video and relive the magic, once again.
Trivia- Tadipaar is probably the only other movie apart from Naaraaz where Mahesh Bhatt and Mithun Chakraborty have worked together.
Utra Na Dil Mein Koi- Uff!Yeh Mohabbat
The movie introduced a new hero- Abhishek Kapoor ( now popular as the director of Rock On ) and a new director- Vipin Handa (who was popular for his T.V shows on D.D) and had an upcoming heroine- Twinkle Khanna. Somehow the promos seemed to look interesting and I remember having to literally force a female friend & her sister to accompany me for the movie because no one else wanted to accompany me. I was not at all disappointed with the movie. True there wasn’t a great story to boast of but the picturesque locales of Sikkim and the songs like Utra Na Dil Mein Koi and Deewani Deewani ( music by Nikhil-Vinay )more than made up for it. While Deewani Deewani is more likely to be remembered by people now for its brilliant Sufi rendition, Utra Na Dil Mein Koi is the one which sunk into my heart and the romantic in me was floored.
For those who haven’t seen/heard the song and for those who would like to revisit it, here is the video- do have a look and fall in love once again.
Vipinji- if you ever read this let me tell you once again that it is this movie which made me fall in love with Sikkim and prompted me to make 2-3 visits. I know I have told you this before, but cannot resist the opportunity to tell this once again.
Sawali Saloni- Hum Sab Chor Hain
Now when a movie has Kamal Sadanah and Ritu Shivpuri in the romantic lead (for those who do not know them, just forget it ), what more does one have to say? So while the movie did not grab any eye balls on release and is of course completely forgotten (rightly so today), there is this song- Sawali Saloni which was extremely popular in those days. Picturised on the lead pair on a fort/palace (don’t remember which one though), this one again was a Kumar Sanu hit. Lyrics by Nawab Aarzoo were perfectly in sync with the music of Bappi Lahari for the song.
For all those interested in a revisit given below is the video.
Hum lakh chupaye pyar magar- Jaan Tere Naam
Now this is a movie most of us are aware of. The songs were quite popular when the movie released and used to be a major draw on ‘Chitrahaar’ on D.D. Starring Rohit Roy & Farheen in the main lead, the music was by Nadeem-Shravan who were literally ruling the roost in the 90’s. Most of the other songs are also popular like Kal college bandh ho jaayega, main tumse juda ho jaunga, yeh akka India jaanta hai etc. But when it comes to love songs nothing really surpasses Hum lakh chupaye pyar magar sung by Kumar Sanu & Asha Bhonsle.
Resham Jaise Hain Rahein- Ek Tha Dil Ek Thi Dhadkan
I vividly remember watching the promos of this movie in T.V in 1997. The movie was supposed to be the launch vehicle of Isha Koppikar and had Inder Kumar and Arbaaz Ali Khan (seen later in Mrityudaata as Amitabh Bachchan’s younger brother). The music was by Anand Raj Anand whose first movie as composer – Masoom had just released some time before this. Abhijeet was in his element while singing this and you can feel the free spirit in the mood of the song when you listen to it. The opening lines of the song are very simple, yet makes you want to hum it to yourself (I do it often).
“Resham Jaisi Hain Rahein,Kholein Hain Bahein ,Ye Vaadiyaan
Mausam Saare Hain Apne,Rangeen Sapne,Hain Maherbaan
Yoon Hi Gayenge Milke ,Hum Geet Dil Ke ,Sadiyon Yahan”
I don’t know if the movie ever got released and have not yet been successful in my search for the actual video of the song. I guess I have to depend upon my old audio cassette when I want to hear this once again.
Aake Teri Baahon Mein- Vansh
Vansh was the Hindi remake of Manirathnam’s popular Tamil movie- Agninatchathiram. This was a movie noticed mainly due to the music of Anand-Milind. Most of the songs like Main to deewani huyi, yeh bindiya yeh kangna, etc were also quite popular. But when it comes to the turn of having a pleasant romantic track which makes you forget about the visual and just sit back and relax, one can definitely slot ‘ Aake teri baahon mein’ in this category. With veterans like S.P.Balasubramaniam and Lata Mangeshkar singing to the lyrics of Sameer ( who was having a golden run at that time as he was the busiest lyrics writer in Bollywood then ), the song is a virtual treat to the ears.
Trivia- Vansh was directed by Pappu Verma more popular as an action director. And of the main cast, Sudesh Berry and Siddharth ( not to be confused with Siddharth of RDB) can be still seen occasionally while the leading ladies Ekta and Priyanka have disappeared.
Chand se parda kijiye- Aao Pyar Karen
This was a Saif Ali Khan,Shilpa Shetty,Somy Ali starrer and was one of the early films for the main star cast. Music was composed by the then relatively new composer- Adesh Shrivastav. In combination with Shyam Raj (lyrics) Adesh composed some good songs like Haathon mein aagaya jo kal, Jab do dil milte hain, etc. But there’s something remarkable about this song –
“Chand se parda kijiye” which in spite of being a party song certainly has soul and is extremely romantic at the core.
Do check out the video once again to revive the memory once again.
Trivia- Directed by Ravindra Peepat,Aao Pyar Karein was a remake of a Tamil movie, Chemabaruthi directed by R.K.Selvamani & starring Prashant & Roja.
The list is not exhaustive and these are just some of the top of the mind recall songs in this category. Given below are a few more songs which I feel belong to this category-
Bin tere sanam- Yaara Dildaara
Mann chahe sanam- Aar Ya Paar
Tu jab jab mujhko pukare- Qurbaan
Ek chanchal shokh haseena- Baaghi
Aankhon se dil mein utarke tu mere dhadkan mein hain- Fareb
Chaha to bahut na chahen tujhe- Imtihaan
Tu mile dil khile- Criminal
Sherry main ho gaya deewana- Vijeta
Feel free to add more songs which you believe fall under this category and let’s relive the 90’s once again.
Tags: abhijeet, Abhishek Kapoor, Adesh Shrivastav, Anand Raj Anand, anand-milind, Anu Malik, Asha Bhonsle, bappi lahiri, kumar sanu, Lata Mangeshkar, Mahesh Bhatt, Manirathnam, Mithun Chakravorty, Nadeem-Shravan, Nawab Arzoo, Nikhil-Vinay, Pooja Bhatt, Rohit Roy, S.P.Balasubramaniam, Saif Ali Khan, sameer, Shila Shetty, Shyam Raj, Sonali Bhendre, Twinkle Khanna, Vipin Handa
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
1.Aqshiqui mein har aashiq ho jaata hai majboor-Dil Ka kya kasoor.
2.Chehra kya ddekhte ho,dil mein utar kar dekho na-Salaami
3.Ek aisi ladki thi jise mein pyar karta tha-Dilwale
@ Anindya-
All the 3 songs mentioned by you are really good & deserve to be in this category.Only one thing I would like to point out is that Dilwale was a very successful film.But considering that the song is not heard of much, it can be certainly be part of the list.
Kumar Sanu, Nadeem Shravan and Sameer destroyed my whole childhood(in that order). I can never forgive them for that.
@2 ya I agree sethu that Dilwale was a big hit.But the song which used to play in every nukkad-gali is forgotten nowadays.Ok there’s more:
1)Tere dr par sanam chale aaye-Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi
2)Sheri main ho gaya deewana-A Sanjay Dutt film.
3)Kahin to mil jayega mera balma-Balma
4)Tujhe Na Dekhu to Chain mujhe aata nahin hai-Rang
5)I am very very sorry tera naam bhool gayi-Chand ka tukda
Sun sun sun barsaat ki dhun sun-Sir
Aaj hamne dil ka har kissa tamam kar diya-Sir.
The reason I have mentioned two songs from the same film is because both were very popular at that time.In fact I think Sir like Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi was a very good album and would have been much more popular had the film been a bigger hit.
@ Anindya-
1) Tere Dar Par Sanam- yes certainly in the same category, but one of the more popular ones like Sambhala Hai Maine
2) Sherry main ho gaya deewana- its from Vijeta & yes it certainly fits in.
3) Kahin to mil jaayega- not exactly a love song, more of a fun & frolic song- Ayesha Jhulka & some females dancing to it.
4) Tujhe na dekhoon to chain- yes certainly a good one
5) I’m very very sorry- again not exactly a love song as much, more of a playful song sung by Sridevi to Salman.
@ Anindya- yes the the songs from Sir & Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayi were quite good but while Baazigar became a hit & made the songs of Anu Malik very popular, the other 2 movies didnt do well ( Phir Teri ….) actually had a satellite T.V release & not a theatre release.
Tanul- personally I have never been a fan of Kumar Sanu,Nadeem-Shravan & Sameer ( again in that order
), but there are quite a lot of good songs which they have come up & that cannot be ignored,unfortunate but true!!!
1.Is pyar se meri taraf na dekho pyar ho jaaye ja-Shreeman Ashique.
2.Pehli pehli bar mohabbat ki hai,kuch na samajh mein aaye mein kya karu-Sirf Tum.
3.Badi mushkil hai khoya mera dil hai-Anjaam
4.Deewana main chala-Pyar kiya to darna kya.
