Recap 2013 : Performances

Many great performances coming in various categories of hindi movies last year.

No outright winner, shared mostly between Lootera, Kai Po Che, Aashiqui 2 and Dhoom3, while rest films chipping in with 1 or 2 awards.



Presenting nominees along with winners, the list is entirely my opinion based.



Best Actor Male : Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

• Aamir Khan (Dhoom 3)
• RajKumar Rao (Shahid)
• Irffan Khan (Lunchbox)                                                                  
• Ranbir Kapoor (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

Farhan's brilliant performance overturns even a double role done by Aamir, and Ranbir who for last two years has been winning best actor in my list.


Best Actor Female : Sonakshi Sinha (Lootera)

• Nushrat Bharucha (AkaashVani)                                                              
• Deepika Padukone (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Parineeti Chopra (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Nimrat Kaur (The Lunchbox)

Sonakshi may get criticised or made fun of by people, but Lootera showed me how good an actress she is, a clear cut winner. Nushrat will be surprise entry for many, I just loved how she handled a complex role.


Best Director : Vikramaditya Motwane (Lootera)

• Abhishek Kapoor (Kai Po Che)                                                                  
• Hansal Mehta (Shahid)
• Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Shoojit Sircar (Madras Cafe)

It was Vikram's direction that made Lootera so special, specially the 2nd half highly romantic and full of emotions.


Best Film : Kai Po Che

• Lootera                                                                      
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Shahid                                                                      
• Dhoom 3

Already written on them here


Best Supporting Actor Male : Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub (Raanjhanaa)

• Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)                                                                      
• Anupam Kher (Special Chabees)
• Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub (Shahid)                                                                      
• Siddhartha Basu (Madras Cafe)


Best Supporting Actor Female : Swara Bhaskar (Raanjhanaa)

• Divya Dutta (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Kalki Koechlin (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Prabhleen Sandhu (Shahid)                                                                      
• Richa Chadda (Ram Leela)

Apart from Dhanush, the best thing about Raanjhanaa were its supporting cast, both Mohammad and Swara gave excellent performances.


Best Actor in a Comic Role : Pankaj Kapur (Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola)

• Kunal Khemu (Go Goa Gone)                                                                    
• Varun Sharma (Fukrey)
• Vir Das (Go Goa Gone)                                                                      
• Divyendu Sharma (Chashme Baddoor)

Very much forgettable movie for many, but I enjoyed it a lot and the only reason for it was Pankaj Kapur's ability to make you laugh at numerous occasions in the movie. Kunal just missed out, his comic timing was perfect too, specially the 1st half.


Best Actor in a Negative Role : Akshay Kumar (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara)

• Prakash Belawadi (Madras Cafe)                                                                      
• Supriya Pathak (Ram Leela)
• Shilpa Shukla (B.A. Pass)                                                                    
• Rishi Kapoor (Aurangzeb)

The film may had bombed at box-office, but I saw it probably 3-4 times just for Akshay's menacing negative performance. He should do lot more of these, instead of regular masala action comedies. Prakash was brilliant especially the dialect of his character.


Best Music : Amit Trivedi (Lootera)

• Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari & Jeet Ganguly (Aashiqui 2)                                                                    
• Pritam (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)
• Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                    
• Pritam (Dhoom 3)

Already written on them here


Best Lyricist : Irshad Kamil, Milne hai mujhse aayi (Aashiqui 2)

• Puneet Sharma, Barbaadi (Aurangzeb)                                                                      
• Prasoon Joshi, Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
• Amitabh Bhattacharya, Shikayatein (Lootera)                                                                      
• Swanand Kirkire, Manja (Kai Po Che)

1st and 2nd antara are just too good in 'Milne hai mujhse aayi' song, once again magic of Irshad Kamil working.


Best Playback Singer Male : Arijit Singh, Tum hi ho (Aashiqui 2)

• Benny Dayal, Badtameez dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)                                                                      
• Falak Shabir, Saajna (I Me Aur Main)
• Siddharth Mahadevan, Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)                                                                      
• Ankit Tiwari, Sun raha hai (Aashiqui 2)

Arijit's got every award this year, and almost everyone loved his song including me. Mithoon's composition and his voice made the song too romantic.. Benny Dayal was terrific in making Badtameez dil sound so peppy, and get up dance on it.


