Anniversary songs in Hindi for husband, wife and mummy-papa

"Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai" from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) is the one to play if you only get one. Roop Kumar Rathod sings it for a husband who married a near-stranger and fell for her afterwards, and of every anniversary song Hindi cinema has given us, it's the one that's actually about being married. The rest are sorted by who they're for. Your husband, your wife, mummy-papa's 25th, the old Kishore-Lata crowd, a reel on the balcony and the late part of the party when the cousins take over.

For your husband

Finding an anniversary song for husband in Hindi takes longer than it should. Most film romance is the hero singing to the heroine, so songs that sound like they're coming from a wife are fewer, and a lot of them are duets. That's fine. A duet puts you both in the reel, and he can't say he wasn't asked (he will say it anyway).

Pair the song with a line of your own. These anniversary wishes for a husband are a decent place to borrow one from, as long as you swap the details for yours.

"Kaun Tujhe" from M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). Palak Muchhal sings it, so it sounds like it's coming from you.
"Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye" from Jurm (1990). About staying close when things go wrong. Send it after a hard year.
"Tere Liye" from Veer-Zaara (2004). Lata Mangeshkar and Roop Kumar Rathod, in no hurry at all. A reel of this needs the full minute.
"Teri Ore" from Singh Is Kinng (2008). A duet with room for both of you in the frame.
"Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015). Take Monali Thakur's version. The film is about an arranged marriage that takes its time to settle, and plenty of real ones do too.
"Saibo" from Shor in the City (2011). Quiet and sweet, good under a photo dump.
"Mere Haath Mein" from Fanaa (2006). Film your two hands, his watch and your bangles.
"Ve Maahi" from Kesari (2019). A little Punjabi and never soppy, so even a husband who teases you about slow songs will sit through it.
"Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010). Husbands who love a Sufi voice will play this one twice.
"Tere Bina" from Guru (2007). A.R. Rahman, slow and warm, for the quiet bit after dinner when it's only the two of you.

For your wife

Half of Bollywood is a man telling a woman how she looks, so an anniversary song for wife in Hindi is the easy search. Choosing is the hard part. Go by the decade you two met in, then by whether she likes being sung to or likes being posted about.

The 90s ones are for singing to her in the living room, badly. Anything after 2010 sits better under a reel. And if the song is going with a present, there are anniversary gift ideas for your wife with rough budgets in rupees as well.

"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" from 1942: A Love Story (1994). Kumar Sanu comparing her to one lovely thing after another. Corny, and she'll love it.
"Pehla Nasha" from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992). For the wife who wore out this tape on the old cassette player.
"Saathiya" from Saathiya (2002). The film follows a couple through the rough first years of marriage, so it fits a 5th better than a 1st.
"Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om (2007). The hero can't quite say it out loud, which suits most husbands.
"Tum Se Hi" from Jab We Met (2007). Mohit Chauhan over a morning chai video. Done.
"Raabta" from Agent Vinod (2012). Moodier than the rest, so post it late at night.
"Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2 (2013). Overplayed, and still lovely if it's the one you danced to at the reception.
"Tere Sang Yaara" from Rustom (2016). Slow enough to flip through the wedding album behind it (plastic sheets and all).
"Bol Do Na Zara" from Azhar (2016). He's asking her to just say it, a sweet tease if she's the quiet one at home.
"Hawayein" from Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017). Met on a trip? This one's yours.
"Dil Diyan Gallan" from Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). Simple words. Good for a first anniversary.

Wedding anniversary songs in Hindi for mummy-papa's 25th

Ask mummy which film they saw on their first outing (papa will get the year wrong), then build the list around that year. Couples hitting 25 or 30 this year married around 1996 to 2001, so their songs come from the cassette years, roughly 1988 to 2001.

During dinner, keep these low. Turn the volume up when someone brings out the wedding album, and let papa tell the engagement story again, even if everyone has heard it. The whole playlist should sit on one charged phone, because the speaker always dies right before the cake.