1.Saawan barse tarse dil-A hit song on PFC(Fits in any category…rain songs,hit song of a flop film) but a nice song nevertheless.
2.Aankhon mein base ho tum,tumhe dil mein chupa loonga-Sunil Shetty film.
3.Teri umeed tera intezar karte hain-I know its a hit film but how many people remember this wonderful song.By the way did Kumar Sanu get the filmfare for this one or the other one from the same film?
1.Aankhon mein neende na dil mein karaar-Sanam.
2.Tum kya mile jaane jaan pyar zindagi se ho gaya-Satwaan Aasman
@ Anindya@ 9
1)Is pyar se meri taraf is from Chamatkar & not Shreeman Aashique but it certainly falls in the category.
2) Pehli pehli baar mohabbat is another good one
3) Badi mushkil hai another good one
4) Deewana main chala- not really in the same mood & moreover its not very well known unlike some of the other tracks.The movie was a big success though.
Anindya-
1. Saawan barse tarse dil- Dahek is certainly a winner in this category too
2. Ankhon mein base ho tum- is from Takkar and can be considered.
3. Teri ummeed – not well remembered so can be considered.Kumar Sanu got the Filmfare award for Sochenge tumhe pyar.
The song from Sanam & Satwaan Aasman also qualify.
4.
Most of the names floating on this list are very popular names of those days.. How about
Na sanam mar jaayenge hum – Gunahgaar Kaun
Ye mera dil to paagal hai – Gardish
Sapano ka jahaan – Aladdin
Tum jo mile to – Drohi
Aaja Meri Jaan (Brilliant Title song composed by Pancham SPB/)
Palkon ke tale, Jo Sapne chale – Sailab
Jab koi baat bigad jaaye – Jurm
Ye raat ye tanhaiyaan – Gunaah
and two Sanu favs..
-Is tarah Ashiqui ka asar – Imtihan
-Main tujhe chor ke kahaan jaaonga – Trinetra
Some more songs in this category-
1.Baant raha tha jab khuda- Bade Dilwala
2.love hua ab yeh na pucho yeh kab hua- Jaanam Samjha Karo
3.Aashiqui mein har aashiq ho jaata hai majboor-
Dil ka kya kasoor
Very very enjoyable entry. One thing that I’m really curious about is: if people who could enjoy these 90s songs, feel nostalgic about them, love them, then how come,
they hate:
A. Kumar Shanu
B. Nadeem-Shravan
C. Sameer
The contention is, liking or hating anybody is very relative and hating these people are quite common. Then how come is the end product loved/adored/remembered?
It could often happen that we might like a song, and then, might not like the singer. e.g, one might not like Mukesh, yet like “main pal do pal ka shayar hoon”. Something in the music, tune, or lyrics appeals to them. Yet, for the songe, some respect or a quite acknowledgment might come for the singer. Probably you might not love him, probably you’d think the singer is tolerable ONLY in THIS song.
But come to think of the 90s and most of the songs in this era are sung by Kumar Shanu, aided by Nadeem Shravan and Sameer. And there is a clear, observed, distinct pattern/trend to hate/dislike these people.
This is more like a puzzle to me, than anything.:-)
1.Rah mein unse mulaqat ho gayi-Vijaypath.
2.Mere seene mein tera dil dhadke…alag alag ab jeena hai mushkil marna hai aasan…jaan-Jaan
3.Dil Ne dil se ikrar kiya-haqeeqat
4.Churao na dil-Deewane
Pavan-
some great songs in your list.
Love both the Sanu songs- Is tarah aashiqui ka &
main tyjhe chhod ke ( the anthem of the movie Trinetra ).
Aaja meri jaan ka title track was also brilliant-
but wasn’t the music composed by Amar Utpal?
the other songs are good too,probably completely forgotten now.
@15 Sethu no3 is already mentioned.Refer comment no.1
Anindya-
Vijaypath,Jaan,Haqeeqat – all successful movies but otherwise the songs are apt.
Deewane – its a release of 2000 so technically ruled out here.
@14 P1j,Palkon ke tale jo sapne pale…I just love this song.In fact Sailaab was a pretty decent album with Humko Aajkal Hai being the best song.I dont know what hapenned to Bappi Lahiri in the 90’s.
idle-labour@ 16-
very nice point that you’ve highlighted.I would say I personally like most of the songs of the Nadeem-Shravan,Sameer,Kumar Sanu combination, but otherwise not a fan of them.
Actually in the 90’s most of the songs were from this combo.in fact N-S would only use Kumar Sanu &to some extent Udit Narayan for their songs.So that to a large extent also is a reason for their dominance in the 90’s.
Some more good one’s-
1. Kehta hai pal pal tumse- Major Saab
( successful movie but not heard much now).
2. Chori Chori jab nazrein mili- Kareeb
3. tumhe kaise main bataon- dastak
4. ho nahin sakta- diljale ( again a hit movie but song forgotten now)
5. aankhon me kya- khamoshi
Some more -
1. dekha tujhe to- koyla
2. teri adaon pe marta hoon- barsaat
3. humko sirf tumse pyar hai- barsaat
4. ae nazneen suna na- dil hi dil mein
5. hum to deewana hue yaar- baadshah
6. saathiya yeh tune kya kiya- love
7. bahon ke darmiyan – khamoshi
8. aye kaash ke hum – Kabhi haan kabhi naa
@2-3 barsaat was a hit.
@Sethu (18),
Aaja Meri Jaan was definitely composed by amar Utpal.. but thats post interval story.. Pancham was initially signed for the film and recorded two songs (The title track, which I am talking is not the one you’ve known.. though T-Series did released Pancham’s one too).. The title track by SPB and Anuradha IS mindblowing and simply one of the best of that era… The famous Jalpari Stamp and SPB’s rendition is OUT of the World.. It was a big big shock for Pancham when GK/TS decided to change the MD (as much as a big shock when Ramlakhan was snatched from him after signing and given to LP by Ghai)…
Take my word.. put that song on one side and all Sanu-NS stuff on other and still this one weighs much many times..
@ Anindya- yes you’ve caught me twice
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1. Barsaat was a hit &
2. I had repeated Dil Ka kya kasoor which you had
already mentioned
1.O jana o jana yeh dil tera deewana,jahan bhi tu jaaye tere peeche aaye…-Jab pyar kisise hota hai
2.O tere pyar ko salam o sanam-Gumraah.I remember this song was no.1 on Superhit Muqabla for many weeks.
3.Tu waqif nahi mere deewangee se-Khiladiyon ka khiladi
4.Hothon pe bas tera naam hai-Yeh Dillagi
I know most of the songs above(except Gumraah) are from hit films..but then not heard much these days.
Pavan@ 26-
Maan gaye guru aapko.Thanx for the info.BTW I did check out the track you mentioned & yes indeed there are two seperate title tracks.
I can definitely understand what Pancham da must have gone through when this happened.
All said & done I would say Gulshan Kumar/T.Series had a keen sense of music, would not comment anything more on them.
Inspite of a ban on them for so many years its remarkable that Bhushan & Krishan have been able to fin their place for themselves once again.
1.Tu hai haseena main hoon deewana-Pehla Nasha
2.Hum tumse na kuch kahe paye-Ziddi
Anindya – good one’s.again Ziddi was a hit but the song is not heard of now & so surely falls in the category.
1.Kya hua mujhe bechain dil ho raha hai-Tumko Na Bhool Payenge
2.Aate jaate ho milta hai-Har dil jo pyar karega
3.Mera Mann kyon yumhe chahe-Mann
4.Kahin pyar na ho jaaye-Kahin yar na ho jaaye.
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It would very interesting if each of those songs listed in the list gets discussed, erm, here. And then proportion of love songs composed in 90s is calculated.
Anindya@ 32- Tumko Na bhool payenge was a 2002 release while Har dil jo pyar karega & Kahin pyar na ho jaaye were 2000 releases so they are technically ruled out.Mann is a 1999 release & so falls under our category.Some more songs from Mann too are good- Nasha yeh pyar ka nasha hai &
chaha hai tumko na chahoonga har dum.
HG- I know you are sounding sarcastic.but thanx nevertheless for the link- its a great source of info no doubt.
idle-labour@16
Very well observed. Kumar Sanu who ruled the early 90s and gave hits after hits is suddenly a bad singer who sings in nasal voice. He sang many great songs and some were nasal but not all. I remember that during the 90s seven out of ten songs on Superhit Muqabla used to be by him. People who love his songs are now ashamed to say they like his singing and have to put a disclaimer that they are not his fans.
Kumar Sanu could sing romantic, sad, peppy, tapoori all kinds of songs excellently. The turning point for him was 1995. The biggest hit of the year ‘Tujhe Dekha tu’ and ‘Tum Mile’ were sung by him but suddenly Udit became the new number one having sung all songs from DDLJ. In 1995 in a TV interview he said that he would step down that year for Filmfare awards so that other singers had a shot at the filmfare award. The media twisted it and said that he had stepped down from the awards for good and then Kumar Sanu did a volte face and said he decided to contest the awards. He was still nominated for Tujhe Dekha to and Tu Mile but Udit won for Doli Saja Ke Rakhna.
