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MY TOP SONGS FROM FILMS/WEB SERIES
Owing to the lockdown, a lot of stuff
which was supposed to release in the theatres released on OTT platforms. Hence,
I will be considering all movies and web series released in the year 2020.
The best composers this year were
undoubtedly Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy followed closely by A.R Rahman & Pritam.
While the former had Chhalaang, Panga
and the outstanding Bandish Bandits, Rahman had 2 humongous albums –
99 Songs & Dil Bechara. Pritam too gave 2 excellent albums –
Love Aaj Kal & Ludo.
Below is my list of the top 30 songs of this year. Apart from the first Ten songs, the rest aren't arranged in any particular order of liking.
1. GARAJ GARAJ JUGALBANDI (BANDISH BANDITS)
Singers : Farid Hassan & Mohammed
Aman
Composers : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyricist : Sameer Samant
Undoubtedly the best song of the year
for me. It not only evokes goosebumps but also tears every single time I listen
to it, especially during the end.
2. HARDUM HUMDUM (LUDO)
Singers : Arijit Singh & Shilpa Rao
(Different versions)
Composer : Pritam
Lyricist : Sayeed Quadri
A semi-ghazalish tune with a beautiful
melody and some lovely singing by both the singers in their respective
versions.
3. MAIN TUMHARA (DIL BECHARA)
Singers : Jonita Gandhi & Hriday
Gattani
Composer : A.R Rahman
Lyricist : Amitabh Bhattacharya
A song
which has so minimal background instruments, this one is a gem. Only Rahman can
compose a song which is so beautiful in itself that it doesn’t need to rely on
assisting background instruments.
4. VIRAH (BANDISH BANDITS)
Singer : Shankar Mahadevan
Composers : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyricist : Sameer Samant
5. DIL NE DIL KI SUDHLI HAIN (PATI PATNI AUR PANGA)
Singer : Lagnajita Chakraborty
Composer : Ranajoy Bhattarjee
Lyricist : Vishwadeep Zeest
One of my personal favorites, this is a
highly underrated and unknown gem. The reason is the lack of support from
Mxplayer – the platform simply refuses to release the songs from its web series
separately.
I highly recommend everyone to listen to this beautifully composed, sung and written song. I am yet to find a single platform where an official and good quality audio version is available. Pretty shameful on part of Mx Player, I must say.
6. GORI GODH BHARI (99 SONGS)
Singers : Anuradha Sriram, Alka Yagnik
& Shweta Mohan
Composer : A.R Rahman
Lyricist : Navneet Virk
Trust ARR to extract the best out of
Alka Yagnik in the last few years. This reminded me of "Chhalka re"
from Saathiya in terms of arrangements. That said, a great tune with some
complex variations and instrumentation makes it a lovely song.
7. DO KA CHAAR (CHAMAN BAHAAR)
Singer : Sonu Nigam
Composer : Anshuman Mukherjee
Lyricist : Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan
Sonu Nigam sings less songs since a few
years, but he manages to prove everytime that he still is the finest singer we
have today. Special credits to the lyricist here for some simple yet effective
lyrics.
8. TAARE GINN (DIL BECHARA)
Singers : Shreya Ghoshal & Mohit
Chauhan
Composer : A.R Rahman
Lyricist : Amitabh Bhattacharya
9. AUR TANHA (LOVE AAJ KAL)
Singer : K.K
Composer : Pritam
Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
10. CHHAPAAK TITLE TRACK (CHHAPAAK)
Singer : Arijit Singh
Composers : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyricist : Gulzar
A highly intense track sung extremely
well by Arijit Singh, I can picturize Deepika and her agonizing screams
everytime I listen to it. Gulzar is in top form.
11. CARE NI KARDA (CHHALAANG)
Singers : Sweetaj Brar & Yo Yo
Honey Singh
Composer : Yo Yo Honey Singh
Lyricist : Yo Yo Honey Singh, Alfaaz
& Hommie Dilliwala
The rap portions are okayish, but it is
Sweetaj Brar's singing which elevates this song to an entirely different level.
12. ISHQ KA ITTAR (BAMFAAD)
Singer & Composer : Vishal Mishra
Lyricist : Raj Shekhar
This film had a criminally underrated
album. This song particularly stands out of the rest.
13. JAAN BAN GAYE (KHUDA HAFIZ)
Singers : Vishal Mishra, Asees Kaur
& Mithoon
Composer & Lyricist : Mithoon
When it comes to creating soulful
melodies, Mithoon aces the department. Well sung by Vishal Mishra & Asees
Kaur.
