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Classical Film Songs (Rag)

Raga Based Film Songs Indexed by Rag (Raga)

Below is a table of well known rags (ragas).  Click on the desired link to get a list of film songs and other popular songs in these rags.  You can also reference the information indexed by song titles. There is also an index according to tal.


A

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B


C


D


E, F, G


H


I, J


K


L


M

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N


O, P


Q, R

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S


T


U, V


W, X, Y


Z


Other Sites of Interest

The Musical Language of Indian Film Song in the 1940S: Multifractal Detrended Cross Correlation Analysis A Tool for the Assessment of Raga in Bollywood Music

Bollywood and Globalization

Bollywood's India: A Public Fantasy

Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema

Framing the Body and the Body of Frame: Item songs in popular Hindi cinema

The role of a song in a Hindi film

Story, camera and movement in Hindi film dance

Representation of Female Characters Through Item Songs in Selected Hindi Movies

Everyday life, everyday songs: a re-valuation of song sequences in popular Hindi films of the 1950s

Global Bollywood

An Analysis of the Characteristics of Modern Bollywood Musicals (Spanish)

The Use Of Melodic Scales In Bollywood Music: An Empirical Study.

Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas

"Voh Yar Hai jo Khusbu ki Tarah / Jis ki Zuban Urdu ki Tarah": The Friendly Association Between Urdu Poetry and Hindi Film Music

‘Bollywood Flashback’ Hindi film music and the negotiation of identity among British‐Asian youths

Re-embodying the “Classical”: The Bombay Film Song in the 1950s

"Suku suku what shall I do?" : Hindi cinema and the politics of music in Trinidad