If Mere Rang Mein Rangnewaali, the male
solo from Maine Pyar Kiya, weren’t
one of the film’s best songs, Raamlaxman would have had been B(a)la(subrahmanya)med
for (Koh)lifting it from The Final
Countdown, which released in 1986 and continues to be the Swedish band’s
most popular song.
Of course, hE(u)roped
S P in to render it. And frankly, only the deep-voiced crooner from the South
could’ve done justice to it.
But, to the
composer’s delight, Hindi film music buffs lapped up the song, which was penned
by Dev and was six minutes and 46 seconds long.
