Mainstream Hindi film music has always been about love and heartbreak. So there’s naturally no dearth of love songs, when it comes to Bollywood music.
From the golden-age of Indian cinema, which produced some of the most stunning lyrical masterpieces in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh, to the sweeping current tunes about a new kind of love in the voices of Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal – Hind cinema has given us plenty to choose from.
In our attempt to pick 20 of the best such tunes, bringing the hopeless romantic out of you, we have gone through a long string of unforgettable tunes from different eras, compiling our list.
From ‘Lag Ja Gale’ to ‘Ek Dil Hai’, here are 20 of the most romantic tunes in Hindi music:
20) Iktara
19) Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai
18) Ho Gayi Hai Mohabbat
17) Kuch Na Kaho
16) Tere Mere Sapne Ab Ek Rang Hai
15) Phir Le Aaya Dil
14) Ek Dil Hai
13) Saiyyan
12) Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas
11) Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain
10) Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye
9) Kaisi Hai Yeh Rut
8) Dil Kya Karein
7) Bahon Ke Darmiyan
6) Chupke Se
5) Aaoge Jab Tum O Saajna
4) Ikk Kudi
3) Chandni Raatein
2) Lag Ja Gale
1) Pehla Nasha
Honourable mentions to some other great love songs like –
Aesa Lagta Hai
Tu Tu Hai Wahi
Maine Pucha Chaand Se
Jo Wada Kiya Woh
Abhi Nahi Aana
Tum Se Hi
Dholna
Yeh Kya Hua (Tere Mere Pyar)