Kavita rendered this long Son(u)g

Satrangi Re was the longest song on the soundtrack of Dil Se.. – it was seven minutes and 25 seconds long.

It also took a long time to grow on the listeners. But once it did, they realised that it was mind-blowing.

But only those who are in throes of love (by which I mean a serious relationship, not puppy love) would truly appreciate the track, which was penned by Gulzar.

There’s no denying that this was one of the toughest Son(u)gs composed by A R Rahman.

It was rendered by Mr Nigam and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Ms Mangeshkar rendered (Sreekum)ariveting track

Short and worth several repeats – that, in a nutshell, is perhaps the best way to describe Jiya Jale from Dil Se..

The track, which was five minutes and seven seconds long, was penned by Gulzar.

It was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar, who was 68 at the time.

She was backed by M G Sreekumar and a chorus.

The highlight of the track was its Malayalam portion, which was penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Hindi film music buffs, regardless of age, continue to be grateful to A R Rahman, who composed it, for pulling off this coup.

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.

Sukhwinder S(apn)ang an awesome track

Chhaiyya Chhaiyya, from Dil Se.., was six minutes and 54 seconds long.

The track earned Gulzar the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (which he deserved) in 1999.

It was composed by A R Rahman.

Sukhwinder bagged the Best Male Playback Award at the Filmfare Awards and the Star Screen Awards that year.

Sapna shared Sing(h)ing credits with him.

To state that the track was A(wast)hit would be an understatement.

Farah Khan won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award.

It was performed by ‘train’ed professionals (including Shahrukh Khan and Malaika Arora), so don’t try this at the station.

Music buffs couldn't (Mahalaksh)miss (Ud)it

If there were a discussion on A R Rahman’s top ten Hindi film soundtracks, most music buffs would include the songs of Dil Se.., which released in 1998.

And only a stranger to good music would say that Aye Ajnabi, which was penned by Gulzar, wasn’t a mind-blowing number.

It was five minutes and 48 seconds long.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that each line, including the portion that went, “Paakhi Paakhi Pardesi”, gave the listeners goosebumps.

(Ud)It was rendered by Narayan.

And the lady who joined him behind the (Mahalaksh)microphone was Ms Iyer.