It will (Paudw)always touch (Man)h(e)arts

When one is discussing the music of Ram Lakhan, the romantic track picturised on its P(y)ar(el)allel leads – Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia – (Laxmi)kan’t (and shouldn’t) be forgotten.

Tera Naam Liya was a relative shortie on a soundtrack that was chock full of lengthy numbers – it was five minutes and 58 seconds long.

But that’s (Man)hardly the reason why Hindi film music aficionados remember the song, which was penned by Anand Bakshi and rendered by Udhas.

This song earned Anuradha Paudwal a nomination in the Best Female Playback Singer category at the Filmfare Awards in 1990.  

MAN, the introduction was fantabulous!

While my last two posts were a build-up of sorts to My Name Is Lakhan, here’s a post on the track from Ram Lakhan, which was penned by Anand Bakshi and was seven minutes and ten seconds long.

The film’s soundtrack earned Laxmikant-Pyarelal a nomination in the Filmfare Best Music Director category in 1990.

And Mohammed Aziz was nominated in the Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer category for the song, which began with the catchy Dhina Dhin Dha and contained the nonsensical phrase One Two Ka Four.

Anuradha Paudwal and Nitin Mukesh were his co-singers.

(Am)It earned Paudwal a nomination

Let’s hark back to the days when the protagonist’s threat to his beloved was a treat for the listeners’ ears.

“Keh do ke tum ho meri warna jeena nahin, mujhe hai marna” (Say you’re mine, or else I don’t want to live; I’ll die) – which was seven minutes and 57 seconds long – was the longest song on the soundtrack of Tezaab.

Penned by Javed Akhtar, the track was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

(Am)It was rendered by Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal, who was nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Best Female Playback Singer category in 1989. 

This track was (Udh)asaving grace

Before Dayavan (1988) released, the excitement prior to the release of the soundtrack of a film produced and directed by Feroz Khan would be palpable.

And with good reason – many a track from his previous ventures (Ud)has gone on to become a chartbuster.

The same was expected of Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyaar Aaya Hai, sung by Pankaj and Anuradha. (Paudw)Alas, that wasn’t to be.

So while India’s Clint Eastwood didn’t become lal in the face, the fans wished he’d realised that Kalyanji-Anandji kan’t be replaced.

However, the Laxmi-Pyare composition, penned by Aziz Qaisi, wasn’t bad.