In the mid 90s with the advent of A R Rahman and the increasing popularity of the TV channels, music companies began to assert more influence in the selection of the singers. I remember I used to be able to tell who would sing the most number of songs or get the best song or whose song would be played more on the TV based on the music company.
Venus was promoting Abhijeet followed by Udit, HMV was promoting Udit and Tips was promoting Kumar Sanu. The movies that had music on Tips were average or flops like Soldier, jab pyar kisise hota hai or Kareeb (even though the songs were good).
His attitude and his interviews ridiculing Rahman and his foray into movies didn’t help either.
@ Sputnik
Certainly a good take on Kumar Sanu there.IMO he was certainly a good singer ( not a great singer ), who was reasonably talented & had also the support of N-S & luck on his side.I will never shy away from the fact that a lot of the songs sung by him are great to hear even now.But what I did not like about him was the attitude that he used to show even during simple interviews.Abhijeet was another singer with a major attitude problem ( probably he couldnt accept having to live in the shadow of Kumar Sanu & Udit Narayan) and maybe they are also reasons why Sanu or Abhijeet are hardly seen now.Its only Udit who is still surviving among these singers.
Dil cheer ke dekh tera hi naam hoga—Rang
O meri Dilruba tu Dil ke Kareeb Hai—Junoon
O meri Rekha Jab Se Tujhe Dekha—-Hanste Khelte
Pyar ke Kagaz Se—Jigar
Tumse Jo Dekhte Hi —–Patthar Ke Phool
deewana Dil dhoonde—-Mashooq
JaB na Maana Dil deewana—bekhudi
Deewana Dil Hua Deewana—English babu Desi Mem
Choom Loon Hoth tere—Sriman Ashique
Now Beat That!!!!
Sethu@37
He was a good singer and could have been a great singer and in fact looked like he was on his way to become the next great singer after Kishore Kumar (chronologically). A lot of factors some of his own making and some like Rahman’s rise and Nadeem Shravan not being able to work because of the Gulshan Kumar case all worked against him.
I remember seeing his interviews in the early 90s and he was nice back then but I think he became angry when his crown was snatched away and his resentment showed in his later interviews. He started ridiculing everyone who was not offering him songs. He was peeved that Rahman did not offer him songs and said that Rahman is overrated. I think its easy to be nice when you are winning and he turned out to be a bad loser.
Abhijeet has had a few hits but he has got a lot of attitude problems too. Udit is much more down to earth and humble and probably this has helped him as the movie and music industry doesn’t tolerate people who show attitude.
@ Sputnik-
Yes you are right Sanu probably was a bad loser.
Abhijeet had a major attitude problem evident when he went around criticizing Adnan Sami.Sanu had problems of 2-3 kinds – on one hand Udit was always a tough competition for him,Rehman’s ascent & correspondingly N-S ka descent and then new generation singers coming up in the later 90’s – Sonu Nigam & Shaan had started doing well.
sudhakar bokade and lawrence d’souza’s *sanam teri kasam*, not unlike guru en aalu, is finally getting a release, after 15 or so years of hibernation. check out this gem and some of you might remember the voice of ameen sayani from the cookie cutter radio ad and all that nostalgia: http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/pgpm363utd.As1NMvHdW/
@sputnik (38),
Rahman did offered him one of his best compositions in Kabhi Na Kabhi (Anjali anjali Pushpanjali as Mil gayee Mil gayee wo manzilen).. but he killed it.. and Rahman found he is not the right horse to put money on… He was a significant singer of 90s but never been a great singer..
For me the best love song of the 90’s would be Pehla Nasha, very few songs have been able to capture the spirit of the first flush of love, the feeling, the excitement as this one. And the choreography by Farah Khan was outstanding. No 100 dancers doing PT exercises in the background, just the images of Aamir, Ayesha and Pooja Bedi.
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Pooja Bedi’s Marilyn Monroe act, Aamir’s natural performance, and Ayesha was such a darling, i just flipped over for her head and heels, i was wishing so much that i had a GF like her.
Jatin Lalit, for me really gave some of the best romantic songs of the 90’s.
Jaadu hai tera hi Jaadu hai- Ghulam
Loveria Hua-Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
Ae Kaashe Ke Hum- Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaao- Yes Boss
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Even in some real rubbish movies they came up with some great romantic numbers. Recall the Salman starrer Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, totally crap movie, but had great songs
*Madhosh Dil Ki Dhadkan
*O Jaana
And then another rubbish movie i recall, Yeh Silsila hei pyaar Ka, the title song was pretty good too, as also another one Yeh Dil Deewana Hai.
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Somehow i feel Jatin Lalit’s scores in Yash Raj and KJO movies, though succesful were not really memorable. I did like the songs from DDLJ when i heard them the first time, but now, just dont feel too enthusiastic about em, unlike the songs of JJWS, Yes
Sorry above comment got cut.
Anyway what i meant when it comes to Jatin Lalit, i can listen to their songs in Yes Boss, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, JJWS any number of times, even now, but somehow the DDLJ songs right now dont impress me as much as they did some time back, dunno why.
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And for me i did not find JL’s score for KKHH anything great. It was pretty ordinary IMO.
wb- I think this Sanam Teri Kasam managed a low key release this week.I checked out & to my surprise realised that this is a Saif-Pooja Bhatt-Atul Agnihotri starrer which was earlier titled Sambandh & then changed to Yeh pyar hi to hai.I do remember the promos on radio.
Kumar Sanu did best when he got out of that Kishore Kumar hangover, and tried to forge his own. Witness his songs in 1942-A Love Story, it was unlike the standard Kumar Sanu stuff.
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Ok some more love songs from the 90’s
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Chehra Kya Dekhta Ho- Salaami
Tujhe Chede Hawa Chanchal-Salaami
Deewana Dil Dhoonde-Mashooq
Dunno what was about Ayub Khan, he acted in some really yawn inducing stuff, but the movies had great songs.
Ratnakar-
I certainly have high regard myself for Pehla Nasha from JJWS & thats why it does not find a mention here.Pehla Nasha is like an anthem while this post is on those numbers which were popular then but kind of forgoteen now.
Oh! yes Jatin- Lalit did some great work in the 90’s.Those were some good Ayub Khan hits- Ratnakar.Another movie of his was Sanjay which again had a nice song- hum aur tum aha….
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I guess he was plain lucky or maybe Dilip saab’s touch was retained a bit in him ( being his relative
all these songs of the 90s are simply pieces of shit. they are worse than even bappi lahiri’s shit.
P1J @41
I dont agree that the song from Kabhi Na Kabhi (Anjali anjali Pushpanjali as Mil gayee Mil gayee wo manzilen) was one of Rahman’s best compositions and I had heard the original version before but I agree that he killed it. He overdid his singing but back then I had read in a interview where Rahman said he liked to record songs with no music and then keep adding music to the song. He also said he liked singers with imperfections in their voice, so his not choosing him can’t just be attributed to him not being the the right horse to put money on. Anyways he doesn’t repeat his singers much. He likes to experiment with new singers and new voices.
Ratnakar @46
I agree that Kumar Sanu did best when he got out of that Kishore Kumar hangover but he did sing a lot of good songs before 1942 A Love Story. 1942’s success must have gone to his head. My friend once bought this cassette of Kishore Kumar and when I played it, it was actually Kumar Sanu doing cover versions and he was horrible. The cassette had Kishore Kumar on the front and the inlay card had Kumar Sanu in small letters. He always copied Kishore’s style and that is not a bad thing but he sounded bad when he tried to even sound like Kishore. I think this is when he went nasal.
I’d agree with Sputnik, especially to his/her comment # 50. A few days back, I was trying to find the youtube link of “ek ladki bheegie bhaagie si”. And I came upon a one minute video that had the original video but was synchronized with Kumar Shanu singing in the background. It was horrible to say the least.
But all of us know that the same person has sung “Tere dar par sanam chale aaye”, and so many other songs as mentioned in this ppc blog entry as well as in the comments.
I’d just like to add one more point (to ponder or to put aside). Does it matter which music director takes which singer to sing a song? R.D. preferred Kishore over Rafi and he made no bones of this fact in so many interviews. And I hope nobody would come claiming that Rafi was less of a singer than Kishore, or vice versa.
Shankaa-Jaikishen, Madan Mohan, hardly used Asha. Yet, Asha Bhosle is Asha Bhosle.
I’m not comparing Kumar Shanu with all these musical giants, but probably “Great composer didn’t choose this poor singer” is not a solid logical argument to prove or disprove any singer’s talent.
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Hmm not exactly, while SJ and Madan Mohan were Lata followers, even Asha sang a considerable number of songs for em, though not as much as Lata, but quite a lot of songs she sang for SJ-MM were succesful.
Some songs i can recall off hand.
* Paan Khaiye Saiyyan Hamaro- Teesri Kasam(SJ)
* Jhumka Gira Re- Mera Saaya( MM, in an out and out Lata dominated track, this song still proved to be popular).
