10 Top Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time

1) BARSAAT ( 1949 )

Barsaat, which was released in 1949, had three major distinctions:

i) Barsaat catapulted the careers of Raj Kapoor and Nargis to stratospheric heights

ii) It launched the career of Shankar and Jaikishan who came together for the first time and created an album to remember

iii) Shankar Jaikishan chose an unknown Lata Mangeshkar to playback 9 of the 10 songs. Lata never looked back. Never in the history of Hindi film music had the music created such an impression. Barsaat was easily the best selling music of the 1940s. To youngsters who have not heard this album, rush and listen to it. No Shankar Jaikishans are likely to emerge from Bollywood anymore. Just sample three tracks – ‘Mujhe kisise