Hindi-Urdu songs: 1942

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A note about the credits

1942 The song Pãyal jham jham bãjé from the film Basant is not among the 9 tracks from the film listed in the Geet Kosh. Perhaps the film’s title music, a chorus headed by Pannalal Ghosh (or the duet Balam dheerey bol koi sun lega) was meant. Incidentally, Anil Biswas claims to have composed the songs though the film’s literature credited the legendary Panna Lal Ghosh as the composer. Biswas claimed that Ghosh was brought in only for the background music and the orchestration.

1942 Whose is the female voice in the song Raja beti kekarala from the film ‚‘Saugandh‘‘? Apparently the liner notes of the Hindustan Records’ album ‘Songs From The New Theatres Films’ says that it is Indrani Roy. According to ‘Geet Kosh’ Shanti is the singer. Normally one should unquestioningly accept what an album’s credits say. However, when a song is reissued sixty years later, credits are not always accurate and ‘Geet Kosh’ normally has a lower margin of error.

Thirty significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1942

Song

Film

Year

Music

Lyrics

Singer(s)

Pãyal jham jham bãjé (Raag  Sohini)

Basant

1942

Pannalal Ghosh

Pyare Lal Santoshi

(prob. Parul Ghosh, Arun Kumar)

Umeed un kya thi aur kar voh kya rahé haiñ

Basant

1942

Pannalal Ghosh

PL Santoshi

Parul Ghosh

Nayan-heen ko raah dikha

Bhakt Surdas

1942  

Gyan Dutt

D.N. Madhok 

K.L. Saigal

Chandni raat aur tãré khilé hoñ

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal, Khursheed

Din se dugunee ho jaye ratiya hayé

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Madhukar Shyam hamare chor (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Maiya mori mai nahi makhan khayo

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Nain-heen ko raah dikha, Prabhu (Raag Darbãrî Kãnarhã/ Taal Keherwã)

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Nis din barsat nain hamare

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal, Minder

Panchhi bãwara chãnd preet lagayé (Raag Kédãr/ Taal Keherwã)

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

Khursheed

Qadam chale aagé man paachhé bhaagé (Raag Dés/ Taal Keherwã)

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Raen gayi ab hua savera

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal

Sar pe qadam [?] kee chhaiyã muraliya bãjé re  (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)

Bhakta Surdas

1942

Gyan Dutt

Dina Nath Madhok

K.L. Saigal, Rajkumari

Shri Ramchandr kripãlu bhaj mana  (Raag Hamîr/ Rûpak Taal)

Bharat Milap

1942

Shankarrao Vyas

Goswami Tulsidas

Chorus

Ai chand chhup na jana, jab tak main

Jawab

1942

Kamal Dasgupta

Buddhi Chandra Agrawal ‘Madhur

Kanan Devi

Door desh ka rehnewala

Jawab

1942

Kamal Dasgupta

Bekal

Kanan Devi, Asit Baran

Hum aankh macholi kheleinge

Khandan

1942

Ghulam Haidar

The film’s lyrics were by

Noor Jehan

Maar gayi hamein teri nazariya

Khandan

1942

Ghulam Haidar

i) M. D. Taseer

Noor Jehan

Tu kaun si badli mein merey chaand?

Khandan

1942

Ghulam Maider

ii) Nazim Panipati

Noor Jehan

Urh ja panchhi urh ja

Khandan

1942

Ghulam Haidar

iii) D. N. Madhok

Noor Jehan

Roothna pyar meiñ

Mehman

1942

Khemchand Prakash

 Dina Nath Madhok

Bulo C. Rani

Garibon par daya karke bada ehsaan karte ho

 