"Ae Mere Humsafar" from Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Humsafar means the one who walks through life with you. Hard to beat at a 25th.
"Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" from Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). Papa knows every word, and mummy will pretend she doesn't.
"Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai" from Saajan (1991). Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik, about as 1991 as a song can get.
"Tujhe Dekha To" from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). The mustard fields one. Watch who sings along first.
"Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein" from Raja Hindustani (1996). Slow, and lovely under a slideshow of old photos.
"Dil To Pagal Hai" from Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). Mummy probably owned the cassette. Ask her where it went.
"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Hand the mic to whoever was a teenager that year.
"Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" from Dhadkan (2000). Dhadkan's couple start as an arranged match and end up in love, which is half our parents' story.
"Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Lata Mangeshkar's title song. Keep it for the cake, with every kid in the room.

Old songs that still work

You probably heard most of these on the rasoi radio before you knew what a duet was. Ask an older chacha for an anniversary song Hindi film fans of his day would choose, and he'll name a Kishore-Lata duet before you finish the question.

These belong in the living room. A reel needs a beat; these need a sofa and someone who knows the second verse. Put the first lines up on a phone for the cousins and let the elders lead, since they'll find the harmonies without trying.

"Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua" from Shree 420 (1955). The umbrella-in-the-rain song, and nani will know it from the first note.
"Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar" from Hum Dono (1961). Play it when the guests start looking for their chappals.
"Tere Mere Sapne" from Guide (1965). Rafi sings that two people's dreams are now one colour. That's a 30th anniversary in a line.
"Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai" from Shor (1972). Life as a story the two of you share. Slow, and easy for a whole room to sing.
"Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina" from Abhimaan (1973). Abhimaan is about a married couple whose egos get in the way, and this song comes from the happy part.
"Ek Main Aur Ek Tu" from Khel Khel Mein (1975). Peppy enough to get nana off the sofa.
"Aap Ki Aankhon Mein Kuch" from Ghar (1978). Gulzar's words and R.D. Burman's tune, sung between newlyweds on screen.
"Tumko Dekha To Yeh Khayal Aaya" from Saath Saath (1982). Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh were married themselves. Candlelight dinner at the colony club, sorted.

New ones for a reel

Reels are short, so pick a song that sounds right from wherever you cut in. Everything here is from the last ten years, and Arijit Singh sings on most of it, so if one of you can't stand him, there are three without him. A slow walk on the balcony around sunset works for nearly all of them, matching kurtas optional (mummy will insist on them). Film it twice, because the first take will have a pressure cooker whistle in it.

"Kesariya" from Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022). You've heard it on a hundred reels, and it still works for that balcony walk.
"Raataan Lambiyan" from Shershaah (2021). Easy to lip-sync, even for the husband who refuses to.
"Tera Ban Jaunga" from Kabir Singh (2019). A promise song. Post it with your wedding date in the caption.
"Phir Aur Kya Chahiye" from Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023). It comes from a film about a married couple chasing a house of their own, and the song is pure contentment.
"Tum Kya Mile" from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, done the old way with snow and chiffon sarees.
"Chaleya" from Jawan (2023). Upbeat enough to end on a twirl, and Shilpa Rao's part gives the wife something to lip-sync.
"Apna Bana Le" from Bhediya (2022). Slow and a bit old-fashioned. Sunset light helps.
"O Maahi" from Dunki (2023). Gentler than anything else in this group, good for a slow pan across the wedding photos.
"Nazm Nazm" from Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017). Small-town sweet, for couples whose story started with long phone calls.

For the party, when the cousins want to dance

After the cake, the cousins grab the speaker. Nobody gets it back. Let them, but play the older dance songs first, while the chachas' knees still work.

Ek baat yaad rakhna, nani and the older guests leave early, so their favourites go in the first hour and the loud stuff comes after. Cut long intros where you can. Cousins drift off after twenty seconds of build-up, and the aunties give it ten.

