Hindi-Urdu songs: 1936

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1936 If citation by 21st century sources and inclusion in 21st century collections is a yardstick—and it is a very reliable yardstick—the most popular song of the 1930s, arguably the most popular song of the 1930s and 1940s put together, was Main ban ki chidiya ban ké from Achhut Kanya. Its composer chose the pen-name Saraswati Devi. When she was born in 1912 she was named Khursheed Manchershah Minocheher Homji. Her mother had worked for an institution (the Sarada Sangeet Vidyalaya) associated with the greatest Hindustani musicologist of the last few centuries, Pt. V.N. Bhatkhandé, and Khursheed was educated at one (the Maurice College, Lucknow).

A note about the credits

‚‘‘ 1936: ‚‘‘ Who composed the song ‚‘Tum hi né mujh ko ‚‘ for the film Manmohan? The film’s titles attribute it to Ashok Ghosh. However, the song was a hit and Anil Biswas later claimed that he had composed the song. Singer Surendra stood by Ashok Ghosh.

Biswas claimed credit for the music of another 1936 song as well: ‘Mai-noshi, madhoshi, hai jahãñ meiñ zindagãni mastoñ ki‚' from the film Shokh Dilruba. It was sung by singing-star Khursheed, who played Maina, and filmed on her. The official music director of the film was Sundar Das.

Fifteen significant Hindi-Urdu songs from 1936

Song

Film

Music

Lyrics

Singer(s)

Khet ki mûlî (Raag Durgâ)

Achhut Kanya

Saraswati Devi

J.S. KashyapNãtawãñ

Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar

Main ban ki chidiya banké

Achhut Kanya

Saraswati Devi

J.S. Kashyap

Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar

Aaj hamein ban behad bhâta

Amar Jyoti

Master Krishna Rao

Pt. Narottan Vyas

Shanta Apte, B.Nandekar

Lehreiñ jo haiñtakrãti haiñ

Amar Jyoti

Master Krishna Rao

(The song is not

in the Geet Kosh)

Suno suno ban ke praani... 

Amar Jyoti

Master Krishna Rao

Pt. Narottan Vyas

Shanta Apte, B.Nandekar

Koi humdum na rahã , koi sahãrã na rahã (Raag Jhinjhoti)

Jeevan Naiya

Saraswati Devi

Jamuna Swaroop KashyapNãtawãñ

Ashok  Kumar

Tum hi né mujh ko prém sikhaya (Raag Bhîm Palãsi/ Teen Taal)

Manmohan

Ashok Ghosh

Zia Sarhadi

Surendra, Bibbo 

Sundar nari pritam pyari

Manzil

R C Boral  (asstt: Pankaj Mullick)

Aarzoo Lucknowi/ Asghar Hussain Shor

Pankaj Mullick

Jo naukari dila , B.A. banãné wãlé, bigdi hui banã

Millionaire/ Karodpati

R C Boral

Kedar Sharma

K.L. Saigal, Pahãrhi Sanyal

Oh dilruba kahan tak  zulm o sitam saheingé

Millionaire/ Karodpati

R C Boral,  Pankaj Mullick

Kedar Sharma

K.L. Saigal, Pahãrhi Sanyal

Jo beet chuki so beet

Pujarin

Timir Baran

Kedar Sharma

K.L. Saigal

Piyé ja, aur piyé ja, zindagi ka hai yehi muddã (Raag Khamaj)

Pujarin

Timir Baran

Kedar Sharma?

K.L. Saigal

Ab pyare pyare aayeiñgé din (Raag Yaman)

Rajput Ramani

Keshav Rao VamanBhole

Pandit. Narottan Vyas

Shanta Apte

Lãnã pakodã garmã-garam

Sher ka Panja

Anil Biswas, Jhande Khan

Gauri Shankar Lal ‘Akhtar’

Gope (according to Anil Biswas)

Aseer é gham ka bhalã phir kahaañ Thikãna tha

Struggle/ Jeewan Sangram

Perhaps Ustad Zamiruddin Khan

Firaq’ (according to the maqta)

Kamla Jhariya

 

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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