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1 The 80 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1979
- 1.1 Two notes about the credits
- 1.2 A note about the number of songs
2 Binaca Geetmala’s Top 44 songs of 1979
3 24 songs in the ‘next rung’
4 Twelve additional songs with a classical background
- 4.1 Raags in songs
- 4.2 The chart
5 See also
- 5.1 For lists of popular songs
- 5.2 For lists of popular films

The 80 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1979

Two notes about the credits

i) Putting everyone in a difficult situation: Towards the end of CD 47 of GCM, Mr. Amin Sayani announced that the song Kuchh tum karo kuchh hum kareiñ from the film Hamaare Tumhare had been composed by ‘the great Shankar-Jaikishan’ and that the lyrics were by Vishweshwar Sharma. However, the jacket of CD/ Volume 47 credits the music and lyrics to Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh respectively.

Such a major contradiction between what is said on the disc (and by the undisputed no.1 radio jockey in the history of Hindi-Urdu music at that) and what is printed on the jacket (by SaReGaMa, no less) threw Indpaedia’s volunteers in a tizzy. Mr. Harmandir Singh ‘Hamraaz,’ despite his faithfulness to original record labels, is, all said and done, a secondary source. Amin Sayani and the SaReGaMa employees who wrote the jacket notes were the Indian popular music establishment itself. Only the SaReGaMa website could overrule them.

SaReGaMa’s website agreed with the jacket notes. One arm of SaReGaMa reiterated what the other had written. Therefore, the dispute remained unresolved.

There was only one higher argument-settler left: the film’s credit titles. They ruled in favour of Rahul Dev Burman and Yogesh.

This unusual clash between the CD and its jacket, between the gigantic Amin Sayani and that repository of most of Indian popular music, SaReGaMa, compelled Indpaedia to draw up the Hierarchy listed on the page Hindi-Urdu songs: methodology.

ii) Who were the singers of the song Golmaal hai bhai from the film Golmaal? Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar wrote: Rahul Dev Burman/ Sapan Chakraborty. However, a usually reliable website said: Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar. Consulting SaReGaMa was useless. They listed two versions of the song, both credited to Sapan Chakraborty. Therefore, the arbitration of Hindi Film Geet Kosh was sought, and it agreed with Sureela Safar.

A note about the number of songs

Since 1957, when there were 34 songs in its annual list, BGM has always played at least 32 songs in its end-of-year broadcasts. There have been freak years like 1977, when there were 42 finalists, but the general trend was 32 guaranteed songs, plus a few bonus songs squeezed in. In 1979, true to this pattern, BGM officially played the Top 35 songs of the year. In addition there were nine jhalak songs (‘flashes’ is BGM’s official English translation of jhalak, which literally means ‘glimpse’). Typically, these ‘flashes’ were brief excerpts from songs that had figured in the previous year’s annual hit parade as well. The 1979 list included a flash from the song Jaan ki qasam from the film Azaad (see Hindi Geet Mala 1979, as well as Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar, page 153). However, neither Indpaedia’s own records, nor any of the three annual lists consulted (GCM, Hindi Geet Mala, Sureela Safar) indicate that this song had played in the previous year’s main list, or even ‘Chhaon.’