14. KOL KOL (TAISH)
Singer : Jyotica Tangri
Composer : Raghav Sachar
Lyricist : Rohit Sharma
Although this film had a superb album,
this song remains my favorite. A song with a lot of thehraav, it entirely
relies on the gorgeous tune & the flawless rendition by Jyotica Tangri.
15. BHARAT KI BETI (GUNJAN SAXENA)
Singer : Arijit Singh
Composer : Amit Trivedi
Lyricist : Kausar Munir
A functional patriotic song, this one has great lyrics and sung well by Arijit Singh. After Raazi's "Ae Watan", this one is the much needed deshbhakti geet on which patriotic dances/performances will take place.
16. RANG BHARIYA (DARBAAN)
Singers : Gulraj Singh, Amrita Singh
& Amartya Bobo Rahut
Composer : Amartya Bobo Rahut
Lyricist : Siddhant Kaushal
It is so nice to see the very
underrated Gulraj Singh sing songs. Amartya Rahut too deserves more
appreciation in the film industry. Amrita Singh's portions are excellent.
17. ZARA KAREEB AA (ATEET)
Singers : Sonu Nigam & Yamini Ghantasala
Composer : Harish Sagane
Lyricist : Shakeel Azmi
Another less heard gem sung extremely
well by Sonu Nigam.
18. DIL NE KAHA REPRISE (PANGA)
Singers : Jassie Gill & Asees Kaur
Composers : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyricist : Javed Akhtar
Out of the 2 versions, I like this one
more, due to Jassie Gill's beautiful rendition.
19. DIL TERA TERA (INDOO KI JAWANI)
Singers : Benny Dayal & Neeti Mohan
Composer : Rochak Kohli
Lyricist : Gurpreet Saini & Gautam
G Sharma
A song with a very retro Shammi Kapoor
feel, I had to initially confirm whether this is an original song or a remake.
Do listen to this nostalgic song sung very well by Benny Dayal & Neeti
Mohan.
20. LABB PAR AAYE (BANDISH BANDITS)
Singer : Javed Ali
Composers : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Lyricist : Sameer Samant
21. TINAK TINAK (TANHAJI THE UNSUNG WARRIOR)
Singer : Harshdeep Kaur
Composers : Sachet - Parampara
Lyricist : Anil Verma
Probably the least heard song of the album, I had a tough choice to make between this one and the highly addictive "Ghamand Kar". This song stands out for its serene arrangements and soulful singing by Harshdeep Kaur.
22. EK TUKDA DHOOP (THAPPAD)
Singer : Raghav Chaitanya
Composer : Anurag Saikia
Lyricist : Shakeel Azmi
23. HUMNAWAA (99 SONGS)
Singers : Armaan Malik & Shashaa
Tirupati
Composer : A.R Rahman
Lyricist : Dilshad Shabbir Shaikh &
Abhay Jodhpurkar
One of Rahman's most complex melodies
ever, Armaan Malik gives his career best performance here. It is a hell of a
difficult song to sing with all its variations, and Armaan does full justice.
24. AJJ MERA YAAR (BHANGRA PAA LE)
Singer : Amit Mishra
Composers : Shubham Shirule & Ana
Rehman for JAM8
Lyricist : Shloke Lal
Just when you begin to think that the bhangra genre has been exhausted, you have a highly fresh tune with an addictive loop. High on energy, percussions and melody, this is an earworm. JAM8 under Pritam's creative supervision seems to be doing great.
25. AZAADI KE LIYE (THE FORGOTTEN ARMY)
Singers : Tushar Joshi & Arijit
Singh
Composer : Pritam
Lyricist : Kausar Munir & Shloke
Lal
26. GHUM (AK vs AK)
Singer : Amit Trivedi
Composer : Alokananda Dasgupta
Lyricist : Rajeshwari Dasgupta Ghose
Amit Trivedi, Vishal Dadlani are 2 composers whose voices suit a particular genre of songs very well. This is one such song where Amit's voice fits perfectly. Fabulously composed by Alokananda Dasgupta, especially when she plays with the word "Ghum".
27. KHWAB HAI YA HAQEEQAT (SHUKRANU)
Singers : Abhijeet Bhattacharya &
Krishnakali Saha
Composers : Jaydeep - Sanjay
Lyricist : Yash Eshwari
A song which will instantly transport
you back to the 90's when Abhijeet ruled, this is an endearing melody very well
composed and sung.
