Mr Sami rendered Al(i)kable track

Yuva was the Hindi version of a bilingual film, whose Tamil version was titled Aaytha Ezhuthu. They simultaneously released in 2004.

Baadal was the longest of the six songs in the former. It was five minutes and 25 seconds long.

Although the film’s soundtrack wasn’t mind-blowing, it was memorable.

Therefore, contrary to its title, the song, penned by Mehboob, was the proverbial silver lining.

Rendered by Sami (Adn)and Alka Yagnik, it took a long time to grow on the listeners, as have most of A R Rahman's compositions. However, it was pleasing to the ears.

It waSamilestone in Adnan's career

The soundtrack of Saathiya, which released in 2002 and was the remake of the Tamil film Alaipayuthey (which released a couple of years earlier), was undoubtedly one of the year's biggest hits.

A R Rahman composed the music of both the films. In fact, the songs of the Tamil film were reused in the Hindi version.

There’s no denying that Aye Udi Udi Udi, his first collaboration with Adnan, waS(a)mind-blowing.

The song must have reminded the latter’s fans of the tracks in his albums (which, incidentally, topped the Indipop charts).

It was penned by Gulzar.