2008 was the year when Vishal-Shekhar established themselves among the leading music directors in Bollywood with extremely popular soundtracks for Tashan, De Taali, Bachna Ae Haseeno and Dostana. Tashan had the hit song "Falak Tak Chal Saath Mere" while Bachna Ae Haseeno had several hit tracks including "Khuda Jaane" and "Lucky Boy" and Dostana had the evergreen item number "Desi Girl". Dostana earned them their third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
After only one release with Aladin in 2009, Vishal-Shekhar continued their success in 2010. The year included Anjaana Anjaani which had the hit songs "Tujhe Bhula Diya" and "Aas Paas Khuda" and I Hate Luv Storys which had evergreen successes with "Bin Tere" and "Bahara". Both these films earned them two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director at the 56th Filmfare Awards. The same year also included Tees Maar Khan, which included the hit item number "Sheila Ki Jawani", one of the two most popular Bollywood songs of 2010 along with "Munni Badnaam Hui".
Vishal-Shekhar's success continued with two major soundtracks in 2011 for Ra.One and The Dirty Picture. Ra.One included the hit songs "Dildaara" and "Chammak Challo", which featured internationally renowned singer Akon on vocals while The Dirty Picture had the hit item number "Ooh La La" and "Ishq Sufiana". They earned their sixth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Ra.One. The following year, Vishal-Shekhar composed music for Karan Johar's Student of the Year (2012), which included hit tracks such as "Ishq Wala Love" and "The Disco Song", earning the duo their seventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
They continued their success in 2016 with Sultan and Befikre. Sultan had the hit song "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai" and "Jag Ghoomeya" while Befikre had the huge hit song "Nashe Si Chad Gayi" which went viral and was the first Indian song to clock 300 million views and then 400 million views on YouTube. It currently has over 600 million views. During the same year, the duo collaborated with British rock band The Vamps for the single "Beliya". Sultan earned them their ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director.
7. Marilyn Monroe tweaked the lyrics to sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" for President John F Kennedy at a celebration of his 45th birthday in the year 1962. It has since become one of the most famous renditions of the song.
Music has always brought peace in my life and has helped me put my feelings into words. But I get so angry whenever I listen to those misogynistic songs which somehow become immensely popular. This must happen to you as well, right? To restore the peace in your lives, here are 20 songs from Indian cinema you need to listen to which will uplift you and make you feel happy about being a woman.
Bollywood and romantic songs are two halves of the same coin-you cannot have one without the other. When it comes to romance, over the years we've always had a handful of actors who've dedicated their career to making films that soothe our worried, fed-up-of-failed-Tinder-dates souls, giving us hope that soul mates are real and very much approachable. Be it the clichéd running around the trees, or the more millennial Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone meeting on a holiday and trying to keep things contained, there has always been something for everyone. From Rajesh Khanna to Shah Rukh Khan to Emraan Hashmi, they've each given us different kinds of romance to aspire to.
As an ode to all those happy vibes, on a dreary Tuesday afternoon, we've decided to scrounge through the archives and look at some of the most romantic Bollywood numbers. From the most widely played songs to numbers that simply make you smile, here's the iDiva version of romance. There are fifty songs in here, so you will have a perfect playlist to hum along to while you wait for this day to end and go back home (and maybe bump into your Mister Right on your way back home, because Bollywood makes us believe in magic. Magic that will let us meet our soul mate at Dadar station!).
This romantic song from the movie Rustom is sung in the enchanting voice of Arijit Singh and Palak Muchhal. It beautifully summarizes what it feels like to be completely in love in all these years of marriage and togetherness. This romantic song is a must add to your wedding anniversary song list.
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