(Ud)It was for the starry-eyed

Today’s youngsters, who use mobile phones, know the emoji with stars in (the place of) its eyes.

But in 1997, there was a song that – literally – likened Aishwarya Rai’s eyes to stars.

It was titled Sitara Aankhen.

And it was the sixth song from …Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, spread across my blogs.

The song was rendered by the one and only Udit Narayan, who was the voice of the soundtrack.

The song, which was written by Javed Akhtar, was composed by the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

It was five minutes and eight seconds long.