Best Playback Singer Female : Shilpa Rao, Mann marziyaan (Lootera)

• Sunidhi Chauhan, Kamli (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Shreya Ghoshal, Nagada sang dhol (Ram Leela)
• Saba Azad, Dil ki toh lag gayi (Nautanki Saala)                                                                      
• Bhoomi Trivedi, Ram chaahe leela (Ram Leela)

Shilpa is one of most under-rated female singers currently, gem of a song she sung, with visuals the song becomes double special for me. Sunidhi showcases what magic she can do if she chooses right songs, Kamli was indeed one of her best songs of career.


Best Debut Male : Dhanush (Ranjhanaa)

• Sushant Singh Rajput (Kai Po Che/Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Prakash Belawadi (Madras Cafe)
• Varun Sharma (Fukrey)                                                                      
• Neeraj Kabi (Ship of Theseus)

I so wanted to make Sushant win it, as he's in his first two films become one of my favorites, but Dhanush performance in Ranjhanaa was hard to over-look. He single handedly carried the film on his shoulders, plus the handwork he must had gone with delivering those tough hindi dialogues, for someone whose hindi ain't good.


Best Debut Female : Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)

• Aida El Kashef (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Shree Swara (D Day)
• Tapsee Pannu (Chashme Baddoor)                                                                      
• Tamannah (Himmatwala)

Vaani looked confident throughout the movie, I will be slightly partial here, have a crush on her and love her voice otherwise Aida might had been my original choice (plus Aida had a smaller role in movie didn't help either).  Special mention to Shree Swara, who was excellent playing role of Irfan's wife in D Day.


Best Debut Director : Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)

• Anand Gandhi (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Ajay Behl (B.A Pass)
• Ashima Chibber (Mere Dad Ki Maruti)                                                                      
• Kannan Iyer (Ek Thi Daayan)

It always excites me when first time directors instead of taking easy way, goes for different hatke stories that has scope for them to show their talent. The top 3 in list specially did it successfully.


Best Story : Anand Gandhi, Pankaj Kumar, Rutvik Oza (Ship of Theseus)

• Shagufta Rafique (Aashiqui 2)                                                                      
• Ritesh Shah and Mohan Sikka (B.A. Pass)
• Ritesh Batra and Rutvik Oza (The Lunchbox)                                                                      
• Manoj Tyagi (Inkaar)

The moment I read story of Ship of Theseus, I wanted to see it.. it was so unique, even though I didn't love the film that much as many others did. Aashqiui 2 basis premise is something I have gone through too, 'a guy who wants to stop particular addict, but fails'.


Best Scene : Sanjay, Pandit and Idris rob a bank with masks of Dharmendra, Amitabh and Utpal (Ghanchakkar)

• Shahir wakes up, puts hat on, looks at city through window as he is about to do bank robbery (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Milkha returns to his home, and breaks down remembering past memories (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
• Kabir doesn't want Naina to go away, and asks for few more moments with her (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)                                                                      
• Kundan wants to get up from hospital bed, if only Zoya loved him (Raanjhanaa)

It was fucking hilarious scene the moment they put those 3 masks on, and then the events happen.. film may had disappointed but this scene took the honors above the rest movies. Aamir's entry scene in Dhoom3 was one of best entry scenes I ever saw, gave me goosebumps.


Best Jodi : Ranbir - Deepika (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

• Ranveer - Deepika (Ram Leela)                                                                      
• Kartik - Nushrat (Akaash Vani)
• Ranveer - Sonakshi (Lootera)                                                                      
• Aditya - Shraddha (Aashiqui 2)

This was pretty easy one, Ranbir does win something in my list of awards. His pairing with Deepika looked so good that I can't wait to see them in Imtiaz Ali's film which may be even better than this. Ranveer-Deepika chemistry was the only good thing in Ram Leela.


Best Trailer : Dhoom3

• Lootera                                                                   
• Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobaara                                                                       
• Shuddh Desi Romance Raghu Gayatri, Shuddh Desi Romance Raghu Tara 

Probably saw the trailer 100 times in first 4-5 days itself, such was the quality and my madness towards Dhoom3, excellent start to trailer, brilliant bgs and right punchlines with bandhay at right end made sure it was the best trailer of the year. Lootera scores for being different and poetic, 'koi kahaani likh rahi ho'.