* Shokh Nazar ki Bijliyan- Woh Kaun Thi( MM, again another Lata dominated track, where Asha still stood out).
* Raat ke Humsafar- An Evening in Paris.
There are a lot more for sure.
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BTW O.P.Nayyar never ever used Lata for his songs.
Ratnakar,
Definitely they had Asha sing for them but these songs were a miniscule proportion as compared to Lata, they consisted of the single song in a whole movie, and also had typecast Asha in fast/peppy/ catchy/seductive numbers.
I think you got the point I’m trying to make as you mention that O.P. never used Lata.
Beyond the point of who used whom and how many times, it shouldn’t be the criterion to judge a singer.
Also, I apologize if this discussion has digressed from the original topic of discussing the 90s songs. :-)
A good 90s love song is ‘Ek Haseen Nigah Ka’ from Maya Memsaab sung by Kumar Sanu. Infact all the songs from this movie are good like ‘Khud se baaten karna’ and ‘O dil Banjare’. The music is by Hridaynath Mangeshkar and lyrics by the great Gulzar.
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1. Yeh Hasin Wadiya Yeh Khula Aasman … Roja
2. Jana Suno Hum Tumpe Marte Hai…. Khamoshi
3. Sapno mein aana Dil Mein Samana… Chor Aur Chand
Awesome pick Sputnik! :-)
Just to revisit some of the points to judge Kumar Shanu/any singer:
1. Being nasal doesn’t explain much about the talent or lack of it, for any singer. If you wouldn’t like to agree, then please listen to Noorjehan, Shamsad Begham, S.D. Burman (as a singer) and can you forget Mukesh?
Also, one might not like a singer, and that choice is too personal to demand any rational explanation. If one is a bad singer, one is. But to say one is a bad singer, because one is nasal, then that is a faulty argument, IMHO.
I personally do not like Himesh Reshamiyya as a singer, but there are thousands others who like him, or rather love him. But I feel he’s not a bad singer BECAUSE he is nasal. He’s a bad singer because I feel he can’t sing. And although I’ve good reasons for this contention, there are many who would argue otherwise.
2. Considering who has attitude problems (as to success going to his head) or who has a bad character, or who is a good person, hardly measures any singer’s capability.
Sonu Nigam in a recent interview did say that he considers himself as the best and topmost singer, above everybody, in the history of Indian music. He was however generous enough to place himself below Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Disregarding what he thinks of himself, Sonu, unarguably is a darned talented singer.
But to argue, that Abhijeet or Kumar Sanu are not good singers because they have attitude problem, is like saying that Anuradha Paudwal can’t sing because allegedly, she was involved in killing her husband or that Aamir Khan is a bad actor because he said he doesn’t recognize award ceremonies/awards other than the national award.
As an audience of these singers, I think they deserve a more well-rounded logical evaluation, based on their singing, based on the songs they sang. IF one is considering judging them–setting aside the “I simply don’t like him/her” factor–then a more honest approach should be put into place; because liking anybody is too personal and relative a choice, while criticizing somebody based on THAT choice, BUT on DIFFERENT criteria is another ballgame.
idle-labour @56
Completely agree with you on both points. My talking about attitude problems was no way a reflection of my like/dislike. I was just responding to another comment and giving a reason for their downfall.
I think there needs to be a differentiation between playback singing and just singing. I think Sonu is a very talented singer and I like his pop songs like ‘Tu’ but I dont think he is a good playback singer. This is because he sings the same way irrespective of the actor in the same voice and his voice hardly suits anyone.
Kishore was a great playback singer in this sense as he sang with slight modulations in his voice and style to suit different actors like Rajesh, Amitabh and Rishi. Similarly Rafi used to make slight modulations in his voice and style for different actors like Dilip, Guru Dutt, Shammi Kapoor and Johnny Walker. Obviously Rafi and Kishore still did not suit some actors but singers were mostly chosen before the mid nineties based on suiting the actor. Even NS chose SPB for Salman in Saajan though they did choose Kumar Sanu for Dil Hai ke Maanta Nahin and Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke for Aamir.
Hindi movies initially had actors who could sing like Saigal and Ashok Kumar. But then playback singing started because it was hard to find actors who could also sing. Playback singers were chosen based on voice match initially. But nowadays it does not matter if the singer suits the actor or not. They are so many new singers who just sing one song in a movie (its good that they are getting chances) but I would like to see them sing a whole album instead of one song.
deba@ 49- to each his/her own.But I think you are going overboard in your reactions.
Sputnik,idle-labour- T.Series especially has made a lot of cover versions of Kishore,Rafi,Lata etc and most of these albums usually feature Sanu,Babul Supriyo etc.So whenever I come across a Kishore/Rafi hits CD- I usually check the credits & other details to know if its an original or a cover version.
sputnik@ 54- good choice.
B Desai- Roja’s songs cannot be clubbed here as not only was the movie a big success, the songs are also evergreen.But certainly Chor aur Chand & Khamoshi fit into the category.
senti kar diya saale. now the ‘monk’ will only help. thank gawd shanghai nahi jaana padega! great post buddy! keep da shit flying!
Magik- thanx yaar.isse ek baat to spasht hai- ki hum sab ek hi khet ke mooli hain
Sethu @ 59,
Oops, its my bad on Roja part.
Here are two songs from Jaanam, but the entire album was good
- Teri Chahat Ke Siva by Anuradha P and Amit Kumar
- Paagalpan Chha Gaya Dil Tujpe Aa Gaya
- Raja ko Rani se pyar ho gaya.. Akele Hum Akele Tum
- Jaadu Bhari Aankho Wali Suno – Dastak
- Ghar Se Nikal Te Hi Kuchh Dur Chalte Hi – Papa Kehte Hain
idle-labour – Lata sang around 210 songs for Madan Mohan, while Asha sang 192. If you look at the number of movies, Asha sang for more MM composed movies than Lata. Now, I wouldn’t call that a ‘miniscule proportion’. But yes, in terms of quality and ’shelf-life’ Lata numbers for MM clearly outlast Asha’s
About Sanu’s singing I hate most of his songs for NS and Annu Malik due to that nasal effect,But I like some of his songs for Jatin-Lalit in Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman,Kabhi Haan Kabh Naa
I don’t consider Kumar Sanu to be a great singer at all..He was lucky and at the right time..Abhijeet,Udit,Hariharan,Suresh Wadekar were better singers than him but because NS and Annu Malik preffered Sanu(or producers prefered),he could make it big..
sethu, mere bhai, CineMaa kasam, is emosanal atyachaar ka badlaa chukana padega tereko! damn, this ’sambhala hai maine’ song is a bloody killer. opened the floodgates of so many memories that were better-off hidden. ab daru tu pilayega saale! :-)
@idle-labor
” But to say one is a bad singer, because one is nasal, then that is a faulty argument, IMHO”
Do you think being nasal is a good quality for a singer?..There are lakhs who like Mukesh,then there are equal number who hate Mukesh Songs beacuse of his nasal singing..But u cannot find many who can find fault in Mohammed Rafi’s crystal clear voice and nasal free singing..
Mukesh and Kumar Sanu inspite of nasalness made it big because the songs themselves were great,they had the support of powerful people(Raj Kapoor in case of Mukesh,Nadeem Shravan,Annu Malik in case of Kumar Sanu,Himesh because he himself was MD so he there was no one to stop him..)
B Desai @ 62-
those are all good songs & all in this category.
Some more songs from Papa Kehte Hain also are good-
1. Pyar mein hota hai kya jaadu, tu jaane ya main jaanu
2. yeh jo thode se hain paise, karch tum par karoon kaise
“Baadalon se….” Satya
Here are some more from 90’s:
1)Thehre hue paani me patthar na maar – Dalal
2)Ek baat batau……batao – Milan
3)Tujhe pyar karte karte – Najayaz
4)Na hai zameen na aasman laye kahan – Khel
5)Kissa hum likhenge dil e bekarar ka – Doli saja ke Rakhna
6)Aankhon me tum ho – Aankhon me tum ho
7)Jadoo bhari aankhon wali – Papa kehte hai
8)Sagar se gehra hai pyar hamara – Majhdhar
9)Dheere Dheere aap mere dil ke – Baazi
10)Kabhi hanste hai kabhi rote hai – Dushmani
One of the I loved a lot is “Tumhari Nazron mein humne dekha”. I cant recollect the name of the movie but it starred Pratibha Sinha. Nice vocals by Asha Bhonsle.
I too never liked Nadeem Shrana, Sameer and Sanu but one of their lesser knows movies “Ekka Raja Rani” starring Govinda had some good tunes. I dont know why I liked them :(.
@idle-labour
People hate Amu Malik, Nadeem Shravan, Sameer, etc because they are all partners in crime….plagiarising western/pakistani songs to no limit.
In fact, most of Anu Mailk’s songs are lifts from pakistani singers (check out www.itwofs.com)
There is no restriction on loving music….we cant help it, can we?
Magik- kya kare control nahin hota
chalo koi na, daaru main hi pila deta hoon.
lets c might make a trip 2 b’lore sometime soon & inshallah lets catch up!!!
