AYe, Ila rendered a Ring(a)tone

It would not actually have been a surprise if people had set Ringa Ringa, from Slumdog Millionaire, as their ringtones – it was A(l)katchy song.

Rendered by Ms Yagnik and Ila Arun, the song was reminiscent of Choli Ke Peechhe Kya Hai (but it failed to match the popularity that cult classic achieved).

In fact, it wouldn’t be incorrect to state that with this composition, A R Rahman gave the film’s soundtrack, which was eclectic, a tadka of Hindi film music.

It was four minutes and 15 seconds long.

The track was penned by Raqeeb Alam.

ThiS song becaMe Very popular

Since it’s my blog, I have the leeway to write a post about a song that wasn’t from a Hindi film, but went on to become more popular than most songs from Hindi films that released that time.

Folks, the track was Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, which released overseas in 2008 and in India in 2009.

The song, which Gulzar and Tanvi Shah penned, was five minutes and 19 seconds long.

It earned A R Rahman the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Shah shared Sing(h)ing credits with Sukhwinder, Mahalakshmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash.