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A note about the credits

‚‘‘1934 ‚‘‘ The song ‚‘Mehul gaaje Maadhav naache‘‘ has been posted on YouTube as being from the film Aaj Kal/ Today or Tomorrow but has not been included among the fourteen songs from this film listed by ‘Geet Kosh.’ That Shanta Kumari sang the song makes it likely that it was from the film.

29 significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1934

*Song*	Film	Music	Lyrics	Singer(s)
Banwaari ban mein baaje bansuri, sautan ké ghar javo javo piya	Aaj Kal/ Today or Tomorrow	S.P. Rane	? (‘Nashtar’ wrote some songs for the film)	Shanta Kumari
Mehul gaaje Maadhav naache rum jhum vaage	Aaj Kal/ Today or Tomorrow	S.P. Rane	?	Shanta Kumari
Aarat ko dukh haro, Devi Durga namo	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	??	Chorus
Aarzoo-e-dil ayaañ karne ke bhi qãbil naheeñ	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	‘Veer’ Muhammadpuri	Sureshbabu Mane
Abla hai buri balaa, chañchal hridyaa moorh anãri [not anãrhi]	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Sureshbabu Mane
Añdhéri rãt beeti, sãdho, vipada ki raat	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Shanta Apte
Banwa ki chhavi lakhi lakhi mam jiyã hiyã harshãyé	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Nalini Tarkhud
Dekho dekho sakhiyaan, kaisi chhãyi bãdri, garjé hai mégh	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	‘Veer’ Muhammadpuri	Shanta Apte
Jayati jai Ambike dayã dhãm, bhava gam jaladhi	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Chorus
Jiya mora na bisaare, vãhi ko sãñjh sañvãré	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	‘Veer’ Muhammadpuri	Shanta Apte
Kamsini meiñ dil pe gham ka vaar kyoñ	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Shanta Apte
Raat aayi hai nayaa rañg zamãné ké liyé, léké aarãm kã	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Shanta Apte
Sakhi ri Shyaam barho dhithiyãro, barbas phori gãgri	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Vasant Desai
Soyi nrip yash bhaagi jãn-nã, dînan ki sudhi nãhîñ bisãré	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Sureshbabu Mane
Taaro mori vipada, ab sahi nã jãt, muni rãj	Amrit Manthan	Keshavrao Bhole	?	Shanta Apte
Qudrat ayaañ chamke jhamke damké, ab chãhat jo	Baag-e-Misar	Joseph David, Master Muhammad	Munshi ‘Aashiq’	Firoz Dastur
Manharwa mora pyaara	Bhakta Prahlad	Anna Saheb Maeenkar	?	Ratnaprabha
Prabhu laaj bhakton ki rãkhé sadã	Bhakta Prahlad	Anna Saheb Maeenkar	?	Ratnaprabha
Basanti ritu aai aali	Chandidas	Raychander Boral	Agha Hashr Kashmiri	Uma Devi
Dekhat vaako hi roop prem ka pujari, much par thi roop rañg	Chandidas	Raychander Boral	Agha Hashr Kashmiri	K.L. Saigal
Prem ki ho jai, jeevan hai ab such-mayé	Chandidas	RC Boral	Agha Hashr Kashmiri	K.L. Saigal, Umashashi, Pahari Sanyal
Prem nagar mein banaongi ghar main	Chandidas	RC Boral	Agha Hashr Kashmiri	Umashashi, K.L Saigal
Tadpat beeté rainã	Chandidas	RC Boral	Agha Hashr Kashmiri	K.L Saigal
Bhagwaan karega madad teri, dukh door ba-aasãni hogã	Grihalaxmi @ Educated Wife	S.P. Rane	?	K C. Dey
Na ranj karo badnaseeb Bhãrat, abhi teri hai aabroo bãqi	Grihalaxmi	S.P. Rane	?	K C. Dey
Shubh ghadi aai sab mil ké gão badhãî (Raag Bageshri)	Insaaf Ki Tope	Nãgar Das Nayak	?	Shaila V. Panchotia
Kitaab-e-dard mein likha mere gham ka fasãnã hai, bakoor é yãs o hasrat sé bharã	Sultana	?	?	Akbar Khan Durrani Peshawari
Mushkil kushãñ hai naam tera to mushkil meiñ kaam aana	Sultana	?	?	Akbar Khan Durrani Peshawari
Raaja jaani, na maaro nain-vã ké teer, ré	Vatan Parasta @ Parveez @ Desh Bhakt	Harish Chandra Bali	(Some songs by Ramanand)	(Unknown female)

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: 1934

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A note about the credits

29 significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1934

How these particular songs were chosen

Raags in songs

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