It waS(an)undoubtedly a P(audwa)leasing song

Although it is unlikely that the listeners would listen to Tu Meri Zindagi Hai on loop, by no means can it be denied that the song from Aashiqui was pleasing to the ears.

It was four minutes and 36 seconds long.

The song was penned by Sameer.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to say that it was one of Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod’s underrated gems.

The pace of the track, or the lack of it, may have been (Paudw)aletdown, the rendition by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha did more than make up for it.

Ms Paudwal San(u)g An(uradh)award-winning number

It would certainly not be incorrect to state that Nazar Ke Saamne was a song that was, and continues to be, jigar ke paas. In other words, it was, and is, close to the listeners’ hearts.

The track, from Aashiqui, was five minutes and 36 seconds long.

The male vocalist was none other than Kumar Sanu.

He was joined behind the microphone by Anuradha Paudwal.

It earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

The song, which was composed by Nadeem-Shravan, was penned by Sameer, who bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist.

(Ud)It was certainly (Paudw)alovely track

Mera Dil Tere Liye was the shortest of the nine songs from the soundtrack of Aashiqui on this blog – it was four minutes and 36 seconds long.

It would be unfair to call the track a respite from the Kumar Sanu onslaught, but (Ud)it was Mr Narayan's only contribution to the film’s soundtrack.

He was joined behind the microphone by the only female playback singer to grace the soundtrack – the one and only Anuradha Paudwal.

The song was penned by Sameer.

Its melody was undoubtedly its highlight. Nadeem-Shravan, the composers, served the credit for that.

Ms Paudwal rendered thiS(a)number well

(Paudw)Although one of the songs on the soundtrack of Aashiqui was titled Main Duniya Bhula Doonga, the irony was unmistakable – the pair on whom it was picturised (Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal) was dubbed one-hit wonders and soon forgotten by Hindi film buffs.

Maybe they were the dushman zamana (the people who are opposed to the lovers) that was referred to in the track, which was five minutes and 19 seconds long.

It was penned by Sameer and composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

No prizes for guessing that the song was rendered by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha.

Anuradha San(u)g this (Paudw)alliterative track

Jaane Jigar Jaaneman, from Aashiqui, was a pretty good romantic track, which scored high on both counts, namely the lyrics and the melody.

Needless to say, Sameer and Nadeem-Shravan, respectively, deserved the credit for that.

Of course, it would be unfair if the pair who rendered it – Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal – weren’t mentioned.

There were two versions of the song on the film’s soundtrack. One was five minutes and 15 seconds long, and the other was three minutes and 59 seconds long.

But were they justified? A debate on that would perhaps be futile.

It was S(an)ung reasonably well

Dil Ka Aalam was another track from Aashiqui that had a couple of versions.

While one of them was a solo by Kumar Sanu, the other was rendered by Nitin Mukesh.

While both the versions were penned by Madan Pal, they were composed by Nadeem-Shravan.

The version that is on this blog is Sanu's, which was five minutes and a second long.

While I was familiar with this version, I was surprised to stumble upon a music video for it. It featured television actress Aamna Shariff.

Nitin's version was four minutes and 40 seconds long.

Anuradha San(u)g a wonderful track

Ms Malik may not have been the Rani of lyrics.

However, it cannot be denied that she, Dheere Dheere, managed to storm what was predominantly a male bastion.

The duet from Aashiqui was five minutes and 31 seconds long.

Composed by Nadeem-Shravan, it was rendered by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal.

While its popularity obviously hasn’t Yo Yoed, the same cannot be said of its cover version – the 2015 Sing(h)le by Honey.

Its video featured Hrithik Roshan (whose Hindi film debut was, incidentally, as fabulous as that of Rahul Roy in Aashiqui) and Sonam Kapoor.

This title track was S(an)uperb

There were a couple of versions of Bas Ek Sanam Chahiye, the title track of Aashiqui.

This blog contains a post on just one of them – the male version, which was rendered by none other than Kumar Sanu.

It was the longest of the nine songs from the film on this blog – it was six minutes and 14 seconds long.

The female version, which was three seconds shorter than the male version, was rendered by Anuradha Paudwal.

Both the tracks were penned by Sameer.

They were composed by Nadeem Akhtar Saifi and Shravan Kumar Rathod.

Kumar San(u)g this solo well

Even the most ardent Hindi film music aficionado will nod in agreement that seldom does almost every track on a film's soundtrack make it to a playlist.

But my collection features nine of the dozen songs of Aashiqui, which released in 1990 and earned Nadeem-Shravan the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director the following year.

Ab Tere Bin, which was five minutes and 46 seconds long, was penned by Sameer, the son of Anjaan.

It was one of the three solos rendered by Kumar Sanu, who bagged the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.