Best Screenplay : Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen, Pubali Chaudhuri (Kai Po Che)

• Nikhil Advani, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair (D Day)                                                                      
• Somnath Dey and Shubendu Bhattacharya (Madras Cafe)
• Hansal Mehta, Sameer Gautam Singh, Apurva Asrani (Shahid)                                                                      
• Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)

There was friendship of Raj, Sushant and Amit, then there was romantic angle between Raj and Amrita, and there was growing bonding between Sushant and a little muslim kid, plus 3 events of earthquake, godhra train and riots. All of this was very well executed with the screenplay, and special mention to how subtle the pre-climax scene was done.


Best Dialogue : Vishal Bharadwaj (Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola)

• Jaideep Sahni (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Vijay Krishna Acharya (Dhoom 3)
• Kunal Khemu, Sita Menon, Raja Daipayan (Go Goa Gone)                                                                      
• Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)

Whenever I think of its dialogues, one that immediately comes to mind is Shabana saying 'Kursiyaan' instead of cheers (chairs). Another was Pankaj saying to Imran, 'Tu mao se, tu left le'..


Best Editing : Aarif Sheikh (D Day)

• Chandrashekhar Prajapati (Madras Cafe)                                                                      
• Deepa Bhatia (Kai Po Che)
• Apurva Asrani (Shahid)                                                                      
• Pravin Angre (B.A Pass)

Aarif's editing added the extra and much required thrill element into the movie whose narration otherwise would had not worked.


Best Choreography : Remo D'Souza, Badtmeez dil (Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani)

• Vaibhavi Merchant, Kamli (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Arvind Thakur, Bezubaan (Any Body Can Dance)
• Prabhu Deva, Gandi baat (R. Rajkumar)                                                                      
• Samir and Arsh Tanna, Nagaada sang dhol, (Ram Leela)

If Benny's voice made the song peppy, then Remo's choreography made the visuals delight to watch with some good dance moves and that madness that was needed was very much there.


Best Background Score : Julius Packiam (Dhoom 3)

• Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che)                                                                      
• Amit Trivedi (Lootera)
• Surender Sodhi (Special 26)                                                                      
• Monty Sharma (Ram Leela)

Terrific work from Julius, not only to have the original re-worked theme from previous franchises which appealed but adding new ones specially the overtrue one which was personally my favorite one.


Best Cinematography : Ravi Varman (Ram Leela)

• Pankaj Kumar (Ship of Theseus)                                                                      
• Kamaljeet Negi (Madras Cafe)
• Sudeep Chatterjee (Dhoom 3)                                                                      
• Mahendra Shetty (Lootera)

Apart from Ranvir-Deepika chemistry, it was Ravi's cinematography to give some great shots, whether it was the violence or the peaceful looking Amritsar shots (hope I got it right).


Best Action : Conrad Palmisano and Sham Kaushal (Dhoom 3)

• Kaushal, Moses, Franz Spilhaus (Commando)                                                                      
• Tom Struthers and John Street (D Day)
• Tony Ching Siu Tung and Sham Kaushal (Krrish 3)                                                                      
• Manohar Verma (Madras Cafe)

Excellent work from Conrad-Sham due, what I really liked was the many stunts  in every chase sequence that were stylish.. even though some of them got ruined by bad editing, still easily best of year.


Best Art Direction : Aditya Kanwar (Lootera)

• Sonal Sawant (Kai Po Che)                                                                      
• Wasiq Khan (Ram Leela)
• Wasiq Khan (Raanjhanaa)                                                                      
• Sumit Basu (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Aditya's art direction made the feel of 50's era visible, specially the 1st half.


Best Costumes : Anaita Shroff, Rushi Sharma, Manoshi Nath (Dhoom 3)

• Manish Malhotra and Kunal Rawal (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Dobara)                                                                      
• Maxima Basu and Anju Modi (Ram Leela)
• Varsha and Shilpa (Shuddh Desi Romance)                                                                      
• Subarna Rai Chaudhuri (Lootera)

I liked the costumes of Aamir and Katrina very much, infact Katrina looked too gorgeous in the entire 'Tu hi Junoon' song. For Aamir, I loved costumes of Shahir character mainly.


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Recap 2013 : Top 100 Songs

Arijit Singh dominated the year among male singers quite easily.  Aashiqui 2 is to Arijit what Rockstar was for Mohit Chauhan. Only difference being that Arijit wasn't as popular as Mohit was before that album.  'Tum hi ho' had success and awards written all over it for him. Also, his other songs from album especially my fav 'Milne hai mujhse aayi' was on my repeat mode list. Then, there was another track that I loved, 'Ilahi' from Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani that went un-noticed among other hits, one of those hits being 'Kabira' sung by him only. Be it 'Laal ishq', 'Dilliwali Girlfriend', 'Kabhi jo baadal barse' or 'Beparwah' (whose full version I haven't got yet if there is one), he had good songs coming throughout the year. Whether he prefers quality over quantity, will be something to see in next 1-2 years.

