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The 55 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1976

These include songs released in the previous year

A note about the credits

Who wrote the song Yeh hai Geeta ka gyan for the film Sanyasi? Vishveshvar Sharma, informs an otherwise reliable website. However, Prof. Bhargava writes that it was M.G. Hashmat. Indpaedia cross-checked with all the top argument-settlers, namely Mr. Harmandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’ and SaReGaMa as well as shankarjaikishan.org. All of them agree that it was M.G. Hashmat.

A note about no.12

On CD no. 41 of GCM, Mr Sayani played a version of the song Dil dhoondhtâ hai from the film Mausam that was in the voice of its composer, Madan Mohan. What was interesting was not that Madan Mohan (1924-75) had sung it, for almost all music directors sing their songs while explaining them to their singers. It was the tune. No, it was not the one that we now associate with this song. It was instead the tune of the song Tere liye from the film Veer Zaara (2004), which was made almost 29 years after the composer’s death, but which nevertheless credited Madan Mohan with the music.

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 33 songs of 1976

	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
1.	Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein	Kabhi Kabhie	Khayyam	Sahir Ludhianvi	Mukesh/ Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
2.	Ik din bik jâyega mâti ke mol	Dharam Karam	R.D. Burman	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Mukesh
3.	Main to ârti utâroon ré Santoshi Mata ki	Jai Santoshi Maa	C. Arjun	Pradeep	Usha Mangeshkar
4.	Geet gâta chal o sâthi	Geet Gata Chal	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Jaspal Singh
5.	Chal sanyâsi mandir mein	Sanyasi (1975)	Shankar Jaikishan	Vishveshwar Sharma	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
6.	Mehbooba O mehbooba	Sholay (1975)	‘R.D. Burman’	Anand Bakshi	R.D. Burman
7.	Main pal do pal ka shâyar hoon	Kabhi Kabhie	Khayyam	Sahir Ludhianvi	Mukesh
8.	Shyam teri bansi pukâre	Geet Gaata Chal	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Jaspal Singh, Aarti Mukherjee
9.	Yeh dosti hum naheen todenge	Sholay	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar
10.	Kehat Kabeer suno bhai sadhu (Yeh duniya ek numbari)	Dus Numbri	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Mukesh
11.	Apne jeevan ki uljhan ko main kaise	Uljhan	Kalyanji-Anandji	M.G. Hashmat	Lata Mangeshkar / Kishore Kumar
12.	Dil dhoondhtâ hai phir wohi fursat ke raat din	Mausam zxc	Madan Mohan	Gulzar	Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupinder
13.	Sun bâl brahmchâri main hoon kanya (Ban than kay main…)	Sanyasi	Shankar Jaikishan	Varma Malik	Lata Mangeshkar
14.	Gori tera gâoñ bada pyâra main to gaya mâra	Chitchor	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Yesudas
15.	Karam kiye jâ phal ki ichha mat kar ai insan (Yeh hai Geeta ka gyan)	Sanyasi	Shankar Jaikishan	M.G. Hashmat	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
16.	Parbat ke peechhe Chambey dâ gâoñ	Mehbooba	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
17.	Mere naina sâwan bhâdoñ phir bhi mera man pyâsa	Mehbooba	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar/ Kishore Kumar
18.	Chalte chalte mere yeh geet yâd rakhna	Chalte Chalte	Bappi Lahiri	Amit Khanna	Kishore Kumar
19.	Dariya kinâre ik bungalow go pori jayi jo jayi	Subse Bada Rupaiyya	Basu- Manohari	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
20.	Koi haseena jab rooth jâti hai	Sholay	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
21.	Jâneman jâneman tere do nayan	Chhoti Si Baat	Salil Chowdhary	Yogesh	Asha Bhosle, Yesudas
22.	Jâneman jâneman jâneman kisi ka nâm naheen	Jaaneman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
23.	Ruk jâna o jânâñ humse	Warrant	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
24.	Mujhe dard rehta hai dil mein	Dus Numbri	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
25.	Ké âja teri yâd âyi	Charas	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Bakshi" title="Anand Bakshi">Anand Bakshi	Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Anand Bakshi
26.	Kal ki haseeñ mulaqât ke liye	Charas	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
27.	Tota maina ki kahâni to purâni	Fakira	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
28.	Jeeja ji jeeja ji meri deedi hai anari	Ponga Pandit	Laxmikant Pyarelal	Rajinder Krishan	Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
29.	Sehne ki bhi hai koi seema	Salaakhen	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
30.	Too kahân gayi thi tera mar jâye sâñwariya	Dharam Karam	R.D. Burman	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
31.	Main tumse muhabbat karti hoon par shâdi ke naam se darti hooñ	Warrant	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
32.	Koi âya âne bhi dé, koi gaya jâne bhi dé	Kala Sona	R.D. Burman	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Asha Bhosle
33.	Kee gal hai? Koi naheeñ	Jaaneman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar

21 songs in the ‘next rung’

The Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein CDs list 14 songs that were ‘in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of 7 runners-up. The two lists have no songs in common. Thus, between the two, there are 21 unique songs in the ‘next rung.’