Roti

1942

Anil Biswas

Dr SafdarAah

Ashraf Khan

Rehné laga hai dil meiñ andhéra teré baghair

Roti

1942

Anil Biswas

Behzaad Lucknowi

[Begum] Akhtari Bai

Ulajh gayé nain-vã, chhooté nahiñ chhutãyé

Roti

1942

Anil Biswas

Aarzoo  Lucknowi

[Begum] Akhtari Bai

Voh hans rahé haiñ, aah kiyé jaa raha hooñ maiñ

Roti

1942

Anil Biswas

Aarzoo  Lucknowi

[Begum] Akhtari Bai

Raja beti kekarala

Saugandh

1942

R. C. Boral

Pandit Natwar

Shanti / Indrani Roy + Asit Baran

Voh hum ko bhûlé lékin hum kaisé bhool jayeiñ (Kãfi)

Saugandh

1942

R. C. Boral

Pt. Natwar

Shanti

Panchhi ja peechhey raha hai bachpan mera

Sharda

1942

Naushad

DN Madhok

Baby Suraiya

Sãré jahãñ achhã

Sukhi Jivan

1942

C. Ramachandra

Dr. Iqbal

(Geet Kosh only mentions ‘Hindustan hamara hai, humko jãñ pyara hai’ penned by M.R. Kapoor)

Arman tadapté hai

Zamindar

 1942

Ghulam Haider

DN Madhok

Shanta Apte

 

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.

See also

For lists of popular songs

If the song that you are looking for has not been listed under one particular year, please look up the next year’s charts as well. This is especially true of Binaca/ Cibaca’s annual charts, which would put songs released in the last months of a year in the following year’s charts.

Hindi-Urdu songs: An introduction <> Hindi-Urdu songs: methodology <> Hindi-Urdu songs: sources and abbreviations <> Hindi-Urdu songs, 1931-49: years not known

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1931 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1932 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1933 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1934

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1935 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1936 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1937 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1938 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1939

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1940 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1941 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1942 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1943 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1944

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1945 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1946 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1947 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1948 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1949

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1950 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1951 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1952 Binaca Geet Mala: History and trivia Binaca Geet Mala 1953: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1954: greatest hits

Binaca Geet Mala 1955: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1956: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1957: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1958: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1959: greatest hits

Binaca Geet Mala 1960: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1961: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1962: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1963: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1964: greatest hits

Binaca Geet Mala 1965: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1966: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1967: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1968: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1969: greatest hits

Binaca Geet Mala 1970: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1971: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1972: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1973: greatest hits Binaca Geet Mala 1974: greatest hits

Binaca Geet Mala 1975: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1976: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1977: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1978: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1979: annual list

Binaca Geet Mala 1980: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1981: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1982: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1983: annual list Binaca Geet Mala 1984: annual list

Binaca Geet Mala 1985: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1986: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1987: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1988: annual list Cibaca Sangeet Mala 1989: annual list

Cibaca Sangeet Mala 1990: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1991: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1992: annual list Cibaca Geet Mala 1993: annual list Hindi-Urdu songs: 1994

Hindi-Urdu songs: 1995 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1996 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1997 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1998 Hindi-Urdu songs: 1999

Hindi-Urdu songs: 2000 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2001 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2002 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2003 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2004

Hindi-Urdu songs: 2005 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2006 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2007 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2008 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2009

Hindi-Urdu songs: 2010 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2011 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2012 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2013 Hindi-Urdu songs: 2014

Hindi-Urdu songs: 2015

For lists of popular Hindi-Urdu films

Indpaedia has lists of the highest grossing films of all individual years (and some decades) from Hindi-Urdu films: 1940 to the present.

Records for the 1930s are non-existent but you may still want to read:

Hindi-Urdu films: 1931 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1932 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1938 <>Hindi-Urdu films: 1939

Below are sample links, one from each decade. Links to all individual years (and some decades) will be found at the bottom of every page in the Hindi-Urdu films series.

Hindi-Urdu films: 1941 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1950 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1968 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1977 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1986 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 1995 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 2004 <> Hindi-Urdu films: 2013 <>

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