Shilpa Rao topped the female singers this year, with her song at no.3, she was just too good in 'Mann Marziyaan'.


There were plenty of new singers or not yet famous singers whose songs I liked a lot more than the ones we are used to listen to always, K.Mohan's 'Barbaadi', Falak Shabir's 'Saajna' and Saba Azad's 'Dil ki toh lag gayi' to name a few.

While among female singers, Sunidhi and Shreya didn't really dominate though their songs, still there in my top25.

The likes of once my favs, Kay Kay and Sonu Nigam gave only one song each in top 100, sadly.

Sneha Khanwalkar who was the star of last year for me, completely misses this time, did she even sing or compose anything and if she did it was definitely not noteworthy. Another voice that I missed was Suman Sridhar.


Special mention to Three Kills (David) and Dhoom3 Overtrue themes, that I totally loved.

TOP 25 SONGS :

1. Tum hi ho - aashiqui 2

Was there a choice really to choose no.1 ? Not for me atleast.  Arijit Singh totally nailed this romantic track with his voice that is so addictive. Among Mithoon's best compositions, keeping it light and simple. Love the post 2:31 part.
tera mera rishta hai kaisa, ek pal door gawaara nahi.. tere liye har roz hai jeete, tujhko diya mera waqt sabhi.


2. Barbaadi - aurangzeb

This song may not even feature in top100 of many people, but I loved it madly.  Vocals of K.Mohan, the song shows the turmoil a person is going through in his life. Very well composed by Ram Sampath who doesn't over-use instruments and lets the lyrics and singer dominate instead.
zara zara sa tujh mein jeeke marta hoon main, tere shaakho par hai mere sookhe sookhe se sapne.


3. Mann marziyaan - lootera

Always been admirer of Shilpa Rao's singing instead being part of regular Shreya and Sunidhi fan club.  This song testifies why Shilpa is different and yet so good to listen to. Amit Trivedi's brilliant composition, his vocals at start and a steady soft plus emotional feel in the lyrics.
sikkon jaisi hai uchaali mann marziyaan, mann marziyaan.. ziddi ki maari, bholi bhaali … mann marziyaan, mann marziyaan.


4. Saajna - i, me aur main

There's been plenty of Pakistan singers making their name in our hindi film industry, the new entry Falak Shabir whose youtube famous song 'kaisi yeh judai hai' hasn't yet released officially in movie. But, his first song for hindi film hits right note instantly. Saajna is a re-worked and better version of his own private album composition. Another great emotional romantic and kinda of sadistic song, specially love the lyrics. Its early to say if he would be as good as Atif or Rahat or Mustafa, but he for sure has started brilliantly.
tu haathon mein toh hai mere, hai kyun nahi lakeeron mein.. yeh kaisa tera ishq hai. Saajnaaaa.


5. Milne hai mujhse aayi - aashiqui 2

A song where the guy has kinda of given up on himself and wants someone to notice and bring him back to right path. This song didn't get fame due to other songs in album which became big hits.  Arijit sung it very well, specially both antaras which I love most in the song.
toota hua saaz hoon main, khud se hi naraaz hoon main.. seene mein jo kahin pe dabi hai, aisi koi awaaz hoon main.


6. Yaaram - ek thi daayan

When a Sunidhi Chauhan sung song appeals, then it has to be awesomely composed track first of all. Yaaram is one of that, and Sunidhi keeps her pitch perfectly low surprisingly and letting the song magic not fade at all. Clinton Cerejo joins in the next stanza for male part, which is in a way reply to 1st part of song and he does so well specially the final part when his voice echoes and the music gets louder from being very light.  Also, a very innovative composition from Vishal Bharadwaj, while Gulzar lyrics I would say not completely lovable as the singer and composer get the better of the song.
hamara dil, pyar mein haara.. bechara dil.. hamara dil, kunwara dil.