@ Rajeev .K.Singh-
Songs 1-6 are all lovely & fit the bill.
BTW is it tehre hue paani mein pathar na maar or is it kankar na maar? I think its kankar
Song # 7 is not from Papa Kehte Hain, its from Dastak & already mentioned.
8-10 are again good.I think # 8 is actually
Yeh Majdhaar.
@ Agnostic Indian-
That Pratibha Sinha song is a good one – its from Kal Ki Awaaz.
@ avn- that was a good one.
Some more-
1. Badi mushkil hai- Anjaam
2. Saathiya bin tere dil maane na- Himmat
3. Kasam se kasam se, O rabba kasam se-
Aayee Milan Ki Raat
4. Kya batlayen jaane ja- Lal dupatta malmal ka
5. Na jaane kyon main bekaraar- Lal dupatta
malmal ka
Some more –
Achchha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyar Ka – Bewafa Sanam
Morni Baga ma Bole – Lamhe
Kabhi Mein Kahu – Lamhe
Dil Mein Kuchh Hone laga – Army
Kaththae Aankho wali ek ladki – Duplicate
Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam – Duplicate
Chhota bachcha Janke – Masoom
@ B Desai
1. Acha sila diya- Bewafa Sanam was a hit & I think the song is quite popular even now.
2. Morni from Lamhe is not exactly a conventional romanctic song.
3. Kabhi main kahoon- yes it certainly fits in
4. Dil main kuch hone laga- oh! yes another good one
5. & 6 from Duplicate also fit int
7. Chota bachcha is not a romantic track
From Masoom – there are these songs which fit in-
1. Gore gore paon mein chandi ki paayal
2. yeh jo teri payalon ki chanchan hai
Some more-
1. Saathiya yeh tune kya kiya- Love
2. Aisi waisi baat nahin- Hero Hindustani
3. Chanda re chanda re- Sapnay
4. Sun beliya shukriya meherbaani- 100 Days
5. Na woh inkaar karti hai- Himalayputra
Songs from the movie “Chor Aur Chaand” starring Aditya Pancholi and Pooja Bhatt. I guess the music was by Nikhil-Vinay and had some lovely duest sang by SP Balasubramanium and Anuradha Paudwal.
My pick
1. Sapnon mein aana, dil mein samaana
2. Saason ka kya hai pata
Great topic. Astoundingly nostalgic.
Here’s my pick:
Aaine ke sau tukra kar ke humne dekhe hain – Ma
Aaj raat chandni hai aur tum mere saath ho – Kal Ki Awaaz
Sabse Hum duur huye tumse milne ke baad – Kal Ki Awaaz
Tumhari aankhon mein humne dekha ajab si chahat jhalak rahi hai – Kal Ki Awaaz
Mere dil ka pata tumhe kisne diya, kya tum bhi akele thay meri tarah – Jaanam
O meri Dilruba tu dil ke kareeb hai – Junoon (Rahul Roy)
Aaj hum tum o sanam milke ek vaada karein – Saathi
Huyi aankh num aur yeh dil muskuraya – Saathi
Kaali teri choti hai Paranda tera laal ni – Bahaar Aane Tak
Rab jaisa roop tumhara – Meera Ka Mohan
O Krishna you are the greatest musician of this world – Meera ka Mohan
Tumhe apna banane ki kasam khai hai – Sadak
Jab Jab pyar pe pehra hua hai – Sadak
Har sawaal ka jawaab nahin mil sakta – Rang
Ek baat bataun – Milan
Would like to add
1. Koyal si teri boli from Beta
2. Paas woh aane lage zara-zara from “Main Khiladi Tu anari”
3. “Aa Gale Kag Jaa” from movie with same name.
4. “Jao tum chahe jahaan” from “Narasimha”
Anybody remember songs from a movie called “Zamane Se Kya Darna” starring Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon. It had a 2 cassette collection with songs mostly by Naresh Sharma.
Another good one…
O Rabba Koi to bataye pyar hota hai kya — Sangeet
I have not read all the comments. But Sethu let me know if you need the mp3 version of Resham jaisi hai rahein. It is one of my fav songs too. I also used to like Tere bin mein kuch bhi nahin from Naraaz. I guess it is one of the few songs to have Udit and Kumar Sanu singing together.
I remember whistling the Sambhala Hai Maine tune whenever I was walking near colleges, tuition centres in gariahat, lake area ;) and yes I was also jealous of Atul at that time. Sonali is still one of the most beautiful women on screen.
@Sethu(72)
Yes you are right its kankar but 8 is from Majhdhar starring Rahul roy , salman khan and Manisha Koirala, unfortunately i have seen this movie.
Some more:
1)Chori chori dil tera churayenge – Phool aur angar
2)Tumsa koi payara koi masoom nahi hai – Khuddar
3)Ye teri aankhen jhuki jhuki – Fareb
Few more…
1. Ek Hi Ghosla Do Dilon Ka — Dhanwaan
2. Batao Tum Kaun Ho — Anmol
3. Tum Kya Mile Jan-e-ja — Some Vivek Mushran-Puja Bhatt Movie
@ 81
Oh yes , how i forgot this song??
Sangeet was actually one the best musical of 90s.
Sethu,truly touching for you to have mentioned Uff Yeh Mohabbat, and my music. My personal favourite would be Deewani Deewani and Teri Lagan Lagi, as I share a special bond with them.
I would like to share two things about the music, the first being that, Deewani Deewani was invented, when I was at a mosque in Nizamuddin, and I heard an old devotee singing ‘Deewana Deewana, and if you hear the absolute last bit of the song, it turns into ‘Deewana Deewana’ from ‘Deewani’. Loved the effort by the Sabri brothers’, who I doubt did anything after that.
Teri Lagan Lagi is special for the mere reason, for Gulzar Sahab calling me to congratulate me for my lyrics, undoubtedly the most special moment. Sethu, do hear ‘Jab Se Hai Seekha’, I’m sure you’ll like it more than Utra Na.
The second secret being in your inbox.
Regards
God Bless
Agnostic Indian @80
Zamane Se Kya Darna had 14 songs and my cousin had that cassette and used to listen to it a lot. ‘Chaha Hai Tujhe Chahenge’ song from the movie is very good and could be added to the list here.
Few more…
1. Keh do Ek Baar Sajna…. Mrutyu Dand
2. Tum Bin Man Ki Baat Adhuri … Mrutyu Dand
3. Phool, Phool Pe Bani Teri Tasveer — Phool
4. Tere Liye Saari Umar Jaagu — Yaad Rakhegi Duniya
Rajeev @85,
The other good album was “Daayraa”, all songs were very good.
Vipinji-
I am touched to read your response & sharing the secret with me.Looking forward to more musicals from you in the coming future.
B Desai @ 82- Sangeet was awesome.
@ 85- all 3 songs are good.
Tum kya mile jaane ja- is from Satwaan Aasmaan
@ 89- again all lovely songs there.
Agnostic Indian @ 79- yes Chor Aur Chand had great songs.
@ 81- Beta was a blockbuster and the song is well known even now.Again Main Khiladi Tu Anari was a hit but I dont think the songs is heard now, so it qualifies.Yes Aa gale lag ja & Narsimha’s songs surely make it to the list.
@Aditya Pant # 63
Thanks for the numbers, though it’s hard to believe. I mean, really? Then how come when we hear Madanmohan songs, we hear more of Lata and less of Asha? I’m referring to things we hear at random, like music playing the FM, and people discussing Madanmohan songs. And though the statistics of 210 songs of Lata and 192 songs of Asha by Madanmohan are weakly related to the aformentioned trend when certain music directors
preferred certain singers, these are interesting numbers… the ones you produced here.:-)
@ Sharath, on 66
Please read what I said about being nasal and being a singer in comment #56
before jumping on to conclusions. I did mention some other singers
in the same line, but you chose to pick only Mukesh? May I know why?
What about Noorjehan, Shamsab Begham, S.D. Burman himself…..and not to forget Lata Mangeshkar
as she sang in Mahal? (”aayega aanewala”). These people were all nasal and immensely talented as singers
as well as musicians. Lata used to say that she would try to sing like Shamsab Begham and Noorjehan in her
earlier years, and those attempts were quite visible in her initial singing career.
To come to your point, many might not like Mukesh, but not many would say that Mukesh couldn’t sing.
I love Rafi, but believe it or not, I have seen people who do not like Rafi, on the pretext
that he had a strong “punju” accent.
My point is either you like someone or you don’t, and there could be very good personal reasongs for these
likings or dislikings, but using whether someone is nasal hardly solidifies an argument.
And this is not a forum for showing whether someone likes Shanu or not but my first question was:
how come, if you dislike/hate most of the people associated with most of the songs made in the 90s, then
how come do you like the songs? And this was a question purely out of academic interest than to see who likes Shanu and why.
If you don’t like Shanu, fair enough. But to say I do not like Shanu becuase he was a bad singer AS he was nasal, or
that he had attitude problems shows more bias than logic and when we try to justify our reasons with bias, but try to make it sound like logic,
then it gets quite problematic–it falls on its face.
