Mr Fernandes rendered (M)aninane number

Although O Maria, which was on the soundtracks of Dil Hi Dil Mein and Kadhalar Dhinam, was about chatting via the Internet, which had become a craze among the youth at that point, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that it failed to connect with them.

Its Hindi version, which was rendered by Remo Fernandes and Febi (who also sang the Tamil version*), was six minutes and 21 seconds long.

The track, which was penned by Mehboob, was composed by A R Rahman.

[*Note: She was joined behind the M(an)icrophone by Devan Ekambaram and Yugendran.]

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.