GayaksSingers of Hindi and Bengali music
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The singers of Hindi and Bengali song

Gayak means singer. This site is a written record of the voices of Hindi cinema and popular music, and now of Bengali song — who they were, how they sang, whom they sang for, and the songs that made them — from K.L. Saigal in the 1930s to the singers of today. Every song plays from the record label's own channel.

हिंदीHindi singers136 singers · K.L. Saigal to today · film, ghazal, bhajan, popEnter →বাংলাBengali singers78 singers · golden-age playback, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul, folk, bands, todayEnter →

Gayaks TV a channel that keeps playing across the decades

Kaun Tujhe
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story · 2016
with Palak Muchhal
T-Series
Tumne Pukara Aur Hum Chale Aaye
Rajkumar · 1964
with Suman Kalyanpur
Shemaroo
Deewane To Deewane Hain
with Shweta Shetty
Sony Music
Mehendi Wale Haath
with Stebin Ben
T-Series
Sawaar Loon
with Monali Thakur
T-Series
Na Kajre Ki Dhar
Mohra · 1994
with Pankaj Udhas
Shemaroo
Aaja Meri Barbaad Mohabbat Ke Sahare
Anmol Ghadi · 1946
with Noor Jehan
Shemaroo
Sandese Aate Hain
Border
with Roop Kumar and Sonali Rathod
Ultra
Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye
with Narendra Chanchal
Saregama Bhakti
Kaise Hua
Kabir Singh · 2019
with Vishal Mishra
T-Series
Tamma Tamma Loge
with Bappi Lahiri (as singer)
Bollywood Classics
Ramta Jogi
Taal · 1999
with Sukhwinder Singh
Tips
Pal Pal
with Sachet Tandon and Parampara Thakur
Zee Music
Kya Mil Gaya Bhagwan
Anmol Ghadi · 1946
with Noor Jehan
Shemaroo
Raahi Chalne Laga
Woh 3 Din · 2007
with Mohit Chauhan
T-Series
Papa Kehte Hain
with Udit Narayan
Bollywood Classics
Tose Naina Lage
Anwar · 2010
with Shilpa Rao
Saregama
Jab Hum Jawan Honge
Betaab · 1983
with Shabbir Kumar
Saregama
Ghata Ghan Ghor Ghor
Tansen · 1943
with Khursheed Bano
Shemaroo
The Breakup Song
with Jonita Gandhi
Sony Music
Badi Dheere Jali
with Rekha Bhardwaj
T-Series
Tere Mere Beech Mein (Sad)
Ek Duuje Ke Liye · 1981
with S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Bollywood Classics
Lag Ja Gale
with Lata Mangeshkar
Saregama
Tum Hi Aana
Marjaavaan · 2019
with Jubin Nautiyal
T-Series
Tu Jo Mere Sur Mein
Chitchor · 1976
with Hemlata
Bollywood Classics
Mera Joota Hai Japani
Shree 420 · 1955
with Mukesh
Shemaroo
Roop Tera Mastana
with Kishore Kumar
Saregama
Chupke Chupke Raat Din
with Ghulam Ali
Saregama Ghazal
Beedi
with Sunidhi Chauhan
Sony Music
Mangta Hai Kya
Rangeela
with Shweta Shetty
Tips
Ye Raat Ye Chandni Phir Kahan
Jaal
with Hemant Kumar
Shemaroo
Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh
with Shaan
Zee Music
Ishq Wala Love
Student of the Year · 2012
with Neeti Mohan
Sony Music
Sunny Sunny
with Neha Kakkar
Bollywood Classics
Meri Kismat Mein Tu Nahin Shayad
Prem Rog · 1982
with Suresh Wadkar
Ultra
Khayalon Mein Kisi Ke
Bawre Nain · 1950
with Rajkumari
Shemaroo
Sahiba
with Stebin Ben
T-Series
Dekho Mera Dil Machal Gaya
Suraj · 1966
with Sharda
Bollywood Classics
Kun Faya Kun
with Javed Ali
T-Series
Bekhayali
Kabir Singh · 2019
with Sachet Tandon and Parampara Thakur
T-Series
Tere Pyar Mein
Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet · 1999
with Jaspinder Narula
Shemaroo
Main Shayar To Nahin
Bobby · 1973
with Shailendra Singh
Saregama
Humne Tumko Dekha
Khel Khel Mein · 1975
with Shailendra Singh
Shemaroo
Teri Deewani
Kailasa · 2006
with Kailash Kher
Sony Music
Aye Dil Mujhe Aisi Jagah Le Chal
Arzoo · 1950
with Talat Mahmood
Shemaroo
Main Rangeela Pyar Ka Rahi
Chhoti Bahen · 1960
with Subir Sen
Bollywood Classics
Chale Aao Saiyan
Bazaar · 1982
with Jagjit Kaur
Saregama
Bulleya
with Shilpa Rao
Sony Music
Dhoondlo
Nautanki Saala · 2013
with Arijit Singh
Zee Music
Pehla Nasha
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar · 1992
with Udit Narayan
Saregama
Awaz De Kahan Hai
Anmol Ghadi · 1946
with Noor Jehan
Shemaroo
Sheila Ki Jawani
with Sunidhi Chauhan
T-Series
Nai Lagda
Notebook · 2019
with Vishal Mishra
T-Series
Ram Teri Ganga Maili Ho Gayi
Ram Teri Ganga Maili · 1985
with Suresh Wadkar
Saregama
Tere Bin Ek Pal
Aa Ab Laut Chalen · 1999
with Jaspinder Narula
Saregama
Miss India
with Mehnaz
Sony Music
Jiyein Kyun
Dum Maaro Dum · 2014
with Papon
T-Series
Sun Mere Bandhu Re
Sujata · 1959
with S.D. Burman (as singer)
Shemaroo
Mann Bharrya
with B Praak
Sony Music
Aao Naa
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na · 2004
with Sadhana Sargam
Tips

Begin with an era

The Pioneers1930s – 1940sThe first voices of the talkies — when the actor sang on the set, and the gramophone carried the song across the country.The Golden Age1950s – 1960sPlayback singing comes of age. A handful of voices, a dozen composers, and the songs most Indians still know by heart.The Seventies and Eighties1970s – 1980sKishore Kumar's decade, the rise of the music cassette, and a new generation trained on the radio.The Nineties1990sKumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy sing for a new Bollywood; the audio-cassette boom peaks.2000s to Today2000 – Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Arijit Singh and the singers of the streaming age.Ghazal and Non-filmBegum Akhtar to Jagjit Singh — the singers who made the ghazal a living form outside the cinema.Qawwali, Bhajan and DevotionalVoices of the dargah and the mandir — qawwals, bhajan singers and the devotional record.Hindi PopFrom Nazia Hassan's Disco Deewane to the Indipop wave of the 1990s.
New on Gayaks

The singers of Bengali song

Classic playback, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti and folk, the singer-songwriters and bands of Kolkata, and today's voices — each with a written page and a Bengali TV of their own. Open the Bengali section.

Singers 136 written pages

Coming next on Gayaks

A stage for live orchestra groups

Gayaks will open a section for the orchestra and live-music groups who keep these songs alive on stage — Rafi nights, Kishore nights, ghazal evenings and more — with a written page for each group, arranged city by city. Groups who would like to be included may write to team@gayaks.com. Publishing is at the sole discretion of the publisher; no fee and no obligation to list.

Gayaks is an independent information guide. It does not book, represent, manage or sell anything, and does not take fees from anyone listed. Any singer, orchestra or music group may ask to be included by writing to team@gayaks.com; publishing is at the sole discretion of the publisher — no fee and no obligation to list.