Top 25 of 2010

So.. as we said in the round-up some time back, here are our top 25 Bollywood songs of 2010! Click on the song title to view the song. Songs in Song Title (Movie) – Composer(s)|Singer(s) format.

1.    Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji (Ishqiya) — Vishal Bhardwaj|Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

2.    Ranjha Ranjha (Raavan) — A R Rahman|Anuradha Sriram, Rekha Bharadwaj, Javed Ali

3.    Suno Aisha (Aisha) — Amit Trivedi|Ash King, Aditi Singh Sharma, Nakash Aziz, Amit Trivedi

4.    Tujhe bhula diya (Anjaana Anjaani) — Vishal Shekhar|Shruti Pathak, Mohit Chauhan, Shekhar Ravjiani

5.    Madhno (Lamhaa) — Mithoon|Chinmayi, Kshitij Tarey

6.    Uff Teri Ada (Karthik Calling Karthik) — Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Alyssa Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan

7.    Pee Loon (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai) — Pritam|Mohit Chauhan

8.    Kahaani Aankhon Ke (Udaan) — Amit Trivedi|Joi Barua, Neuman Pinto

9.    Pal Mein (Paathshaala) — Salim Sulaiman|Shreya Ghoshal/Shankar Mahadevan

10. Dhoop Ke Makaan (Break Ke Baad) — Vishal Shekhar|Caralisa Monteiro, Shekhar Ravjiani, Sunidhi Chauhan, Mikey McCleary

11.  Dilli (No One Killed Jessica) — Amit Trivedi|Aditi Singh Sharma, Tochi Raina, Shriram Iyer

12.  Call Me Dil (Jhootha Hi Sahi) — A R Rahman|Rashid Ali

13.  Sajda (My Name Is Khan) — Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Richa Sharma, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shankar Mahadevan

14.  Mora Piya (Raajneeti) — Aadesh Shrivastava|Aadesh Shrivastava, Shashi, Rosalie Nicholson

15.  Lehrein (Aisha) — Amit Trivedi|Anusha Mani, Neuman Pinto, Nikhil D’Souza

16.  Mayya Yashodha (Jhootha Hi Sahi) — A R Rahman|Chinmayi, Javed Ali

17.  Hey Ya (Karthik Calling Karthik) — Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Clinton Cerejo, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa

18.  Bahara (I Hate Luv Storys) — Vishal Shekhar|Sona Mohapatra, Shreya Ghoshal

19.  Bombay Bombay (Striker) — Amit Trivedi|Siddharth, Amit Trivedi

20.  Main Kaun Hoon (Lamhaa) — Mithoon|Palash Sen

21.  Munni Badnaam (Dabangg) — Lalit Pandit|Mamta Sharma, Aishwariya

22.  Socha Na Tha (Shahrukh Bola Khoobsurat Hai Tu) — Vasuda Sharma|Vasuda Sharma

23.  Kaare Kaare Badra (Mirch) — Monty Sharma|Shankar Mahadevan

24.  Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan) — Vishal Shekhar|Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani

25.  Ainvayi Ainvayi (Band Baaja Baaraat) — Salim Sulaiman|Salim Merchant, Sunidhi Chauhan

It was with great difficulty that I brought the list down to 25. Below are five which I would have very much wanted to be in the top 25.

1.  O Re Bande (Lahore) — Piyush Mishra|Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shilpa Rao

2.  Dheere Dheere (Walkaway) — Vishal Shekhar|Shekhar Ravjiani

3.  Roshni (Admissions Open) — Amit Trivedi|Shruti Pathak

4.  Yeh Des Hai Mera (Khele Hum Jee Jaan Sey) — Sohail Sen|Sohail Sen

5.  Bas Itni Guzaarish (Guzaarish) — Sanjay Leela Bhansali|KK

And finally,  here are top 25 Indian songs of 2010 outside of Bollywood. The list is primarily made up of Tamil and Malayalam songs, as those are the two languages I listen to otherwise. Even in those I have prepared the list based on the songs I heard over the year, so if I have missed some major album kindly accept my apologies. I have not included in the ranking three major albums – Ranjit Barot‘s Bada Boom, Naveen Kumar‘s Cafe Fluid and 127 Hours by A R Rahman and other composers. These are three must.not.miss albums, ranking or not!

1.    Naan Varuvene (Raavanan: Tamil) — A R Rahman|A R Rahman, Jali Fily Cissokho

2.    Aaromale (Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya: Tamil) — A R Rahman|Alphonse Joseph

3.    Nenjil Nenjil (Engeyum Kaadhal: Tamil) — Harris Jayaraj|Harish Raghavendra, Chinmayi

4.    Kanninima (Anwar: Malayalam) — Gopi Sundar|Shreya Ghoshal, Naresh Iyer

5.    Vennilaavinumivide (Cocktail: Malayalam) — Alphonse Joseph|Alphonse Joseph

6.    Enna Kurayo (Mandhira Punnagai: Tamil) — Vidyasagar|Sudha Raghunathan

7.    Pudhiya Manidha (Endhiran: Tamil) — A R Rahman|S P Balasubramanyam

8.    Mazhayil Kulitha Malarvanam (Ilaignan: Tamil) — Vidyasagar|Karthik, Anwesha

9.    Maaralante (Komaram Puli: Telugu) — A R Rahman|Rahman, KMMC Choir

10. Aah Ko Chaahiye (Makaramanju: Malayalam) — Ramesh Narayan|Hariharan, Sujatha

11.  Hosanna (Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya: Tamil) — A R Rahman|Vijay Prakash, Suzanne, Blaaze

12.  Kaadhal Anukkal (Endhiran: Tamil) — A R Rahman|Vijay Prakash, Shreya Ghoshal

13.  Kizhakku Pookkum (Anwar: Malayalam) — Gopi Sundar|Shreya Ghoshal, Navin Iyer, Sabari Brothers, Raqueeb Alam

14.  Yaaradhu (Kaavalan: Tamil) — Vidyasagar|Karthik, Suchitra

15.   Mehrmaa Ve (Akriti: Indipop) — Shankar Mahadevan|Akriti Kakar

16.   Tanthaneno (Pullimaan: Malayalam) — Sharreth|Manisha Sheen/Vineeth Srinivasan

17.   Megam Vandhu (Mandhira Punnagai: Tamil) — Vidyasagar|Anwesha, Madhu Balakrishnan

18.   Namakame (Komaram Puli: Telugu) — A R Rahman|Chitra, Madhusree, Harini

19.   Thee Illai (Engeyum Kaadhal: Tamil) — Harris Jayaraj|Naresh Iyer, Mukesh, Gopal Rao, Mahathi, Ranina Reddy

20.   Lavan Kashmalan (Malarvaadi Arts Club: Malayalam) — Shaan Rahman|Vineeth Srinivasan, Shaan Rahman, Rakesh Kishore, Sharath

21.   Thozha Vaanam (Ilaignan: Tamil) — Vidyasagar|Hariharan

22.   Perilla Raajyathe (Body Guard: Malayalam) — Ouseppachan|Karthik, Elizabeth Raju

23.   Mallippoo (Pullimaan: Malayalam) — Sharreth|M G Sreekumar, Sithara

24.   Njaan Kanavil Kandoru (Aagathan: Malayalam) — Ouseppachan|Ranjith/Swetha

25.   Who’s The Hero (Manmadan Ambu: Tamil) — Devi Sri Prasad|Andrea Jeremiah

And thus ends our summary for 2010 Indian music. Hope that 2011 proves to be as musically bountiful as 2010. Happy 2011 everyone! 🙂