Last Updated: 12 Dec 2025, 19:30 IST Bollywood Songs Based on Raag Bhairavi: Music is the basis of Indian life. Perhaps this is the reason why films in Bollywood cannot be imagined without music. To make the film a hit, the makers keep one or two songs. Ragas are the basis of Indian music. Even today people hum these evergreen songs based on Raga-Ragini. There is a sense of departure and peace in these songs. These songs play an important role in making many Hindi films super hits. In the last 7 decades, some film songs composed on Raag Bhairavi have remained in the hearts of Indians. The interesting thing is that the movies in which these songs were recorded were also big hits at the box office. Let us know what these songs are… We recognize many hit superhit films of Bollywood more by their songs than by their names. As soon as we hear any popular song, we definitely take the name of the film. Many times we discuss who sang it, who is the composer, on whom this song was filmed, all these things. People also like the songs of films from 50s to 80s because these songs are made on Raga-Ragini. One such raga is: Raga Bhairavi. The songs made on Raga Bhairavi in ​​Hindi films also touched the heart. Devotional songs are mostly composed on this raga. The films that featured songs based on this raga were also super hits. These films were: Amar Prem, Asha, Premrog, Avtaar and Betaab. The first name in this list is from Rajesh Khanna-Sharmila Tagore’s film Amar Prem released in 1972. Rajesh Khanna was dominant at the box office in the early 70s. After the tremendous success of Aradhana in 1969, Shakti Samant made the film Amar Prem. The story is written by Vibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay, the screenplay by Arvind Mukherjee while the dialogues are written by Ramesh Pant. This film was a remake of the 1970 Bengali movie ‘Nishi Padma’. The music in the film was by RD Burman. Lyricist was Anand Bakshi. The famous song of this film ‘Chingari Koi Bhadke…’ was composed on Raag Bhairavi. After the shooting of the film was completed, the situation for this song was created and added. This song created history. The India-Pakistan war started before the release of the film. In such a situation this film was released in January 1972. Rajesh Khanna immortalized the role of Anand Babu. Sharmila Tagore made a comeback with this film after becoming a mother. Rajesh Khanna was a superstar but he reached Shakti Samant’s office and asked for this role for himself. Rajesh Khanna had earlier devoted four hours to ‘Amar Prem’. A dialogue from this film ‘I hate tears Pushpa’ has become an all time classic dialogue. Screenwriter Arvind Mukherjee Mukherjee did not know Hindi, he wrote this dialogue in English. Ramesh Pant kept this dialogue as it was in Hindi. The new generation also loves this dialogue equally. The film Amar Prem received three Filmfare Awards (Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue, Best Sound Design). Once again the best combination of Rajesh Khanna-Kishore Kumar-RD Burman was seen in the film. The film collected Rs 1.6 crore. Add News18 as preferred source on Google Eight years after the release of Amar Prem, on March 4, 1980, a film was released called: Asha. Jeetendra, Reena Roy and Rameshwari starred in the film Asha. Directed and produced J. It was from Om Prakash. The story is written by Ram Kelkar. Dialogues are written by Ramesh Pant. Lyricist was Anand Bakshi. The songs composed under the music direction of Laxmikant Pyarelal created a stir. Heart touching songs come from the pen of Anand Bakshi. A song from this film is still heard in every puja pandal during Navratri. The lyrics of this song were: ‘Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawali…’ sung by Narendra Chanchal and Mohammed Rafi. This song is based on Raag Bhairavi. Interestingly, Sanjeev Kumar’s brother Nakul was busy making a film ‘Do Waqt Ki Roti’ in those days. The song ‘Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye’ was recorded for this film. When this film was closed after Nakul’s untimely death, this song composed by J. Om Prakash was sold. Later ‘Do Waqt Ki Roti’ was made and released in 1988. This song is in that film. Is in both the films. Dharmendra was first signed for the film Asha. When Dharmendra left the film, Jeetendra was taken. Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhae fame Rameshwari has been finalized. During this time he had an accident, so his scenes were removed. Released in 1980, this film initially did not screen. It was also considered to change its climax, but suddenly the audience’s inclination towards the movie increased and history was created. It was at number two in the list of highest grossing films of that year. Had 6 Filmfare Awards in his kitty. Writer Kamna Chandra narrated a story to Raj Kapoor, on which he decided to make a film. Kamna heard this story from her mother which was a true life story. The story was incomplete. Completed with the help of many writers. The film based on this, released in 1982, created history. The name of the film was: Prem Rog. Prem Rog was released on 30 July 1982. Padmini Kolhapure played the role of a widowed girl. Stars like Rishi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Raza Murad were seen in the film. The director-producer of the film was Raj Kapoor. The music of the film was given by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The music was an instant hit. A song from the film ‘Yeh Galiyan Ye Chaubara’ was composed on Raag Bhairavi. This song is heard even today in wedding functions. A song from this film ‘Main Hoon Prem Rogi, Meri Dawa To Karao’ is based on Shivranjani raga. This film was very successful. The film received four Filmfare Awards. Padmi Award for Best Actress Got it from Kolhapure. The budget of the film was around 2.75 crores and it collected more than 6 crores. It turned out to be a super hit movie. Rajesh Khanna-Shabana Azmi starrer film Avatar was released on 11 March 1983, whose producer-director was Mohan Kumar. The story of the film Avatar was also based on a novel ‘Jog Byog’ by the famous Bengali writer Ashapurna Devi. This novel was published in 1953. The screenplay was written by changing the format of the original story. The screenplay is written by Mohan Kumar himself. The dialogues were by Mushtaq Jalili. Lyricist was Anand Bakshi. The music composer was Laxmikant Pyare Lal. Although all the songs of this film were hits, yet one song is heard across the country twice a year for 10 days each. This song was: Chalo bulaya aaya hai, Mata ne bulaya hai. Lyricist Anand Bakshi wrote this song which was based on Raag Bhairavi. The song was filmed on Rajesh Khanna-Shabana Azmi. Both of them went to see Vaishno Devi. The shooting of this song took place for four whole days. Earlier the name of Avatar film was Radha which was changed to Avatar. AK Hangal was in the film. Interestingly, his full name was Avtaar Kishan Hangal. Rajesh Khanna’s name in the film was Avtaar Kishan. Sachin Pilgaonkar played a very small but emotional role. The film Avatar came at a time when Rajesh Khanna’s stardom was over. This film got his career back on track. Inspired by the film ‘Avatar’, many family films were made in the 1980s. The interesting thing is that the producer-director of the film Avatar, Mohan Kumar and the director of the film Asha, J. Omprakash was a brother-in-law in the relationship. The music in both the films was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The lyricist of both the films was Anand Bakshi. The song of Mother Goddess is heard in both the films. Both the songs were on Raag Bhairavi. Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh made their Bollywood debut with ‘Betaab’ which released on August 5, 1983. This film is directed by Rahul Rawail. Dharmendra took the help of Javed Akhtar to launch his son Sunny. Javed wrote the story-dialogue script of the film Betaab. The producer of the film was Bikram Singh Dahal, who was Dharmendra’s brother-in-law. He was married to Dharmendra’s sister Darshan Kaur. The music of the film Betaab was composed by RD Burman. A song from the film ‘Jab Hum Jawan Honge, Jaane Kahan Honge’ is based on Raga Bhairavi. This evergreen song is still loved by every music lover. This film turned out to be a super hit film. Click here to add News18 as your favorite news source on Google. First published: December 12, 2025, 18:43 IST home entertainment Those 5 songs graced with Raag Bhairavi, recorded in young hearts, all five films became super hits.