Jaya Bhaduri got a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. Sung by Vani Jairam this song became so popular that several schools have adopted it as the song to be sung during the school assembly – quite like the scene depicted in the film. This composition by Vasant Desai has lyrics by Gulzar.

Raga Kedar is a great favorite of composers when it comes to romantic songs as well. I was tempted to put Raga Darbari based Tora Man Darpan Kehlaye written by Sahir Ludhianvi and set to music by Ravi in this list, But settled for this one based on Raga Kedar, one of the favorite ragas of composers to show Bhakti Rasa. The music for this song was composed by Ravi. The answer given in the film is Surdas, but the correct answer to that question is Gopal Singh Nepali.

In the film Slumdog Millionaire, the quizmaster asks the protagonist to name the lyricist of the song “Darshan Do Ghanshyam” the options are Surdas, Tulsidas, Mirabai or Kabir. This version is said to have been written in 1870. The song was composed Pandit Shardha Ram Phillauri, a missionary and writer from Punjab. This was the film where Manoj Kumar plays a character called Bharat – a name that has stuck to him ever since. The one I wish to play for you is the more recent version used by Manoj Kumar for his film Purab aur Paschim (1970). The film Anand Math (’52) had Jai Jagdish Hare sung in kirtan style. So without further ado, here are the top ten: I asked friends and acquaintances on Twitter to help me solve this dilemma. 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. Then there are songs that do not depict a prayer song on screen even though the song has lyrics that suggest so. 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. We have always had a long history of mythologicals and religious films.

If you had to draw up a list of prayer songs from Hindi films, it would be a tough task.

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