The year 2006 turned out to be rather an experimental one for Bollywood music. While on one hand, several
music composers tried to shell out E l e c t r o n i c a - i n f l u e n c e d compositions, others endeavoured to stick to their roots, infusing more Indian-ness in their works. However, plagiarism issues continued in the
Bollywood music scene with songs like ‘Ya Ali’ from the film Gangster under scanner.

Pakistani singers continued to be hot-favourites amongst music buffs across India. Owing to the fact that these talented lots from across the border found much acclaim in Hindi Cinema and captivated much fanfare
with their heart-warming numbers, composers happily kept roping them in so as to taste success.

The year’s list of charttoppers opened with Rang De Basanti, which came straight from the factory of music
maestro A. R. Rehman. Eloquent lyrics by Prasoon Joshi well complimented powerful music nodes by Rehman, an all-time perfectionist, making people go ga-ga over every single beat.

A. R. Rehman triumphed at swaying the audience once again, this time at the end of the year. With his
marvellous composition for Mani Ratnam’s Ash-Abhishek starrer film Guru, Rehman resurrected the use
of accordion in Hindi films decades after it had vanished from the Indian music scene, earning admiration
from all over.

Bollywood songs that made waves at the charts and hearts of people were: