Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Main
Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin
Dhak Dhak
Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho
Badan Pe Sitare Lapete Hue
Ae Meri Zoharjabi
Radha Kaise Na Jale
Tum Hi Ho
Jeena Jeena
Ae Phoolon Ki Rani
Soch
Choli Ke Peeche
Suraj Hua Madhhamm
Tujhe Dekha Toh Yeh Jana Sanam
Chhaiyya Chhaiyya
Tere Bina Zindagi Se
Pani Da Rang
Holi Khele Raghuveera
Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh
Pehli Nazar Main
If you watch an English movie, you will see one fundamental difference that often leaves first timers at Hollywood in wonder. There are no songs to which the hero and heroine dance in the middle of the movie. They may be playing in the background in some parts, but at no point of time does the entire focus shift entirely on the song. Bollywood is of course, very different. Songs are crucial to us, so much so that they have the ability to decide how successful a movie will be, or if it will be successful at all. Sometimes, when a movie flops, it does not bother the producer too much, because the songs do so extremely well, that the movie will always remain a classic.
The following are 20 of Bollywood’s most iconic songs till date:
The movie ‘Silsila’ was based loosely on the real life and love triangle of Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Rekha’, and Jaya Bachchan. The song’s lyrics have been forever used as poetry, and the actors’ portrayal of the song has been legendary. To top it all, the song also has the voice of Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh, two of the most revered singers on the planet.
This song is, and has been the ultimate friendship anthem since the day it released. Amitabh Bachchan and ‘Dharmendra’ rocked the silver screen as Jai and Veeru in ‘Sholay’, which is a cult classic in itself. The song was sung originally by Kishore Kumar, and another version of it was sung by R.D. Burman, in 1975.
The song gave Madhuri Dixit the title of the Dhak Dhak girl. The unforgettable chemistry between Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor was possible only because of the raw sensuousness in the song by Anuradha Paudwal and Udit Narayan. It was also a crucial one of the songs that made Madhuri Dixit one of the best dancers of the industry.
This song, like many other old classics, has been released in several versions and has been accepted in almost each form. The original song belonged to the movie Hanste Zakham, and was sung by the great singer Mohammed Rafi. The film, released in 1973, starred Navin Nischol, Priya Rajvansh, Balraj Sahni, and Nadira.
Another one of Mohammed Rafi’s brilliant melodies, the song can be heard even today, sometimes even in discos, where the DJs add their beats to it, but retain its originality. It is from the movie Prince, that released in 1969 and had Shammi Kapoor, ‘Vyjayanthimala’, Ajit and Rajendra Nath as its lead actors.
A movie released in 1965, called Waqt, that had all those aspects that make the audience go crazy. Directed by Yash Chopra, the movie starred Balraj Sahni, Sadhana Shivdasani, Sunil Dutt, Sharmila Tagore, Raj Kumar and Shashi Kapoor. The song sung by Manna Dey, became and remains an evergreen classic.
‘Lagaan’ was one hell of a movie, having everything that is required to emotionally capture an Indian’s attention, from Cricket to its patriotic theme. This song, filmed on aKhan and Gracy Singh, was sung by Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle and Vaishali Samant. It still remains the hit that it then became and is still performed by various artists on various occasions.
This song ruled charts for over a year! It could be heard everywhere, on radio stations, daily soaps, marriage ceremonies, and so on. It also won its singer Arijit Singh many awards and uplifted his career to great heights. The song won many awards and also played a huge part in the film’s success.
Atif Aslam is known to have a unique voice that reflects a lot of pain and love. In the movie, ‘Badlapur’, he added just that to the song that was filmed on Varun Dhawan and Yami Gautam, and the two actors showed great chemistry in the song and in the movie.
Although the song was originally sung by Mohammed Rafi for the movie Arzoo that released in 1965; the song has been released in various other versions, especially in the many seasons of Coke Studio. The film itself starred great veteran actors, like Feroz Khan, Sadhana, Rajendra Kumar and Nazir Hussain.
‘Hardy Sandhu’s single was already a hit with it melodious video and his heart touching voice, but then the song was also sung by Arijit for 'Akshay Kumar's ‘Airlift’, which went on to earn a lot of money and made the song all the more popular. People have conflicting views on who sung it better, but ultimately, the song is originally Hardy Sandhu’s and he did a great job in both, singing the song and acting in its video.
The song was a part of a 1993 movie, ‘Khalnayak’, starring Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff among others. What made the song iconic was its lyrics and Madhuri Dixit’s dance on it. Today we may say that it did more damage than good because it promoted the objectification of women that is so common in item songs today. But back then, it was a bold step as the society was even more conservative than it is today.
“Kabhi Kushi Kabhie Gham” has a huge star cast, with names like Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Farida Jalal, and Kajol Devgan associated with it. However, the songs and the theme were even more iconic, and specially this love song between Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol that broke all records. It was sung by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik.
“Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” is counted among the most successful films of Bollywood, and for good reason. The performances of the actors was tremendous, but the impact of the story was such that many people changed their names to Simran and Raj, after Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s characters. This song was yet another example of the great chemistry that these two shared and it engraved itself in the audience’s heart.
The audience just could not get over their amazement of a song that was shot on a train’s roof. Even today, whenever this song is mentioned, before ‘Malaika Arora Khan’s finesse as a dancer and Shah Rukh Khan’s finesse as an actor, people talk about the fact that they danced on a train’s roof! From the 1998 movie “Dil Se”, the song was sung by Sukhwinder Singh and Sapna Awasthi and the movie had Preity Zinta and Manisha Koirala as its female actresses.
The song was nominated for Filmfare award for the best Lyrics, and its lyrics are pretty moving, sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. Later, much later, more versions of the song were released, by R.D Burman in 1993 and by Sanam Puri in 2016. Originally, the song was a part of the movie Aandhi, which was directed by ‘Gulzar’ and was extremely successful when it released in 1975.
Ayushmann Khurrana was not much of a celebrity before Vicky Donor, a movie which turned his life upside down. Now he is no longer a television personality, but a full-fledged Bollywood hero and singer. His first song, Pani Da Rang, was a rage among the masses and well accepted by people of all ages.
This is one song that you will hear playing in each Holi party, every single year! The song, sung by Amitabh Bachchan as a part of his film ‘Baghban’ in 2003, has gained an iconic status on its own, with Amitabh Bachchan powerful voice that is exploding with the joy of the festival of colors.
"Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi" was a 1960 love story that had Raj Kumar, Meena Kumari and 'Nadira' as its leads. The song we are talking about is so moving that it has the power to move mountains. The movie of course, was a hit, and the song remains a hit even today, so well it was sung by the one and only Lata Mangeshkar.
Atif Aslam, with his soulful voice, sang this song for the first installment of Race that starred Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna along with Sameera Reddy. The movie was commercially a big hit, as Abbas Mastan had added enough twists to keep the interest of the audience, along with a stellar star cast and unpredictable mysteries. The background score of the movie was by Salim Merchant - Sulaiman Merchant, and Pritam Chakraborty, who did a wonderful job in complementing the plot of the movie.
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