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 44 songs of 1979

	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
---	Khaike paan Banares waala	Don (1978)	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Kishore Kumar
1	O saathi ré	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Kishore Kumar/ Asha Bhosle
2	Aaja re o mere dilbar aa ja	Noorie	Khayyam	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh
3	Na jaane kaise pal meiñ badal jaatey haiñ, yeh duniya ké badaltey rishtey	Badalte Rishtey	Laxmikant Pyarelal	Anjaan	Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Suman Kalyanpur
--	Main tulsi tere aangan ki	Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)	Laxmikant Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
4	Hum bewafa har giz na thé par hum	Shalimar	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
5	Jeeja ji jeeja ji hone waale	Saajan Bina Suhaagan	Usha Khanna	Indeewar	Anuradha Paudwal, Suresh Wadkar, Dilraj Kaur
6	Mere paas aao mere dosto ek qissa suno	Mr. Natwarlal	Rajesh Roshan	Anand Bakshi	Amitabh Bachchan, Master Ravi
7	Salaam-e-ishq meri jaan	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Kalyanji-Anandji	Prakash Mehra	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
8	Tere haathon mein pehnaa ke choorhiyaan	Jaani Dushman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Varma Malik	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
9	Sooraj na ban payé to (Madhuban khushboo deta)	Saajan Bina Suhaagan	Usha Khanna	Indeewar	Yesudas, Anuradha Paudwal
10	Dil ke tukde tukde karke muskura ké chal	Dada	Usha Khanna	Kulwant Jani	Yesudas
11	Rote hue aate hain sab	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Kishore Kumar
12	Ik raasta hai zindagi jo tham gaye to	Kala Patthar	‘Rajesh Roshan’ (refrain of Jolene)	Sahir Ludhianvi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
13	O meri jaan! Bol meri jaan! Teri aankhoñ ne	Jaani Dushman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Varma Malik	Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal
14	Main tere pyaar mein paagal	Prem Bandhan	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
15	Saawan ke jhoole pade tum chale aao	Jurmana	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
16	One two cha cha cha ek do cha cha	Shalimar	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Usha Uthup
17	Naheen naheen koi tumsa haseeñ	Swarg Narak	Rajesh Roshan	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
--	Meri dushman hai yeh	Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi
18	Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahaani, yãñ hai	The Great Gambler	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Sharad Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan
19	Thande thande paani se nahâna chahiye	Pati Patni Aur Woh	Ravindra Jain	Anand Bakshi	Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle, Sushma Shrestha
20	Din-ba-din woh mere dil se kyon door door honay lage	Trishna	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Lata Mangeshkar
21	Aaina wohi rehta hai chehre badal jaate	Shalimar	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
22	Leena o Leena dil tooné chheena	Swarg Narak	Rajesh Roshan	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
---	Pyaar maanga hai tum-hi say	College Girl (1978)	Bappi Lahiri	Shiv Kumar ‘Saroj’	Kishore Kumar
23	Chalo re doli uthao kahaar piya milan ki rut aayi	Jaani Dushman	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Varma Malik	Mohammed Rafi
---	Jaisa dés vaisa bhés	Des Pardes (1978)	Rajesh Roshan	Amit Khanna	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
24	Gulmohar gar tumhaara naam hota mausam-e-gul ko	Devata	R.D. Burman	Gulzar	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
25	Pardesiya yeh sach hai piya sab kehte hain	Mr. Natwarlal	Rajesh Roshan	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
26	Suniye, kahiye, kahiye, suniye, suniye (title)	Baaton Baaton Mein	Rajesh Roshan	Amit Khanna	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
27	Baahon mein teri masti ke ghere masti ke ghere	Kala Patthar	Rajesh Roshan	Sahir Ludhianvi	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
---	Jab aati hogi yaad meri	Phansi (1978)	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Gulshan Bawra	Mohammed Rafi, Sulakshana Pandit
28	Pehle pehle pyaar ki mulãquãteiñ yaad hain	The Great Gambler	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
29	Dafli waale dafli bajaa mere ghunghroo bulaate hain	Sargam	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
---	Dil say miley dil	Dil Se Mile Dil (1978)	Bappi Lahiri	Amit Khanna	Kishore Kumar
30	Aane waala kal jaane waala hai, ho sake to is mein	Gol Maal	R.D. Burman	Gulzar	Kishore Kumar
31	Aag hai lagi hui har taraf yahaan wahaan	Swarg Narak	Rajesh Roshan	Anand Bakshi	Mohammed Rafi
32	Chaand churaa ke laaya hoon chaand churaa kay (Chal baitheiñ church kay peechhay)	Devata	R.D. Burman	Gulzar	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
33	Mannu bhai motor chali	Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Rajinder Krishan	Kishore Kumar, Asrani
---	Jaan ki qasam sach kehtey hain hum	Azaad (1978)	Rahul Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
---	Jaan ki qasam sach kehte hain hum, khushi ho ya gham	Azaad (1978)	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
34	Raqqasa mera naam ai saahib sabko salaam	The Great Gambler	R.D. Burman	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
35	Pyaar zindagi hai, pyaar bandagi hai	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Kalyanji-Anandji	Anjaan	Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor

