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Top 10 wedding songs
For the traditionally inclined wedding couple, there's no getting away from the best-loved Indian Wedding Songs, which are integrally folksy or Bollywood in nature. Certain Indian regional communities such as the Gujratis, Rajasthanis and Punjabis have lent a unique musical spirit to the zest and verve of Bollywood wedding songs like the shoulder-shrug so hard to dismiss when one hears 'Mahe Ve' and 'G.U.J.J.U ' (from Kal Ho Na Ho), the frisky toe-tapping near-feverish influence of listening to Nagada, Nagada and Mauja Hi Mauja (Jab We Met) and the skirt-swirling joie de vivre of Nimbooda, Nimbooda (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam).
Bollywood music has also been responsible for popularising the interesting but hitherto neglected realm of other linguistic communities from India as well as those from other parts of the world. Many wedding songs spanning a wide range of ceremonies have found favour with the public that is so heavily inspired by movie makers and their glossed-over charms gilding the rustic flavour of many regional songs-turned-dance numbers ideal for pre-wedding cocktails / mehendi events e.g. 'Rock 'n' Roll, Soniye' from KANK and Bole Chudiya, Bole Kangana from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham and 'Shava-Shava' from the same film, too (English Rock fused with desi bhangra).
Go the whole hog with your wedding music selection and blend Bollywood block-buster songs with theme dcor seating arrangements suited to the region you or your intended love the best and rope in the best songbird from the same like Abhi-Ash did, encouraged as they were from the Arun Nayyar-Liz Hurley wedding before theirs: e.g. book a famous regional singer to belt out pop / rock / rustic ballads etc. for your theme wedding, like the above mentioned couples did.
(They booked Rajasthan's famous Manganiar singer, Gazi Khan folk song for their big-day along with the evergreen hits Hazari Gulero, Nimbooda- Nimbooda, Mehndi-Mehndi and others)
Go the whole hog with your wedding music selection and blend Bollywood block-buster songs with theme dcor seating arrangements suited to the region you or your intended love the best and rope in the best songbird from the same like Abhi-Ash did, encouraged as they were from the Arun Nayyar-Liz Hurley wedding before theirs: e.g. book a famous regional singer to belt out pop / rock / rustic ballads etc. for your theme wedding, like the above mentioned couples did.
(They booked Rajasthan's famous Manganiar singer, Gazi Khan folk song for their big-day along with the evergreen hits Hazari Gulero, Nimbooda- Nimbooda, Mehndi-Mehndi and others)
Alternately, if you are open to splurging a bit more than the regulars (approx. 1-5 Lakhs), you can hire popular Bollywood playback singers like Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle, Chitra, KK, Abhijeet to croon a tune (or more) from their hit numbers and set the mood for an enchanted wedding ceremony. Their songs include soulful numbers like 'Jaadoo Teri Nazar' (Darr), 'Kehna Hi Kya' (Bombay) and fun ones like 'Ek Kunwara Phir Gaya Maara' and 'Mujhse Shaadi Karogi' !
Oldies like the peppy 'Shaadi Ke Liye Razaamand Kar Li' (Devi). Sappy 'Banno Rani' and tear-jerker 'Baabul Ki Duaayein Lei Jaa' have their own place in the Indian wedding songs list from Bollywood and are sure to tug at a few heart-strings others than the wedding couple's and that of their loved ones, so do give these numbers a thought, we urge!
For bride-centric Bollywood wedding songs, there's no way we could do without the romanticism of dimpled Shahrukh Khan and a deceptively demure (at least till you notice her sparkling eyes) Kajol in 'Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna' (DDLJ), complimentary nature of 'Banno Teri Aankhiyan' (Dushmani) or regular marriage procession song-fare i.e. 'Raaja Ki Aayegi Baaraat, Rangeeli Hogi Raat' (AAH) or 'Aaj Mera Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' (Aadmi Sadak Ka) !
Bollywood's chirpy cutie-pie and aspiring bride (in Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke, opposite Aamir Khan), Juhi Chawla is all sugar-and-honey sweet while also playing coy in the extremely hummable 'Ghoonghat Ki Aad Se Dilbar Ka Didaar Adhooraa Rahataa Hai' while 'Hai Na Bolo' (Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge) suitably jazzes up the mentisental-ness of the previous wedding song choice as do 'Le Jayengay, Le Jayengay' (Chor Machaye Shor) and wedding game song, 'Joote Do, Paisay Lo' (Hum Aapke Hai Kaun).
