80s music of Bollywood (songs/soundtracks) I loved!

[ApunBindaas]

I wanted to start a thread on this since I'm more familiar with the 80s music and movies than most people on the forum.  The 80s era was considered bad but I enjoyed a lot of films and music, maybe cause I grew up with the films around that time.  Everyone's always talking about the oldies classic but never mentions the 80s era.

I uploaded a lot of songs from the 80s and will post here when I do.  I'm only posting the ones that I uploaded and later search for some of my faves of the 80s and upload some more.

Ek Duje Ke Liye (1981) - Kamal Hassan, Rati Agnhotri w/ English subs

Tere Mere Beech
Hum Bane
Mere Jeevan Saathi
Solah Baras Ki
Hum Tum Dono
Tere Mere Beech (sad)

Prem Rog (1982) - Rishi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure w/ English subs

Main Hoon Prem Rogi
Mohabbat Ha Kiya
Bhanware Ne Khilaya Phool

Hatya (1989) - Govinda, Neelam w/ English subs

Main Pyar Ki Punjaran
Aap Ko Agar

Love 86 (1986) - Govinda, Neelam, Farah, Rohan Kapoor w/ English subs

Kismat Apni Khal Gaee
Pyar Ki Hadh Se
Aaee Hai Baraat
Title Song
Main Jab Bhi Dekhta

Star (1982) - Kumar Gaurav, Rati Agnihotri, Padmini Kolhapure English subs only on Yaadhan Mein Khoya

Teri Zindagi Mein
Bhoom Bhoom
Huye Huye
Aye Dil Mere Jalwe
Jaana Zindagi Se
Yaadhan Mein Khoya
Taal Dil Da Dhadkan

Teri Kasam (1982) - Kumar Gaurav, Poonam Dhillon

Ye Zami Gaa Rahi Hai
Hum Jis Raste Pe Chale
Dil Ki Baat Kahin Labh Pe
Kya Hua Ek Baat Pur
Geet Wo Hai

Dance Dance (1987) - Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Smita Patil, Shakti Kapoor w/ English subs

Zu Zu Zubi Zubi
Everybody Dance
Aapke Samne Pehli Baar
Super Dancer
Romeo O Romeo
Title Song

Disco Dancer (1983) - Mithun Chakraborty, Kim w/ English subs

Koi Yahan Nache
Zara Murh Ke
Krishnaa Dharti Pe
Title Song
Jimmy Jimmy
Yaad Aa Raha

This is 1990 but I love the soundtracks so much!!  One of my all time faves, I am going to post here

Aashiqui (1990) - Rahul Roy, Anu Aggawal w/ English subs

Ek Sanam Chahiye
Dheere Dheere
Tu Meri Zindagi
Main Duniya Bhula
Jaan-E-Jigar (1)
Jaan-E-Jigar (2)
Nazar Ke Samne
Mere Dil Tere Liye
Ab Tere Bin
Dil Ki Alaam (pop music video from the soundtrack

ETA - fix url

[ApunBindaas]

A few more.

Umrao Jaan (1981) -  Rekha & Farouque Shaikh w/ Engish subs

Dil Cheez Kya Hai
In Aankhon Ki Masti Ke
Zindagi Jabhi
Gustajoo Jiski Thi
Yeh Kya Jagah Hai

Naam (1986) - Sanjay Dutt, Kumar Gaurav, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon w/ Engish subs

Amiron Ki Shaam
Teri Dil Ki
Vaiya Vair
Tu Kal Chala
Chiti Aaye Hai

ETA - fix url

[dr.khanna]

Wow, thank you for those! I had heard Dheere Dheere and Main Duniya Bhula but didn't know which film they came from. LOL at the huge hair bow in Main Duniya Bhula!

I think you and I have had this discussion before on Nazia Hussain, but I also enjoy 80s music. 

[ApunBindaas]

Thanks so much!  Thanks for viewing the vids too!

I posted Nazia's music on the other thread but will post here too.  I will upload and post more vids later.

Nazia fans, I found her music vids on YouTube

Aag

Dum Dum Dee Dee

Aankhain Milanay

Kya Huwa

Sun Mere Mehboob

Dreamer Deewane

[JenniferJanu]

 Here is just a taste of my favorite soundtracks/songs:

Tridev--the entire soundtrack is awesome. And the lift from Gloria Estefan's 'Rhythm is Gonna Get You'  ('Oye Oye') is actually better than the original.
Listen here:   http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/1879/tridev.html

Mr. India--Hawa Hawaai and Kaate Nahin Kat Te Yeh Din Yeh Raat are my favorites. If you haven't seen the picturization of the 'Kaate Nahin...' you are missing one of the 80s hottest scenes.
Listen here: http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/1925/mr-india.html

Chandni--Awful movie (IMO) but good soundtrack! Especially 'Mere Haathon Mein Nau Nau Choodiyan' and 'Parbat Se Kali'. Listen here: http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/1323/chandni.html

