Hrithik Roshan got married in December 2000. His debut film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai was released in January 2001 and by February 2001 the entire nation was singing ‘Na tum jaano na hum’. The man responsible for the magical music, composer Rajesh Roshan is the son of legendary music composer Roshan Lal, uncle of Hrithik and younger brother of director Rakesh Roshan. Rajesh Roshan completes 47 years of his career (debuted in Kunwara Baap, 1974) and 21 years of Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. After so many years, Roshan shares how every song of the film was born
Rakesh Roshan always starts a film with a recording and Chand sitare was our mahurat song and I insisted on many retakes from Kumar Sanu who said, he hadn’t worked this hard since he was a struggler. I told Sanu that I felt like a struggler in every song and very film. The title song always comes with a lot of pressure. I had composed many tunes but was hesitant to share it with my brother.
Then one day, my brother was leaving the office, in fact he was at the door when I made him hear my new tune. He heard it with a blank expression, asked me to hum again, then clapped his hands and said, “This is it this is what I want.” We began recording with Alka Yagnik at 10 a.m. and packed up at 10 p.m. When I heard the song again, I felt something was missing, so I requested Alkaji for a re-recording and this time cleared it in one take and the quality of rendition was way superior.
To be continued