कैसे कहें हम प्यार ने हमको ...

Kishore Kumar brings out, very powerfully, the despair of a lover.

जलते हैं जिसके लिए

Nice song to listen to. Wonder what the male is singing about ... since the 'song' he has brought ought to appease the female ...

पूछो न कैसे मैंने रैन बितायी

Shahnaz Akhtar gave a very memorable performance of this song on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012, and Shankar Mahadevan had a lot of praise.

Good expression of pain in a person's mind.

पिया बिना पिया बिना

A female lover sings that separation [from her lover] is unbearable. How much unbearable? Consider the effect of separation:

• Without my lover, the flute is unable to produce good music, my singing seems 'false' or 'incorrect' ...
• Without you, my lover, my world seems empty, the nightingale has remained silent, the peacock has forgotten to 'speak' [in the woods]

When a Lata Mangeshkar sings about the separation, there is a certain relishable quality even to the feeling of separation (for the listener, that is, and not for the person undergoing separation).

What do you say, dear reader?

जाने वो कैसे लोग थे जिनके प्यार को प्यार मिला

A heartbroken individual sings:

When I wished only for [beautiful] buds, I got a garland of thorns ... 

Life may not always produce such extremes, but Bollywood can cook up beautiful songs. Why not?

You can also enjoy Jagjit Singh's tribute to Hemant Kumar here.

कोरा कागज़ था ये मन मेरा

Today marks the end of an era. Rajesh Khanna: The death of Romance.

In memory of his contributions, I present this song that describes, in poetic manner, how lovers declare their love to each other.

फूलों के रंग से, दिल की कलम से

The man expresses love for his lover. Couple of examples:

• "I write every day with my heart as the pen, with ink as colorful as flowers, ... "
• "Wherever you went, you always smiled ..."

The amount of praise he showers on her could make any girl blush ... or wonder whether she can live up to it!

चन्दा है तू, मेरा सूरज है तू

A mother wishes a child well, in spite of her own difficulties, through lilting music. I selected this song to be included here, after I listened to Raag Bhoopali rendered by Vijay Prakash.

तेरे मेरे सपने अब एक रंग है