Nagina--what can I say? 'Mein Tera Dushman' is one of my favorite songs of all time. I also love 'Aaj Kal Yaad Kuch.'
Listen here:  http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/4106/nagina.html

Naam--Naam has one of the most famous and beloved songs of Bollywood: 'Chitti Aaye Hai.' While the remainder of the songs are not as top notch, I personally like 'Veriya Ve' for it's biting tone and also 'Ameeron Ke Shaam' and 'Tu Kal Chala Jayega' because I LOVE Mohammed Aziz.
Listen here:  http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/677/naam.html

And speaking of Mohammed Aziz, he is probably one of my favorite male playback singers of the 80s and early 90s. He has some AMAZING 80s songs. I would recommend checking them out on cooltoad here:
http://music.cooltoad.com/music/search.php?user=good_fella

Some of the best are 'Atay, Atay Atay,' 'Mere Samne Tu' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.'

some others:
'Neele Neele Ambar' from Kalakar. Great use of synthasizer, a peppy 80s track that still sounds great today.

'Aa Dekhe Zara' from Rocky. Ah, 80's disco. Gotta love it.

'Jano Janaam Jaan-e-maan' from Sultanat

'Tere Beemar Mera Dil' from Chaalbaaz (craziest picturization of all time)

'Pyar Do Pyar Lo' from Jaanbaaz (Again, I LOVE that 80s Hindi disco! You may also enjoy the English version of the same song)

'Saajan Mera Us Paar' from Ganga Jamuna Saraswati

'Thoda Resham Lagta Hai' from Jyoti (made better known today by the rap group Truth Hurts that sampled it a couple years ago).

I could go on and on, but I'll stop for now.

[niknakpaddywak]

Hey ApunBindaas
I agree with you. 80's music was the best. Nice selection of soundtracks. I'll add a few more fantastic ones.
For me, the one composer who got the wrong end of the stick in the 80's was RD Burman. I think the 80's produced his finest work which unfortunately went unnoticed as a result of the films flopping e.g. Sunny, Manzil Manzil, Anand aur Anand, Zameen Aasmaan, Jeeva etc.

My favourite 80's sountracks are :
Sanam Teri Kasam - RD Burman won his first filmfare award for best music in 1982. Great melodies and good use of the synthsized sound effects. Kishore Kumar singing Kitne bhi tu karle sitam was the most popular. Great lyrics by Gulshan Bawra in Sheeshe ke gharon mein. My favourite is Jane jaan o meri jaane jaan(Nisha) sung by Aasha.

Masoom (1983) - The very next year RD Burman won the filmfare award for best music again. Again excellent melodies and lyrics by Gulzar sahab. Do naina aur ek kahani has to be the most beautiful lullaby ever composed. The orchestration by RDB is superb. A smaller orchestra used delicately together with the trademark synthesised jazz guitar.

Love Story and Rocky(1981) - Again more RDB. He was popular choice to launch new actors. Both soundtracks have great songs. Yaad aa rahi hai will remain an evergreen classic for years to come.

Namak Halaal (1982) - Bhappi Lahiri's best work. Hits include ke paag ghungroo and jawani janeman.

Saagar(1985) - Easily one of RDB's best album of the 80's. The quality of the composition and orchestration was simply way ahead of its time. Listen especially to sach mere yaar hai and you will understand.

Qayamat se qayamat tak (1988) - Big hit soundtrack for Aamir's hit debut film.
Tezaab(1988) - Best known for its massive hit - Ek do teen
Khoon Bhari Mang(1988) - Big hit for Rakesh & Rajesh Roshan. The pick of the songs were Haste Haste and Jeene ki bahane laakhon ne. Good lyrics by Indeevar on that song.

Ijaazat (1987) - To summarise, simply brilliant. Aasha sings all four songs and won filmfare best singer for mera kuch samaan. Gulzar got best lyrics. Only RDB got short changed. A must listen.

Kalyanji & Anandji gave good hits in Yudh(1985), Jaanbaaz(1986) and Imandaar(1987) {for aur is dil mein}

There were many other fabulous 80's hits which I enjoyed very much e.g. Tridev, Chandini, Jaadugar, Disco Dancer, Baadal, Kasam Paida Karne Wale ki, Harjaee, Rama-o-Rama and I could go on.

I love to hear what the other popular 80's soundtracks were especially the RDB ones.

[los angeles]

Yea, Chandni and Nagina had some fun songs with Sridevi.
I agree about Umrao Jaan, the original with Rekha, having some really great numbers on the soundtrack.
I know the eighties weren't a good decade for fashion and music in desi movies, but there are actually some pretty memorable songs from that era, as much as from the 50s/60s/70s. (Generally for the songs that were more Indian-inspired and less western-ized, and therefore not quite techno in sound and also thankfully lacking the trademark spandex/legwarmers/feathered hair in the picturizations )