Top 25 Hindi Films (in terms of music)
The unique thing about hindi cinema is that it contains songs (at least the mainstream), there is no separate genre like 'musical'. This is not a list of my favorite hindi films. This is a list of favorite films in terms of the songs that were there...
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- DirectorGuru DuttStarsGuru DuttWaheeda RehmanMala SinhaVijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.Composer: S. D. Burman
- DirectorNandlal JaswantlalStarsBina RaiPradeep KumarKuldip KaurMisunderstandings arise between Akbar and his son Salim when he disapproves his son's love.Composer: C. Ramchandra
- DirectorNandlal JaswantlalStarsVyjayanthimalaPradeep KumarJeevan DharLovers from two warring snake-charming tribes face life-threatening challenges.Composer: Hemant Kumar
- DirectorK. AsifStarsPrithviraj KapoorMadhubalaDilip KumarA 16th century prince falls in love with a court dancer and battles with his emperor father.Composer: Naushad Ali
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsAshok KumarMeena KumariRaaj KumarIn Lucknow at the turn of the century, a dancer and courtesan believes that her pure soul and body will enable her to find true love and honor.Composer: Ghulam Mohammad
- DirectorShantaram Rajaram VankudreStarsSandhyaMahipalKeshavrao DateDiwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and whom he calls Mohini. Diwakar becomes a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not last long as Diwakar loses his job because of critical songs against the British. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father nor his son. On top of all this, Diwakar's obsession with Mohini shows no sign of abating, forcing Jamuna to leave their home.Composer: C. Ramchandra
- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDev AnandWaheeda RehmanLeela ChitnisWhen mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.Composer: S. D. Burman
- DirectorBhagwan PalavStarsGeeta BaliBhagwan PalavBadri PrasadPyarelal lives with his parents his elder brother Mohan,his wife Malti and sister Vimla and he day dreams of making it big as an actor.His families condition isn't good and sister Vimla has to get married his brother Mohan arranges for six hundred rupees while his father asks Pyarelal to arrange four hundred.Pyarelal manages to arrange only hundred rupees and his family finds that he has been fired from his job by giving an advance salary due to his negligence.After an heated argument with his father Pyarelal leaves the house and decides to comeback when he makes it big,he meets actress Asha at a theater and gets a break and makes it big and eventually both fall in love.But the theater owner wants Asha not to send Pyarelal back home as their company might face losses so Pyarelal sends money and gifts via post but all that is taken by Malti's brother who blackmails her.Finally when Pyarelal achieves much bigger success he decides to go home but is shocked to see that his mother is no more,Mohan is living in poverty ,the gifts and money he sent is missing,Vimla's wedding is canceled and she along with his father is missing and begging on streets.Composer: C. Ramchandra
- DirectorMuzaffar AliStarsRekhaFarooq ShaikhNaseeruddin ShahIn Faizabad, British India, Dilawar is sentenced to several years in prison after Amiran's Daroga dad testifies against him. After his discharge around 1840, he extracts his vengeance by abducting Amiran and selling to a brothel madam. It is here Amiran will be re-named Umrao Jaan. Years later, Umrao has grown up and is an accomplished poetess as well as dancer extraordinary. She has many patrons, chief amongst them are Nawab Sultan and his father. The young Nawab is smitten by Umrao's beauty and her poems, but is finally forced to marry a girl of his mother's choice, leaving behind a heart-broken and devastated Umrao, who seeks solace in the arms of Faiz Ali and finally elopes with him, only to find out that he is a wanted bandit, and is shot down and killed by guards. Umrao re-locates to Kanpur where she establishes herself as a Poet and dancer, but is hunted down by brothel-keepers, Gohar Mirza and Husseini and brought back, where she is told that she must marry Gohar. Watch what Umrao does to escape from being married against her will, and her attempts to try and find her way back to her parents.Composer: Khayyam
- DirectorSatyen BoseStarsAshok KumarMadhubalaAnoop KumarThree woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.Composer: S. D. Burman
- DirectorBimal RoyStarsDilip KumarVyjayanthimalaJohnny WalkerA young man takes shelter in a mansion when a landslide blocks his route to the railway station. Then, he finds the mansion familiar and soon learns about the story of his previous birth.Composer: Salil Chowdhury
- DirectorAmarjeetVijay AnandStarsDev AnandNanda KarnatakiSadhana ShivdasaniWhen an army officer is presumed dead in battle, his lookalike is tasked with breaking the news to his family. However, circumstances force him to impersonate the dead man.Composer: Jaidev
- DirectorRaj KapoorStarsRaj KapoorNargisPrithviraj KapoorA poor young man named Raj joins a criminal gang to feed his mother. But when he falls in love with Rita, he decides to reform himself for her.Composer: Shankar-Jaikishen
