My ten favourite hindi film bhajans
Hindi film bhajans are not my cup of tea. They are mostly preachy and weepy, and in worst cases, also very demanding. God give me this and god give me that, as if God is a servant to be ordered around. 😉 That is why I thought this will be any easy list to make. In fact dustedoff and I spoke about it some 2-3 years back.
While collecting songs for this list I did find some soulful music going with some good bhajans with content.
So as to boil the list down to 10, I had to make some rules. Well, in fact only one rule that the songs/bhajans must be sung by person(s) sitting/standing in front of an idol of a god or goddess (or something equivalent). Songs of wandering monks, ascetics or mendicants will constitute a separate list.
So, here is my list of 10 favourite Hindi film bhajans
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Tags: A R Rahman, Achala Sachdev, Anand Bakshi, Asha Bhosle, Baiju Bawra, Balraj Sahni, Baseraa, Bulo C. Rani, dev anand, Dilip Kumar, Durga Khote, Geeta Dutt, Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol Re, Guide, Gulzar, Hari Om…, Hey Ram Hamare Ramchandra, Jaidev, Javed Akthar, Jogan, Julie, Kaajal, Kala Bazaar, Lata Mangeshkar, Leela Chitnis, Madhushree, Man Tarasat, Manna Dey, Meena Kumari, Meerabai, Naa Me Dhan Chahu, Nanda, Nargis, Naushad, Pal pal hai bhari, Parinay, R. D. Burman, Rajesh Roshan, Ramanand Sharma, Ravi, Rita Bhaduri, S. D. Burman, Saancha naam tera, Saanware sunawo bansuri, Sahir, Seema, Shah Rukh Khan, Shailendra, Shailendra Sudha Malhotra, Shakeel. Mohammad. Rafi, Shanakar-Jaikishan, Sharma brothers, Sooraj ki garmi se jalte, Swades, Swami Haridas, Tora Mann Darpan Kehlaye, Tu Pyaar ka Saagar Hai, Usha Mangeshkar, Vijay Prakash
My ten favourite moon songs
Tomorrow is full moon and we all know what it does … ahem…, to the lovers. No wonder that the moon features in so many songs. It also has different roles in it. The moon is at times the messenger, at times it is an intruder, sometimes it is a catalyst or also be addressed as the beloved him or herself. It can be different things, but one thing is for sure, it doesn’t leave the lovers cold and nor it does me.
The moon songs genre belongs to one of my favourites. There are so many songs with chaand in it, that it is really very difficult to choose ten. So I had to use the following criteria:
1. The songs have to blatantly call out to the moon.
2. Not included are comparisons with moon (so, no chaudhvin ka chaand ho),
3. nor indirect allusions to the moon (no o jaanewale chaand…),
4. nor mere confirmation of its presence (no chaand akela jaye sakhi ri),
5. nor be a lullaby (no chandaa o chandaa kisne churayi).
So here are my favourite 10 ‘chaand’ songs (in chronological order) from Hindi cinema.
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Tags: A R Rahman, Aarti Mukherji, Ameerabai Karnataki, Angulimaal, Anil Biswas, Asha Bhosle, Ashok Kumar, Awaara, Aye chaand zaraa chup jaa, Bharat Bhushan, Bharat Vyas, Bhartruhari, Chanda jaa chanda jaa re jaa, Chanda re chanda kabhi to zameen par aa, Chandaa desh piya ke jaa, Chandaa re jaa re jaa re, Dam bhar jo udhar munh phere, dev anand, Dheere dheere chal chaand gagan me, Dheere dheere dhal re chanda, Dil Ek Mandir, Dilip Dholakia, Hariharan, Hasrat Jaipuri, Jaa jaa re chanda jaa re, Javed Akhtar, Jayshree Gadkar, Kamini Kaushal, Khemchand Prakash, Laatsaab, Lata Mangeshkar, Love Marriage, Madan Mohan, Mala Sinha, Manmauji, Meena Kumari, Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh, Nargis, Nimmi, Nutan, Prem Dhawan, Private Secretary, Pt. Indra Chandra, Raaj Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Rajinder Krishan, Ruk ja raat theher jaa re chandaa, Sadhana, Sadhna Sargam, Sapnay, Shailendra, Shammi Kapoor, Shankar-Jaikishan, Ziddi