24 songs in the ‘next rung’

The Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein CDs list 15 songs that were ‘in the shade’ (chhaoñ songs) this year. Prof Bhargava has compiled a list of 10 runners-up. The two lists have one song in common. Thus, between the two, there are 24 unique songs in the ‘next rung.’

GC: Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein is a set of 50 CDs issued by Saregama in instalments that continued into 2014. The set concentrated on songs that had ‘remained in the shadow’ (chhaoñ) of the main annual list of Binaca and its successor Geet Malas. These, thus, were the ‘next rung’ of songs, which were popular but did not make it to the main annual list.

AB: Bhargava, Anil, Binaca Geetmala ka Sureela Safar (Hindi; 2007; Rs.1,200), Vangmaya Prakashan, Jaipur-302015. vangmaya_jpr@yahoo.com)

GC	AB	Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
	AB	Kuchh khoney ko dil karta hai	Ahsaas	Bappi Lahiri	Indeewar	Asha Bhosle
	AB	Tumharey bin guzaarey hain kayi din	Atmaram	Shankar-Jaikishan	Vishweshwar Sharma	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
GC		Na bolé tum na main-né kuchh kaha (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)	Baton Baton Mein	Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar	‘Rajesh Roshan’ (Patrick Gilmore @ Louis Lambert)	Yogesh
GC		Simti hui yeh ghadiyan	Chambal ki Kassam	Khaiyyaam	Sahir Ludhianvi	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
GC		Zindagi méré ghar aana	Dooriyan	Jaidev	Sudarshan Faakir	Bhupinder, Anuradha Paudwal
GC		Yeh paudé yeh patté yeh phool	Ek Baar Phir	Raghunath Seth	Vinod Pande	Anuradha Paudwal, Bhupinder
GC		Ek ritu aaye ek ritu jaye	Gautam Govinda	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar
	AB	Golmaal hai, bhai, sab golmaal hai	Golmaal	Rahul Dev Burman	Gulzar	Rahul Dev Burman/ Sapan Chakraborty
GC		Boliye surîli boliyan	Griha Pravesh	Bhupinder, Sulakshana Pandit	Kanu Roy	Gulzar
GC		Kuchh tum karo kuchh hum karen	Hamaare Tumhare	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	Rahul Dev Burman	Yogesh
GC		Humse ka bhool hui jo yeh saza hamkâ mili	Janata Hawaldar	Rajesh Roshan	Majrooh Sultanpuri	Anwar
	AB	Baarah bajey ki suiyoñ jaisey hum dono	Jhootha Kahin Ka	Rahul Dev Burman	Gulshan Bawra	Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
	AB	Jhootha kahin ka mujhe aisa mila	Jhootha Kahin Ka	Rahul Dev Burman	Gulshan Bawra	Asha Bhosle
	AB	Chhoti si ik kali khili thi	Jurmana	Rahul Dev Burman	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Bahoñ mein teri masti ke ghéré	Kaala Patthar	Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi	Rajesh Roshan	Sahir Ludhianvi
	AB	Ik baat kahooñ maiñ sajna	Karmyogi	Kalyanji-Anandji	Varma Malik	Lata Mangeshkar
GC		Zid na karo ab to ruko, yeh raat naheeñ âyégi	Lahu Ke Do Rang	Lata Mangeshkar/ Yesudas	Bappi Lahiri	Faruk Kaiser
GC		Rimjhim giré sawan	Manzil	Rahul Dev Burman	Yogesh	Kishore Kumar
GC		Tauba tauba kya hoga	Mr. Natwarlal	Mohammed Rafi	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle
	AB	Sona karey kaise jhilmil	Paheli	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Hemlata, Suresh Wadkar
GC		Sab titthiyan ka Chandrama jo dekha chaaho aaj (Chaand jaise mukhde pe bindiya sitara)	Sawan Ko Aane Do	Yesudas	Rajkamal	Purushottam Pankaj
GC	AB	Sunayana, Sunayana! (Aa in nazaron ko tum dekho)	Sunayana	Ravindra Jain	Ravindra Jain	Yesudas
	AB	Main ne pyar kiya to theek kiya	Surakksha	Bappi Lahiri	Ramesh Pant	Kishore Kumar
GC		Gunche lage hain kehne	Taraana	Shailendra Singh	Raam Laxman	Tilak Raj Thapar

