The catchphrases and hooks in Bollywood music that caught our attention this year
1. Gerua
Amitabh Bhattacharya is responsible for using this word on the headlining single by Pritam from the SRK-Kajol starrer Dilwale. It’s an unusual word -— Shah Rukh himself drolly described it as being ‘ochre or orange, a little saffrony’. One wonders how it came to be associated in Amitabh’s head as the colour of love.
2. Pinga
The obvious choice to call this traditional track from Bajirao Mastani, the lyrics are credited to Siddharth-Garima. But one has Sanjay Leela Bhansali for bringing Marathi culture — however misinterpreted — to Bollywood consciousness. It’s a catchy word that sticks in the memory.
3. Matargashti
Irshad Kamil takes the word, overflowing with mischief and weaves a story around it about two strangers meeting and fooling around sans constraints and hangups and it is Imtiaz Ali’s vision and Ranbir-Deepika’s easy going chemistry that takes this song from Tamasha to another level.
4. Gulaabo
This Amit Trivedi composition from Shaandaar might well use the adjective to describe Anvita Dutt’s verse. It’s written in a playful manner, talking about a really sweet person who deserves all the good things in life. Sort of the song you’d sing to someone you truly love as a friend... or a sibling.
5. Afghan Jalebi
A head-scratcher this one. Amitabh Bhattacharya is responsible for the words of this instantly catchy Pritam composition from Phantom, but it’s got a lot happening here and it doesn’t involve Katrina Kaif gyrating. So, the lyrics run circles in your head, instead.
6. Hero
Kumaar is responsible for the words to this Amaal Mallik composition and it shows the man’s range. Known for his catchy verse. He took a simple word like Hero and did some self-introspection. All it took for it to become a surefire hit was for Salman Khan to sing one version of it.
7. Piddly
That voice. It seemed destined for Amitabh Bachchan’s voice. Irrfan Kamal’s verse may have been about being drunk in love and the power of suggestion, but at the same time about wondering why the beloved is talking about trivial stuff.
8. Chittiyaan Kalaaiyaan
The Meet Bros Anjjan composition had an infectious beat to it and was a fun Punjabi track and had the singer Kanika Kapoor asking her hero to get her something to adorn her ‘white’ wrists. Talk about being self-absorbed. Really!
9. Kissiyaan
The SEL composition had Kumaar creating a hybrid word — the plural of kiss in English became the playful Kissiyaan from the song Lip To Lip from the film Katti Batti and this promotional track couldn’t really save it from being a disaster.
10. Banno
The Tanishq-Vayu number took some to take shape, by their own admission. Apparently, they needed to follow the word praising her. In the end they ended up praising her swagger which they found ‘Saxxy’. The rustic flavour helped.
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