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1943 Today K.L. Saigal is seen as the all-powerful mega- singing star of his era. However, even by 1943 his power within the industry seemed to have diminished somewhat. He was the leading man of Meri Behen but he had to merely lip-sync songs sung by Pankaj Mullick. (Apparently, the songs had been recorded in advance.)

1943 The book "Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries" credits the music of O bhoolnéwale maiñ tujhé kaise bhulãooñ? from "Pagli" to Ustad JhandeKhan. However, the Geet Kosh indicates that Gobind Ram composed this particular song. (The film had four music directors.)

38 significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1943

Song	Film	Music	Lyrics	Singer(s)
Prabhuji Prabhuji rãkho lãj hamãri (Raag Pilu/ Taal Keherwã)	Hospital	Kamal Dasgupta	Pandit Madhur	Kanan Devi
Zara naino se naina milãyé jão ré	Hospital	Kamal Dasgupta	Pandit Bhushan	Kanan Devi
Hum chale watan	Kashinath	Pankaj Kumar Mullick	Pandit Bhushan	Asit Baran, Indrani Roy
Lo shuru hui	Kashinath	Pankaj Kumar Mullick	Pandit Bhushan	Asit Baran, Bela Mukherjee
Aaj Himalaya ki choti sé (door hato aé duniyawaalon, Hindustan hamaara hai)	Kismet	Anil Biswas	Kavi Pradeep	Amirbai Karnataki, Khan Mastana
Ab tere siva (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Dadra)	Kismet	Anil Biswas	Pradeep	Amirbai Karnataki,
Dheerey dheerey aa ray baadal, dheerey dheerey ja	Kismet	Anil Biswas	Pradeep	Amîrbai, Aroon Kumar
Papiha ré meré piya sé kahiyo	Kismet	Anil Biswas	Pradeep	Parul Ghosh
Aayé bhi woh gayé bhi woh	Namaste	Naushad	D.N. Madhok	Parul Ghosh
O bhoolnéwale maiñ tujhé kaise bhulãooñ?	Pagli	Gobind Ram or Ustad JhandeKhan	Qamar Jalalabadi or Melaram Vafa	Shamshad Begum
Yeh geet papeeha gata hai	Pagli	Ustad JhandeKhan	Qamar Jalalabadi or Melaram ‚Vafa‘	---
Aaya saawan aa jã sajan, sûnî sijariyã (Raag Brindawani Sarang)	Prarthana	Saraswati Devi	Dr. Safdar ‘Aah’	Miss Kajjan
Ek dhuñdhlã sã muhabbat kã hai naqshã bãqi (Ghazal)	Prarthana	Saraswati Devi	Dr. Safdar ‘Aah’	Miss Kajjan
Kãhé néhã lagãyé sajaniyã? (Thumri)	Prarthana	Saraswati Devi	Dr. Safdar ‘Aah’	Miss Kajjan
Aankhon mein	Prithvi Vallabh	Rafiq Ghaznavi, Saraswati Devi	Pt. Sudarshan	Meena Shorey, Menka, Sheela
Havã né bãñdha hai kya rang (Raag Bhoop)	Prithvi Vallabh	Saraswati Devi	Pt. Sudarshan	Ameer Bai
Panchhi ud chal apne desh	Prithvi Vallabh	Rafiq Ghaznavi, Saraswati Devi	Pt. Sudarshan	Menka, Rafiq Ghaznavi
Beena madhur-madhur kachhu bol (Raag BhimPalãsi/ Taal Keherwã)	Ram Rajya	Shankar Rao Vyas	Ramesh Gupta	Saraswati Rane
Jeevan ki nao na dolé	Shakuntala	Vasant Desai	Deewan Sharar	Jayshree
O jogan, o bairagi	Shankar Parvati	Gyan Dutt	Pandit Indra	Bulo C. Rani
Ab raja bhayé moré bãlam vo din bhool gayé	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Dina Nath Madhok	Khursheed
Baagh lagaa dooñ sajani	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal
Barso ré, barso, kãlé badarwã! (Maiñ jalti..) (Raag Mégh Malhãr/ Teen Taal)	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	Khursheed
Binaa pankh panchhi hooñ main	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	D N Madhok	K.L. Saigal
Din soona suraj bin	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	D N Madhok	K.L. Saigal, Khursheed
Diya jalao jag-mag jag-mag (Raag KalyãN/ Taal Keherwã))	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal
Ghata ghan ghor ghor, mor machãvé shor (Raag Briñdãvani Sãrañg/ Taal Keherwã)	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	Khursheed
Ho dukhiya jiyarã roté nainã	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	DN Madhok	Khursheed
Kãhé guman kare ri gori (Thumri) (Raag Pilu/ Taal Keherwã)	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal
Moré bãlãpan ké saathi, chhailã, bhool jaiyo naa	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal, Khursheed
Ruma jhuma ruma jhuma chãl tihãri (Raag Shañkarã/ Teen Taal)	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal
Sapt suran teen grãm, sadhu sab guni (Raag KalyãN/ Chau Taal)	Tansen	Khemchand Prakash	Pt. Indra	K.L. Saigal
Sawan ki ritu bhaayé sajanwa	Vishwas	Feroze Nizami	Pt. Indra	Surendra, Mehtab
Ai dil khushi (Elements of Raag Pîlû)	Wapas	R. C. Boral	Pandit Bhushan	---
Bhool na jana	Wapas	R. C. Boral	Munshi Zaakir Hussain	Asit Baran, Indrani Roy
Hum coachwan (Raag Mishr Kãfi)	Wapas	R. C. Boral	Pandit Bhushan	Asit Baran
Jeevan hai bekar	Wapas	R. C. Boral	Pandit Bhushan	Asit Baran
Tum ne mujh se prem jata kar	Wapas	R. C. Boral	Munshi Zaakir Hussain	Asit Baran

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: 1943

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How these particular songs were chosen

Raags in songs

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