"Aati Kya Khandala"
Song by Jatin Lalit Jatin Lalit Jatin-Lalit are a Bollywood film composer duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his younger brother Lalit. They have written the scores for films such as Khiladi, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Khamoshi: The Musical, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Yes Boss, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,...
From the soundtrack of Ghulam Ghulam Ghulam is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront . It is the second remake of On the Waterfront after Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt...
Album released	1998
Genre	Film Music
Song Length	4:12
Producer Record producer A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...	Jatin Lalit Jatin Lalit Jatin-Lalit are a Bollywood film composer duo consisting of Jatin Pandit and his younger brother Lalit. They have written the scores for films such as Khiladi, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, Khamoshi: The Musical, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Yes Boss, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai,...

"Aati Kya Khandala" (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

: आती क्या खंडाला, Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

: آتی کیا کھنڈالا) is a Hindi song sung by Indian actor Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan

Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....

 & playback singer Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik

Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...

 and composed by Jatin-Lalit. It was a part of the soundtrack of the 1998 Hindi film Ghulam

Ghulam

Ghulam is a 1998 Hindi film directed by Vikram Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan. The film was inspired by Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront . It is the second remake of On the Waterfront after Kabzaa starring Sanjay Dutt...

. The lyrics were written by Sameer.

History

Aati Kya Khandala is a boy's request to his lady love to go to Khandala

Khandala

Khandala is a hill station in the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra, India, about three kilometres from Lonavala and seven kilometers from Karjat....

 with him.

The song became an instant hit and is one of Bollywood's most popular songs ever, to the extent that Rani Mukherjee became known as Khandala Girl.

In popular culture

The song was used in the 2001 film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.
Actor Will Smith

Will Smith

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 sung the first few lines of the song when he made a guest appearance on Indian Idol

Indian Idol

Indian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004-2005 and followed that with second , third and fourth seasons...

.