"My Name Is Lakhan" from Ram Lakhan (1989). Papa's one dance move was made for this. Let him.
"Saat Samundar Paar" from Vishwatma (1992). Mummy and her sisters, front and centre.
"Bole Chudiyan" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Get everyone in a big circle, aunties in the middle.
"London Thumakda" from Queen (2014). A wedding song, but nobody at an anniversary party will mind.
"Gallan Goodiyaan" from Dil Dhadakne Do (2015). The family in this film is on a cruise for the parents' 30th anniversary. Almost too on the nose.
"Kala Chashma" from Baar Baar Dekho (2016). There's a squat in the drop. Somebody's knee will regret it.
"Morni Banke" from Badhaai Ho (2018). The aunties will get the joke, since Badhaai Ho is about a couple in their fifties.

Your own song, with both names in it

Your names aren't in any of the songs above, and on a 25th that can matter more than the tune. HeartCraft can make a happy anniversary song from what you tell it.

Say who it's for and share a few memories (the colony club dinner, the matching kurtas). Their name gets sung in the chorus and your story goes into the lines, so put your own name in those memories too. The song can be in Hindi or Hinglish, and the samples on the song card page include romantic Hindi and a 90s Bollywood style, the sound mummy-papa grew up on.

It's ready in about 10 minutes and arrives on your WhatsApp or email as a link you can forward or play for them at the party. Start an anniversary song once you've picked the memories.

Last doubts before the party

How many songs do we need for a three-hour party?

Around 40, if every song plays through. Add ten spare, because someone always skips the slow ones.

Can we mix Hindi and English songs?

Yes. Keep the Hindi ones for the elders' hour and the cake, and slip English ones into the middle stretch when the cousins have the speaker. For those, pick from these English anniversary songs.

Which songs suit a 50th anniversary?

Go older, to the 60s and 70s, because a couple married in 1976 fell in love to those films. Ask them to sing one. They'll remember more of the words than you do.

What if mummy-papa hate being filmed?

Then keep their faces out of the reel. Film the cake and their hands instead, and ask before anything goes up.

For your husband

Pair the song with a line of your own. These anniversary wishes for a husband are a decent place to borrow one from, as long as you swap the details for yours.

"Kaun Tujhe" from M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016). Palak Muchhal sings it, so it sounds like it's coming from you.
"Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye" from Jurm (1990). About staying close when things go wrong. Send it after a hard year.
"Tere Liye" from Veer-Zaara (2004). Lata Mangeshkar and Roop Kumar Rathod, in no hurry at all. A reel of this needs the full minute.
"Teri Ore" from Singh Is Kinng (2008). A duet with room for both of you in the frame.
"Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015). Take Monali Thakur's version. The film is about an arranged marriage that takes its time to settle, and plenty of real ones do too.
"Saibo" from Shor in the City (2011). Quiet and sweet, good under a photo dump.
"Mere Haath Mein" from Fanaa (2006). Film your two hands, his watch and your bangles.
"Ve Maahi" from Kesari (2019). A little Punjabi and never soppy, so even a husband who teases you about slow songs will sit through it.
"Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010). Husbands who love a Sufi voice will play this one twice.
"Tere Bina" from Guru (2007). A.R. Rahman, slow and warm, for the quiet bit after dinner when it's only the two of you.

For your wife

"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha" from 1942: A Love Story (1994). Kumar Sanu comparing her to one lovely thing after another. Corny, and she'll love it.
"Pehla Nasha" from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992). For the wife who wore out this tape on the old cassette player.
"Saathiya" from Saathiya (2002). The film follows a couple through the rough first years of marriage, so it fits a 5th better than a 1st.
"Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om (2007). The hero can't quite say it out loud, which suits most husbands.
"Tum Se Hi" from Jab We Met (2007). Mohit Chauhan over a morning chai video. Done.
"Raabta" from Agent Vinod (2012). Moodier than the rest, so post it late at night.
"Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2 (2013). Overplayed, and still lovely if it's the one you danced to at the reception.
"Tere Sang Yaara" from Rustom (2016). Slow enough to flip through the wedding album behind it (plastic sheets and all).
"Bol Do Na Zara" from Azhar (2016). He's asking her to just say it, a sweet tease if she's the quiet one at home.
"Hawayein" from Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017). Met on a trip? This one's yours.
"Dil Diyan Gallan" from Tiger Zinda Hai (2017). Simple words. Good for a first anniversary.

