Gopi Krishna, Sandhya in 'Nain so nain naahi milao' from the film Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)
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The 52 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1956

The next rung

The Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein CDs have ten ‘songs in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) from this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of seventeen runners-up. The two lists have five songs in common. Thus, between the two, there are 22 unique songs in the ‘next rung’ from these two sources.

GC: Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein is a set of 50 CDs issued by Saregama in instalments that continued into 2012-13. The set concentrated on songs that had ‘remained in the shadow’ (chhaoñ) of the main annual list of Binaca and its successor Geet Malas. These, thus, were the ‘next rung’ of songs, which were popular but did not make it to the main annual list.

AB: Bhargava, Anil, Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar (Hindi; 2007; Rs.1,200), Vangmaya Prakashan, Jaipur-302015. vangmaya_jpr@yahoo.com)

Raags in songs

Few film songs that have a root in Indian classical music remain faithful to a raag throughout their length. Indpaedia volunteers have sometimes mentioned raags even when there is merely a hint of that raag in a song. (Raag is also spelt raga.)

The classical songs in this list were suggested, inter alia, by

songsofyore

AD: Ashok Da Ranade, "Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries"

Raag Malgunji

The second biggest hit of the year, Nain so nain naahi milao, from the film Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955) was based on the very rare Raag Malgunji.

How rare? Chandrakantha lists only five other film songs based on this raag and Radhikasree four others, all four overlapping with Chandrakantha. Nain so nain is the oldest of these six unique songs and was, arguably, responsible for making it popular in Filmistan.

Raag Malgunji is a complex late night to midnight Raag of the Khamaj Thaat. It is much like Raag Bageshree except that it has a Shuddha Gandhar in its Aaroh. It also has elements of Rageshree. Perhaps that is why Dr. Sudeep S Bhagwath lists the song under Rageshree as well.

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 16 songs of 1956

	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
1	Ae dil hai mushkil jeena yahaan	C. I. D.	O P Nayyar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
2	Nain so nain naahi milao (Raag Malgunji/ Taal Dadra)	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje (1955)	Vasant Desai	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar
3	Tu pyar ka sagar hai	Seema (1955)	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Manna Dey
4	Yeh kahani hai diye ki aur toofaan ki (Nirbal se ladai balwãn ki) (Raag Malkauñs/ Taal Keherwã)	Toofan Aur Diya	Vasant Desai	Bharat Vyas	Manna Dey
5	Ai dil mujhe bata de	Bhai Bhai	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Geeta Dutt
6	Leke pehla pehla pyar	C. I. D.	O P Nayyar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Shamshad Begum, Mohammed Rafi
7	Halke halke chalo saañvare	Tangewali (1955)	Salil Chowdhury	Prem Dhawan	Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
8	Kaise aaooñ Jamuna ke teer (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwa)	Devta	Chitalkar Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar
9	Aankhon hi aankhon men ishara ho gaya	C. I. D.	O P Nayyar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
10	Piya piya piya mora jiya pukare	Baap Re Baap (1955)	O P Nayyar	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
11	Meraa nam Abdul Rehman, pista wala main hoon Pathan	Bhai Bhai	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
12	Dil dil se mila kar dekho	Mem Sahib	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Kishore Kumar
13	Gharibon ka pasina beh raha hai	Naya Aadmi	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Mohammed Rafi
14	Rimjhim rimjhim barkha barse	Tangewali (1955)	Salil Chowdhury	Prem Dhawan	Lata Mangeshkar
15	Zindagi khwab hai (Raag Pîloo/ Taal Keherwã)	Jagte Raho	Salil Chowdhury	Shailendra	Mukesh
16	Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum	Chori Chori	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar

22 songs in the ‘next rung’

Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)	AB	GC
Kise yaad rakhoon	Anurag	Mukesh(the film was produced by Mukesh)	Kaif Irfani	Mukesh		GC
Is duniya mein sab chor-chor	Bhai Bhai	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Qadar janey na mora	Bhai Bhai	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar	AB	GC
Main ne chãnd aur sitaron ki (Raag Bhîm Palãsi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Chandrakanta	N. Dutta	Sahir Ludhianvi	Mohammed Rafi	AB	GC
Ghareeb jaan kar hum ko na tum mita dena (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Dadra)	Chhoo Mantar	O P Nayyar	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt	AB
Man-bhâvan ke ghar jaye gori	Chori Chori	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle		GC
Kahaan le chaley ho bata do	Durgesh Nandini	Hemant Kumar	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Chali gori, pee say milan ko chali (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwa)	Ek Hi Raasta	Hemant Kumar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Hemant Kumar	AB
Saañwlay salonay aaye	Ek Hi Raasta	Hemant Kumar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar		GC
Aajaa ki intezaar mein jaaney ko	Halaku	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Aji chale aao	Halaku	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle	AB	GC
Parvar Digar é Aalam tera hi hai sahara	Hatim Tai	S.N. Tripathi	Akhtar Romani	Mohammed Rafi	AB
Merey ai dil bata…pyar tu nay (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal DîpChañdi (Mughali))	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje	Vasant Desai	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Dil-e-betaab theher	Naya Aadmi	Ram Murti	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar		GC
Meri neendon mein tum	Naya Andaz	O P Nayyar	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Kishore Kumar, Shamshad Begum	AB	GC
Yeh nai nai preet hain	Pocketmaar	Madan Mohan	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mehmood		GC
Aaye bahar ban ke	Raj Hath	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Mohammed Rafi	AB	GC
Yeh vaada karo châñd kay saamney	Raj Hath	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Suno chhoti si gudiya ki lambi kahaani	Seema	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Guzra hua zamana aata nahin dobara	Shirin Farhad	S. Mohinder	Tanveer Naqvi	Lata Mangeshkar	AB
Aankhon mein tumharey jalvay hain	Shirin Farhad	S. Mohinder	Saba Afghani	Mohammed Rafi etc.	AB
Meri chhoti si behen dekho, gehney pehen	Toofan aur Diya	Vasant Desai	Bharat Vyas	Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt	AB

Fourteen songs with a classical background

Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
Panchhi banooñ, urhti phirooñ (Raag Bhoopali/ Taal Dãdrã)	Chori Chori	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
Rasik balmã, dil kyoñ lagãyã (Raag Shuddh Kalyan/ Taal Keherwã)	Chori Chori	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Yeh raat bheegi bheegi (Raag KîrwãNi/ Taal Keherwã)	Chori Chori	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
Kaise aaûñ Jamuna ke teer (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)	Devta	C. Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar
Mat mãro Shyam pichkari, meri bheegi chunariya saari (Raag Pîloo/ Taal Keherwã)	Durgesh Nandini	Hemant Kumar	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar
Do dil dharhak rahe hain aur awaz ek hai (Pahãrhi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Insaf	Chitragupta	Asad Bhopali	Talat Mehmood, Asha Bhosle
Dil cherh koi aisa naghma (Raag Jaunpuri/ Taal Keherwã)	Inspector	Hemant Kumar	S.H. Bihari	Lata Mangeshkar
Jhanak jhanak payal bãjé (Raag ADãNã/ Teen Taal)	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje	Vasant Desai	Hasrat Jaipuri	Ustad Ameer Khan
Jo tum torho piya, maiñ nãhiñ torhûñ ré (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwa)	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje	Vasant Desai	Meera Bai	Lata Mangeshkar
Saiñya jao jao mo sé na bolo, ab na mohé sataao… kahe ko neha lagaye (Raag Désh/ Taal Dãdrã)	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje	Vasant Desai	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Murali bairan bhayi (Raag Pîloo/ Taal Dãdrã)	New Delhi	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Jã, maiñ to-sey nãheeñ bolooñ, Kanhaiyya (Raag Hamsadhwani)	Parivar	Salil Chaudhary	Shailendra	Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
Ab mori vinati suno Bhagwaan aaj meri tooti beena mein (Raag Darbãri Kãnarhã/ Taal Keherwã)	Taj	Hemant Kumar	Rajinder Krishan	Mohammed Rafi
Piya té kahãñ gayo nehrã lagãyé, chhãñrhî gayo ab kahãñ bisosî (Raag Asawari/ Taal Keherwa)	Toofan aur Diya	Vasant Desai	Meera Bai	Lata Mangeshkar

Binaca Geet Mala 1956: greatest hits

Contents

The 52 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1956

The next rung

Raags in songs

Raag Malgunji

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 16 songs of 1956

22 songs in the ‘next rung’

Fourteen songs with a classical background

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