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#87 Refugee: Top 100 Bollywood Albums

Apart from the grand launch of Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor, director J P Dutta's 2000 movie will be remembered for Anu Malik's beautiful compositions and Javed Akhtar's powerful words that was elevated by some fab singing by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik

Vipin Nair

Movie Details of Refugee: 

Music: Anu Malik

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar

Label: Saregama Music

Director: J.P. Dutta

The 2000 movie launched two (more) star kids into Bollywood, both of whom have had varying levels of success since then. The movie was more memorable for its music though, created by composer Anu Malik and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who had both worked together with director J P Dutta in the past, and would again. The duo produced some exceptional romantic pieces for the soundtrack, Anu Malik even borrowing an old composition of his father for one of the songs.

Best Song of Refugee: Panchhi Nadiyan, the song in which Akhtar aptly captures the movie's love-across-the-border theme; Anu Malik beautifully complementing the words with a soft melody, and Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik with some fab singing. 

The Refugee Playlist: 

  1. Aisa Lagta Hai (Singers: Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik)
  2. Jise Tu Na Mila (Singers: Sukhwinder Singh and Shankar Mahadevan)
  3. Mere Humsafar (Singers: Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik)
  4. Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke (Singers: Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor)
  5. Raat Ki Hatheli Par (Singers: Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor)
  6. Taal Pe Jab (Singers: Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik)

Listen to Panchi Nadiya Pawan ke from Refugee here: 

(With contributions by Praveen VR, co-founder of musicaloud.com)

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