The chhaon charts

GC	AB	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
GC		Ranjish hi sahi	---	Nisar Bazmi	Ahmed Faraz	Mehdi Hassan
GC		Châñd akela jâyé sakhi ri	Alaap	Jaidev	Dr. Rahi Masoon Raza	Yesudas
	AB	Matlab jo samjhe merey sandesh ka	Barood	Sachin Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
	AB	Rang lay aayengay, roop lay aayengay	Bhanwar	Rahul Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
GC		Baharon ne kiye sajde	Bombay by Nite	Iqbal Qureshi	Upendra	Mukesh
GC		Tu jo merey sur mein sur milaye	Chitchor	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Yesudas, Hemlata
	AB	Na janey kyon hota hai zindagi kay saath	Chhoti Si Baat	Salil Chowdhury	Yogesh	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Jhoomta sawan dekho aaya	Do Khiladi	Usha Khanna	Gauhar Kanpuri	Mohammed Rafi
	AB	Aayégi, aayégi, aayégi, kisi ko hamari yaad aayégi	Jaaneman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Mere ghar aai ek nanhi pari	Kabhi Kabhie	(Mohammed Zahur) Khayyam (Hashmi)	Sahir Ludhianvi	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Ja re ja o harjaee	Kalicharan	Kalyanji-Anandji	Inderjit Singh Tulsi	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Hari din to beeta shâm huyi	Kitaab	Rahul Dev Burman	Gulzar	Rajkumari
GC		Mera jeevan kuchh kaam na aaya	Mera Jeevan	Sapan Jagmohan	M.G. Hashmat	Kishore Kumar
GC		Tere sang jeena tere sang marna	Naach Uthe Sansaar	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
	AB	Terey sañg pyar meiñ nahiñ todna	Nagin	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Varma Malik	Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
GC		Dakiya daak laya	Palkon ki Chhaon Mein	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Gulzar	Kishore Kumar, Vandana Shastri
GC		Nathaniya ne haye Ram	Sajjo Rani	Sapan Jagmohan	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Shobha Gurtu
GC		Bandhi re kahe preet piya ke sang	Sankoch	Kalyanji-Anandji	M.G. Hashmat	Sulakshana Pandit
GC		Pal bhar mein yeh kya ho gaya	Swami	Rajesh Roshan	Amit Khanna	Lata Mangeshkar
	AB	Mujhko to qaatil ki itni pehchaan hai (bhola bhala chehra hai dil beiman hai)	Uljhan	Kalyanji-Anandji	M.G. Hashmat	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Sudesh Kumar
	AB	Subah aur sham, kaam hi kaam, kyon nahin letey piya pyar ka naam? Kaam se jisko mile na chhuti	Uljhan	Kalyanji-Anandji	M.G. Hashmat	Lata Mangeshkar

Five additional songs with a classical background

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 frequently spelt ‘raga,’ while ‘taal’ is also spelt ‘tal.’)

Wherever a taal has been mentioned, it is the one verified by ChandraKantha.com, and sometimes the raags, too.

The classical chart

Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
Gori tera gâoñ barhã pyâra maiñ to gaya mâra (Raag Palãsi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Chitchor	---
Jab deep jale aana jab shaam dhale aana (Raag Yaman Kalyãn/ Taal Keherwã)	Chitchor	(Included in the main 1977 list)
Tu jo merey sur meiñ sur milãyé (Raag Pîloo/ Taal Keherwã)	Chitchor	---
Dil meiñ tujhe biThã ke, kar looñgi maiñ bañd aañkheiñ, pooja karooñgi teri (Raag Bhîm Palãsi/ Taal Keherwã)	Fakira	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Lata Mangeshkar
Shyam teri bañsi pukâre (Raag Chãrukési/ Taal Dãdrã)	Geet Gaata Chal	---
Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein (Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã)	Kabhi Kabhie	---
Mere mehboob shãyad aaj kuchh nãrãz haiñ mujh sé, maiñ kitné pãs hooñ phir bhi vok kitne door haiñ mujh sé (Raag Darbãri Kãnarhã/ Taal Keherwã)	Kitne Paas Kitne Door	Chãnd Pardesi	D.S. Sultania	Chandrani Mukherji, Jaspal Singh
Sãñwaré mat jaa, Radhika araj [arz] karé, kar joré sãñwaré (Raag Adãnã/ Taal Keherwã)	Meera Shyam	Govind -Naresh	Narendra Sharma	Lata Mangeshkar
Gori tori paiñjaniya, man ké kholé bhéd sajaniyã (Raag Darbãri Kãnarhã)	Mehbooba	Rahul Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Manna Dey
Mere naina sâwan bhâdoñ phir bhi mera man pyâsa (Raag Shivarañjini/ Taal Keherwã)	Mehbooba	---
Radha jãyé na, ho [Jamuna kinaré aa jaa, Chhaliya pukaré aa jaa] (Raag Mãru Bihãg)	Mehbooba	Rahul Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
Apne jeevan ki uljhan ko main kaise (Raag Ahir Bhairav/ Taal Dãdrã)	Uljhan	---
Subah aur sham, kaam hi kaam, kyon nahin letey piya pyar ka naam? Kaam se jisko mile na chhutti (Raag Kalãvati/ Taal Keherwã)	Uljhan	---

Binaca Geet Mala 1976: annual list

Contents

The 55 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1976

A note about the credits

A note about no.12

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 33 songs of 1976

21 songs in the ‘next rung’

The chhaon charts

Five additional songs with a classical background

Raags in songs

The classical chart

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