Gulaabi aankhen (The Train - 1970) - Cover by Vijay

Movie Name: The Train (1970)
Singer: Mohd Rafi
Music Director: Burman R D
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Year: 1970

A foot-tapping composition from RDB and wonderful vocal from Rafiji. This is one of my all time favorites.

Here goes an attempt at this classic !

Regards,
-Vijay

Dil Haara Re (Tashan - 2008) - Cover by Vijay

Movie : Tashan
Music Director: Vishal, Shekhar
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Year: 2008
Cover: Vijay

A very peppy and energetic composition by Vishal/Shekhar duo. As always Sukhwinderji has given a powerful and minblowing vocals to the composition. Matching his harkats and energy in his covers is a tremendous challenge but also very enjoyable at the same time.

Here goes my attempt !

Regards,
-Vijay

Guzarish (Ghajini)

Movie: Ghajini
Music Director: A R Rehman
Cover: Vijay

Here goes my attempt at this lovely composition by ARR.

Cheers!
-Vijay

Yeh Jo Desh Hai Tera (Swades - 2004)

Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Singers: A.R. Rahman
Released on: September 24, 2004
Cover: Vijay Iyer

Mind-blowing composition and rendition from ARR. And I can’t get enough of the tabla and shehnai follow up towards the end portions.

Here goes my honest attempt singing and mixing this brilliant composition !

Regards,
-Vijay

Tera Milna Pal Do Pal Ka - ( Album - Jaan 2000)

Album – Sonu’s Nigam’s Jaan
Year – 2000
Singer – Sonu Nigam
Cover – Vijay

Another gem of a song….I love this rendition from SN. Its pure delight to the senses.

Here goes my modest attempt.
Regards,
-Vijay

Teri Deewani (Kailasa Album - Cover )

Album : Kailasa
Singer : Kailash Kher
Cover: Vijay

Kailasa (pronounced Kai-lash), is an exponent of the age-old Sufi musical tradition, which received world recognition and immense popularity through the Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khans collaborations with premier western musicians like Peter Gabriel, Michael Brooks and others.

I have tried to sing it in my own style , a little nasal at places on purpose :-)

Here goes my sincere attempt at this very tough but amazing composition.

Regards,
-Vijay

Ada (Garam Masala - 2005) -- Cover by Vijay

Movie: Garam Masala
Music: Pritam
Singer: Sonu Nigam
Cover: Vijay

Another of my fav peppy SN number……I loved singing it….hope u guys enjoy it equally.

Regards,
-Vijay

Mai Hoon Na (Title track - Cover)

Movie : Mai Hoon Na
Music : Anu Malik
Singer : Sonu Nigam, Sreya Ghoshal
Cover : Vijay

Another gem of a rendition from SN. Here goes my modest attempt at this melodious number !

Regards,
-Vijay

Chakde Chakde (Hum Tum - 2002)

Movie: Hum Tum
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Singer: Sonu Nigam, Sadhna Sargam
Cover: Vijay

Love this song. Another classic Sonu performance. Very vibrant and full of energy. Here goes my attempt!

-Vijay

Satrangi Re (Dil Se - 1998)

Movie : Dil Se
Music : ARR
Singer : Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurty
Cover : Vijay Iyer

This is one of my most fav song and one of the toughest composition. Sonu Nigam has given an awe-inspiring performance.

Here goes my very modest attempt at this incredible composition.

-Vijay

Woh Peheli Baar (Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi - Cover) - Reloaded

Movie : Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
Music : Vishal-Shekhar
Singer : Shaan
Cover : Vijay

I really admire Shaan’s singing in this delightful composition. Here goes my attempt this beautiful number!

Regards,
-Vijay

Woh Chand Jaise Ladki (Devadas - 2002) - Cover

Movie: Devdas (2002)
Music: Ismail Darbar
Singer: Udit Narayan
Cover: Vijay

Love this romantic number from Devadas. Udit executes this composition with great flair and panache.

Here goes my modest attempt at this melody.

Cheers!
-Vijay

Tumhi Dekho Na (KANK - 2006) - Cover with Rashmi

Movie – KANK
Music – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Singers – Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik
Cover- Vijay and Rashmi

Simple, elegant and loads-n-loads of romance is what aptly sums up this composition. Every word is like a whisper loaded with emotions.

What can I say about Rashmi she is a very talented singer. I am glad that I was able to sing this duet with her. I think this is one of her best renditions. Great work Rashmi!!

