Day: May 25, 2014

If you had to draw up a list of prayer songs from Hindi films, it would be a tough task. We have always had a long history of mythologicals and religious films. Should the choice be driven by the popularity of the song? Should one focus on the mood evoked by the song or should one look for a song that has a combination of great lyrics and music? Should one look for movies that have popular recall? There were many dilemmas that I grappled with as I drew up the list. There are songs that do not depict a prayer song on screen even though the song has lyrics that suggest so. Should a list of ten best prayer songs from Hindi films feature those songs too? It is hard to draw up a clean list of ten songs that match all the criteria. I asked friends and acquaintances on Twitter to help me solve this dilemma.Many of the songs featured here were suggested by almost everyone. That made it much easier.So without further ado, here are the top ten: (more…)