- DirectorHarishStarsArjun BakshiShammiMoti SagarComposer: Roshan Lal
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsSadhana ShivdasaniManoj KumarParveen ChoudharyOne stormy night, a doctor offers a ride to a ghostly woman he meets on the side of the road. Later, he discovers his intended bride is identical in appearance to the ghost. Who was she and why does she haunt him?Composer: Madan Mohan
- DirectorAnant ThakurStarsNargisRaj KapoorGopeA spoiled rich girl on the run travels with a reporter looking for a news scoop.Composer: Shankar-Jaikishen
- DirectorAmit SaxenaStarsBipasha BasuJohn AbrahamGulshan GroverWhen an unemployed man falls for a wealthy woman and he is willing to do whatever he must to get her away from her abusive husband.Composer: M. M. Kreem
- DirectorAbdul Rashid KardarStarsSureshVyjayanthimalaJayantA powerful, princely Sheikh lives in 18th-century Persia, making his living by renting out properties and recovering taxes and dues on them. He lives in a palatial house with his wife Zubeda and son Ahmad. When Ahmad grows up, Zubeda notices that he is spending too much time with women in their harem, and wants his father to get him involved in their business. Sheikh accordingly instructs Ahmad to collect all revenue, which he does. A few days later, Sheikh is informed that Ahmad has been spending time with a friend named Farid and is romantically involved with a dancing girl named Yasmin. A visibly upset Sheikh accordingly warns Ahmad to mend his ways, give up on Yasmin, and return home, where he has planned his marriage with Nadira, the daughter of Amir Qasim. Ahmad returns home but refuses to marry Nadira, then runs away from home to be close to be Yasmin, knowing very well that she is connected with a group of gypsy thugs who use her charms to lure wealthy young men to extract ransom. And Ahmad knows that his enraged father will also challenge him to a duel that will ensure a death in this family.Composer: C. Ramchandra
- DirectorHameed ButtStarsNutanPradeep KumarDarpan"Heer" is the story of two lovers, after the mythical Punjabi legend of Heer and Ranjhna. It tells their thwarted love, and how beautiful Heer and intrepid Ranjhna must fight to reunite in spite of obstacles and enemies. The two lovers belong to opposing tribes/families and villains are out to separate them. During a fair where her champion has been tricked, Heer is promised to somebody of her clan. The defeated hero wonders in the wilderness and meets with witches who direct him to his beloved. In spite of having fallen from princehood to beggarhood, he thus gets back to her, and they hope to marry, but Ranjhna's enemies are still looking for him, and they stalk him. A trap is laid to capture Ranjhna and to stop any further common plan, Heer is married to her rightful suitor. She plans suicide, but Ranjhna arrives; he tries to drag her away, but he's seen in her apartments and therefore she's declared impure and is condemned to the dungeons. The marriage takes place, in spite of Heer's will. Time passes; Ranjhna the wanderer has become a yogi and winds his way again to Heer's home. She's almost dead, but when she hears of him, she rises and meets him. But she's been too long deprived of him and has lost her mind: she doesn't recognize him. Shocked, she lies down to die. A plan is organized to join the star-crossed lovers: Ranjhna declares he must take Heer to his hermitage in order to pray and revive her. The plan works thanks to a sister in law: Ranjhna prays and Heer resurrects. But again the pair's enemies catch them, and once more they are separated, and brought in front of the judge, who gives Heer to her lawful husband. She is dragged out, but during her convoy, her own prayer brings fire down on the city, and this proves to the King that she was wrongfully married. Alas, this won't prove good, and Heer's relatives rig another plan to doom her and her lover. She is told to sacrifice herself to save her father, whose house is attacked by a mob of angry and manipulated villagers. This time Ranjhna arrives too late, and can only hold in his arms the poisoned heroine.Composer: Anil Biswas
- DirectorNitin BoseStarsDilip KumarVyjayanthimalaNasir KhanGungaram, a poor, indebted farmer, works hard to educate his younger brother Jumna and make him a police officer. Years later, circumstances force Gungaram to become an outlaw and now the brothers confront each other as enemies.Composer: Naushad Ali
- DirectorJyoti SwaroopStarsSunil DuttSaira BanuMehmoodA simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.Composer: R. D. Burman
- DirectorBibhuti MitraStarsDeepakShyamaI.S. JoharComposer: Hemant Kumar
- DirectorS.M. NawabStarsDev AnandAnwarHafiz JehanKhel is a Hindi romantic and drama film starring Dev Anand and Nargis.Composer: Sajjad Hussain
- DirectorKamal AmrohiStarsAshok KumarMadhubalaM. KumarA young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.Composer: Khemchand Prakash
- DirectorGuru DuttStarsShyamaGuru DuttJagdish SethiAn ex-convict gets a job as a taxi driver to change his girlfriend's prejudiced father's view of him, and becomes embroiled with a criminal gang in the process.Composer: O. P. Nayyar