Classical music is a term that refers to a traditional generation of music . In earlier days the composing of film songs is strictly based on Ragas. Most of the old Hindi songs are based on Hindustani music. But today’s films does not follow this. Hindustani music is mostly influenced by Persian music. Hindustani Music is originally from North India an it is a tradition that took shape in northern India in the 13th and 14th centuries .In Hindustani music, once the raga is established, the ornamentation around the mode begins to become rhythmical, gradually speeding up. The top classical songs in Hindi are the following.

1. Gori Tera Gaon

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“Gori Tera Gaon ” is one of the best classical song from the film ‘Chitchor’. It is a famous song composed on the basis of the raga “malkauns”. The lyrics are so beautiful . This film is a true love story by Basu Chatterjee.This film is famous for it’s melodious songs written and composed by Ravindra Jain. He is famous Indian music composer who won the best music director award in 1985. He was born completely blind. His some of the memorable songs are “Oo goriya re’ (Naiyya), ‘Beeti hui raat ki’ (Sunayna) etc.The singer of this song is K.J.Yesudas . He is one of the most eminent playback singer in the film industry. He sings songs in most Indian Languages.

2. Tora Man Darpan

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“Tora Man Darpan ” is a best classical song from the film ‘Kaajal’. It is a famous song composed on the basis of the raga “darbari”. It is a very beautiful song. This is a family drama directed by Ram Maheshwari.The music of this movie is composed by Ravi. He is a famous Indian music director. He composes both Hindi and Malayalam songs. Some of his hit songs are ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chand’ , ‘Do Badan’ , ‘Humraaz ‘, ‘Ankhen’ and ‘Nikaah’. His famous Malayalm songs are “Saagarangale” and “Aa raatri maanju poyi”. The lyrics of this song is written by Sahir Ludhianvi.He was a popular Urudu poet and Hindi Lyricist and song writer. Asha Bhosle is the singer of this song. She is cconsidered to be the most versatile singer in South Asia. She sings film songs, pop, ghazals, classical songs, bhajans etc. She sings songs in 14 languages.

3. Suni suni saans ke sitar par

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“Suni suni saans ke sitar par ” is one of the famous classical hit from the movie “Lal Patthar”. It is one of the best song composed in the raga “Jaijaiwanti” .This film is a so romantic and is directed by Sushil Majmudar.The songs are composed by Shankar-Jaikishan. He was a duo of prolific music directors of Indian film industry.Their team composes music for more than 150 Bollywood movies. This song lyrics is written by Neeraj. He is a best known poet. His style is considered to be most easy to understand and of high quality. He wrote songs for several Hindi movies. Asha Bhosle is the singer of this song. She is considered to be the most versatile singer in South Asia. She sings film songs, pop, ghazals, classical songs, bhajans etc. She sings songs in 14 languages.

4.Tere mere beech me

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“Tere mere beech me” is a famous classical Hindi song from the movie ‘Ek Duje Ke Liye’ . This song is composed in the raga” shivranjani”. It is very beautiful song in this raga.This film is a love story directed by K Balachander.The songs of this come to the top in that year.The songs are composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.They were a popular Bollywood composer duo.They composed music for more than 500 movies.They can compose both Indian classical songs and Western songs also.The lyrics of this song is written by Anand Bakshi. He is a popular Indian poet and lyricist. He established his identity as a lyricist after the song “Dum maro dum” in the movie ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’. S P Balasubrahmanyam is the singer of this song. He is a popular Indian playback singer. He took singing as a hobby from his childhood. He has sung more than 39000 songs in 5 languages. He is become so famous because of his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style, technique and control.

