Hindi Movie Songs About Life (Zindagi)

By admin on August 4, 2010

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This is 4th of August, 2010 – Kishoreda’s 81st birth anniversary! Time to be reflective, joyous and sentimental! And since I’ve not been able to write and publish about other stalwarts from Hindi cinema music in the recent months, I shall dedicate this particular day to all past playback greats by compiling a list of Hindi movie songs about life (Zindagi). This shall be a work in progress and open to more additions later. So here we go again…Aaj kee shaam, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi tathaa sabhee anya diggajon ke naam!

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19 responses to “Hindi Movie Songs About Life (Zindagi)”

  1. meghna parikh August 8, 2010 at 10:47 am |

    Zindagi ke kuchh aur gaane…….Kishore Kumar ki awaaz mein…..
    Zindagi hasne gaane ke liye hai pal do pal – film – Zameer,
    Jeevan mein tu darna nahin -film – Khote Sikkay,
    Jeevan se na har o jeenewale – film – Door ka rahi,
    Yeh jeevan hai – film – Piya ka ghar.

  2. admin August 9, 2010 at 6:41 am |

    @Meghna Parikh,

    Welcome back. Songs have been added.

  3. meghna parikh August 10, 2010 at 11:14 am |

    More songs about zindagi , sung by Lata Mangeshkar -
    Maine kaha phoolon se – Mili,
    Is duniya mein jeena hai to sunlo meri baat – Gumnaam,
    add this 2 songs in lata’s list also. Zindagi pyar ka geet hai ka happy version jo lataji ne gaya hai woh bhi add karna…Film Mother india(1957) ka woh famous gana jo lata, usha aur meena mangeshkar ne milke gaya tha – Duniya mein hum aaye hai to jeena hi padega, jeevan hai agar jahar to peena hi padega , bol likhe they shakeel badayuni ne aur music naushad ka, aaj bhi yaad kiya jata hai…

  4. admin August 11, 2010 at 5:45 am |

    Songs added. Thanks again. Some more additions came from Ketan Panchal.

  5. meghna parikh August 13, 2010 at 12:06 pm |

    More songs about Zindagi –
    Chal akela chal akela tera mela – Sambandh,
    kisi ki muskurahathon pe ho nisar – Anadi – sung by mukesh &
    Na munh chhupake jeo aur na sar jhuka ke jeo, gumon ka daur bhi aaye to muskurake jeo – sung by Mahendra Kapoor, picturised on Sunil Dutt from the film- Humraaz.

  6. admin August 14, 2010 at 7:24 am |

    Songs have been added. Strangely, Rafi hasn’t been aptly represented into this list until now, and my poor knowledge of all things other than Kishore Kumar won’t help me much either.

  7. meghna parikh August 14, 2010 at 12:10 pm |

    Zindagi ke sabse jyada geet to Kishore kumar ne hi gaaye hai aur Kishore ke gaaye kai geeton mein positive mood paya gaya hai…jabki Rafi ne is par kum hi geet gaye hai jaise -
    Yeh Zindagi ke mele (Mela-1948) – jo list mein hai.
    Rafi ne ” Duniya ” par kai geet gaye hai, unmein mood negative banta hai aur in geeton mein Sahir Sahib ne duniya ke prati rosh dikhaya hai,
    Yeh Duniya agar mil bhi jaye to kya hai – Pyassa (Guru Dutt),
    Yeh Duniya yeh mehphil mere kam ki nahin- Heer Ranjha(Raj Kumar). Dono hi Rafi ke us zamane ke popular geet rahen hai…
    Ek gaana jo is list mein samil kiya ja sakta hai – Aadmi mushafir hai, aata hai jaata hai (apnapan) , woh lata aur rafi ka duet song hai.

  8. admin August 15, 2010 at 6:06 am |

    A few more songs added including “Aadmi Musafir Hai.”

    So truly stated. Rafi sang fewer songs about life in general, it seems. At least, there is not much to choose from the ones I had a look for this category. He mostly had to sing the victim-hood, even while dealing with the life in general. Will await for the Rafi-ans to opine about this before making any further comments though.

  9. meghna parikh August 17, 2010 at 11:04 am |

    Kishore ka ye gaana hum kaise bhool sakte hain…. Rote hue aate hai sab, hasta hua jo jayega…..

  10. admin August 18, 2010 at 1:15 am |

    Nissandeh, ek yaadgaar geet! Also added “Duniya O Duniya” and “Rote Rote Hasna Seekho.”

  11. meghna parikh August 20, 2010 at 12:19 pm |

    More songs of this thread -
    Aati rahengi baharen, jati rahengi baharen – Kasme Vaade [ Kishore, Amit Kumar, Asha ],
    Ek andhera , lakh sitaren – Aakhir Kyon [ Mohd. Aziz ].

  12. admin August 21, 2010 at 5:39 am |

    Several songs added, including the above ones. A few of them not too directly focussed on life, yet quite melodious to listen to.

  13. Musharraf October 27, 2010 at 4:17 pm |

    It is difficult to find Rafi’s song about life in a general approach. One that comes in my mind about life but not without melancholy is “Zindagi kya hai, gham ki dariah hai” sung by Rafi. I forget the name of the film which I think is of 50s. The second one is a flashback from my childhood memory the first line of which is”Jiyo to aise jiyo jaise” which is a positive advise towards life. I think it is a song sung by Rafi in early 60s. Unfortunately the name of the film I have forgotten.

  14. admin October 27, 2010 at 8:06 pm |

    Both songs added.

    I think, older movies had a very strong social and familial background, thus making it very difficult to be philosophical, or talk about life in other words. Moreover, Rafi used to be the protagonist playing romance and tragedy and not necessarily somebody who would comment about the happenings (or life) from the sidelines. It was not before the 70s that roles started changing, and if the hero could romance and be a victim, then so could he play a comic role and be an authority over all things life.

  15. Nitin Khamitkar August 30, 2011 at 1:05 pm |

    A very Good collection of Life songs.

    Thanks for the same.

    Have a nice day

    Nitn Khamitkar

  16. Rajneesh K Bhayana December 16, 2011 at 4:46 pm |

    jeevan par kishor da ka song “apne jeewan ki uljhan ko kaise me suljhaunn”

  17. admin December 16, 2011 at 5:16 pm |

    Song added.

  18. Ravinder March 25, 2012 at 10:41 am |

    Lakshay film ka song “Lakshay” life ko energiate karta hai

  19. admin March 25, 2012 at 7:27 pm |

    “Lakshya” has been added now as well.

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