28. MAR JAAYEIN HUM (SHIKARA)
Singers : Papon & Shraddha Mishra
Composer : Sandesh Shandilya
Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
Sandesh Shandilya proves why he still is one of the finest composers in Bollywood today. As is his years old style, he keeps the instrumentation to a bare minimum and lets his tune and the singers do the magic.
29. MASKHARI (DIL BECHARA)
Singers : Sunidhi Chauhan & Hriday
Gattani
Composer : A.R Rahman
Lyricist : Amitabh Bhattacharya
30. SHAYAD (LOVE AAJ KAL)
Singer : Arijit Singh
Composer : Pritam
Lyricist : Irshad Kamil
1.
HO JA MAST MALANG (MALANG)
2.
MERE PARWARDIGAR (SCOTLAND)
3.
RUBARU (GINNY WEDS SUNNY)
4.
KHUDA HAFIZ TITLE TRACK
5.
KHUSHMIJAAZ (DARBAAN)
6.
GHAMAND KAR (TANHAJI THE UNSUNG WARRIOR)
MY TOP 30 NON FILMY SONGS
According to me, 2020 was a great year
for the indipop/non filmy scenario as it saw innumerable composers and singers
release innumerable songs. I think the lockdown led to a lot of creative
inspiration for all the singers, composers and lyricists.
Vishal Mishra was one composer who
released many songs. Jyotica Tangri was another singer who I thought gave us
some beautifully sung songs. And finally we have Amit Trivedi who I guess made
the maximum number of songs and that too with so much variety (Songs of faith,
dance, trance & love).
Neha Kakkar too gave some good
melodious songs. There was a time when I disliked her singing. However one
cannot deny that she has a really good voice and she does a wonderful job when
she sings soft numbers.
Arijit Singh too sang and composed few
non filmy songs, which were great.
Below is a list of my top 30 non filmy
hindi songs released during the year 2020.
1. AB KE SAWAN
Singers : Sachin Sanghvi &
Madhubanti Bagchi
Composers : Sachin-Jigar
Lyricist : Bhargav Purohit
Sachin-Jigar hit it out of the park with a fantastic semi classical composition. Madhubanti Bagchi who's haunting singing in "Shayad" mesmerised me, once again shows her classical prowess.
2. RADHA NE SHYAM 2.0
Singer : Sachin Sanghvi
Composers : Sachin-Jigar
Lyricist : Bhargav Purohit
Although this one is a Garba song, I
personally still love the first version more which released 1-2 years back.
This one however has more commercial appeal.
3. MOTI VERANA (SONGS OF FAITH)
Singers : Osman Mir & Amit Trivedi
Composers & Lyricists : Jayashri Trivedi & Amit Trivedi
One of the finest tracks to have been composed by AT, Osman Mir & Trivedi's contrasting voices lend beauty to the song. A song which was composed and written by Amit Trivedi's mother Jayashri Trivedi 33 years ago, this one is pure beauty.
4. MADHUBALA (SONGS OF LOVE)
Singer & Composer : Amit Trivedi
Lyricist : Ozil Dalal
A slow song with a lot of thehraav, the
real winner here is the gorgeous tune. Also, a super lovely video helps make
this song a winner. Both the versions are excellent, though I love Amit's
version more.
5. AAJ BHI
Singer & Composer : Vishal Mishra
Lyricists : Vishal Mishra, Kaushal
Kishore, Yash Anand
6. MUSKURAAYEGA INDIA
Singer & Composer : Vishal Mishra
Lyricist : Kaushal Kishore
A time when the lockdown was in its
initial stages, this song was a true morale booster for many.
7. BHEEGI BHEEGI
Singers : Neha Kakkar & Tony Kakkar
Composer : Tony Kakkar
Lyricist : Tony Kakkar & Prince
Dubey
A simple tune sung effectively by Neha
Kakkar and ably supported by brother Tony Kakkar. A perfect song for a long
drive in the rains.
8. TAARON KE SHEHER
Singers : Neha Kakkar & Jubin
Nautiyal
Composer & Lyricist : Jaani
9. TERI AANKHON MEIN
Singers : Darshan Raval & Neha
Kakkar
Composer : Manan Bhardwaj
Lyricist : Kumaar
Another Garba tune sung extremely
well by Darshan Raval and supported well by Neha Kakkar.
10. RIHAA
Singer & Composer : Arijit Singh
Lyricists : Shloke Lal & Arijit
Singh
Arijit Singh sings as well as composes,
and the result is excellent.
