Benny and Co could sing

Composer A R Rahman roped in half-a-dozen singers (Annupamma Krishnaswami, Blaaze, Darshana K T, Mohammed Aslam, Satish Subrahmaniam and Tanvi Shah) to share singing credits with Benny Dayal.

And their collaboration – Pappu Can’t Dance Saala, from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na – became one of the most popular tracks of the year, because it was catchy (not to mention the fact that it gave the youth four minutes and 27 seconds to prove they can dance).

Abbas Tyrewala penned the song, whose remixed version, which was as long as the original, was credited to Krishna Chetan.

Benny leD(ay)aline-up of new voices

Nazrein Milana Nazrein Churana, from Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, was three minutes and 57 seconds long.

The track was penned by Abbas Tyrewala. The effort he put in to connect with his target audience in their lingo was evident (and commendable).

A R Rahman composed it.

The song was rendered by nine singers. Of these, those who have regularly been listening to Rahman’s Hindi songs were familiar with just a couple – Benny Dayal and Naresh Iyer.

The others included Annupamma Krishnaswami, Bhargavi, Darshana K T, Satish Subrahmaniam, Sayanora Philip, Swetha Mohan and Tanvi Shah.

Rahman rendered A FAntastic track

Dil Se Re, the title track of Dil Se.., was six minutes and 44 seconds long.

The phrase dil se means from the heart, and that was exactly what the listeners felt about the rendition by A R Rahman, who bagged the Best Music Director Award for the film’s soundtrack at the Filmfare Awards in 1999.

He was joined behind the microphone by three ladies – Annupamaa Krishnaswami, Anuradha Sriram and Febi Mani.

Guy Pratt, bass guitarist for English rock band Pink Floyd’s post-Roger Waters albums, played bass on the track, which was penned by Gulzar.