2011 was a great year for music in the Hindi film industry with an eclectic mix of styles, moods, vibes, beats, fresh new sounds and cool grooves. The songs ranged from romantic ballads, to full on rock, to the playful, the funny, the traditional, the internationally flavored ones and everything in-between and even some with the track tinged with a little bit of each. So many of the soundtracks this year were so good that it was not just one song that was killer good, it was most of them. Because so many albums this year were such a good collection of brilliant songs, think Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Delhi Belly, Rockstar and more, we had a tough time limiting ourselves to 25 Best Songs of the year, so we thought why try and decided to go with 50! We now present the 50 best songs of 2011!
1. ‘Chammak Challo’ – Ra.One – Akon – Vishal-Shekhar
2. ‘Khaawbon Ke Parindey’ – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Mohit Chauhan & Alyssa Mendonsa – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
3. ‘Saibo’ – Shor in the City -Shreya Ghosal & Tochi Raina – Sachin-Jigar
4. ‘Ik Junnon’ – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara -Vishal Dadlani, Gulraj Singh & Alyssa Mendonsa – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
5. ‘D.K Bose’ – Dehli Belly – Ram Sampath – Ram Sampath
6. ‘Saada Haq’ – Rockstar – Mohit Chauhan – AR Rahman
7. ‘Oh La La La’ – The Dirty Picture – Bappi Lahiri & Shreya Ghosal – Vishal-Shekhar
8. ‘Choomantar’ – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan – Benny Dayal & Aditi Singh Sharma – Sohail Sen
9. ‘Laung Da Lashkara’ – Patiala House – Hard Kaur Jassi and Mahalaxmi Iyer – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
10. ‘Character Dheela’ – Ready – Neeraj Shridar & Amrita Kak – Pritam
11. ‘Dhunki’ – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan – Neha Bhasin- Sohail Sen
12. ‘Criminal’ – Ra.One – Akon- Vishal-Shekhar
13. ‘Te Amo’ – Dum Maaro Dum – Ash King & Sunidhi Chauhan – Pritam
14. ‘Sooraj Ki Baahon Mein’ – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Loy Mendonsa, Clinton Cerojo & Dominique Cerojo – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
15. ‘Ishq Sufiyana’ – The Dirty Picture – both Kamal Khan and Sunidhi Chauhan versions – Vishal-Shekhar
16. ‘Rozana’ – Love BreakUps Zindagi – Salim – Salim-Sulaiman
17. ‘Dhinka Chika’ – Ready – Mika Singh & Amrita Kak – Devi Sri Prasad
18. ‘Maula’ – Singham – Kunal Ganjawala & Richa Sharma – Ajay-Atul
19. ‘Mit Jaaye Gham’ – Dum Maaro Dum – Anushka Manchanda – Pritam
20. ‘Bekaraan’ – 7 Khoon Maaf – Vishal Bhardwaj – Vishal Bhardwaj
21. ‘Ik Tu Hi’ – Mausam – Ustad Sultan Khan & Hans Raj Hans – Pritam
22. ‘Senorita’ – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol & Hrithik Roshan along with Maria Del Mar Fernandez – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
23. ‘Kun Faaya Kun’ – Rockstar – Javed Ali, AR Rahman & Mohit Chauhan – AR Rahman
24. ‘Bhare Naina’ – Ra.One – Nandini Srikar – Vishal-Shekhar
25. ‘Rabba’ – Mausam – Shahid Malliya – Pritam
26. ‘Bali’ – Shaitan – K.S Krishnan, Preeti Pillai – Prashant Pillai
27. ‘Dildara’ – Ra.One – Shafqat Amanat Ali – Vishal-Shekhar
28. ‘Katiya Karoon’ – Rockstar– Harshdeep Kaur – AR Rahman
29. ‘Dil Ko Dhadakne Do’ – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Shankar Mahadevan, Suraj Jagan & Joi Barua – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
30. ‘Tum Ho’ – Rockstar – Mohit Chauhan – AR Rahman
31. ‘Dilli’ – No One Killed Jessica – Tochi Raina, Shiram Iyer & Aditi Singh Sharma – Amit Trivedi
32. ‘Darling’ – 7 Khoon Maaf – Rekha Bhardwaj & Usha Uthup – Vishal Bhardwaj
33. ‘Rab Rakha’ – Love BreakUps Zindagi – Salim, Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghosal – Salim-Sulaiman
34. ‘Isq Risk’ – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Sohail Sen
35. ‘Saathiya’ – Singham – Shreya Ghosal – Ajay-Atul
36. ‘Aali Re’ – No One Killed Jessica – Aditi Singh Sharma, Anushka Manchanda, Biswasjit Chakraborty, Raja Hassan, Shriram Iyer, Sonika Sharma, Sonu Kakar & Tochi Raina – Amit Trivedi
37.‘O Yaara’ – Shaitan – Kirti Sagathia – Prashant Pillai
38. ‘Charha De Rang’ – Yamla Pagla Deewana – Ali Pervez Mehdi, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shweta Pandit & Mahalaxmi Iyer – Rahul B Seth
39. ‘Madhubala’ – Mere Brother Ki Dulhan – Ali Zafar – Sohail Sen
40. ‘Thug Le’ – Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl – Vishal Dadlani and Shewta Pandit – Salim-Sulaiman
41.‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ – Yamla Pagla Deewana – Sonu Nigam & Nindy Kaur – RDB
42. ‘Pyaar Lo’ – Thank You – Mika Singh – Pritam
43. ‘Jalebi Bai’ – Double Dhamaal – Ritu Pathak – Anand Raj Anand
44. ‘Sadi Gali’ – Tanu Weds Manu – RDB- RDB
45. ‘Har Saans Mein’ – Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge – The Raghu Dixit Project – Raghu Dixit
46. ‘Make Some Noise for the Desi Boyz’ – Desi Boyz – KK – Pritam
47. ‘Awaaz’ – Faltu – Sachin Jigar – Sachin Jigar
48. ‘Rola Pe Gaya’ – Patiala House – Hard Kaur, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shankar – Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
49. ‘Razia’ – Thank You – Ritu Pathak – Pritam
50. ‘Karma is Bitch’ – Shor in the City – Suraj Jagan – Sachin-Jigar
With contributions by Sheetal Tiwari