TENTOP BOLLYWOODSOUNDTRACKSOF ALL TIME
92 T3 Tomorrow’sTechnologyTodayAUGUST 2019 WWW.T3INDIA.COMWords:H.S.Billimoria
Choosingthe Top 10 tracksfromBollywoodisnoeasytask. It isalsoverysubjective.TheT3selectiongivesalotof
importancetothelongevityofthefilm’s music. An album that is popular longafter its release and soundsfresh or
relevanteventodayhasa lot going forit.
1)BARSAAT( 1949)
Barsaat,whichwasreleasedin1949,hadthreemajordistinctions:i) Barsaatcatapultedthecareers
of RajKapoorandNargisto
stratosphericheights
ii)Itlaunchedthecareerof
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iii)ShankarJaikishanchosean
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playback 9 ofthe 10songs.Lata
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suchanimpression.Barsaat
waseasily thebestsellingmusic
of the1940s.Toyoungsters
whohavenotheardthisalbum,
rushandlistentoit.NoShankarJaikishansarelikelytoemerge from
Bollywoodanymore.Justsamplethreetracks– ‘Mujhekisisepyar
hogaya’,‘Jiyabekararhai’and‘Hawameinudtajaayen’,allLatasolos.
LyricswereprovidedbythenewlydiscoveredShailendraandHasrat
Jaipuri.However,twosongs werewrittenby RameshShastriandJalal
Malihabadirespectively.Barsaat’smusicisindeedspecial; how else do
youexplainitsmagneticpowera full 70 yearslater?Soundtracks of All Time
2)AWAARA( 1951)
Awaarwasreleasedin 1951 andfeaturedRajKapoorin
theroleofthetramp/vagabond.Nargiswastheheroine.
ShankarJaikishan’s musicagainhitthejackpotandthe
titlesong, ‘AwaaraHoon’renderedbyMukesh,became
aninternationalsuccess.Itsawphenomenalpopularityin
the SovietUnion,Chinaandthe Middle East.Apartfrom
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eventoday.WithAwaara,ShailendraandHasratJaipuri
became the permanent lyricists of Shankar and Jaikishan.Top Bollywood
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3)SHREE 420 ( 1955)
Releasedin 1955 ,Shree 420 was,in
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KapooragainstarredwithNargis
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perfection.ShankarJaikishanagain
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theMukeshnumber,‘ Merajootahai
Japaani’becominga cultnumber.
MannaDejoinedLatafortheromantic
duet,‘ Pyarhuaikraarhua’and
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Lataforthelegendary‘Ramaiyya
Vastavaiyya’. TheseTeluguwordswere
usedbyShankar,whoalthougha
Punjabi, wasraisedandbrought up
inHyderabad.
4)AASHIQUI( 1990)
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andKumarSanu becamea hit combination.