Sunidhi sang this rocking (So)number

Ruki nahin thi Sunidhi Chauhan ki zindagi, but after she sang Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi from Mast, there’s no two ways about the fact that her professional life became more rocking than it was. Or to borrow a line from the song, unki professional life jhat se chal padi.

In 2001, the song fetched her the Filmfare R D Burman Award for New Music Talent. She was the first woman to win the award.

She was joined behind the microphone by none other than Sonu Nigam.

Nitin Raikwar penned the track, which Sandeep Chowta composed.

Ms Chauhan’s rendition was Mast

Mast, which released in 1999, marked the breakthrough of a singer who would go on to rule the roost because she wasn’t just a fine vocalist, but also a mast looker – the one and only Sunidhi Chauhan.

She rendered the title track of the film – Main Mast, a female solo.

It was penned by Nitin Raikwar, who, incidentally, essayed the part of one of the male lead’s (Aftab Shivdasani) co-workers at a café as well.

The film’s songs were composed by Sandeep Chowta, who rendered the male version of the title track (a solo too).