Hindi songs of the yesteryears had a different kind of appeal to the audience of the time who used to watch vintage Hindi films with friends and family.

Some songs from Bombay films of 50s and 60s became iconic over the years for very high quality lyrics, composition and singing by the giants of the era.

The old Hindi songs lovers of this country would remember some of the blockbuster films of Bombay of the '40s, '50s and '60s, like Mahal, Daag, Andaz, Awara, Aan, Sree 420, Barsaat, Chori Chori, Deedar, Naya Daur, Baiju Bawra, Dulari, Babul, Aarti, Bahar, TajMahal, Anarkali, Insaniyat and so on. Though some of these movies never got screened here but people have been listening to the songs on radio, and from records on vintage gramophones.

As I said in my last week's piece, all great Hindi songs are basically from Hindi films.

All those romantic or soul-shredding Hindi songs of the yesteryears that make us nostalgic today were integral parts of Hindi films made those days. People used to go to watch Hindi films more number of times if they had good many melodious songs sung by famous singers of the time