Great songs are one of the things that make Hindi films so good, and in 2008 there were an abundance of great songs. There were full-on rock jams, gorgeous ballads, dance mixes that made you want to move, and of course bhangra and typical Hindi film beats. Lots of the albums encompassed all those styles and even some new cool sounds. It was very hard to come up with the best of the best, but here are our picks for the 25 best songs of 2008.
25. Mere Khuda – KK – Sorry Bhai!
24. Dil Haara – Sukhwinder Singh – Tashan
23. Khwab Dekhe – Monali Thakur & Neeraj Shridhar – Race
22. Drona – Dhruv – Drona
21. Ahista Ahista – Shreya Ghosal & Lucky Ali – Bachna Ae Haseeno
20. Mit Jaaye (Rock Version) – Sandeep Vyas – Kidnap
19. Mannata -Sonu Nigam & Kavita Krishnamurthy – Heroes
18. Zara Sa – KK – Jannat
17. Teri Ore – Shreya Ghoshal & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Singh is Kinng
16. Jee Le – Adnan Sami – U Me Aur Hum
15. Bakhuda Tumhi Ko – Atif Aslam & Alka Yagnik – Kismet Konnection
14. Tu Meri Dost Hai – Benny Dayal & Shreya Ghoshal – Yuvvraaj
13. Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai – Roopkumar Rathod – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
12. Tum Ho Toh – Farhan Akhtar – Rock On!!
11. Maari Teetri – Raja Hasan – De Taali
10. Pehli Nazar – Atif Aslam – Race
9. Khuda Jaane – KK & Shilpa Rao – Bachna Ae Haseeno
8. In Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein – Sonu Nigam & Madhushree – Jodhaa Akbar
7. Haule Haule – Sukhwinder Singh – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
6. Guzarish – Javed Ali – Ghajini
5. Desi Girl – Shankar Mahadevan & Sunidhi Chauhan – Dostana
4. Rock On – Farhan Akhtar- Rock On!!
3.Kabhi Kabhi Aditi – Rashid Ali – Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
2. Mar Jawan – Shruti Pathak & Salim Merchant – Fashion
1. Jashn-E-Bahaara – Javed Ali – Jodhaa Akbar
Special mention also must be made for two songs on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack: ‘Jai Ho’ (Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah & Mahalakshmi Iyer) and ‘Dreams on Fire’ (Suzanne D’Mello) composed by the great A R Rahman.
We went through several versions of this list and there are more songs we wish we could have included (‘Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte’-Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, ‘Socha Hai’ “Sindbad the Sailor’ –Rock On!!, ‘Yeh Pyaar Hai’ and ‘Dhoka’-Woodstock Villa, ‘Hawa Sun Hawa’- Ada,‘Tera Woh Pyaar’- Ru Bu Ru – I guess I sort-of sneaked them in!) but since we had to limit ourselves, these are the 25 songs that were the Great Songs in 2008!