11. TUM HO
Singer : Arijit Singh
Composer : Indraadip Dasgupta
Lyricist : Ashish Pandit
Although this song is a part of the
film "Babloo Bachelor", the OST doesn’t seem to have this song.
Instead, it is available as an individual song on youtube. A seven odd minute
ghazalish tune, Arijit is in supreme form here.
12. ZINDA DILI (BHOOMI 2020)
Singer : Arijit Singh
Composers : Salim-Sulaiman
Lyricist : Niranjan Iyengar
Out of the all the songs from
Salim-Sulaiman's ambitious project, I seemed to fall in love with the song
having the simplest tunes, rather than the ones with complex structures. This
one has a beautiful crescendo-like tune.
13. FURSAT HAI AAJ BHI
Singer & Composer : Arjun Kanungo
Lyricist : Mayur Puri
Although I admit Arjun's songs have
started sounding similar at times (This time even the word "fursat"
is repeated), I loved this one for the sheer quality of his voice. He has a
wonderful range and tonal quality. Lovely lyrics too by Mayur Puri.
14. WAADA HAI
Singer & Composer : Arjun Kanungo
Lyricist : Manoj Muntashir
15. KUCH TUM KAHO
Singer : Jyotica Tangri
Composer : Raghav Sachar
Lyricist : Rashmi Virag
16. FAKIRI
Singer : Jyotica Tangri
Composers : Ajay Jaiswal & Arun Dev
Yadav
Lyricist : Rashi Maheshwari
One of the best sung songs this year,
according to me.
17. SANG RAHIYO
Singers : Jasleen Royal & Ujjwal
Kashyap
Composer : Jasleen Royal
Lyricist : Neeraj Rajawat
18. KHAYAAL
Singers : Abhijeet Srivastava &
Prateeksha Srivastava
Composer : Abhijeet Srivastava
Lyricist : Shaayra Apoorva
A delightful song sung very nicely by
Abhijeet & Prateeksha Srivastava.
19. AAJ MERE SAATH SIRF TUM HO
Singer : Shaan
Composer : Jeet Gannguli
Lyricist : Kunaal Verma
If you were missing those old charming
melodious songs, this one is just the right song for you. Shaan sings it
extremely well.
20. BAATEIN KARO
Singer, Composer & Lyricist : Vayu
A well composed song with an equally
good video. I personally felt someone else could have sung it better.
21. BIN PUCHE AA JAANA
Singer & Composer : Ami Mishra
Lyricist : Kunaal Verma
22. HEER RAANJHA
Singer, Composer & Lyricist : Bhuvan Bam
23. NAYAN
Singers : Dhvani Bhanushali & Jubin
Nautiyal
Composers : Manhar Udhas, Lijo George
& DJ Chetas
Lyricists : Barkat Virani Befam &
Manoj Muntashir
For the uninformed, this is originally
a very famous old Gujarati song which is remade pretty decently. Dhvani
Bhanushali does a fab job along with Jubin Nautiyal.
24. SAIYYAN
Singer & Lyricist : Palak Muchhal
Composer : Palaash Muchhal
25. SHAYERA
Singer : Babul Supriyo
Composer : Kaushik-Guddu & Akash
(JAM8)
Lyricist : Shloke Lal
It feels so nice to hear Babul Supriyo
after such a long time. He is top notch here.
26. BAARISH
Singers : Sonu Kakkar & Nikhil
D'souza
Composer & Lyricist : Tony Kakkar
The less heard and most underrated of
the three Kakkar siblings proves once again why she is better than her brother
and sister when it comes to singing.
27. TU YAAD AAYA
Singer : Adnan Sami
Composer : Lo Jill
Lyricist : Kunaal Verma
Had I not read the name of the composer
(Lo Jill), I would have easily mistaken this song to have been composed by Sami
himself, as it is very much on the lines of his previous indipop albums (Tera
Chehra, Meri Yaad, Teri Kasam, etc). however, the catchy beats & Adnan's
fantastic vocals make this a lovely track.
28. VEHEM
Singer : Armaan Malik
Composer : Manan Bhardwaj
Lyricist : Rashmi Virag
Pretty much similar to the usual
"Malik brothers" pattern, this one has a really nice easy tune which
is instantly likeable.
29. MAULA
Singer : Papon
Composer : Goldie Sohel
Lyricist : Goldie Sohel
30. TUM NA HO
Singers : Arjun Kanungo, Prakriti Kakar
& M.Ajay Vyas
Composer : M. Ajay Vyas
Lyricist : Kunaal Verma
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