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.