Since this is a blog where rational, responsible and adult people write, I think we should be more careful of what passes out, than argue in a juvenile fashion. That’s all I’m trying to say! :-(
@ idle-labour-
whoa! relax buddy.you had raised a very pertinent question & even I had wondered the same often.I’m a classic example of someone who doesnt like Sanu or even N-S for that matter but enjoy a lot of their songs for sure as mentioned in this post.
Count me among the ones who dont like Nadeem Shravan or Kumar Sanu, but there are few songs which I like.
I think the root cause for my hatred for them is their attitude and not music.
1.Jo hal dilka idhar ho raha hai-Sarfarosh
2.Dheemi dheemi-1947 Earth
3.Payaliyan-Deewana
4.Kisi din banugi main raja ki rani-Raja
1.Goriya re goriya re mera dil churake le ja-Aaina
Sethu,
Seriously awesome list. and I never knew there would be anyone remembering the songs of Ek tha Dil and Uff yeh Mohabbat. Both my fav songs. Some more romantic songs of the 90’s which I would add is :
1) Madhosh – Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai
2) Chori chori – Kareeb
3) Meri Saanson – Aur Pyaar Ho gaya
4) oh god, there are many !!! :D
The Ek tha Dil song also featured in a similar list that I made last month. Please have a look and let me know if there are any of your fav songs in them :
http://vimalsparadise.blogspot.com/2009/04/geetgeethamsangeetham-part-1.html
The above link is just the part with the hindi songs. Since you are aware of Tamil and Malayalam songs, please have a look at these links also when you find time :
Tamil –
http://vimalsparadise.blogspot.com/2009/04/geetgeethamsangeetham-part-2.html
Malayalam – http://vimalsparadise.blogspot.com/2009/05/geetgeethamsangeetham-part-3.html
1.Sanson ka chalna-Jeet
2.Abhi saans lene ki fursat nahi hai-Jeet
sharath @64
“I don’t consider Kumar Sanu to be a great singer at all..He was lucky and at the right time..Abhijeet,Udit,Hariharan,Suresh Wadekar were better singers than him but because NS and Annu Malik preffered Sanu(or producers prefered),he could make it big..”
Every singer needs luck and some music director/producer to back them. Once they become the No 1 singer everybody flocks to them. Even Rafi became big because he was there at the right time and Naushad backed him. Kishore became big in the 70s because of RD backing him. But there are a lot of singers who were backed but did’nt become great like Shailender who initially was the voice of Rishi. Abhijeet, Hariharan and Suresh Wadkar are not better singers than Kumar Sanu. Kumar Sanu could sing romantic, sad, happy,tapoori all kinds of songs equally well. How many good sad songs did Abhijeet sing? Can Hariharan and Suresh Wadkar sing tapoori numbers ?
Here is a nice video of Kumar Sanu and Udit singing ‘Khaike Paan Banaras wala’ song on star waar parivar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvdiT-zrNro&feature=related
Sanu totally singers with heart and emotion and overshadows Udit. Udit did not sing with any variations in the early 90s. He started working with Rahman and he started singing with variations. Listen to Kya kare kya na karen. Udit never sang like that before. Kumar Sanu on the other hand was brilliant in Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen. He sings the song with so much passion and intensity and suits SRK perfectly.
Mera dil gaya meri jaan gayi – Tere Mere Sapne
Chhuda ke daman to jaa rahe ho – Imtihan
1) Meri jaan Dua Karna from Baharon Ki Manzil (1991)
2) O My Sweetheart from the same movie
Anindya@ 96
The song from Sarfarosh is still popular & the movie was a hit too.The song from Earth-1947 qualifies.While Deewana& Raja were hits, these songs are not heard now & so qualify.
# 97- goriye re- sure shot selection.
# 99- Jeet again a hit, but the songs not heard now.
sputnik @ 103-
Guru thats superb thanx for reminding me bout Baharon ki manzil-
Oh!my sweetheart
dil ko dil se jod le
kal ek khwab hai
kal ki baat chhod de
jo bhi hai woh aaj hai
yeh kar le tu yakeen
kal ki jaisi koi cheez hai yahan nahin
aaja meri baahon mein,mere hum nasheen
agar yeh sab koi padega to zaroor pagal ho jaayega
Sethu @105
Thanks. There used to be a program called ‘Chitralok’ on radio ceylon. It used to come from 8:30 to 10 am every day. They used to play new songs from upcoming movies. I had heard most of the early 90s songs that are being mentioned here for the first time on that show.
Vimal- went through your bollywood list- awesome yaar.apart from resham jaisi yeh raahen from ek tha dil…. I do like dheemi dheemi (1947 Earth),
Bol Sajni ( Doli Sajake Rehna), Mujhse Naraaz
(Papa Kehte Hain ) etc.will look into your tamil & malaylam list too asap.
Inca- nice choices buddy@ 101 & 102
Some other good 90s love songs
1) Seene mein dil hai – Raju bangaya gentleman
2) Kaash Tum Mujhse Ek Baar Kaho – Aatish
3) Tujhse Milna Milkar Chalna Acha Lagta Hai – Amaanat
@ sputnik-
aila! pichle janam mein kahin hum donon bhai to nahin the? I’m a chitralok fan too.check this out
http://passionforcinema.com/those-were-the-best-days-of-my-life/
good songs in 108.
other songs of Aatish that fit in are
1. Khaate hain hum kasam
2. Hasratein hain bahut magar
Some more
1) Ek Ladki Hai Deewani Si – Hum Dono (Rishi kapoor & Nana Patekar starrer)
2) Tak Gaye Ho To – Jahan Tum Le Chalo
3) Dekho To Aasman – Jahan Tum Le Chalo
@ Sethu
very nice reminiscences. not sure of pichle janam but being from the same generation more or so we have had similar experiences w.r.t music, movies and TV shows. I think those were the days of innocence and simple pleasures in life made us happy.
I was also an avid listener of Chitralok on Vivdh Bharti. I even skipped classes in order to listen it. :-)
Some more
1) Mohabbat Inayat Karam – Bahar Aane Tak
2) Pyar ko Hojaane Do – Dushman
3) Ye Dua hai meri rab se – Sapne Saajan Ke
4) Kabhi Bhula Kabhi Yaad Kiya – Sapne Saajan Ke
@ Sethu: gosh, im so late, and all the songs i cud think of are already covered. well… almost:
here’s my contribution (hope they qualify):
* Lagne Laga Hai Mujhe Aajkal (Chor Aur Chand)
* Khat Likhna Hai, Par Kaise Likhoon (Khel)
* Sherry, Main Ho Gaya Deewana (Sanju-Raveena)
there’s another song from Panaah, which i love, but dont know whether it wud qualify as a romantic song:
* kabhi kage ke yeh saara sach hai, kabhi lage ke ye saara jhooth hai…
Lemme think of more…senti kar diya yaar
Sputnik @ 88,
‘Chaha Hai Tujhe Chahenge’ used to be an absolute favourite. It was a gem composed by Dilip Sen – Sameer Sen.
There’s a guitar and violon interlude in the middle which is too good.
It all came back
Ravi@ 83-
Would be great if you could send me the mp3 file of Resham jaise raahein.can you mail it to me@
sethumadhavan.n@gmail.com?
sputnik-
choices in 110 & 113 are very apt.
Really nice to look back in time & know that that there are others like you also who’ve been through the same.
Jahanpanah- welcome to the chitralok club
Inca- Yes chaha hai tujhe chahenge was one of my favorites too.
your songs of Imtihan ( 102 ) & Tere Mere Sapne
( 101 ) do fit into the category.
Now coming to your long list @ # 80 almost all the songs fit in except the following-
Kali teri choti hai- Bahaar aane tak
O Krishna- Meera Ka Mohan
because both are basically dance numbers & not really romantic tracks.
Jha-
Better late than never
The songs in Khel & Chor Aur Chand qualify.Sherry main ho gaya is mentioned in my post itself ( right @ the bottom ).
Bout the song in Panaah- again not sure if its a hardcore romantic track.
Do rack your brain for mre
Hi Sethu,
Yes, you are right.
But it’s amazing that even after so so many years, in spite of not coming across any of them on any FM or music television channel nowadays, I remember those songs so clearly.
These will remain a happy part of all our lives, always!
In early 90s I used to hate LP (90s work), Shabbir Kumar and Mohd Aziz. Those days KS, NS etc. came as fresh breeze and ruled the music world for an entire decade. Now you guys (current teenagers) hate KS, NS and we feel that those LP, Shabbir Kumar and Mohd Aziz songs were much better than what we listen today in the name of music:)
Vicious cycle
@ Inca-
Yes its certainly amazing as to how we still remember these songs.Probably they are ingrained in us.and posts & discussions like this will only go on to relive those memories & enable us to archive them better.
Ok, some more:
1. I just called to say I love you – Jaan Ki Kasam (Sameer in terrific form here)
2. (This I think has been mentioned already, but still)
Kasam se kasam se, Ksama khake keh do kasam se – Sanam (amazing beats)
@ Knightrider- life’s like that- a big vicious cycle.Certainly a lot of things not liked in the present tend to get appreciated in the future
Inca- good ones again – Sanam & Jaan Ki Kasam.
