Singh’s solo was the shortest

If the seven tracks on the soundtrack of Atrangi Re were arranged in the alphabetical order, as well as in the descending order of their durations, Tumhein Mohabbat Hai would be the last – it was three minutes and seven seconds long.

It was the second contribution to the one and only Arijit Singh to the contribution of the film – but unlike Rait Zara Si, it was a solo.

The song was written by Irshad Kamil.

And with it, A R Rahman’s compositions from Hindi films that released in 2021 have come to a chronological end.

Rashid wasn’t a one-hit wonder

Remember Rashid Ali, who shot to fame with Kabhi Kabhi Aditi from the 2008 film Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na?

His most recent track was titled Toofan Si Kudi.

It was from Atrangi Re, and was written by Irshad Kamil.

The song was three minutes and 36 seconds long.

In fact, it was the third-longest of the four solos in the film, and the second-longest of the three male solos in the film.

By the way, both the tracks I have mentioned in the post were composed by the one and only A R Rahman.

THiS was Shreya’s second song

The soundtrack of Atrangi Re had three songs that began with the letter T.

The longest of those was Tera Rang – it was four minutes and 34 seconds long [which was just 17 seconds shorter than Rait Zara Si (the longest track in the film)].

In fact, it was the second-longest of the three duets on the film’s soundtrack, and the second contribution of Shreya Ghoshal to it.

She was joined behind the microphone by Haricharan Seshadri (who is credited mononymously).

The song, which was written by Irshad Kamil, was composed by A R Rahman.

They did a fantASTic job

Rait Zara Si – from Atrangi Re – was four minutes and 51 seconds long.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to state that, in a sense, the song was metaphorical.

That was because its title could be translated to, “A little sand”.

And nowadays, most Hindi film songs slip out of our memories like sand through our fingers.

But this song was unlikely to suffer the same fate as those, because it was penned by Irshad Kamil, and composed by A R Rahman.

Moreover, (Arij)it was rendered by Mr Singh and Shashaa Tirupati, who did an outstanding job.

Varadia sang this (Dhanu)short duet

Dhanush wasn’t one of the three leads in Atrangi Re, but he rendered one of the songs in the film as well.

It was titled Little Little, and was written by Irshad Kamil.

And it happened to be the shortest of the three duets in the film – it was four minutes and 18 seconds long.

The singer who joined him behind the microphone was Hiral Varadia.

The track marked his debut as a playback singer in Hindi films, and his maiden collaboration with the man who composed it – the one and only A R Rahman.

It was tailor-made for Mehndi

People growing up in the 1990s – yours truly included – remember Daler Mehndi as an Indipop artiste.

But there’s no two ways about the fact that the Hindi film industry didn’t waste any time in welcoming the king of Bhangra with open arms, and since then, music directors have been assigning him songs that only he can do justice to.

The latest of those was a solo from Atrangi Re.

It was titled Garda, and was three minutes and 44 seconds long.

The track, which was written by Irshad Kamil, was composed by A R Rahman.

Ghoshal’s rendition was indeed ‘engaging’

A R Rahman composed Rukmani Rukmani for his 1992 debut Roja, and the song wasn’t considered suitable fare for impressionable minds.

It took him 29 years – and if you would pardon the pun, scores of hit songs – to get naughty again, particularly with the verse in the middle of the ironically-named song Chaka Chak (which was, interestingly, a wife’s celebration of her husband’s second engagement).

The track was from the Christmas Eve release Atrangi Re, and was rendered by Shreya Ghoshal.

It was four minutes and 29 seconds long, and was penned by Irshad Kamil.