The KroonerS KePt it short

If O Humdum Suniyo Re, the track from Saathiya, were parodied, it would have been an instruction – O listeners, suniyo re.

It would not be incorrect to say that the four men who rendered it – KK, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan and Pravin – were right on the Mani.

Now that was certainly an awesome line-up of singers associated with a track that – ironically – did not have too many lines.

The song, which is likely to be sung by a group of buddies at an impromptu jam session, was penned by Gulzar and composed by A R Rahman.

ThiS Kuintet (Srini)vas indeed RocKing

The soundtrack of Saathiya was so chock-full of songs that it is easy to overlook a few of them and write posts on the others, only because they went on to become more popular.

But by no means can those tracks be ignored.

That was the thought that crossed my mind when I realised that I hadn’t written a post on Mangalyam, which was rendered by a male quintet, headed by none other than A R Rahman, who composed it.

The others were KK, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan and Srinivas.

The track was penned by Gulzar.

This song was SUng KlASSily

Agriculture is the mainstay of the Indian economy. That’s why Rain, rain, go away cannot, and will not, hold water in this country.

Only an invocation of the rain gods – like Ghanan Ghanan, which was from Lagaan and the desi antithesis of the aforementioned nursery rhyme – will.

The song was rendered by Alka Yagnik, Kishori Gowariker*, Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh and Udit Narayan.

It was six minutes and 11 seconds long.

Javed Akhtar penned the track, which was composed by A R Rahman.

(*Note: She is the mother of Ashutosh Gowariker, the film’s director.)