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The 41 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1981

These include songs released in the previous year

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 34 songs of 1981

	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
1.	Mere angane mein tumhara kya kaam hai	Laawaris	Kalyanji - Anandji	Anjaan	Amitabh Bachchan/ Alka Yagnik
2.	Zindagi kee na toote ladi, pyaar karle	Kranti	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Santosh Anand	Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
3.	Chal chal merey bhai terey haath jodta hoon	Naseeb	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi, Amitabh Bachchan
4.	Yaad aa rahi hai, teri yaad aa rahi hai	Love Story	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
5.	Tere mere beech mein kaisa hai ye bandhan	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balsubramaniam
6.	Chana jor garam babu main laaya mazedaar	Kranti	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Santosh Anand	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Nitin Mukesh
---	Salaamat rahey dostana hamara (baney chahey dushman)	Dostana (1980)	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar
7.	Maar gayee mujhe teri judaai, das gayee ye	Judaai	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
8.	Mere jeevan saathi pyaar kiye jaa	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balsubramaniam
9.	Dekho maine dekha hai ye ek sapna	Love Story	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Amit Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
10.	John Jaani Janardhan tar rum pum pum pum	Naseeb	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi
11.	Hari Om Hari........gham hai koyi to dum mar	Pyaara Dushman	Bappi Lahiri	Anjaan	Usha Uthup, etc
12.	Ek rasta aahaa aahaa do raahi aahaa aahaa	Ram Balram	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar
13.	Dekha ek khwaab to ye silsiley huae	Silsilaa	Shiv - Hari	Javed Akhtar	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
14.	Yumma yumma...ye khoobsurat samaa	Shaan	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi, R. D. Burman, etc
15.	Doston se pyaar kiya, dushmanon se badla liya	Shaan	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Usha Uthup
16.	Chal chameli baagh mein mewa khilaunga	Krodhi	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
---	Jab chhaye mera jadoo	Lootmaar	Rajesh Roshan	Amit Khanna	Asha Bhosle
17.	Pyaar karne waale pyaar karte hain shaan se	Shaan	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle
18.	Apni to jaise taise, thodi aise ya vaise	Laawaris	Kalyanji - Anandji	Prakash Mehra	Kishore Kumar
19.	Na jaane kya hua jo tune chhoo liya	Dard	Khayyam	Naqsh Lyallpuri	Lata Mangeshkar
20.	Disco deewaane ahaa ahaa, nasheeli hai raat	Disco Deewaane (Non Filmi)	Biddu, Zoheb Hasan	Zoheb Hasan	Nazia Hasan
21.	Ramba ho Samba ho, main nachoon tum nacho	Armaan	Bappi Lahiri	Indivar	Usha Uthup
22.	Aa dekhein zara kis mein kitna hai dum	Rocky	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, R. D. Burman, etc
23.	Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein shaamil hai	Aap To Aise Na The	Usha Khanna	Nida Faazali	Manhar Udhas/ HemLata/ Mohammed Rafi
24.	Yak ba yak koyee kahin mil jaata hai	Kaatilon Ke Kaatil	Kalyanji - Anandji	Anjaan	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
25.	Aao na pyaar karein, hum aur tum romance	Disco Deewaane (Non Filmi)	Biddu, Zoheb Hasan	Zoheb Hasan	Nazia Hasan
26.	Lui shamaasha ui, lui shamaasha, le jaa pyar zara sa	Kranti	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Santosh Anand	Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh
27.	Mere dost qissa ye kya ho gaya	Dostana	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi
28.	Aate jaate huye main sab pe nazar	Shaan	R. D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi
29.	Waqt se pahle qismat se zyaada	Biwi O Biwi	R. D. Burman	Vitthalbhai Patel	Kishore Kumar, etc
30.	Mere naseeb mein tu hai ki nahin	Naseeb	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
31.	Kitne bhi tu karle sitam, hans hans ke	Sanam Teri Kasam	R. D. Burman	Gulshan Bawra	Asha Bhosle/ Kishore Kumar
32.	Hum bane tum bane ik duuje ke liye	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, S. P. Balsubramaniam

7 songs in the ‘next rung’

The Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein CDs list only one song that was ‘in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of 7 runners-up. The two lists have one song in common. Thus, between the two, there are seven unique songs in the ‘next rung.’

GC: Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein is a set of 50 CDs issued by Saregama in instalments that continued into 2014. 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)

GC	AB	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
	AB	Hum sé bhool ho gayi hum ko muafi	Ram Balram	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
	AB	Teri meri dosti pyar mein badal gayi	Dostana	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
	AB	Tumhein dil mein band kar loon dariya mein pheink doon chabi (Tum jo chale gaye to)	Aas Paas	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
	AB	Hum ko bhi gham né maara	Aas Paas	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
	AB	Paan, beedi, cigarette, tambaaqu, na sharab, hum ko to	Jwalamukhi	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Kishore Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha
GC	AB	Yeh kahaan aa gaye hum	Silsila	Shiv-Hari	Javed Akhtar	Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan
GC	AB	Neela aasmaañ so gaya	Silsila	Shiv-Hari	Javed Akhtar	Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan

Raags in songs

Few film songs that have a root in Indian classical music remain faithful to a raag or taal throughout their duration. Indpaedia volunteers have often mentioned raags and taals even when there is merely a hint of that raag or taal in a song. (‘Raag’ is frequently spelt ‘raga,’ while ‘taal’ is also spelt ‘tal.’)

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 charts

Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
Kahañ se ãyé badrã (Raag Madhumãs Sãrañg, Megh/ Taal Keherwã)	Chashme Buddoor	Raj Kamal	Indu Jain	Yesudas, Haimanti Sukla
Kãli ghorhi dwãr kharhi (Kafi/ Punjabi Theka {Sitãrkhãni}	Chashme Buddoor	Raj Kamal	Indu Jain	Yesudas, Haimanti Shukla
Solãh baras ki bãli umar ko salãm [Koshish kar ke dekh le] (Raag Ahir Bhairav/ Taal Keherwa)	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	Laxmikant - Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Anup Jalota, Lata Mangeshkar
Tere mere beech mein kaisa hai ye bandhan (Raag Shivarañjini/ Taal Keherwã)	Ek Duuje Ke Liye	---
Haq Ali, Ali Maulã Ali (Raag Bairãgi Bhairav/ Taal Keherwã)	Nakhuda	Khayyam	Nida Fazli	Mujahid Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Tum ne kya kya kiya hai hamãre liye (Raag Puria Dhanashree/ Taal Keherwã)	Prem Geet	Jagjit Singh	Indeewar	Asha Bhosle
Dekha ek khwab to ye silsiley huyé (Raag Bhûpãli/ Taal Dãdrã)	Silsila	---
Jo tum torho piya main nãhin jorhooñ re (Todi, Chandrakauns)	Silsila	Shiv - Hari	Meera Bai	Lata Mangeshkar
Neela aasmaañ so gaya (Pahãrhi/ Taal DîpChañdi Mughali)	Silsila	Shiv - Hari	Javed Akhtar	Amitabh Bachchan

Binaca Geet Mala 1981: annual list

Contents

The 41 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1981

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 34 songs of 1981

7 songs in the ‘next rung’

Raags in songs

The classical charts

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