MUMBAI: For the upcoming Marathi film 'Chintamani', music composer Sanjeev Kohli wanted an item song, and being a "lyrics musician", Kohli wanted the lyrics first so he could start working on the tunes. The method, he told Radioandmusic.com, was used for the two other tracks in the film as well. Kohli was rather unlucky in roping in a known lyricist and time was running out. So, he discussed his dilemma with the film's director Sangeeta Balchalchan, who suggested Kohli himself could try to lend his words to the song.

Like many a Eureka moment, Kohli had his at five in the morning and 'Ikde Ye Javal Ye' was composed. "Within three hours I was ready with the song's chorus and had the director overjoyed with the accomplishment," he said. Talking about the track, which is sung by Vaishali Samant, Kohli added, "I wanted the song to feature more Hindi words than Marathi words".

The album contains three songs, "which depict the various moods" of the film. Swapnil Bandodkar has sung 'Mala Paahataa Tila Paahane', which is written by Arvind Jagtap. The song is an emotional one, depicting a mother and a daughter trying to console the father. Sagar Khedekar has penned the first song 'Kadhe Tari Kuthe taree', sung by Amruta Subhash and Mugdha Vaishampayan. Balchandran calls Kohli's composition of this track, "bang on"!

Kohli has previously composed for three other Marathi films. He touts his musical influences to "old school" Hindi music composers like Laxmikant-Pyarelal, R.D. Burman and Shankar-Jaikishan, stating "You hear musical influences of Laxmikant-Pyarelal in the item song."

The film, 'Chintamani' is about a common man with uncommon achievements. The story is written by Deepak Bhave based with a screenplay by Kiran Kulkarni and Pallavi Karkera.