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Mohabbatein is the soundtrack album to the 2000 film of the same name directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The soundtrack featured seven original songs and two instrumental themes, composed by Jatin–Lalit and lyrics written by Anand Bakshi, and the vocals were a combination of debutants and seasoned singers. The soundtrack was released through Saregama label on 21 January 2000 to positive reviews and was commercially successful, receiving accolades.

Development

The duo Jatin–Lalit composed Mohabbatein's soundtrack and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi, reuniting with Aditya after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). To ensure the freshness in its music, the duo enlisted six debutant singers for the debutant actors in the background: Ishaan (for Jimmy Sheirgill), Manohar Shetty (for Jugal Hansraj), Pritha Mazumdar (for Shamita Shetty), Shweta Pandit (for Kim Sharma), Sonali Bhatawdekar (for Preeti Jhangiani), and Udhbhav (for Uday Chopra), had recorded the songs while Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, and Jaspinder Narula supplied vocals for Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Archana Puran Singh, respectively.

Since the film revolved around three different love stories, Lalit insisted to have six different voices and thought it was "a good idea to have fresh voices for the newcomers so that it also helps the album sound fresh". As the music for Mohabbatein, were subjective to comparison on other films from the banner, which had successful soundtracks, they had to ensure the music should be fresh. Lalit added that using established singers, would take away the freshness the album needed, which resulted in the duo to search for new singers. After finalizing them, he signed a contract with them so that they would be in Bombay for rehearsals, and they have to work only on the film's songs for the entire duration of recording and rendering. When the songs were being fine-tuned, the singers had rehearsals every day for two months, as they had no practical knowledge on singing in front of a microphone and its vocals were raw. The duo had to conduct an in-studio voice test to ensure that their voices sound perfectly on the microphone.

Lalit stated that he and Jatin faced difficulties on training newcomers, unlike working with experienced singers, as they had to train them extensively and also sort out which singer suited the emotions of a particular character. The song "Soni Soni" had three different antaras for different characters, as "each couple has an identity, an attitude quite different from the other" and the voice being fixed at same character throughout the film. Unlike Narayan and Mangeshkar's songs, the rest of the music performed by the debutants had a group song touch to them.

Release

The film's soundtrack album featured nine compositions—seven original songs and two background scores—which was released on 21 January 2000. The album was first distributed in audio CDs and cassettes by Saregama (then released under HMV) to which Chopra earned an advance of ₹75 million (US$1.67 million) from the music rights. In 2004, the album was uploaded to music platforms and digital retail stores under Chopra's newly launched label and the company's subsidiary YRF Music. The digital album was released on Dolby Atmos music.

Reception

Critical response to the soundtrack of Mohabbatein was mixed. According to Screen, "Jatin–Lalit's music, though not chartbuster stuff, is melodious and situational. It grows on you as you watch the film." Ratna Malay of Bollywood Hungama called it "a typical Yash Chopra kind with a mixture" of Dil To Pagal Hai. Savera R. Someshwar of Rediff.com described the music "non-intrusive", and Savita Padmanabhan of The Hindu, opined that the music "sounds almost like a medley of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Dil To Pagal Hai". Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times criticized it as " dud" while Dinesh Raheja of India Today stated that it "fails to live up to the exacting standards set by Yashraj Films' previous hits." According to the film-trade website Box Office India, the soundtrack album sold five million copies and became the highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year.

Track listing

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ Apple Music 2000, Mohabbatein soundtrack.
2. ^ Tandon 2000, At sixes.
3. Alyar 2000, Happy endings.
4. Bollywood Hungama 2020, 50 years of YRF.
5. Filmfare 2000, Mohabbatein.
6. Screen 2000, Breezy romantic fare.
7. Malay 2000, Music review.
8. Someshwar 2000, Feel good with the hankies.
9. Padmanabhan 2000, Film Review.
10. Chakravorty 2000, Mohabbatein.
11. Raheja 2000, Maple syrup.
12. Box Office India 2009, Music Hits.
13. Bollywood Movie Awards, Getting; Bollywood Movie Awards, The nominees; Bollywood Movie Awards, Winners.
14. Dhirad 2006, Filmfare nominees; Filmfare Awards, Big night; Yash Raj Films, List.
15. International Indian Film Academy Awards, Kelvinator IIFA Awards; Patil 2001, Bollywood's mega show; Yash Raj Films, List.
16. Bhattacharya 2001, Seventh Screen Videocon; Screen, Nominations; The Indian Express 2001, Kaho Naa Pyaar.

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Notes

1. The date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

• 2000 soundtrack albums
• Hindi film soundtracks
• Saregama soundtracks