(Wadk)Ardent Asha fans loved it

When Leo’s When I Need You released in 1977, no soothSayer could predict that not only would a version of that song be on the soundtrack of a Hindi film, but would also go on to become very popular.

However, both those things could B(hosl)e said about Tumse Milke from Parinda (1989).

R D did (Hallau)rise to the occasion like the proverbial phoenix, but he wasn’t really able to recreate the (Bur)mania he generated in his heyday. Khurshid penned the track, which Asha and Suresh Wadkar rendered.

It was five minutes and eleven seconds long.

Wadkar eschewed the monsoon (Anupa)masti

Those associated with Hindi film music usually make a song and dance about the rain. But Shiv-Hari bucked the trend.

Lagi Aaj Saawan Ki from Chandni – which was three minutes and 25 seconds long – was the shortest song on the film’s soundtrack.

The haunting track was penned by Anand Bakshi, who was nominated for the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award in 1990.

It fetched Suresh Wadkar a nomination in the Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award category the same year.

Anupama Deshpande – who bagged the 1985 Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – was his co-singer.   

Wadkar’s voice Sure(sh)ly (As)had sincerity

Aur Is Dil Mein Kya Rakha Hai is a track from Imaandaar (1987), whose music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji. It had two versions – a female solo and a duet. This post is about the latter.

While Asha (Bhos)lent her voice to both the versions, she was joined by Suresh Wadkar for the duet.

They were not penned by the same Indeev(ar)idual. While it was Shyamalal Babu Rai (a specialist in that department) who wrote the duet, the lyrics of Bhosle’s version were credited to noted filmmaker Mehra [whose Amitabh Bachchan-starrers set the (Pra)kash registers ringing].