Favourite Songs

Hindi film songs- a list of favourites.

Yeh dil na hota bechara, kadam na hote awara

Dil aaj shaayar hai gham aaj naghma hai

Hai apna dil to awara, na jaane kis pe aayega

Hey, maine kasam li, hey, tune kasam li, nahin honge judaa hum..

Chala jaata hoon kisiki dhun mein.

O mere dil ke chain.

Tum kitni khoobsoorat ho yeh mere dil se poochho.

Tum mile pyar se mujhe jeena gawara hua.

Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jate hain jo makaam, woh phir nahin aate

Aap ki aankhon mein kuch mehke hue se khwab hain

Khwab ho tum ya koi haqeeqat..

Are yaar meri tum bhi ho gazab ghoonghat to zara odho.

Ek pal ka jeena phir to hai jaana.

Aanewala pal jaanewala hai..

Kai baar yun bhi dekha hai yeh jo man ki seema rekha hai

Seene mein jalan aankhon mein toofan sa kyun hai, is sheher mein har shakhs pareshan sa kyun hai.

Kehna hai, kehna hai, aaj tumse yeh pehli baar

Gore rang pe na itna guman kar, gora rang do din mein dhal jayega

Meri neendon mein tum mere khwabon mein tum

Hum the woh thi aur smaa rangeen samajh gaye na..

Meri pyari Bindu..

O mere Raaja, khafa na hona, der se aayi..

Wahan kaun hai tera musafir jayega kahan.

Mehbooba, mehbooba,

Lakhon hain yahan dilwale aur pyar nahin milta

Kuch na kaho, kuch bhi na kaho..

O  haseena zulfonwali jaane jahan..

Jawani janeman haseen dilruba

Parde mein rehne do parda na uthao

Dilruba, aa meri bahon mein aa..

Every Once in a While...

Every once in a while, I hear a song which I cannot get out of my mind for days. It has happened recently with the following songs, which I heard after a fairly long gap, but they stayed in my mind.

Tum apna ranj-o-gham, apni pareshani mujhe de do.Sung by Jagjit Kaur, the wife of music director Khayyam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Yr1OOeOT8

Man gaaye woh taraana jise sunke chale aana..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-_S4GBf-Go sung sweetly by Suman Kalayanpur for a forgotten movie called Chalaak. Music by Ganesh.

Pyar hua hai jabse mujhko nahin chain aata. Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar from the film Abhilasha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToO-PkucJac

Kabhi tanhaiyon mein yun hamari yaad aayegi, andhere chha rahe honge, ke bijli kaundh jaayegi. Sung by Mubarak Begum, music by Snehal Bhatkar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gi8ggmtACg

Gore gore o baanke chhore. Lata and Amirbai Karnataki in a song tuned by C. Ramchandra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuCtgwQ0_Ks

Hai apna dil to awara na jaane kis pe aayega..Hemant Kumar sings for Dev Anand in Solva Saal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K8TH8LBs-w&spfreload=5 

Hemant Kumar

Hai apna dil to awara, na jaane kis pe aayega...Dev Anand sings in Solva Saal to an irritated Waheeda

Beqarar karke hamein yoon na jaaiye, aapko hamari kasam laut aaiye..Biswajeet to a not-unpleased Waheeda

Na tum hamen jaano, na hum tumhe jaane, magar lagta hai kuch aisa, mera humdum mil gaya

Khwab chun rahi hai raat intezaar hai, tumhara intezaar hai, tum pukar lo.

Yeh raat yeh chandni phir kahan..

Ya dil ki suno duniyawalon.

He was incomparable in the songs mentioned here, and many more that he composed. Happened to hear a few of his songs today. His voice did not have the variety that Kishore Kumar's did, but he was very good at what he did.

Enchanting Songs 2

Continuing on my pet theme, here is a sequel of selections.

'Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam' by Kishore Kumar...from the movie Do Duni Char (old). Music by Hemant Kumar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ITslFEtHc

'Koi humdum na raha koi sahara na raha from Jhumroo,' sung and composed by Kishore Kumar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDPb2ShfjHo


'Hai apna dil to awara na jaane kis pe aayega' by Hemant Kumar in Solva Saal, picturised on Dev Anand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax0gD5lCEgg

'Zara nazron se kehdo ji nishaana chook na jaaye' sung by Hemant Kumar in Bees Saal Baad. A unique feature is dialogue interspersed within the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_m-b_75OSY

Jai ho for now.

Dil in Hindi Film Songs

Expectedly, the word Dil figures often in Hindi film songs, as the songs are about matters of the heart, more often than not. Some of my favourites-

Dil aaj shaayar hai, gham aaj naghma hai, shab yeh ghazal hai sanam..from Gambler.

Yeh dil diwana hai, dil to diwana hai, deewana dil hai yeh dil deewaana (emphasis as per spelling on the word deewana)..from an old movie that I don't remember..Ishq Par Zor Nahin?

Phoolon ke rang se, dil ki kalam se..Prem Pujari classic sung inimitably by Dev Anand on screen.

Chupke se dil dede nai te shor mach jayega from Maryada.

Dil tera deewana hai sanam,..mohabbat ki kasam, mohabbat ki kasam..old Shammi Kapoor film.

Yaad kiya dil ne kahan ho tum, a classic Hemant Kumar- Lata Mangeshkar duet from an old Dev Anand- Usha Kiron starrer Patita. Watch it here. What a melody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YY2pZa22Io

Chand mera dil, followed by Aa dil kya, mehfil hai tere qadmom mein , and then Tum kya jano, mohabbat kya hai, dil ki mefil sanam ...in Hum Kisi se Kum Nahin, the Nasir Husain potboiler with its garish sets that set up a dance competition between Rishi Kapoor and a handsome Tariq..fabulous entertainment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5INCEEMc3MA