A chorus,
comprising only members of the fairer sex, joined Lata Mangeshkar, Bollywood’s
eternal bachelorette, as she sang Mere
Haathon Mein Nau Nau Choodiyan Hain.
Anand Bakshi
penned the sangeet staple from Chandni.
The film released
on September 14, 1989, and was a hit, as was the song. There couldn’t have been
a better gift than that for Mangeshkar, who became a sexagenarian a fortnight later.
At five minutes
and 34 seconds, this Shiv-Hari composition was the longest song on the
soundtrack.
But hopefully no
one complained, because they got more bang(les) for the buck.