7. Badtameez dil - yeh jawaani hai deeewani

It was one hell of a crazy song, be it visuals or the way Benny Dayal sung it. Full on energy, pacy and a very addictive tune. Love the start, is it trumpet used (i am not good at recognizing instruments). I liked how they used 'gilli aa aa' of the classic number 'yeh jawaani hai deeewani haan meri rani'. Special mention to how wonderfully its choreographed in movie and performed by Ranbir. Only weak part in the song comes when you hear female vocals, maybe they could had kept it completely male oriented but still it doesn't affect the song much.
poori duniya ka gol gol chakkar leke, main duniya ko maara dhakka.


8. Zinda - bhaag milkha bhaag

Prasoon Joshi's lyrics are so inspirational in this song, right from the first line 'zinda hai toh pyaala poor bhar le'.  Siddharth Mahadevan sung it brilliantly, but its the S-E-L's composition and Prasoon's lyrics that makes it so much lovable. Whenever I listen to this song, it tries to inspire me even if its for the length of this song. Easily falls into the evergreen songs like Ruk jaana nahi, chak lein de etc.  Only complain I had was why there was only 1 antara, and not two. Some good songs are too short.
hichkiyon mein kya hai marna… poora mar le. 


9. Ghum huye - david

Another song where the guy feels lost and wants to return back. Initally this song didn't gel well with me until I saw the movie where the 1st shot comes of this song and well after that this song just grew on me badly. The lyrics are awesome, so is the singing by Siddharth Basrur, but its the composition that made me fall in love with it, the lost feeling in the tunes was so imaginable and still is.
ho dhoondhein unhi raahon ko, ho raastein jahan khoye the hum. 


10. Alvida - d day

Confession - I started liking this song only when I began making this 100 songs list. It simply clicked all of a sudden, and so much that its now no.10 song in the list, also above Dhuan which I loved most. Some songs just require a certain mindset and mood, and then you don't resist listening them repeatedly.  Nikhil D'souza and Shruti Hassan have lended their voices in this soft emotional song, with Sukhwinder giving some high pitch lines. Composition is fantastic from S-E-L, and so are the lyrics by Niranjan Iyengar. Specially love Nikhil's vocals in the song.
teri yaadon ko sehlaata hoon, pal mein banke bikharta hoon. 


11. Kamli - dhoom 3

When you think of the song, its Katrina Kaif's awesome strip dance comes to mind straightaway. But, if Sunidhi didn't sing it so well, Katrina won't have made that much of impact. One of the most addictive song from last year for me, just couldn't help listening it repeatedly. Although its not a low pitch song, yet what was good here is Sunidhi didn't go too loud which on occasions she goes singing such songs, plus there are parts where she changes pitch so effectively. Till date, I haven't understood meaning of many words but the craze for this song hasn't ended despite that.
bekhudi mein tu khudi ka zariya zariya, mere yaara. 


12. Sun raha hai - aashiqui 2

This song is like saans of Jab tak hai jaan, I got problem in main line 'sun raha hai na tu, ro raha hoon main' like I had with 'saans mein teri, saans mili toh.. mujhe saans aayi' .. Both these lines appear so cliche or something I feel affected my love for these songs. But their antaras are so good that you just have to accept that the song is worth listening to or maybe pay attention to once the mukhra ends. The alaap after 'apne karam ki kar adaayein' was so so long but very good, specially when you hear with film in theatre, almost gave me goosebumps. Sandeep Nath as lyricist has done good job apart from messing up on those 2 lines. Awesomely sung by Ankit Tiwari, specially 1st antara which is my most fav.
manzilein ruswa hai, khoya hai raasta… aaye le jaaye, itni si iltejaa. 


13. Shikayatein - lootera

Another gem of a song from amit trivedi. Special mention to Amitabh Bhattacharya lyrics, all through the song you can't stop admiring him. Some of the themes used in this song were my favs from the film, love the one that comes during 'Ek jeet tu hai' and one at the right end of song.
ek jeet tu hai, ek haar main hoon.. haar jeet jode jo taar main hoon.


14. Nagaada sang dhol - ram leela

And enters Shreya Ghoshal song finally in my list. She was just outstanding in this one, what impressed me specially was her voice modulation throughout the song, how well she changed it. Not a religious person, but if I was, then this would had been among my fav navratri songs. Special mention to the use of gujrati lines which complimented the song very well.
baagon mein bola, bola re bola… morey badla re dil ka bhoogol.