Regards,
-Vijay

Gayatri Mantra

Om Bhur Bhuva Swaha,

Tat Savitur Varenyam,

Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi,

Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat.

Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi.

MEANING :

“O, Supreme Lord, The Source Of Existence, Intelligence And Bliss, The Creator Of the Universe. May We Prove Worthy Of Thy Choice And Acceptance; May We Meet Thy Glorious Grace. We Meditate On Thy Transcendental Light. Please Illuminate Our Intellect And Lead Us Unto Righteousness”.


“Gayatri Mantra” has great vibration and really brings enormous peace to mind and soul. Plus its a good vocal training exercise !!

Regards,
-Vijay

Dil Dooba (Khakee - 2003)

Movie – Khahee
Music – Ram Sampath
Singers – Sonu Nigam and Sreya Ghoshal
Cover – Vijay Iyer and Smitha Passanha

This is one of the peppiest numbers of recent time and Sonu has done a great job putting in the soul and mood that this song demands. Sreya is awesome as well.

Thanks a lot to Smitha for suggesting this lovely song and rendering beautiful vocals to this duet.

Regards,
-Vijay

Yeh Tara Woh Tara ( Swades-2004 )

Movie: Swades
Music: ARR
Singer: Udit Narayan
Cover: Vijay

This is one soul-stirring composition from ARR which I extremely admire (the penultimate stanza of this song almost always makes me little emotional…extremely beautiful lyrics and composition is all I can say). Udit Narayan gives a power packed rendition. I was wanting to attempt this song for a while. Luckily found the karaoke track yesterday. Athough the karaoke track is not perfect I have to tried to do my best with it.

Here goes my modest attempt !

-Vijay

Mai Agar Kahoon (Om Shanti Om - 2008)

Movie: Om Shanti Om
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Singer: Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
Cover: Vijay, Smitha

This is a wonderful composition from OSO and I truly admire Sonu’s rendition. The mood of this song exudes beautiful emotions. I have tried to do my best.

Shreya’s vocals give a totally different dimension to this composition. Smitha, I think has done great justice to the few lines she sang and it totally lights up this rendition.

Thanks Smitha for all the help.

Regards,
-Vijay

Suno Na Suno Na (Chalte Chalte - 2003)

Movie: Chalte Chalte
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Singer: Abhijeet
Cover: Vijay

Here goes my attempt at this wonderful romantic composition.

Cheers!
-Vijay

Dard-e-Disco (Om Shanti Om - 2008)

I was searching for a different variety of song to sing…I thought what better than Sukhwinder’s rendition…! A very vibrant and foot-tapping number from Vishal-Shekhar.

Here goes my modest attempt at this composition!

Movie: Om-shanti-om
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
Cover: Vijay

Mai Yahaan Hoon (Veer Zara - 2004)

This is a very romantic number from Veer-Zara, rendered by Udit Narayan with great panache. Here goes my attempt at this incredible melody.

Movie: Veer-Zaara
Music: Madan Mohan
Singer: Udit Narayan
Cover: Vijay

Aap Ki Dua (Pal - 1991)

Album: Pal (1991)
Singer: KK
Cover: Vijay Iyer

This is an interesting composition from Album Pal. A very catchy and fast paced tune. I have tried to give it a rock touch.

Here goes my attempt at this lovely composition!

Tune Mujhe Pehechana Nahi (Raju Chacha - 2000)

A super-soft, super-melodious and super-romantic song from the movie Raju Chacha. Music is by Jatin-Lalit and beautiful lyrics written by Anand Bakshi.

Here goes my attempt at this incredible melody.

Deewane Hoke Hum - Revisited

Undoubtedly one of the finest singing from Sonu Nigam. This song is a very close to my heart and still makes me nostalgic about by childhood days, every time I listen to it.

This is a very peppy number which was sung by Sonu with great panache and elegance.

Here goes my another attempt at this incredible melody.

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehena (2006)

According to me this song is of the most expressive and emotionally engaging composition in recent times. Although not a very tough song but the challenging part is to bring out all the right emotions that the song is meant to have.

Here goes my attempt to sing this is beautiful composition…and yes I have sung both the parts of this duet because the lyrics and emotions they convey are so beautiful that I didn’t want to give away any bit of the experience :D

Cheers !

Vijay

Ruk Ja Aye Dil Deewane (DDLJ - 1995)

A romantic song from a superhit movie. Delicate and heartwarming music by Jatin-Lalit duo and masterfully rendered by Udit Narayan.

Here goes my attempt at this romantic dance number!