Top 25 of 2011

So here are the top 25 Bollywood songs of the year. As I said in the roundup before, it was quite tough to bring it down to 25, lot of favs having to be cut out and all that. In any case, below is the end product. In the format: Song Title (Movie) – Composer(s)|Singer(s)|Lyricist(s). Click on the title to watch the song.

1 Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar) – A R Rahman|Javed Ali, A R Rahman, Mohit Chauhan|Irshad Kamil

2 Rangrez (Tanu Weds Manu) – Krsna|Wadali Brothers|Rajshekhar

3 Jo Bhi Main (Rockstar) – A R Rahman|Mohit Chauhan|Irshad Kamil

4 Saibo (Shor In The City) – Sachin Jigar|Shreya Ghoshal, Tochi Raina|Sameer, Priya Panchal

5 Aitbaar (No One Killed Jessica) – Amit Trivedi|Mame Khan, Vishal Dadlani|Amitabh Bhattacharya

6 Tere Liye (7 Khoon Maaf) – Vishal Bhardwaj|Suresh Wadkar|Gulzar

7 Kaun Si Dor (Aarakshan) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Prasoon Joshi|Pt. Channulal Mishra, Shreya Ghoshal|Prasoon Joshi

8 Bhare Naina (RA.One) – Vishal Shekhar|Nandini Srikar, Vishal, Shekhar|Panchhi Jalonvi

9 Piya (Tanu Weds Manu) – Krsna|Roop Kumar Rathod|Rajshekhar

10 Dilli (No One Killed Jessica) – Amit Trivedi|Aditi Singh Sharma, Shriram Iyer, Tochi Raina|Amitabh Bhattacharya

11 Tumba Tumba (Patiala House) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Hans Raj Hans|Anvita Dutt Guptan

12 Saigal Blues (Delhi Belly) – Ram Sampath|Chetan Shashital|Chetan Shashital, Ram Sampath

13 Baatein Shuru (Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge) – Raghu Dixit|Joi Barua, Shefali Alvarez|Anvita Dutt Guptan

14 Tu (My Friend Pinto) – Hitesh Sonik|Sunidhi Chauhan|Amitabh Bhattacharya

15 Nanhi Si Jaan (Stanley Ka Dabba) – Hitesh Sonik|Shankar Mahadevan|Amol Gupte

16 Isq Risk (Mere Brother Ki Dulhan) – Sohail Sen|Rahat Fateh Ali Khan|Irshad Kamil

17 Jiyein Kyun (Dum Maaro Dum) – Pritam|Papon|Jaideep Sahni

18 Nasha (Shaitan) – Prashant Pillai|Prashant Pillai, Bindu Nambiar|Sanjeev Sharma

19 Saaware/Teri Justajoo (Shor In The City) – Harpreet Singh|Roop Kumar Rathod|Sameer, Priya Panchal

20 Soundtrack Theme (Soundtrack) – Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale|Instrumental

21 Khaabon Ke Parindey (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) – Shankar Ehsaan Loy|Alyssa Mendonsa, Mohit Chauhan|Javed Akhtar

22 Bhojhal Se (I AM) – Rajiv Bhalla|KK|Amitabh Varma

23 Awaaz (F.A.L.T.U.) – Sachin Jigar|Jigar Saraiya|Sameer

24 Chhayee Hai Tanhayee (Love Breakups Zindagi) – Salim Sulaiman|Shafqat Amanat Ali, Salim Merchant, Shruti Pathak|Javed Akhtar

25 Darling (7 Khoon Maaf) – Vishal Bhardwaj|Usha Uthup, Rekha Bhardwaj|Gulzar

And another five that just missed making it to the top 25.

26 Katiya Karun (Rockstar) – A R Rahman|Harshdeep Kaur|Irshad Kamil

27 Tere Siva (Delhi Belly) –  Ram Sampath|Ram Sampath, Tarannum Malik|Amitabh Bhattacharya

28 Dildara (RA.One) – Vishal Shekhar, Ben E King|Shafqat Amanat Ali|Kumaar, Ben E King

29 Haal-e-Dil (Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap) – Vishal Shekhar|Amitabh Bachchan|Swanand Kirkire, Anvita Dutt Guptan

30 Poore Se Zara (Mausam) – Pritam|Rashid Khan|Irshad Kamil

Finally a list of my fav film songs outside of Bollywood. Like last year, almost entirely composed of songs from the South. And since I happened to listen to a lot of Malayalam songs this year and a lot of them happened to be good, I have raised the number to 30, to have a fair representation from other languages too. And this is from the songs I managed to hear this year, so please excuse any major miss.

