#75 Dil To Pagal Hai: Top 100 Bollywood Albums
Yash Chopra's 1997 hit film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor had music by Uttam Singh and some memorable songs like Arey Re Arey, Bholi Si Surat and Koi Ladki Hai
Vipin Nair
26 Aug, 2017, 12:00 am
Movie Details of Dil To Pagal Hai
Music: Uttam Singh
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Label: YRF Music
Director: Yash Chopra
Despite being active in film music for over 50 years, arranging and playing for some of the biggest composers of the industry, even composing for a handful of movies himself, it reportedly took the unavailability of Shiv Hari for Uttam Singh to land the biggest musical project of his career. Singh's compositions were perfectly aligned with lyricist Anand Bakshi's words and director Yash Chopra's musical sensibilities, and a superhit was born.
Unfortunately, the man was unable to live up to the same standard in any of his future works. Singh even did a project in Malayalam for director T Hariharan – the man responsible for composer Ravi's long and successful run in Malayalam cinema – but the songs carried a strong DTPH hangover and were not particularly effective.
Best Song of Dil To Pagal Hai: Arey Re Arey Yeh Kya Hua, mainly for that opening tune that sort of attained an earworm-ish quality due to its multiple appearances throughout the movie.
The Dil To Pagal Hai Playlist:
Dil To Pagal Hai (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Arey Re Arey (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Bholi Si Surat (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Dholna (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Le Gayi (Singers: Asha Bhosle, Udit Narayan)
Pyaar Kar (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Koi Ladki Hai (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
Ek Duje Ke Vaaste (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Hariharan)
Arey Re Arey (Part-2) (Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan)
The Dance of Envy (Instrumental)
Listen to the entire album of Dil To Pagal Hai:
(With contributions by Praveen VR, co-founder of musicaloud.com; information partly sourced from myswar.com)
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