The lip-syncing on screen by Madhubala added a special allure to the song and set the ball rolling for other hits."Ĩ. Lata Mangeshkar (Photo credit: Getty Images)ħ. This melody is also unforgettable because of the contributions of people like Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan, who provided the accompanying instrumentation with the sitar beautifully." Salilda composed it beautifully and blended it with the lyrics by Shailendraji, while Bimal Roy's camera-work (pictured on Sadhana), with close-ups of the rain, were outstanding. O sajna, barkha bahaar aayi (Parakh 1960). "The entire package (music, lyrics and my rendition) has a heart-touching quality. Ja re ud jaare panchi (Maya, 1961) Music: Salil Chowdhury. "The music and lyrics make for a great composition."ĥ. Rahe na rahe hum (Mamta, 1966) Music: Roshan Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri "This was my first super-hit and it scores on lyrics, tune and acting."Ĥ. Aaja re pardesi (Madhumati, 1958) Music: Salil Chowdhury. This song has all those three elements."ģ. It also happens that a song is badly written and scored but is visually so stunning that it leaves an impression on our heart and mind. At times, it's both but tends to lose impact when picturised. "Sometimes a song is either lyrically heavy or melodically strong. Exceptionally touching and close to my heart."Ģ. "It's a beautiful composition by Madan bhaiya about yearning for a loved one that you have lost. Tu jahan jahan chalega (Mera Saaya, 1966). Of the many songs she lent her voice to, the legend picks her favouritesġ.
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Here are the best songs from the vast treasure-trove of outstanding songs, as chosen by the legend herself. In fact, she pointed out that I hadn't listed many of her favourites! She didn't have to struggle much to recall those favourites even as she went through a list of about 100 of her best-known songs that I had got along to jog her memory. "But there are a few which are personal favourites." "I have very beautiful memories attached with almost all my songs," says Mangeshkar, reclusive but still graceful at 84. Trying to get the legendary Lata Mangeshkar to pick the top 20 songs from her repertoire of an estimated 25,000-50,000 tracks is like attempting to look for the twenty brightest pebbles on an expansive beach! She has lent her voice to four generations of leading ladies in Bollywood: an unparalleled achievement for any singer anywhere at any point of human history! The Nightingale and The Rose: two singers play it back This one goes out to every music lover, especially you!ĮXPERTS' CHOICE: THE 32 MOST LOVED SONGS OF ALL TIME They made it to our bumper compendium of classics - tunes that shine despite the passage of time.
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As the tunes poured in, some songs kept cropping up in list after list. And we got other industry hotshots to choose what they deem Bollywood's best. So we asked two playback legends - Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle - to share their favourites from the songs they have sung. From sad, soulful numbers to ballads with ornate Urdu couplets from high-brow poetry to the new trend of using English words as 'hook lines' Bollywood music has changed tremendously over 100 years.īrunch celebrates this unique treasure, this unparalleled legacy, by attempting to compile the best songs of all time. There is no situation, no occasion, no emotion for which a Hindi film song hasn't been created. Music and Bollywood are inseparable - lovers entwined in mad passion. Listen in on a century of great film music with us. Then, we got 15 music stalwarts to pick the top 10 Bollywood songs of the last 100 years. The best Hindi film songs of all time? We attempted the impossible by asking legends Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle to list their favourites out of the thousands of numbers they've sung.