Happy Birthday Shaan: From ‘Musu Musi Hasi’ to ‘Kuch Toh Hua Hain’ Shaan’s most memorable songs

Indian Playback Singer Shantanu Mukherjee, popularly known as Shaan turned 48 today. As significant as this day is, it also gives fans a moment of nostalgia remembering some of his grooving tracks. It’s an undeniable fact that every 90’s kid has grown up listening to his numbers, and would still dance their heart out, or reminisce about the good times they’ve had with his tracks. Right from peppy party songs to heartwarming romantic tracks, Shaan has gifted his fans with a voice, full of an emotional rumble of happiness. The star icon who started his career at the age of 17, has indeed come a long way. On his birthday, here’s to remembering the most memorable tracks from his casket.

This romantic groovy track is from the coming of age film ‘Dil Chahta Hain’. Composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, and performed by Shaan and Kavitha Krishnamurthy, the song was an instant hit. ‘Woh Ladki Hain Kahan’ talks about young love, falling in it and holding on to it with no such emotional expectations. The song stars Saif Ali Khan and Sonali Kulkarni. The movie 'Dil Chahta Hain' also had Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna and Preity Zinta in pivotal roles. The song as well as the movie is memorable and is loved by people of all ages.

Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta, the beautiful lyrics of ‘Kuch To Hua Hain’ have been penned by Javed Akhtar. The melodious duet track was performed by Shaan and Alka Yagnik. The song talks about the definition of love, and what it feels to be falling in love. In the movie ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ the song focuses on the developing feelings between two individuals. One can easily teleport themselves to their innocent and pure teenage times with this track.

This is a fun club track shot in a disco featuring the lead stars - Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan from the film ‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’. Indeed, every teenager has once in their life dreamt about grooving themselves on the beats of this song under the multi-coloured lights. A song which reminds one to have fun and live life to the fullest was performed by Shaan, KK, Vasundhara Das and Loy Mendonsa.

From the movie ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’, this track was one of the best party songs created, starring Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan celebrating themselves, while Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee shared some sensual moments on-screen. The song was well received by the audience and is still lived through by generations of all ages. The movie ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ was a romantic drama directed by Karan Johar.

While fans keep obsessing over Marvel-DC superhero crossovers, Bollywood made sure to bless its fans with a crossover comprising the iconic superstars in the film industry with a peppy dance number. ‘Deewangi Deewangi’ from the movie ‘Om Shanti Om’ was an instant hit because of the star-studded affair. The song featured Shah Rukh Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Jeetendra, Dharmendra, Juhi Chawla, Amrita Arora, Vidya Balan, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Priyanka Chopra, Kajol, Rekha, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Shreyas Talpade, Aftab Shivdasani, Saif Ali Khan and Arun Rampal among others. The song was directed and choreographed by Farah Khan and was sung by Shaan, Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Rahul Saxena.

Directed by Raj Kaushal, the movie ‘Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi’ was one of the best romantic dramas created in 1999. The movie starred Dino Morea, Sanjay Suri, Rinke Khanna, Shveta Salve as on-screen students studying in a college. The song instantly struck a chord among the viewers and was very relatable to the youth. The song talks about sharing one’s sorrows and embracing the traits of your loved ones. The lyrics of this wonderful song was penned by Raj Kaushal and Vishal Dadlani and was performed by Shaan.

From the movie ‘Saawariya’,the heart touching track was sung by Shaan. Every word of the song forms an artistic expression of love. The song talks about falling in that emotion and embracing the process of it. Shaan always makes sure to add magic with his voice and this track did justice to it. The song stars Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor romancing on-screen.

The song from the film ‘Fanaa’ holds the power to make one lose in the flirtatious charm of Aamir Khan impressing Kajol on-screen. The romantic melody was sung by Shaan and Kailash Kher. 'Chand Sifraish' talks about seeing life the way it is, in its many shades and colours. This song was one of the biggest hits when it dropped and was instantly the talk of the town. The romantic track will remain evergreen and will be cherished for a lifetime.