Twelve additional songs with a classical background

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.

The chart

Song	Film	Music Director	Lyricist	Singer(s)
Saiñyãñ bina ghar soona- soona, rãhi bina jaisé sooni galiyãñ (Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã)	Aangan Ki Kali	Bappi Lahiri	Shaili Shailendra	Bhupinder Singh, Lata Mangeshkar
Bheega bheega mausam aaya, barsé ghaTã ghanghor, preet ka pehla naTkhaT sãwan (Raag Shivarañjini/ Taal Keherwã)	Bhayanak	Usha Khanna	Indeewar	Hem Lata
Dil ke tukrhe tukrhe kar ke muskura ké chal (Raag Bhîm Palãsi/ Taal Keherwã)	Dada	---
Aap ki yaad aati rahi raat bhar, chashm é nam muskurãti rahi raat bhar (Raag Bhairavi/ Hinch)	Gaman	Jaidev	Makhdoom Mohiuddin	Chhaya Ganguli
Ek ritu aaye ek ritu jaye (Raag Bhairav, Bhatiyãr/ Taal Keherwã)	Gautam Govinda	---
Aané-wala pal, jãné-wala hai (Raag Kîrwãni/ Taal Keherwã)	Golmaal	Rahul Dev Burman		Kishore Kumar
Saawan ke jhoole parhe tum chale aao (Pahãrhi/ Rupak Taal)	Jurmana	---
Tumhara pyar chãhiye mujhe jeené ké liye (Kãfi/ Taal Keherwã)	Manokamnaa	Bappi Lahiri	Indeewar	Bappi Lahiri
É-ree main to prém diwãni, mero dard nã jãne koy (Raag Todi/ Taal Keherwã)	Meera	Pt. Ravi Shankar	Meera Bai	Vani Jairam
Karuna suno Shyam mori, maiñ to hoi rahi chérî tori (Raag Purvi/ Punjabi Theka {Sitãrkhãni})	Meera	Pt. Ravi Shankar	Meera Bai	Vani Jairam
Méré to Giridhar Gopal dûsro nã koi, jã-ké sar mor mukuT (Raag Khamãj/ Taal Dãdrã, Hinch)	Meera	Pt. Ravi Shankar	Meera Bai	Vani Jairam, Dinkar Kamanna
Aaja re o mere dilbar aa ja (Pahãrhi/ Taal Keherwã)	Noorie	---
Chori chori koyi ãyé, chupke chupke, sab sé chhupké, khwab kayi dé jãyé (Pahãrhi/ Taal Dãdrã)	Noorie	Khayyam	Jan Nisar Akhtar	Lata Mangeshkar
Jab dil ko satãye gham (Devgañdhãr)	Sargam	Laxmikant-Pyarelal	Anand Bakshi
Bolé to bãñsuri kaheeñ bajti sunãyi dé (Raag Kédãr/ Taal Dãdrã)	Sawan Ko Aane Do	Rajkamal	Pooran Kumar	Yesudas
Piya piya bolé mora kañgna (Mand)	Swarg Narak	Rajesh Roshan

Binaca Geet Mala 1979: annual list

Contents

The 80 most popular/ significant Hindi-Urdu songs of 1979

Two notes about the credits

A note about the number of songs

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 44 songs of 1979

24 songs in the ‘next rung’

Twelve additional songs with a classical background

Raags in songs

The chart

See also

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