Have u guys mentioned Phir Teri Kahaani Yaad Aayee anywhere? Though you may argue it is not forgotten so it does not qualify but still wanted to mention that. Another one is Booby Deol’s debut movie Barsaat.
I think it would fair to say Anu Mailk and N-S had the most number of hit romantic songs in the 90s. I had read in an interview somewhere that N-S had built up a repository of 8000-10000 tunes during their early struggling years.
Also some of SRKs earlier movies – English Babu Desi Mem (Deewana main tera deewana), Chaahat, Anjaam.
Ravi- yes though Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee & Barsaat are not completely forgotten ( Barsaat was a hit too ) we have still discussed the songs here.Ref # 24 for Barsaat.
Definitely N-S & Anu Malik ruled the charts in the 90’s for sure.
Yes Deewana main tere deewana from EBDM & songs of Chaahat like the title song and that of Anjaam
( already discussed ) fall in this category.
@KnightRider
For the masters they were, even I hated the LP past mid 80s. Over orchestration was a big let down. 50 violins, 100 tablas etc seem to behind every song. Jeetendra and Dharmendra dancing in white pants and sleeveless t-shirts made it all the more unbearable.
QSQT came a breath of fresh air in the late 80s, followed by “Maine Pyaar Kiya”.
NS, Anu Malik were better than LP in the 90s but when the entire career is concerned, NS and AM wont fall in the class of LP. Even Jatin-Lalit came up with some fresh tunes in the 90s.
But nobody reinvented music the way AR Rahman did. Roja in 1992 was a genuine path breaking album with hitherto unheard sound. 17 years down the line and the man can still rock with Masakalli and Arziyaan. He is bound to go down as the best in his era.
One of the music composers we normally forget is MM Kreem or Keeravani or Maragadamani. Hi song “Jaane Kitne Dino Ke Baad Gali Mein Aaj Chaand Nikla” will surely be on my top 5 songs of the 90s. I dont think anybody could compose a song better suited for that scene in the movie.
“Tum Mile Dil Khile” was such a huge hit.
“Roop Suhana Lagta Hai” from “Gentleman” should be added to this list. I remember that song as the one which was able to dethrone “Didi tera Dewar” after some 30-40 odd weeks on top of the charts.
@ Agnostic Indian
Yes in addition to N-S & Anu Malik & Jatin-Lalit who were ruling the charts, there were people like ARR who ushered in a new era in Bollywood music and also melody makers like M.M.Kreem.Both the songs mentioned by you were great compositions of Kreem.Anand-Milind faded out by mid/late 90’s and even people like Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen, Nikhil-Vinay etc haven’t managed to survive.Adesh Shrivastav & Anand Raj Anand are just managing to survive and hold on.whereas ARR has just gone on to consolidate & do well.So he’s a lambi race ka ghoda.Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy started off in the late 90’s and are again a good force in the trade.
@Sethumadhavan
Anand-Milind’s (AM) career was notoriously related to Ilayaraaja’s(IR) career in tamil. AM used to rip off IR’s songs and made a career out of it. Anari, Vansh, Dil to name a few. When Rahman entered the scene and IR wasnt having the hits anymore AM couldnt find another source to survive. They couldnt copy ARR’s songs as most of his tamil movies were eventually dubbed in hindi and hence their career couldnt sustain. Sad state of affairs for the kids of talented composer like Chitragupta.
Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen did give some good music ini “yeh Dillagi” and “Aaina” but most of the credit went to Yash Raj banner rather than the Mamu-Bhatija pair.
Anybody here remembers the movie called “Angaar” starring Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Kader Khan. It had a nice theme music which was played on the flute.
Inspite of the mostly mediocre music, I still remember the 90s very fondly. But one cannot forgive Gulshan Kumar for torturing us “With Jhankar Beats”.
Nice compilation sethu…and i will use this one as a reference to collect back all the songs. It will be nice that if you can start a similar one for Non-Film Songs of 90….there is gr8 list of them too
Arre Sethu….Fullto nostalgia mode…thanks dude….for this thrilling journey…reading through the post and comments…..
Fulll senti when I read the song ‘madhosh dil ki dhadkan…’…started singing in office….LOL…saala I need a drink….plzzzz
My additions….few…
‘ai jate hue lamhon…’ from Border
‘awaz do humko…’ from Dushman
aur bhi hai…magar :(
You can include this gem from JJWS – Rootke humse kabhi also…a very good song but got shadowed by other hit songs
some more
1) Ghat se masjid – tamanna (though not a romantic one)
2) Chod aaye hum – maachis
3) mann chahe sanam – Aar ya paar
4) Mujhe raat din – Sangharsh
5) Sitaron se jagamaga rahi hain – Aur Pyar Ho gaya
@ Prashant- thanx will try to make a non-filmi compilation too.and yes Rootke humse kabhi from JJWS is a worthy song.
Prashant@ your other no’s-
The song from Tamanna & Maachis are not in the romantic genre.Mann chahe sanam from Aar Ya Paar is there in the post itself ( towards the bottom).
But yes the other songs – Sangharsh & Aur Pyar Ho Gaya are definitely to be noted.
Agnostic Indian-
Yes Anand-Milind used to rip-off Ilayaraja’s tunes.But I think it was more of a 1 song/album kind of a thing.nevertheless they couldnt hold on once the ARR wave started.And yes I do remember Angaar-Idhar Dekho dekho, udhar dekho dekho
hum hi hum hain, hum hain
and yes the jhankaar beats funda was yuck
Sridhar-
thanx a lot yaar.Yes go get a drink tonite & relive those memories
Ae jaate hue lamhon- Border quite well known but yes the song from Dushman is surely in this category.
I don’t think that Rootke humse kabhi from JJWS qualifies as a love song.
@Sethumadhavan
There were AM albums which were more than one per album. Vansh, Anari to name a few. Also the biggest hits on most of their albums were IR inspired songs. It is kind of sad that Hindi movies didnot experience the brilliance of the genius called Ilayaraaja.
“Aasman Pe Baiti Chandni” from the movie “Khatarnak”.
90s which is the age of mediocrity, there were many a gems which were composed. Some became famous but many were lost.
“Bhairavi” by LP was one such gem of an album. One of their all time best. The movie starring Ashwini Bhave was a dud and thus not many people got to listen to the songs.
@ Agnostic Indian
Well yes you are right.Its a almost crime for Bollywood to have ignored Ilayaraja.Even now when you hear the maestro replicate some of his past Tamil hits for movies like Cheeni Kum, its so pleasing to the ear.
Love the songs of Bhairavi.
Balam Kesariya is my personal favorite.
couldn’t resist from replying on this one
and that i still remember all these songs is unbelievable.
dekha teri mast nigahon: khiladi (the lesser known song from a hugely popular movie)
tum tanana tana, ye dil hai dewana: baharon ki manzil
deewaron pe likha hai: junoon
chaand banake tum gagan ke: (MD was Nikhil-Vinay duo)
The songs from film sainik(akshay kumar starrer) will Also qualify—Jaam Wo hai jo bhar ke chalakta hai
2.Deewana Dil Hua Deewana—-English Babu Desi Mem;this one was also good
3.Choom loon honth tere—Sriman Aashique
Deewana Dil Hua Deewana–English Babu Desi Mem
@ tp-
welcome to the Bollywood 90’s club
Good to know that even you remember all these songs.All the songs mentioned by you are good & qualify !!!
Few more…
1. Kesariya balama — Lekin
2. Mitwa Re Mitra Re — Sham Ghansham
3. Yeh Silsila Hai Pyar Ka, Yeh Chalta Rahega — Silsila Pyar Ka
4. Mera Ek Sapna Hai, Dekhu Tuje Sapne Mein — Khoobsurat
5. Bahoot Khoobsurat Ho — Khoobsurat
6. Teri Chahat ke Deewane Hue Hum — Mumbai Meri Jaan
7. Suno Zara Suno Zara — Bada Din
One more…
Ek ladki mili, khoobsurat lagi — Gangster
Aha, remembered one more song.
Meine Sawan Se Kaha, Dil Ki Aag Bujha.. — Ankho Mein Tum Ho
1) Meri saanson mein Tum Ho – Bada Din
2) Tum Mere Ho – Betaabi (Chandrachur starrer – music by Vishal)
jMonk- who the hell r u? Never seen you commenting anywhere on PFC before this.So I guess credit goes to me & all the others in this discussion then.Do you even know whether the other PFC authors here have commented or not? If I have put up some 50 odd comments whats wrong when the majority of the 100 odd comments are from the others?and FYI there is a discussion here on Bollywood love songs of the 90’s here, so you participate or dont participate.if you think you can do a better job by writing then send in an iView, dont just sit & crib like a baby.
@ Rohan Joshi-
Deewana dil tera deewana from EBDM has been mentioned earlier but the other songs are also fine.
sputnik,B Desai-
Great work guys & again a lot of good choices.
