Benny and Co definitely capitalised

The title track of Delhi-6, also called Yeh Dilli Hai Mere Yaar, was undoubtedly a catchy number, but it was probably not the sort of track that a person who doesn’t live in the city, or hasn’t been there, could relate to.

While Prasoon Joshi penned it, the French portion was penned by Vivienne Pocha and Claire, who shared singing credits with Benny Dayal, Blaaze and Tanvi Shah.

Yeh A R Rahman ki composition thi mere yaar, and needless to say, he did an outstanding job.

The song was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

It was among Rahman’s BesT

Just when the listeners start thinking, “This is A R Rahman's best to date”, the maestro, who has surprises galore up his sleeve, comes up with one that makes them go, “Woah, this is superb!”

That was certainly the feeling they got on listening to Rehna Tu from Delhi-6.

The track, which was six minutes and 51 seconds long, was penned by Prasoon Joshi.

Rahman's role in the song wasn’t just limited to wielding the composer’s baton, but he rendered it too.

The legend was joined behind the microphone by Benny Dayal and Tanvi Shah.

It was a BRight Spot

The soundtrack of Yuvvraaj may have failed to impress Hindi film music buffs in particular, and fans of director Subhash Ghai in particular, but by no means would it be incorrect to state that Tu Meri Dost Hai was the best song in the film.

And that can only be attributed to the fact that the song was composed by A R Rahman.

The track was rendered by Benny Dayal, who was joined behind the microphone by Shreya Ghoshal.

It was penned by none other than Gulzar, and was six minutes and 13 seconds long.

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.

This track had BRagging rightS

Kaise Mujhe was certainly the best song on the soundtrack of Ghajini, and one of A R Rahman’s best compositions in the first decade of the 21st century.

It was also the longest of the four tracks from the film on this blog – it was five minutes and 46 seconds long.

The soundtrack also featured an instrumental version of the song. It was four minutes and a second long.

It was penned by Prasoon Joshi.

The track was rendered by three singers, including the composer. Benny Dayal and Ms Ghoshal Sh(rey)ared singing credits with him.