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History

1933 Patit Pavan: The song Prem magan was ultimtately not shown in the film.

A note about the credits

1933 A post on ‘Lost Melodies’ mentions the song Binaa nayan pãvé nahi from the film Puran Bhagat. However, Indpaedia has not been able to verify this song independently. ‘Geet Kosh’ lists twenty songs from the film but not this one.

Twelve significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1933

*Song*	Film	Music	Lyrics	Singer(s)
Prem magan sakhi lage na hriday sa koi (Raag Bageshri)	Patit Pavan @Ahilyoddhara	Prof. B.R. Deodher	?	Jairaj
Mere haath mein tera haath rahe	Karma	Ernst Broadhurst, Roy Douglas	?	Devika Rani
Now the moon her light has shed	Karma	Ernst Broadhurst, Roy Douglas	?	Devika Rani
Sab kuchh bhoolé	Karma (@Fate @ Song of Serpent @ Nãgan ki Rãni)	Ernst Broadhurst, Roy Douglas	?	Devika Rani
Ausar beetã jãyé	Puran Bhagat	RC Boral	?	K.L Saigal
Bhaju main to bhaav se Shiri Giridhari	Puran Bhagat	RC Boral	?	K.L Saigal
Binaa nayan pãvé nahi	Puran Bhagat	RC Boral	?	K.L. Saigal
Jao jao ai meré sadhu	Puran Bhagat	RC Boral	?	K.C Dey
Radha rani dé	Puran Bhagat	RC Boral	?	K.L. Saigal, Uma Devi
Lag gayee jo karejawa mein, haayé Rãmã	Yehudi ki Ladki	Pankaj Kumar Mullick	Agha Hashra Kashmiri	K.L. Saigal
Lakh sahi pee ki batiyan	Yehudi ki Ladki	Pankaj Kumar Mullick	Agha Hashra Kashmiri	K.L. Saigal
Nuqta-cheeñ hai gham é dil us ko sunãyé na bané	Yehudi ki Ladki	Pankaj Kumar Mullick	Mirza Ghalib	K.L. Saigal

How these particular songs were chosen

India’s first—and Hindi-Urdu music’s only durable—hit parade began in 1954. Its creator, Binaca Geet Mala, issued annual lists for 1952 and 1953 as well. However, songs had been introduced in Hindi-Urdu films as early as in 1931, indeed, with India’s first talking film.

Which were the most popular Hindi-Urdu songs between 1931 and 1951? The internationally accepted way of finding out is to go through contemporary as well as later articles to see which songs were mentioned (‘cited’) most often.

Indpaedia’s volunteers spent almost 21 man-months combing through all sources that mentioned songs from the years not covered by Binaca Geet Mala. Around one-third of this time was spent sifting through and analysing fifteen sources that covered the period 1931-53. These included YouTube playlists, three encylopaedias of Hindi-Urdu songs and a scholarly history of Hindi-Urdu film music. Because very few songs were mentioned ‘often,’ the volunteers noted down every song that was mentioned at all. Less than half a dozen songs were omitted because they did not exist either on Saregama’s website, the Geet Kosh, YouTube or Hindi Geet Mala. Every song was cross-checked with at least one of these sites.

For more details please see Hindi-Urdu songs: methodology.

Annual lists for the years 1931-51 have been arranged in the alphabetical order, because no one knows the order of their popularity. However, this can be done.

The Indpaedia community will be grateful if some volunteer(s) check out on YouTube the songs mentioned on this page and rank them according to the number of times each song has been played. (Most, but not all, of these songs are on YouTube.) This contribution will be gratefully acknowledged in the volunteer’s name.

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.

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1933

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History

A note about the credits

Twelve significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1933

How these particular songs were chosen

Raags in songs

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