5.Jhukati ghata gaati hawa

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“Jhukati ghata gaati hawa” is one of the famous classical song from the movie ‘Dhool Ka Phool’. This is one of the best song composed in the raga “bhoopali”. It is really very beautiful to hear.This film is marked as a good film in 1959 and is directed by Yash Chopra.The songs of this movie is composed by Dutta N. He started his film career as an assistant to the great composer S D Burman. He was very impressed with revolutionary songs of lyricist Sahir Ludhiyanvi.The lyrics of this song is written by Sahir Ludhianvi. He was a popular Urudu poet and Hindi Lyricist and song writer. Asha Bhosle and Mahendra Kapoor are the singers. Asha Bhosle is considered to be the most versatile singer in South Asia. She sings film songs, pop, ghazals, classical songs, bhajans etc. She has sung songs in 14 languages. Mahendra Kapoor is also a famous Indian singer.He was inspired by Mohammed Rafi . He won All-India’s singing competition’ early in his career.

6. Mohobbat aisi dhadkan

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“Mohobbat aisi dhadkan” is a famous classical song from the film ‘Anarkali’.The lyrics of this song is beautiful and ever loving. We can’t forget it.This film is a famous love film directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. This song is composed by Ramchandra C. He was a famous music composer in Indian film industry. He also composes music for Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Bhojpuri films.The song lyrics is written by Shailendra. He was a famous Hindi lyricist. He won the film critics award also. Lata Mangeshkar is the singer of this song. She is one of the most well known playback singer from India. She has sung songs in more than 20 regional Indian languages.

7. Ham ko man ki shakti dena

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“Hamako manakii shakti denaa” is a famous classical song from the movie ‘Guddi’ .This is one of the famous song composed in the raga “kedar”. It is a wonderful song.This film’s story is about a girl who is crazy about films and is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.This song is composed by Vasant Desai. He is a famous Hindi film composer . He could pivot the various situations of life around his simple and classy tunes. He is a man of great musical insight. He could easily grasp the situations and put them successfully in his songs. This songs lyrics is by Gulzar . He is a famous poet. His style gives sensitivity that is best reflected through his writing. Vani Jairam is the singer of this song. She is one of the famous female playback singers in India. She has sung songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi and Kannada.

8.Aye ri pawan

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“Aye ri pawan” is a famous classical song from the film ‘Bemisaal’. It is a beautiful song. The lyrics are so beautiful. This is a good film in that year and is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee .The song is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. He is a great Bollywood composer. His style is followed by today’s composers. He is famous for his unique style.This song’s lyrics is by Anand Bakshi. He is a popular Indian poet and lyricist . Lata Mangeshkar is the singer of this song. She is one of the most well known playback singers in India. She has sung songs in more than 20 regional Indian languages.

9.Meethe bol bole

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“Meethe bol bole” is a famous classical song from the film ‘Kinara’.The song is famous for its lyrics. This is a family drama by Gulzar. The song is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. He is a great Bollywood composer. His style is followed by today’s composers. He is famous for his unique style.The lyrics of this song is by the greatest poet Gulzar. His style gives sensitivity that is best reflected through his writing. Lata Mangeshkar & Bhupinder are the singers of this song. Lata Mangeshkar is one of the most well known playback singers in India. She has sung songs in more than 20 regional Indian languages. Bhupinder is also a famous Hindi playback singer.

10.Nadiya Kinare

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“Nadiya Kinare” is a classical song from the movie ‘Abhiman’. The lyrics is very beautiful. This Film is a family drama by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.The song is composed by S D Burman. He was one of the most famous Bollywood music composers . He was also a great Bengali singer and composer. The lyrics is by Majrooh Sultanpuri. He was an Urudu poet , lyricist and song writer. Lata Mangeshkar is the singer of this song. She is one of the most well known playback singers in India. She has sung songs in more than 20 regional Indian languages.

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Tamil is always famous for its different class of songs. Whether it is sad, melody etc, it expresses its nature. One of the biggest asset of Tamil music is the presence of the two greatest musicians Illayaraja and A.R Rahman. Illayaraja is famous for his melodies and Rahman famous in every class and he is the greatest composer in Asia. When we talk about melody, Tamil industry stands first to deliver such kind of songs. Melody is very good to hear at low volume and gets a mesmerizing effect. Some of the best Tamil melody songs are listed below.

