Hindi-Urdu songs: 1941

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1941 The song Lakh lakh chanderi from Padosi (1941) was ten minues long. It was very difficult to choreograph.

31 significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1941

Song

Film

Year

Music

Lyrics

Singer(s)

Meré jeevan path par chhaee kaun

Anjaan

 1941

Panna Lal Ghosh

Pradeep

Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani

Neel kamal muskaye (Raag Bhairavi)

Chitralekha

1941

Ustad Jhande Khan

Kedar Sharma

Raj Dulari

Rut aaye, rut jaaye, panchhi  (Parts 1, 2)

Chitralekha

1941

Ustad Jhande Khan

Kedar Sharma

Siddeshwar Mukherjee

Saîñyã sãñwré, bhayé bãñwré, vachan karat nit jhoothé (Raag Bhairavi)

Chitralekha

1941

Ustad Jhande Khan

Kedar Sharma

Raj Dulari

Tum jao jao (Raag Bhairavi)

Chitralekha

1941

Ustad JhandeKhan

Kedar Sharma

Raj Dulari

Bas bas dholna

Chowdhri

1941

Ghulam Haider

F.D. Sharf

‘Baby’ Noor Jehan, Master Ghulam Haider

Aaj apni mehnaton ka

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

Aarzoo Lucknowi

Pankaj Mullick

Aayi nit nayi rut ki bahãr aai

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

?

Bharti/ Pankaj Mullick

Chalé pawan ki chaal

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

AH Shor

Pankaj Mullick

Guzar gaya woh zamana

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

Aarzoo Lucknowi/ A.H. Shor

Pankaj Mullick

Kab tak nirãshã ki añdhiyãñ (Raag Bheem Palãsi)

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

Aarzoo Lucknowi/ A.H. Shor

Pankaj Mullick

Mehek rahi hai phulwari (Taal Keherwã)

Doctor

1941

Pankaj Mullick

AH Shor

Pankaj Mullick

Maiñ to Dilli dulhan lãyã ai bãbu (Raag Pîlu)

Jhoola

1941

Saraswati Devi

Pradeep

Rehmat Bano, Arun Kumar

Na jané kidhar aaj meri nao

Jhoola

1941

Saraswati Devi

Pradeep

Ashok Kumar

Sawan nazaré

Khazanchi

 1941

Ghulam Haider

Wali Saheb

Shamshad Begum, Chorus

Hat gai lo kaali ghata

Lagan

1941

R. C. Boral

Arzoo Lucknowi

K.L. Saigal

Kaahe ko raarh machãî

Lagan

1941

R. C. Boral

Arzoo Lucknowi

K.L. Saigal

Maiñ soté bhaag jaga doongã

Lagan

1941

R. C. Boral

Arzoo Lucknowi

K.L. Saigal

Tum bin kaal na aaye mohe

Lagan

1941

R. C. Boral

Arzoo Lucknowi

Kanan Devi

Ya kaisa anyay data

Lagan

1941

R. C. Boral

Arzoo Lucknowi

K.L. Saigal

Kakã abba barhé khilarhi

Padosi

1941

Master Krishna Rao

Pt. Sudarshan

Balwant Singh; Bãlak Ram; Gopal

Main geet sunati rehti hoon/ main mann behlãti rehti hoon

Padosi

1941

Master Krishna Rao

Pt. Sudarshan

Anees Khatoon

Hãth meiñ hogi khãli jholi

Pardesi

1941

Khemchand Prakash

Madhok or Santoshi

Sneh Prabha

Mori atariya hai sooni, Mohan nahîñ aayé

Pardesi

1941

Khemchand Prakash

DN Madhok

Khursheed, Sneh Prabha

Pehlé jo muhabbat inkar kiya hota

Pardesi

 1941

Khemchand Prakash

DN Madhok

Khursheed

Ik meethi nazar ban , aañkhoñ meiñ samã jão

Sasural

 1941

Khemchand Prakash

Dina Nath Madhok

Rajkumari

Voh apna jãdû, jãdû, nigãhoñ ãzmã rahé ho

Sasural

 1941

Khemchand Prakash

Dina Nath Madhok

Rajkumari

Bhigoyi mori sari, ; dekho bheegé choli

Shaadi

1941

Khemchand Prakash

Madhok or MunshiDil

Khursheed, Ishwar Lal

Tera anokha siñgãr, (Raag Mishr Pîlû)

Shaadi

1941

Khemchand Prakash

Madhok or MunshiDil

Khursheed

Zindagi hai pyar

Sikandar

 1941

Meer Saheb, Rafiq Ghaznavi

Pt. Sudarshan

Khan Mastana, Chorus

Prem ki pyari nishani jaag rahi

Taj Mahal

1941

Madhavlal D. Master

(Behzad Lucknowi or Pt. Anuj or S. Khaleel)

Sachin Dev Burman

 

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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