It wAS an awesome Son(u)g

It is interesting to note that Ishq Bina was originally composed for a film titled Shikhar.

When that film was shelved, it featured on the soundtrack of Taal, which released in 1999 and was a shikhar (peak) scaled by A R Rahman.

Seven minutes and 45 seconds long, it was the longest song in the film.

It earned Anand Bakshi the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in 2000. It was his fourth and final Filmfare trophy.

The Son(u)g was rendered by Mr Nigam, who was joined behind the microphone by Anuradha Sriram and Sujatha Mohan.

This was (Harihar)another awesome version

Version 2 of Roja Jaaneman, the title track of Roja, had four things in common with Version 1.

Firstly, they were the same length – five minutes and seven seconds.

Secondly, both versions were penned by P K Mishra.

Thirdly, A R Rahman composed them.

Fourthly, Sujatha Mohan rendered both the versions.

There was just one difference between them – Version 2 was sung by Hariharan.

The fact that the listeners thought comparisons between the two versions were unnecessary proved a point, that could be called the fifth (and most important) similarity – both the versions were outstanding. 

Sujatha sang a SuPerB track

There were a couple of versions of Roja Jaaneman, the title track of Roja.

Version 1 of the song was rendered by S P Balasubrahmanyam, who was joined behind the microphone by Sujatha Mohan.

The track was five minutes and seven seconds long.

While each line was beautifully penned by P K Mishra, there was one line where imagery was used to outstanding effect.

It went, “Phool jo khile thhe woh, shool ban gaye hain kyon?” (which could be translated to, “Why have the flowers that bloomed become thorns?”)

A R Rahman composed the song.