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1949: It was around 1949 that gramophone records of film songs started hitting the market before the film itself, and creating anticipation for the film.

44 significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1949

Song	Film	Music	Lyrics	Singer(s)
Darr na, muhabbat kar lé	Andaz	Naushad	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Shamshad Begum, Lata Mangeshkar
Hum aaj kahin dil kho baithé	Andaz	Naushad	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Mukesh
Meri ladli ri bani hai (Dã din dãrã) (Raag Bihãg/ Taal Keherwã)	Andaz	Naushad	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Torh diya dil mera tû-né ai bewafa (Raag Pahãrhi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Andaz	Naushad	Shakeel Badayuni	Lata Mangeshkar
Tû kahé agar jeevan bhar maiñ geet sunãtã jãooñ	Andaz	Naushad	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Mukesh
Tûté na dil tûté na (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)	Andaz	Naushad	Shakeel Badayuni	Mukesh
Uthaye ja un ke sitam aur jeeye ja (Raag Kédãr/ Taal Dãdrã)	Andaz	Naushad	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Bigrhi banãné wãlé bigrhi banã dé	Badi Behen	Husnalal Bhagatram	Qamar Jalalabadi	Suraiya
Chale jana nahin naina mil ke (Raag Ãsãwarî/ Taal Keherwã)	Badi Behen	Husnalal Bhagatram	Rajinder Krishan	Lata Mangeshkar
Chup chup khadé ho zuroor koi baat hai	Badi Behen	Husnalal Bhagatram	Rajinder Krishan	Prem Lata, Lata Mangeshkar
Voh paas raheiñ yãñ door raheiñ	Badi Behen	Husnalal Bhagatram	Qamar Jalalabadi	Suraiya
Aisé mein agar tum aa jaté	Balam	Husnalal Bhagatram	Qamar Jalalabadi	Suraiya
Barsaat mein hum sé milé tum (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Dadra)	Barsaat	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra	Lata Mangeshkar etc
Chhorh gaye bãlam (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)	Barsaat	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
Hawã meiñ urhtã jãyé mérã lãl dupatta malmal kã	Barsaat	Shankar Jaikishan	Ramesh Shastri	Lata Mangeshkar
Jiya beqarãr hai (Raag Bhairavi)	Barsaat	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar
Main zindigi mein har dam rota hi raha hoon (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Barsaat	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Mohammed Rafi
Meri ankhon mein bas gaya koi re (Raag Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã), Dãdrã)	Barsaat	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	Lata Mangeshkar
O! Mujhé kisi sé pyar ho gaya (Raag Bhairavi)	Barsaat	Shankar-Jaikishan	Jalal Malihabadi	Lata Mangeshkar
Tirchhi nazar hai, patli kamar hai (Raag Bhairavi)	Barsaat	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra	Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
Sajan ki galiyan chhorh chale (Raag Pahãrhi/ Taal DîpChañdi)	Bazar	Shyamsunder	Qamar Jalâlâbâdî	Lata Mangeshkar
Hayé, chanda gayé pardes	Chakori	Hans Raj Behl	Mulk Raj Bhakhri	Lata Mangeshkar
Ek bewafa ki yaad né	Char Din	Shyamsunder	Shakeel Badayuni	Suraiya
Tu mera chand main teri chandni	Dillagi	Naushad	Shakeel Badayuni	Suraiya, Shyam
Ai dil tujhe (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)	Dulari	Naushad	Shakeel Badayuni	Lata Mangeshkar
Suhaani raat dhal chuki (Raag Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã)	Dulari	Naushad	Shakeel Badayuni	Mohammed Rafi
Lara lappa lãee rakhdã	Ek Thi Ladki	Vinod	Aziz Kashmiri	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd.Rafi, G. M. Durrani
Lut gayi ummeedoñ ki (Dil pe voh choT)	Jal Tarang	Husnalal-Bhagatram	Sarshaar Sailani	Lata Mangeshkar
Badra ki chhaon talé, nanhi-nanhi booñdiyãñ	Lekh	Krishan Dayal, BSc	Raghupat Roy	Suraiya, Mukesh
Aayega aanewala	Mahal	Khemchand Prakash	Nakshab Jaaravchi	Lata Mangeshkar
Mushkil hai bahut mushkil chãhat ko bhulã dénã (Raag Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã)	Mahal	Khemchand Prakash	Nakshab Jaaravchi	Lata Mangeshkar
Chhãyã samã suhãnã	Naach	Husnalal-Bhagatram	Kaif Irfani	Mohammed Rafi, Suraiya
Dil ki lagi né humko dîwana kar ké chorha	Paras	Ghulam Muhammad	Shakeel Badayuni	Mohammed Rafi
Meré piya gayé Rangoon, kiya hai vahãñ sé telifoon	Patanga	C. Ramachandra	Rajinder Krishan	Shamshad Begum, Chitalkar
Jin raaton mein neend urh jati hai	Raat Ki Rani	Hansraj Behl	Aarzoo Lakhnavi	Mohammed Rafi
Hey chandravadan	Ram Vivah	Shankar Rao Vyas	Prem Adib	Rajkumari
Jagmag jagmag karta chãñd Poonam ka pyarã nikla (Raag Bihag?)	Rimjhim	Khemchand Prakash	Bharat Vyas	Kishore Kumar
Maiñ nayi navéli dulhan hooñ	Sampati	Timir Baran	Pt. Bhushan	Shrimati Suprabha Sarkar
Man-vã meiñ pyãr dolé	Sartaj	Husnalal-Bhagatram	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Zohra, Mukesh
Yeh duniya roop ki	Shabnam	Sachin Dev Burman	Qamar Jalâlâbâdî	Shamshad Begum
Ye duniya hai,yahãñ dil ka lagãnã kis ko aatã hai (Raag Bhairavi/ Taal Keherwã)	Shair [shãyãr]	Ghulam Mohammad	Shakeel Badayuni	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
Naya nainon mein rang	Singaar	Khursheed Anwar, M.A. (Asstt.: Roshan Lal)	Dina Nath Madhok	Suraiya
Tum sang akhiyãn mila ké, néhã lagã ké (Raag Briñdãvani Sãrañg/ Taal Keherwã)	Sunehre Din	Gyan Dutt	Dina Nath Madhok	Surinder Kaur
Aaj mere jeevan ké nabh meiñ chhãyi hai añdhiyãrî (Raag Bhîm Palãsi)	Usha Haran	Saraswati Devi	Ramesh Shastri	?

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: 1949

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How these particular songs were chosen

Raags in songs

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