For those with a typical Anything-Bollywood fetish, there's always 'Dulhan Tu, Dulha Main' rendered by Debashish Dasgupta and Anuradha Paudwal, 'Tujhe Dekha To Yeh Jana, Sanam' (Lata be'n and Kumar Sanu) and energetic Dholi Taro Dhol Baaje (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam), Saajan Ji Ghar Aaye (Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai) besides 'Kar Do Shaadi' (Suno Sasurji) to choose from.
If those don't get you in the groove of Bollywood wedding music celebrations you wish to lace your own with, there are always the evergreen favourites like 'Meri Pyaari Bahaniya Banegi Dulhaniya' (from Saccha Jhootha), Nach Punjaban (Muskaan), disco-bhangra energy of 'Sona Sona' (Major Saab), processional welcome songs like Saajan Ji Ghar Aaye (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) and tongue-in-cheek humour of 'Sun Raaja, Shaadi Ladu Motichur Ka' (Hote Hote Pyar Ho Gaya) !
And how could we leave out the immensely soulful 'Bholi Si Surat, Ankhon Mein Masti' (Dil To Pagal Hai) or playfully rendered 'Payalein Chun Mun Chun Mun' (Virasat) for the traditionally be-decked bride?
Still searching for the perfect wedding serenade song? Try to say it with 'Mere Khayalon Ki Malka' (Josh) or 'Ek Ladki Ko Dekha' (1942 A Love Story) or even the teasing, tantalizing and propositional flavour of 'Chal Pyaar Karegi' (Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota He) - and we betcha, your bride's face will light up the venue as good as moonlit magic would!
Other Bollywood Wedding Songs that make it to our list of must-have musical scores at modern weddings include 'Badhai Ho Badhai' (Badhai Ho Badhai), 'Wah Wah Ramji' (Hum Aapke Hai Kaun), 'Mera Piya Ghar Aaya' and the frequently re-mixed 'Saiyaan Dil Mein Aana Re,' 'Aap Jaisa Koi' and 'Kaliyon Ka Chaman'.
To make your Shaadi song-centric and special, consider meaningful, eternally romantic songs that bring out the true values of love, fidelity and honour - and intersperse these with Bollywood wedding songs through the miscellaneous ceremonies and rituals -You widen the scope of your wedding music scene and still get to keep the Desi connection!
E.g. 'Amazed' by Lonestar, 'Everything I Do - I Do It For You' by Bryan Adams and 'You're Still The One' by Shania Twain (as also her 'From This Moment On' ) convey much of the anticipation, committed romance and wish for forever bliss as much as 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' (Savage Garden) and Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' do. That these numbers made it to UK's top 10 wedding songs list last year should come as no surprise considering the superiority of these musical compositions.
So, allow some to plug and play songs like the above while restricting Bollywood Wedding Songs for other significant occasions during the assorted Shaadi events. E.g. Limit western numbers to the jhatka-matka times or while welcoming guests / bride / groom and keep the Farewell / Vidai geets purely Bollywood-eeshtyle with 'Palki Pe Hoke Sawar' (Khalnayak), 'Babul Ki Duayen Leti Ja' (Neel Kamal), 'Chhod Babul Ka Ghar' (Babul) and 'Main Toh Bhool Chali Baabul Ka Des' (Saraswatichandra) !
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E.g. 'Amazed' by Lonestar, 'Everything I Do - I Do It For You' by Bryan Adams and 'You're Still The One' by Shania Twain (as also her 'From This Moment On' ) convey much of the anticipation, committed romance and wish for forever bliss as much as 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' (Savage Garden) and Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' do. That these numbers made it to UK's top 10 wedding songs list last year should come as no surprise considering the superiority of these musical compositions.
So, allow some to plug and play songs like the above while restricting Bollywood Wedding Songs for other significant occasions during the assorted Shaadi events. E.g. Limit western numbers to the jhatka-matka times or while welcoming guests / bride / groom and keep the Farewell / Vidai geets purely Bollywood-eeshtyle with 'Palki Pe Hoke Sawar' (Khalnayak), 'Babul Ki Duayen Leti Ja' (Neel Kamal), 'Chhod Babul Ka Ghar' (Babul) and 'Main Toh Bhool Chali Baabul Ka Des' (Saraswatichandra) !
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