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The 43 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1953

Two notes on the credits

i) Who wrote the lyrics of the song Muhabbat aisi dharkan hai jo samjhaee nahiñ jâti in the film Anarkali? Rajinder Krishan, according to Hindi Geet Mala, but Hasrat Jaipuri according to Prof. Anil Bhargava and SaReGaMa. Indpaedia tends to accept SaReGaMa unquestioningly: unless there is reason not to.

ii) The Nashad who scored the music of Naghma is NOT the great Naushad, and this is not a typing mistake. His real name was Shaukat Ali and he also composed music under the name Shaukat Dehlvi. See Shaukat Ali Nashad.

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 12 songs of 1953

Binaca Geetmala was not a weekly hit parade in 1953. However, it did come up with an annual list, complete with ranks, calculated on the basis of listeners’ votes.

	Song	Film	Singer(s)	Music	Lyrics
1	Ye zindagi usi ki hai, jo kisi ka ho gaya, pyar hi mein kho gaya	Anarkali	Lata Mangeshkar	Chitalkar Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan
2	Sham-é-gham ki qasam	Footpath	Talat Mahmood	Khayyam	Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sardar Jafri
3	Muhabbat ki dastaan aaj suno	Mayur Pankh (1954)	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri
4	Ai gham-e-dil kya karoon	Thokar	Talat Mahmood	Sardar Malik	Majaz Lucknavi
5	Yaad kiya dil ne kahaan ho tum, jhoom-ti bahaar hai kahaan ho tum	Patita	Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri
6	Zindagi denewale sun, teri duniya se dil bhar gaya	Dil - e - Nadan	Talat Mahmood	Ghulam Mohammad	Shakeel Badayuni
7	Aaja re, ab mera dil pukara, ro ro ke gham bhi hara	Aah	Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh	Shankar Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri
8	Bahaaren béch daaleeñ, ai pyar teri duniya se hum	Jhâñjhar	Lata Mangeshkar	Chitalkar Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan
9	Dharti kahe pukar ke, beej bichha le pyar ke, mausam bita jaay	Do Bigha Zamin	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey	Salil Chowdhury	Shailendra
10	Kaare badara tu na jaa na jaa bairi tu bides na jaa	Shikast	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar Jaikishan	Shailendra
11	Aa muhabbat ki basti basayenge hum	Fareb	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar	Anil Biswas	Majrooh Sultanpuri
12	Kahe jaadu kiya muhko	Naghma	Shamshad Begum	Nâshâd (Shaukat Dehlvi)	Nakhshab Jârchavi

The next 31 songs

For the years before and after Binaca and other Geetmalas, Indpaedia has tried to compile ‘meta-lists’ of the most significant songs of those years. Typically, meta-lists are aggregates of other lists on the same subject.

For 1953 the sources consulted by Indpaedia were:

C= Geetmala ki Chhaon Mein is a set of 50 CDs issued by Saregama in instalments that continued into 2012-13. 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.

Y= Yaadon ki Manzil is a set of 9 CDs issued by Saregama in 2011, containing songs from ‘1930 to 1980.’ The set had first been released on black discs (vinyl LPs/ ‘long-playing’ records) and audio cassettes in 1986. No claim has been made to the effect that these were the biggest selling songs of their respective years.

B= The Best of Bollywood Ever is a set of 10 CDs issued by Saregama in 2010, containing “the biggest hits from the 1930’s [sic] to 2010.’

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

Song	Film	Singer(s)	Music	Lyrics	C	Y	B	A
Jané na nazar pehchané jigar	Aah	Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri	C		B
Raja ki aayegi baaraat	Aah	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra				A
Sunté thay naam hum jinka bahaar say dekha to dola jiyâ jhoom-jhoom kay	Aah	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri				A
Sun merey saajna, dekho ji mujh ko bhool na jana	Aansoo	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar	Husnalal-Bhagatram	Qamar Jalalabadi				A
Zulm ki nagri mein kisi ka kaun	Aas	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar-Jaikishan	Hasrat Jaipuri				A
Aa jaa, ab to aa jaa, meri qismat kay khareed-daar	Anarkali	Lata Mangeshkar	C. Ramchandra	Shailendra				A
Zindagi pyar ki do char ghadi hoti hai	Anarkali	Hemant Kumar	C. Ramachandra	Rajinder Krishan				A
Jaag dard é ishq jaag	Anarkali	Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	C. Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan	C
Muhabbat aisi dharkan hai jo samjhaee nahiñ jâti	Anarkali	Lata Mangeshkar	C. Ramchandra	Hasrat Jaipuri	C			A
Zindagi pyar ki do châr ghodi	Anarkali	Talat Mehmood?	C. Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan	C
Bharam teri wafaon ka	Arman	Talat Mehmood	Sachin Dev Burman	Sahir Ludhianvi		Y
Dard ki ai raat guzar ja	Baghi	Lata Mangeshkar	Madan Mohan	Majrooh Sultanpuri		Y
Zara saamney aa, zara aankh mila	Baaz	Geeta Dutt	O P Nayyar	Majrooh Sultanpuri				A
Nanhe munne bachche teri mutthi mein	Boot Polish	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, chorus	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra	C			A
Devta tum ho mera sahara	Daaera	Mohd. Rafi, Mubarak Begum, chorus	Jamal Sen	Kaif Bhopali		Y
Hariyala sawan dhol bajata aaya	Do Bîghâ Zameen	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey and chorus.	Salil Chowdhury	Shailendra	C
Aa mohabbat ki basti basayenge hum	Fareb	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar	Anil Biswas	Majrooh Sultanpuri	C
Pee bin soona ji	Hamdard	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey	Anil Biswas	Prem Dhawan	C
Toré naina raseelé kateelé, hayé Ram	Hamdard	Manna Dey	Anil Biswas	Prem Dhawan	C
Yeh barkha bahaar, sautaniya kay dwar na jaa morey sanwarey	Mayur Pankh	Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra				A
Meri chunri udaye liyo	Nag Panchami	Asha Bhosle, Chorus	Chitragupta	GS Nepali		Y
Tera kaam hai jalna	Paapi	Mohd. Rafi	S.Mohinder	Rajinder Krishan		Y
Chand hai wohi sitaarey hai [sic] wohi	Parineeta	Geeta Roy	Aroon Kumar Mukherjee	Pt. Bharat Vyas		Y
Gore gore haathon mein mehndi	Parineeta	Asha Bhosle and chorus	Aroon Kumar Mukherjee	Pt. Bharat Vyas	C			A
Hain sab se madhur voh geet jinheiñ	Patita	Talat Mehmood	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra				A
(Andhey jahaañ kay andhey raastey) Jayeiñ to jayeiñ kahaañ?	Patita	Talat Mehmood	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra				A
Kisi nay apna bana kay mujh ko muskurana sikha diya	Patita	Lata Mangeshkar	Shankar-Jaikishan	Shailendra				A
Zameen chal rahi	Pehli Jhalak	Hemant Kumar	C. Ramchandra	Rajinder Krishan	C
Dekho woh chand chhupke	Shart	Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar	Hemant Kumar	S.H. Bihari	C
Kare badra tu na ja	Shikast	Lata Mangeshkar				Y
Ae gham-e-dil kya karoon	Thokar	Talat Mehmood	Sardar Malik	Majaz Lucknavi	C

Binaca Geet Mala 1953: greatest hits

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The 43 most popular Hindi-Urdu songs of 1953

Two notes on the credits

Binaca Geetmala’s Top 12 songs of 1953

The next 31 songs

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