Director Saawan Kumar Tak wrote the lyrics of Jaaneman Jaaneman but omitted the song in the final edit but 15 weeks post the release, when the film remained rock steady at the box-office, we put it back and the collections improved. There’s an interesting story about Asha Bhosle connected with this song. One of the lines Udhar ja raat hain, sabera hain idhar is very similar to RD Burman tune, so she got emotional and could not deliver but she did not give up, said, “Isse yaad rakhungi yeeh ek line, ne bada sataya…”
Ek pal ka jeena was a discotheque number but with a philosophic message written by a new lyricist, Vijay Akela. On the day of the shooting, Hrithik had a splitting headache and in between shots literally holding his head. When I met him in the makeup room he said, “Chachu if I didn’t this headache, I would have performed the so much better”. The dance and his trademark step became a rage but he still feels he didn’t give his best.To be continued