15. Dil ki toh lag gayi - nautanki saala

Interestingly, this is a female song sung for a male. Saba Azad voice is hard to not love (only reason her version of dhoom machale failed was more to do with composition), very much the love I have for Suman Sridhar's voice. Both these singers add that extra sensuousness into the song. Also, notice how the lyricist plays with words around like 'ladki, takatak hot hai with tequila shot hai'. A very well composed humorous sad song, and Saba's voice makes you hear it again and again. For me it was the best song of album, above saadi galli.
cinemaa ki tu hai aah, mogambo khush hua.


16. Kabira - yeh jawaani hai deewani

What a pairing it was, Tochi Raina and Rekha Bharadwaj, and the song did turned out to be great. A song that's trying to tell that the guy has got himself so lost in his dreams that he has taken himself away from his close ones. In a way its a lighter version of naadan parindey. Amitabh Bhattacharya's lyrics once again worth applauding.
ban liya apna paigambar, tar liya tu saat samandar… phir bhi sookha mann ke andar, kyun reh gaya.


17. Shubh aarambh - kai po che

There's that feel good factor with this song, whenever I listen it. Another gujrati based song, sung by Shruti Pathak and Divya Kumar. Love raas racheelo line and the background theme that runs after it. Very good composition from Amit Trivedi.
haan mazza hai zindagi, nasha hai zindagi, dheere dheere chadhegi ho, dua de zindagi, bata de zindagi… baat apni banegi ho. 


18. Bandhay - david

Sung by modern mafia, its a fun peppy track, with few funny inserts of a guy at places like 'sorry', 'get out' etc. Its the instruments used that makes this song full of energy and probably shake a leg to, specially the 2nd stanza.  Love the 'la la la la' chorus. Easily a song you would listen continuously.
bandhay mera raja, tera time aa gaya.. par tujhko na pata, tujhe rehna hai lapatta. 


19. Ram chahe leela - ram leela

Now, here's a song where whole credit goes to the singer Bhoomi Trivedi. Composition is nice, lyrics are okay, its only her vocals that give something special to this song. I fell in love with song pretty late, during Jan award shows, when this song would play a lot and actresses would perform on this song. Even hated choreography of this song, yet as audio track I can listen it repeatedly for the way she has sung it.
lage saare dushman, dikhe sabmein chor…teri balcony mein baitha ek mor, moron ki hai mistake, ram-leela badnaam.


20. Ankahee - lootera

Another of Amit Trivedi's brilliant composition, only complaint was why only 1 antara (very much like Vishal Shekhar did in 'Dua', Shanghai). The highlight of the song is the instrumentation, specially the opening prelude and then the ending one. Beautifully penned down and sung by Amitabh Bhattacharya, its a painful romantic song that touches the heart.
patte jo shaakhon se toote… bewajah toh nahi roothe, hai sabhi. 


21. Dil ka mizaaj ishqiya - dedh ishqiya

There's a pleasant feel when you listen this song, like I say about films how crucial the 1st scene is to determine how good film would be, similarly here the first few secs of song sometimes are enough for you to be totally involved. I would had preferred slightly lower pitch used when Rahat sings 'aisa hi hai yeh' and similar lines in other stanzas. Totally love when he does the harkat of 'ishq ishq ishq ishq ishqiya'. Gulzar-Vishal Bharadwaj combo produces yet another song worth remembering after 'Dil toh bachcha hai jee from Ishqiya, and I still won't be able to choose my favorite among both.
ulajhne ki isko yun aadat nahi… magar bewafaai sharafat nahi.. yeh jazbaati hoke chalak jaata hai.


22. Yun hi re - david

I don't know if its thunderstorms or fire-crackers at the start of song, but I love that they started like that followed by that instrumental tune that I madly loved. Plus the chorus of singers singing 'yun hi re, yun hi re, mile rahe hum.. tujhi mein, tujhi mein.. range rahe hum' is so romantic, infact the whole arrangement of song along with Anirudh-Sweta complementing each other so well, gives that feeling of being in love the song has in it. Excellent work by Aniruddh as composer.
apni chahat aur kuch hai, ishq ki kuch aur hai… tere mere bas mein kya hai, ho raha hai jo likha hai. 


