Golden Era of Bollywood: The Songs Sung in Praise For His Beloved

Very recently I heard a song "You are my chicken fry"from a film Ragini MMS,immediately in my mind came the idea how in old days our lyricist used to write songs in praise of the beloved.They used to compare the beauty with Moon or the eyes with Sagar or Jheel,. Hair with Reshmi Julfen.
There are probably hundreds of songs in Bollywood and more than one-third of them are romantic in nature.The best song for praise of your beloved comes in my mind "Chaudvin Ka Chaand Ho" another beautiful song is Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga from 1942 A Love Story.
I sometimes wonder why there are no such lovely songs in the current decade,So, just selecting fifteen songs to appreciate your beloved is an arduous task.There is a slight bias to the old songs compare to the songs of 90s.
The first song in my list is "Mein kya Jaanoon Kya Jaadu Hai" from the film Zindagi released in 1940 written by Kedar Sharma.The song about praising the eyes of his beloved.main kyaa jaanoon kyaa
jaadoo hai
in do matwaale nainon mein ek ek athaah saagar saa hai
in do matwaale nainon mein
jaadoo hai

Song from Zindagi 1940

Another beautiful song of K L Saigal is "Do nainaa matwaare tihaare

ham par zulm karen" from the 1944 film My Sister the song was written by Pt Bhushan, Music by-Pankaj Mullick

Song from My Sister 1944

The next song in my list is a Rare song " Matwaale nainon waali ghunghraale baalon waali" from Izzat released in 1937 This song is sung and acted by Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani

Song from Izzat 1937

This is the best any poet could write in praise of the beloved.The writer of song is Shakeel Badayuni for the film Chaudvin Ka Chand 1960 "Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho, Ya Aaftaab Ho

Jo Bhi Ho Tum Khuda Ki Kasam, Lajawab Ho
Zulfein Hain Jaise Kaandhe Pe Baadal Jhuke Hue
Aankhen Hain Jaise Maey Ke Pyaale Bhare Hue
Masti Hai Jisme Pyaar Ki Tum, Woh Sharaab Ho

Song from Chaudvin Ka Chaand 1960

The song “Ek but banaaungaa” is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Dev Anand and Sadhana. Hasrat Jaipuri is the lyricist and music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Dev Anand, instead to simply saying “I love you” would go to elaborate lengths and would use flowery and grandiloquent round about ways of expressing his love for the lady.

Song from Asli Naqli (1962)

Song from Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai 1961

Immensely popular song composed by Shankar-Jaikishan with the lyric being of Hasrat Jaipuri. Rajender Kumar sings it in praise of B. Saroja Devi.

Song from Sasuraal – 1961

Rafi's great admiring song which is picturized on Pradeep Kumar who sings it for Meena Kumari in the movie. Roshan has composed the lyric of Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Song from Aarti - 1962

A classic song of Rafi, the singer and Shammi Kapoor, the actor who sings it in praise of Sharmila Tagore. S.H. Bihari’s lyric has been composed by O.P. Nayyar.

Song from Kashmir Ki Kali - 1964

A very touching admiring duet of Lata and Manna Dey, picturized on Mahipal and Anjali Devi, penned by Bharat Vyas and composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

Song from Sati Savitri - 1964

This song picturized on Rajender Kumar praising Saadhna through it. Shankar-Jaikishan's composition is for the lyric of Hasrat Jaipuri.

Song from Aarzoo - 1965

An immortal admiring song sung by Mukesh and Lata separately for Maneesh and Nutan respectively on the screen. Indeevar's beautiful lyric has been composed by Kalyanji Anandji.