{"id":1701,"date":"2013-10-04T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2025-02-07T23:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:34:21","slug":"10-romantic-songs-hindi-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/10-romantic-songs-hindi-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Romantic Songs in Hindi Cinema – Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian cinema without songs (I didn\u2019t say music) is perhaps unthinkable. Indians love their films with hummable songs, much to the amusement of the western audience, and this tradition (some critics consider it as a carry-over influence of the folk theatres such as \u201cnautanki<\/i>\u201d or \u201cjatra<\/i>\u201d) has continued ever since the advent of the talkies.<\/p>\n

\"Mughal-e-Azam\"<\/a>

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Film songs perhaps have been the best vehicle of conveying romance and passion in a society where on-screen permissiveness was taboo till recently.<\/p>\n

Despite all criticism about the \u201cillogical\u201d methods of song \u201cpicturisation\u201d in Indian cinema, the good old love song has stood the test of time.<\/p>\n

Although all films coming out of the mainstream Indian cinema have had a minimum of a couple of love songs as part of their steady average of six songs (one peppy romantic number or \u201cprem geet<\/i>\u201d when the lovers run around trees or declare their love atop mountain peaks and one \u201csad song<\/i>\u201d or \u201cvirah geet<\/i>\u201d when they pine for their lost love), there have been some love songs that touch a chord every time you see or hear them.<\/p>\n

Those are the songs that keep miles away from moth-eaten formula, which portray love in all its beauty and splendour without going overboard, which are innocuously understated yet intensely passionate.<\/p>\n

For, these songs are the creations of love themselves \u2013 they are a result of the filmmaker\u2019s passion for his craft, the lyricist\u2019s depth of emotion poured behind every word, the composer\u2019s intensity to weave the mood of the situation in poignant notes, and of course, the singers\u2019 \u201cgive-my-all\u201d rendition.<\/p>\n

Not to forget, the actors\u2019 faith in the sincerity of the song that brings forth such convincing and true-to-life performance from them, that not for a moment do they look to be, well\u2026 \u201cActing\u201d! The result? An exquisitely crafted moment of tenderness and yearning immortalised on celluloid and cherished by generations of cine lovers.<\/p>\n

In the first part of a two-part series, here is my list of five best picturised love songs in Hindi cinema \u2013 songs that linger in memory and portray love in all its different facets. The numbers do not signify ratings because frankly, these songs can\u2019t be ranked on any scale, nor can they be compared with any other. They are just well, for lack of a better expression \u2013 \u201cone-of-a-kind\u201d. The second part can be read here:\u00a010 Most Romantic Songs in Hindi Cinema \u2013 Part II<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prem Jogan Ban Ke<\/strong><\/em> (Mughal-e-Azam<\/em>, 1960) – Naushad \/ Shakeel Badayuni \/ Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali<\/span><\/p>\n