1 Santhikkaatha (180 – Tamil) – Sharreth|Unni Menon, Chithra, S Sowmya

2 Chembaavu (Salt N Pepper – Malayalam) – Bijibal|Pushpavathi

3 Theeye Theeye (Chaappa Kurishu – Malayalam) – Rex Vijayan|Saju Sreenivas, Sayanora Philip

4 Sara Sara (Vaagai Sooda Vaa – Tamil) – M Ghibran|Chinmayi

5 Bahu Manaratha (Memories In March – Bengali) – Debojyoti Mishra|Subhamita Bannerjee

6 Male Bandaga (Aidondla Aidu – Kannada) – Ouseppachan|Sithara

7 Nee Akaleyaano (City of God – Malayalam) – Prashant Pillai|V Sreekumar, Sayanora Philip, Preeti Pillai

8 Thekko Thekkorikkal (Vellaripraavinte Changaathi – Malayalam) – Mohan Sithara|Poornashree

9 Paattil Ee Paattil (Pranayam – Malayalam) – M Jayachandran|Shreya Ghoshal

10 Naatu Vazhiyile (Rathi Nirvedham – Malayalam) – M Jayachandran|Nikhil Raj

11 Pirai Thedum (Mayakkam Enna – Tamil) – G V Prakash Kumar|Saindhavi, G V Prakash Kumar

12 Chandra Choodha (Karmayogi – Malayalam) –  Navaneeth Sundar, Purandaradasa|Anoop Shankar

13 Nee Korinaal (180 – Tamil) – Sharreth|Karthik, Swetha Mohan

14 Chinni Chinni (Urumi – Malayalam) – Deepak Dev|Manjari

15 Aavani Thumbi (Snehaveedu – Malayalam) – Ilayaraja|Shreya Ghoshal

16 Chirakengu (The Train – Malayalam) – Srinivas|Alka Ajith

17 Kuthikkira Kuthikkira (Azhagarsaamiyin Kuthirai – Tamil) – Ilayaraja|Ilayaraja

18 Pranaya Nila (Tejabhai & Family – Malayalam) – Deepak Dev|Shaan Rahman

19 Ennamo Edho (Ko – Tamil) – Harris Jayaraj|Alaap Raju, Prashanthini, Sricharan, Emcee Jesz

20 Anjana Anjana (Vandhan Vendraan – Tamil) – Thaman|Alaap Raju

21 Mazhaneer Thullikal (Beautiful – Malayalam) – Ratheesh Vega|Unni Menon

22 Oore Oore (Aravan – Tamil) – Karthik|Krishnaraj, Mukesh, Periya Karuppu Thevar, Rita, Priya

23 Aah Ko Chaahiye (Makaramanju – Malayalam) – Ramesh Narayan|Hariharan, Sujatha

24 Senga Soola Kara (Vaagai Sooda Vaa – Tamil) – M Ghibran|Anitha

25 Aaraanney (Urumi – Malayalam) – Deepak Dev|Job Kurian, Rita

26 Makka Madeenathil (Adaminte Makan Abu – Malayalam) – Ramesh Narayan|Shankar Mahadevan, Ramesh Narayan

27 Ee Puzhayum (Indian Rupee – Malayalam) – Shahabaz Aman|Vijay Yesudas

28 Payasa (Aidondla Aidu – Kannada) – Abhijit Shylanath, Jyothis Balakrishna|Nithya Menen

29 Aaru Tharum (Makeup Man – Malayalam) – Vidyasagar|Madhu Balakrishnan

30 Vaanam (Vaanam – Tamil) – Yuvan Shankar Raja|Yuvan Shankar Raja

My sincerest apologies for not being able to sort out the best from the non-film category due to time crunch. But search youtube for Dewarists, MTV Unplugged, Shankar Tucker, Rewind – Nine Lost Memories by Band Called Nine, and Ganaraj Adhiraj. There are some excellent songs to be heard!

Well that’s that. To 2012 then! 🙂 Happy New Year, all!