Hey did anyone mention O bhanvre from Daud?It was a nice song.Also pehli baar jo dekha mujhe tumse hui nafrat phir kaise mohabbat ho gayi from Jungle.
Anindya-
O! Bhavre is a lovely song & fits in completely.
surprisingly its been missed so far.
Same with the Jungle song.
a faltoo post
I wanted to mention ‘JUNGLE’ but it’s a 2000 film, no?
Anyway, ‘do pyar’ is shockingly overlooked!
IMO, it’s 1 of Sandeeps BEST!
‘Sanam mere sanam’ from ‘HUM’ is another ignored track which is FANTASTIC!
‘Bandhan khula’ from ‘YUGPURUSH’, wah, wah, wah!
Monica Bedi and Vikas Bhalla had a song, ‘janam o janam’ from ‘EK PHOOL TEEN KAANTE’ which was lovely too :-)
I really doubt anyone will even remember that one.
‘Humein jab se’ from ‘BORDER’ is another forgotten gem.
Way better than ‘ke ghar kab aaoge’.
@ velu- so what according to you is a good post?
just because you either dont like Bollywood love songs of the 90’s or have nothing to contribute dont undermine the efforts of all the people over here.
@ Steve-
miyan kahan gayab hua karte ho?the post was missing you
Yes Sanam Mere Sanam from Hum- is forgotten , a lovely song.Also the same in case of Bandhan Khula of Yugpurush and Hamein Jub Se of Border.
Jungle is indeed a 2000 release.And yes do vaguely remember Ek Phool Teen Kaante
:-)
Thanks, Sethu ji!
U actually remember that Monica Bedi film?!!
Arre wah!
People usually think I made it up!
Arre haan yaar, I have turned up a bit late here, asusual.
Der se aane waali aadat hain.
Which reminds me of HENNA’s ‘main der karta nahin, der ho jaati hain’ ;-)
‘MADAM X’ had a beautiful ‘kaise dil jeete aap ka, aap hi bata de humhein raasta’.
Loved it!
‘PAAP KI AANDHI’ had a ‘Aaj kal karte hain aashiq, aashiqui ek raat ki’.
It was fantastic!
Doubt anyone would’ve even heard ‘em!
Are Steve-
Sure I do remember the movie.
And yes the songs of Henna,Madam X & Paap Ki Aandhi are fine too.Keep watching Madam X when there’s a re-run on some channel or the other
One more song from Chachi 420,
Ek Woh bhi din the. Ek Yeh Din bhi hai…
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjsT0q0jXJ4 — audio only)
@ B Desai-
Ek woh din bhi the is a lovely & worthy song indeed.
Most of the beautiful not so hit movie sngs have already been covered..
Surprize surprize Mithun da’s only romantic song of 90’s have not been covered
Phool aur Angar– Hum teri mohabbat mai yun pagal rehte hai..Deewane bhi ab humko Deewana kehte hai..
2. Chori chori dil tera churayenge..
Than there was this movie Sambandh..dont know if it got released.. It had a song.. mai dil ki dil mai rakhta hoon bas yahi mera dosh hai.. jisme jitna pyaar hai.. woh utna hi khamosh hai..
Not exactly a romantic song.. there was this cult song.. Nasha Nasha.. nashe mai hum.. dhuan dhuan hai Zindagi..
Songs of Imtihaan.. Chaha to bohat.. is tarah ashiqui ka asaar chod jaunga..
Hu tu tu.. chai chapa chai.. chapake chai..talk abt variation in 90’s..
Tumsa koi pyaara koi ..masoon nahi hai.. kya cheez ho khud tumhe maloom nahi hai.. <— has 90’s all plastered over this song..
Pyaar mai dil de diya maine tujhko dil jaani…deewani mai deewani.. anari..
Aaine ke So tukde.. karke humne dekhe hai..Ek mai bhi tanha the.. 100 mai bhi akele hai <– Maa
Tere liye saari umar jaagu.. mai to yahi rab se dua maangu..– Yaad rakhegi duniya
Songs of Saathi..
Aaj fir tumpe Pyaar aya hai.. Dayawan..
Songs of Yalgaar– way ahead of time.
So many other songs to cover..Laterz
@ Alone-
Great response from you.
Chori chori dil tera churayenge has been covered.
but has been covered and same is with tere liye saari umar jaanam & most of the others mentioned.
The song in Sambandh has not been covered, but there has been some discussion on the movie since it has been released finally under the name of
Sanam Teri Kasam.
Aaine Ke sau tukde is a classic
But keep coming up with more, I’m sure there are lots more still to ‘covered’
Hey sethu did we cover abhi saans lene ki fursat nahi hai and saanson ka chalna dil ka machalna from Jeet?
Chup tum raho chup hum rahein – Is Raat Ki Subah Nahi
@ Anindya- I think the songs of Jeet have been covered.Of course the songs fit in.
@ Inca- I think Chup Tum Raho has been covered.Nevertheless it surely fits in.
Har pal chahe mera dil tumko hi dekha karun.Film-Gudgudee..
@ Anindya- wow! good one again.keep it coming !!!
some more
1) Tu Dharti Pe Chahe Jahan Bhi Rahegi – Jeet
2) Chand Sa Chehra – Ajay (Sunny Deol starrer)
3) Mera Dil Le Gayi Kamo Kidhar – Ziddi
4) O Haseena – Ziddi
5) Ek Ladka Hai – Haqeeqat
6) Aa Jhappiyan Pappiyan Pale – Haqeeqat
@ sputnik-
Song 1 & 2 (Jeet,Ajay) are fine & fit in.
Songs 3,5,6 are not exactly romantic tracks
90s music in hindi films was very repetitive and not progressive at all.It was quite a painful period barring certain films like Jo Jeeta.. and at the least ten other films. Rest were the same.
@ Sourav-
Two things that I need to tell you-
1. Probably you did not go to college in the 90’s
) so your exposure to romance would most likely be post 2000
( why probably I know that is true
2. You dont know how bad the 80’s were my friend.The 90’s were like a whiff of fresh air when compared to the 80’s- I can certainly assure you this for sure
Sethu…
@ 1)You were right about me not going to college in the 90s.:)
So in that case are we talking about romantic music or romance in the 1990s?
If we are talking about music scene then it goes this way..we cannot simply divide music scene into decades.Romantic music on 31.12.1999 was the same in 01.01.2000 and well into 2001/2002(post 2000)…it never progressed but had a natural death. And also as they say in a cliched way “Love is timeless”.. 90s or 2000s..its the same.The guys who broke the 90s stereotype in the 90s itself were A. R Rahman and Viju Shah ( yes..he did use a lot of instruments and synth which were new at that time) who also got inspired by Exorcist-Tubular Bells for Gupt soundtrack.
@2: 80s had their share of good songs..infact more of ghazal-esque music.Entry of lot of ghazal singers and 90s had their own charm..typical 90sNadeem Shravan Anand Millind et all.Cant make 90s better because 80s music was bad (acc to you)
Yes may be in “general” films wise 80s was worse.But again a generalized view point.
Sourav-
Sure we are talking about romance in the 1990’s.While I do agree that ARR & Viju Shah must be credited for breaking the clutter, to a large extend N-S,Anu Malik & Jatin-Lalit had their fair share in terms of popular numbers- some of which are still very popular.Also Vishal Bharadwaj & MM Kreem are 2 names who did stand out.All said & done if you grew up on most of these songs mentioned here- its a different feeling my friend
Sourav- cinema & music are art forms.
So obviously it would be difficult to validate a point with precision.So I do agree that my viewpoint of 90’s & 80’s music is a generalized opinion.But I assure you that if one were to do a surve anywhere- be it in PFC or elsewhere, within the industry or outside, work of the 90’s would certainly gain more appreciation.
The music of the 80’s ( ghazal et all ) that you are talking about was far & few and often lay hidden behind the trash that existed by & large.
@Sethu: I had my formative years in the 90s..I had know choice.
And Sethu..you are bloody young and your talking like an old man and 90s music being extinct…come on!! :D 
Also,Let me assure you that if I were to get a survey done..we shall have more fans per 80s song as compared to 90s. A case of quality v/s quantity.
I think I should exit from your kingdom Sethu before the 90s music lover maul me.Difference of opinion and I exit!!
Sourav- relax dude, its nice to hear someone like you who would so vehemently support the 80’s ka music.As always to each his/her own.
I am game for the challenge of the survey lets discuss it someother time , offline maybe.
OMG I really miss the club now !!!
And dont exit like this yaar, it was nice to know your viewpoints on this.And yes I agree I’m hardly older than you etc
Hahaha…I am not vehemently supporting 80s music..but yes 80s international music scene was terrific.For a simple reason that it the was case of “video killed the radio star”. Video age led to a spate of great single artists.It was a different age. Eighties child
@ Sourav-
If you talk of 80’s International music, I certainly wont oppose your comment @ all.After all in all genre’s- rock,pop,asian
( bhangra,qawwali etc ),rap etc the 80’s music scene was pretty good.
A song from GRAHAN: Kehte hai jisko mohabbat voh ho tum