23. Khoon choos le - go goa gone

A song that every school/college/uni/office goer would had enjoyed and related to totally. How much everyone hate Mondays, and we want Saturdays and Sundays to just never end. We don't wanna wake up on the Monday morning. All this is so brilliantly penned down by Amitabh Bhattacharya, and Sachin-Jigar makes it a hilarious composition that starts with 'ay le, phir aa gaya tu face utha ke.. dum lega kya meri jaan kha ke'. 'Main nahi jaana, main nahi jaana' totally had me laughing thinking of days when I felt same but had to go and leave sweet bed.
sukoon ke shikaari, somwaar.


24. Laal ishq - ram leela

If there was a possibility to re-do a song for separation of Salman-Aishwarya in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam then this song could fit in very nicely. Laal Ishq is like slow version of 'Tadap Tadap', a broken lover telling tale of his love. Once again Arijit Singh has sung it flawlessly, and a typical Sanjay Leela Bhansali's composition that reminds of his old works yet doesn't fail to impress. Liked that the song ended on the sound of temple bells.
apna naam badal dun, ya tera naam chupa dun… bas ek rahe mera kaam ishq, mera kaam ishq. 


25. Dhuaan - d day

I have to admit its the background theme with which the song begins that made me love this song. The lyrics are good, so is the composition but that theme is the major ups of the song.
maangna nahi bas dena hai jinki zubaan, loot kar jinhe humne baandha hai yeh sama. 

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26. Andha ghoda race mein dauda - chashme baddoor 

27. Dilliwali girlfriend - yeh jawaani hai deewani 

28. Botal khol - prague

29. Hum na tode - boss

30. Mera yaar - bhaag milkha bhaag

31. Raghupati raghav rajaram - satyagraha

32. Tu hi junoon - dhoom 3

33. Gulabi - shuddh desi romance 

34. Ae zindagi gale laga le - prague

35. Saadi galli aaja - nautanki saala

36. Murshid khele holi - d day

37. Dharpakad - special 26

38. Party all night - boss

39. Lahu munh lag gaya - ram leela

40. Malang - dhoom 3

41. Tum hi ho (female) - aashiqui 2

42. Ilaahi - yeh jawaani hai deewani

43. Ambarsariya - fukrey

44. Slowly slowly - go goa gone

45. Slow motion angreza - bhaag milkha bhaag

46. Gandi baat - r rajkumar

47. Balam pichkaari - yeh jawaani hai deewani

48. Banarasiya - raanjhanaa

49. Bachchan - bombay talkies

50. Tu hi tu - nautanki saala

51. Bezubaan - any body can dance

52. Meethi boliyan - kai po che

53. Aaja nindiya - aatma

54. Titli - chennai express

55. Manjaa - kai po che

56. Saree ke fall sa - r rajkumar

57. O rangrez - bhaag milkha bhaag

58. Dhating naach - phata poster nikla hero

59. Charon taraf - john day

60. Mann mera - table no 21

61. Babaji ki booti - go goa gone 

62. Mera mann kehne laga - nautanki saala

63. Chanchal mann atti random - shuddh desi romance

64. Love ki ghanti - besharam

65. Ghagra - yeh jawaani hai deewani

66. Maston ka jhund - bhaag milkha bhaag

67. Naa jaane - i, me aur main

68. Kabhi jo baadal barse - jackpot

69. Hum jee lenge - murder 3

70. Mor bani thanghat kare - ram leela

71. One two three four - chennai express

72. Ang laga de - ram leela 

73. Mujh mein tu - special 26

74. Zinda hoon yaar - lootera

75. Sun raha hai (female) - aashiqui 2

76. Piya milenge - raanjhanaa

77. Aye dil bata - ishq actually 

78. Bhula dena - aashiqui 2

79. Dil ka jo haal hai - besharam

80. Beparwah - shahid

81. Rab di - david

82. Dhoom machale - dhoom 3

83. Bismillah - once upon a time in mumbaai dobara

84. Jeene laga hoon - ramaiya vastavaiya

85. Early morning - chashme baddoor

86. Mat maari - r rajkumar

87. Chahun main ya naa - aashiqui 2

88. Rooh mein - club 60

89. Piya aaye na - aashiqui 2

90. Totey udh gaye - ek thi daayan

91. Capuchino - i, me aur main

92. Main senti hoon - mere dad ki maruti

93. Lautungi main - ek thi daayan

94. Ghanchakkar babu - ghanchakkar

95. Monta re - lootera

96. Kap kap - prague 

97. Sawaar loon - lootera

98. Tu mun shudi - raanjhanaa

99. Sadda dil vi tu - any body can dance

100. Dil tu hi bata - krrish 3 

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