1. Snehithane Snehithane

Movie : Alaipaayuthe

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Singer : Sadhana Sargam, Srnivas

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This song stands first at any condition. The songs from this movie is the best and always charts first in any list. This song is the best melody and it became perfect with the words of Vairamuthu and music by Rahman. An excellent song for any time.

2. Malargale Malargale

Movie : Love Birds

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Singer : Hariharan, Chitra

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This one is a beautiful song from this movie. The strength of this song is its excellent lyrics by Vairamuthu. The team work again paved the way for the good music tracks. The film was not successful but all the tracks from this film became blockbuster and managed a hit in all the chart busters.

3. Poovukul

Movie : Jeans

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Singers : Unnikrishnan, Sujatha

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Here also is the same top musician, lyricist, and many more. In this movie the hero expresses his love towards his love through this song. This is one of the most expensive song in the list. One of the best feature of this song is that it shows all the seven wonders and their culture by this song. Thats a big asset for us.

4. Ennavale Adi Ennavale

Movie : Kadhalan

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vaali

Singer : Unnikrishnan

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This movie became platform for the Hero Prabhudeva and Heroine Nagma. It was a musical movie and featured flexibility of dances from Prabhudeva. He created his own dance styles. This song is the slow and hummamble song from this movie. Valli was at his best with lyrics.

5. Kanmani Anbodu

Movie : Guna

Music director : Illayaraja

Lyrics : Kannadasan

Singer : Kamal hassan, S.Janaki

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This is a good melody from tamil. The veteran actor acted as a mentally ill man who loves a rich girls and saves her from an accident and stays with her in a den. The singers Kamal hassan and Janaki were at their best. Janaki is known as the “Amma” of film industry. Her voice is so lullable and hummable. Kamal , despite an actor he also sings very well.

6. Ennavo Ennavo

Movie : Priyamanavale

Music director : S.A Raajakumar

Lyrics : Vaali

Singer : Hariharan,Harini

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This is a beautiful song of all seasons. This movie is all about an intense love. Hero hires a girl just to show to his parents that he is married. When they pretend living together they came to know that they cant be separated. The lyrics of this song clarifies how much she loves her lover.

7. Rosaapoo Chinna Rossapoo

Movie : Suryavamsham

Music director : S.A Rajakumar

Lyrics : R.Ravishanker

Singer : Hariharan

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This movie is a story about a Father and his son. They are similar in appearance. Love and affection is the theme of this movie and they have cleverly highlighted that through songs. This song is very popular by its good music and lyrics.

8. Kaana Kandenadi

Movie : Paarthiban Kanavu

Music director : Vidyasagar

Lyrics : Yugabharathi

Singer : Madhubalakrishnan

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This is a non starer movie, but this movie came to the blockbuster only because of its songs. Vidyasagar despite of his mother tongue,he manged to take all the songs to its originality. Another feature is it is sung by a malyalite singer Madhubalakrishnan. He also rendered his voice just like a tamilian and was able to express all its emotions. This song features the love after marriage of a couple.

9. Vennilave Vennilave

Movie : Minsara Kanavu

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Singer : Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam

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This is a wonderful triangular love story. For getting affection from a lady one hero hires one talented man to attain that job. But the result was that, man fell in love with the heroine. This was the music that Rahman won second national award. There was lots and lots of awards for everyone worked for this movie. This was the blockbuster of the year 1997.This song is featured in a set arranged as slum. Beggars and robbers dance with the 2nd hero and Heroine. This is the situation that the both came to know that they are deep in love.

10. Puthu velai Mazhai

Movie : Roja

Music director : A.R Rahman

Lyrics : Vairamuthu

Singer : Unni Menon, Sujatha

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The biggest blockbuster of all year and a movie that Tamil industry can boast off. This movie have been translated in every languages in India and Asia. Many national awards have been bagged by this movie in every fields. This was the debut movie of A.R Rahman as music composer. First it became musical hit and the content of the film get noticed by songs and attracted many people to see the movie. This song shows the internal and immortal love a husband and wife.

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