Author : Aarohi Agarwal
Bollywood music is remarkable not only in India but across the world. Its music has gained popularity for its presence, charm, sustenance, and durability. The classical-themed tracks bloomed in the industry during a period that experienced an excellent evolution of musical compositions in Hindi cinema. Specifically during the 1950s and made a way that proceeded straight up to the middle-eighties. This timeframe saw several mind-blowing numbers and played as the ‘Golden Era’ of Bollywood. We get numerous legends through their gorgeous creations and charming performances over the years. The audience looks up to those silver tunes even today for their magical works on the mind. So without further ado, let’s start, shall we?
7. Baiyan Na Dharo O Balma
The Hindi film made in 1970 was written and directed by Rajinder Singh Bedi. The movie was known for its performances. The film’s music director grabbed his field as an expert in classical rhythms on the dholak and raga-based harmonies. ‘Baiyan Na Dharo O Balma’ is a composition of a Hindustani classical track, sung gorgeously by Lata Mangeshkar.
6. Laga Chunari Mein Daag
The soundtrack has a flawless charm to be remarked as the finest classical song and has managed to keep its essence throughout the decades in the industry. The musical ‘Laga Chunari Mein Daag’ is made in Raga Bhairavi, a classical music organization of Hindustani music, often used by music creators of Bollywood.
5. Insaaf ka Mandir Hai Yeh
The musical holds a grand coming together of musical legends like Mehboob Khan, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Shakeel, Mohammad Rafi, and Naushad. Naushad gave film music a desired facelift and added value to Cinema with his immense contribution of music in story-telling, with the brilliant amalgamation of poetry, orchestration, and melody. ‘Insaaf ka Mandir Hai Yeh’ is not just a perfect example of a Hindustani classical song but it also conveys a lot of effects of classical compositions. The track is based on Raga Bhairavi.
4. Hamri Atariya Pe Aja Re Sawariya Dekha-Dekhi Tanik Hoi Jaye
The movie ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ is a 2014 Indian black comedy movie, directed by Abhishek Chaubey and featuring Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, and Vijay Raaz. The movie was produced by Raman Maroo of Shemaroo Entertainment and by Vishal Bharadwaj. The film is a sequel to 2010’s film ‘Ishqiya’. The music of the film was composed by Vishal Bharadwaj and the lyrics of all the soundtracks have been written by Gulzar. The track ‘Hamri Atariya Pe Aja Re Sawariya Dekha-Dekhi Tanik Hoi Jaye’ was created by Begum Akhtar in the 1950s and a new version was recorded with the charming vocal of Rekha Bharadwaj.
3. Tere Bina Beswadi-Beswadi Ratiya
A 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama movie ‘Guru’, directed by and co-written by Mani Ratnam. The movie also features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty, and R. Madhavan. Magnificent musician A.R. Rahman composed the score and soundtrack. We all can review the first feeling when we listen to this song for the very first time. It was the crucial verses, ‘tere bina beswadi ratiya’ highlights, ‘sweetheart, evenings are only dull without you.’ and lyrics like ‘Na jaa chaakri ke mare na ja, Souten pukaare, Saawan aayega toh poochega, Na ja re’ by the brilliant Gulzar Saheb. Not only this, singers A.R. Rahman and Chinmayi beautifully highlighted the acute emotion in their vocal proficiency and charm.
2. Kun Faya Kun
Well, we have ‘Kun Faya Kun’ in the list from the 2011 musical romantic drama movie written and directed by prolific movie maker Imtiaz Ali. The film features Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in the central roles, along with Aditi Rao Hydari, Shernaz Patel, Kumud Mishra, and Shammi Kapoor as pivotal supporting characters. Profound artist Irshad Kamil wrote the magnificent verses of the track. The soundtrack surfaced when Janardhan(the character of Ranbir) was kicked out from his own siblings, as he was accused of stealing his elder sister’s money when he didn’t then take refuge in a mosque where zikir and selwat events were often being held. The soundtrack is heavily linked with the qasidah and zikir ethos that are eminent in the Islamic culture. Music mastero A.R. Rahman, Mohit Chauhan, and Javed Ali sang the spectacular track.
1. Mere Dholna Sun/ Ami Je Tomar
The next on the list is ‘Mere Dholna Sun/Ami Je Tomar’ from the thriller-comedy film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’ released in 2007. The multi-star cast film has garnered the love and attention of millions of audiences and the soundtrack is sung by one of the finest Bengali brilliance and spectacular female artist of this time, Shreya Ghoshal. There is a handful of various tracks by Shreya Ghoshal that are remarked as number one in the playlists of the listeners to date. The soundtrack is poured with classical betas and tones. A big portion of the track is Sargam, garnering much praise from music enthusiasts as well as music critics. Popular musician Pritam Chakraborty composed the song, based on the Raag Raageshree.
These are the songs that appear in the mind first if you think about Bollywood classical tracks, composed by adhering to the classical Raga and sung spectacularly by several pros in the business. The songs here in the blog are not recorded in any particular rank or order. There are a handful of other musicals as well, so we have picked only a few among them. Pick your favorite now!
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