Wedding anniversary songs in Hindi for mummy-papa's 25th

"Ae Mere Humsafar" from Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988). Humsafar means the one who walks through life with you. Hard to beat at a 25th.
"Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali" from Maine Pyar Kiya (1989). Papa knows every word, and mummy will pretend she doesn't.
"Mera Dil Bhi Kitna Pagal Hai" from Saajan (1991). Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik, about as 1991 as a song can get.
"Tujhe Dekha To" from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). The mustard fields one. Watch who sings along first.
"Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein" from Raja Hindustani (1996). Slow, and lovely under a slideshow of old photos.
"Dil To Pagal Hai" from Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). Mummy probably owned the cassette. Ask her where it went.
"Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998). Hand the mic to whoever was a teenager that year.
"Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" from Dhadkan (2000). Dhadkan's couple start as an arranged match and end up in love, which is half our parents' story.
"Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Lata Mangeshkar's title song. Keep it for the cake, with every kid in the room.

Old songs that still work

"Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua" from Shree 420 (1955). The umbrella-in-the-rain song, and nani will know it from the first note.
"Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar" from Hum Dono (1961). Play it when the guests start looking for their chappals.
"Tere Mere Sapne" from Guide (1965). Rafi sings that two people's dreams are now one colour. That's a 30th anniversary in a line.
"Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai" from Shor (1972). Life as a story the two of you share. Slow, and easy for a whole room to sing.
"Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina" from Abhimaan (1973). Abhimaan is about a married couple whose egos get in the way, and this song comes from the happy part.
"Ek Main Aur Ek Tu" from Khel Khel Mein (1975). Peppy enough to get nana off the sofa.
"Aap Ki Aankhon Mein Kuch" from Ghar (1978). Gulzar's words and R.D. Burman's tune, sung between newlyweds on screen.
"Tumko Dekha To Yeh Khayal Aaya" from Saath Saath (1982). Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh were married themselves. Candlelight dinner at the colony club, sorted.

New ones for a reel

"Kesariya" from Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022). You've heard it on a hundred reels, and it still works for that balcony walk.
"Raataan Lambiyan" from Shershaah (2021). Easy to lip-sync, even for the husband who refuses to.
"Tera Ban Jaunga" from Kabir Singh (2019). A promise song. Post it with your wedding date in the caption.
"Phir Aur Kya Chahiye" from Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023). It comes from a film about a married couple chasing a house of their own, and the song is pure contentment.
"Tum Kya Mile" from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal, done the old way with snow and chiffon sarees.
"Chaleya" from Jawan (2023). Upbeat enough to end on a twirl, and Shilpa Rao's part gives the wife something to lip-sync.
"Apna Bana Le" from Bhediya (2022). Slow and a bit old-fashioned. Sunset light helps.
"O Maahi" from Dunki (2023). Gentler than anything else in this group, good for a slow pan across the wedding photos.
"Nazm Nazm" from Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017). Small-town sweet, for couples whose story started with long phone calls.

For the party, when the cousins want to dance

After the cake, the cousins grab the speaker. Nobody gets it back. Let them, but play the older dance songs first, while the chachas' knees still work.

"My Name Is Lakhan" from Ram Lakhan (1989). Papa's one dance move was made for this. Let him.
"Saat Samundar Paar" from Vishwatma (1992). Mummy and her sisters, front and centre.
"Bole Chudiyan" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Get everyone in a big circle, aunties in the middle.
"London Thumakda" from Queen (2014). A wedding song, but nobody at an anniversary party will mind.
"Gallan Goodiyaan" from Dil Dhadakne Do (2015). The family in this film is on a cruise for the parents' 30th anniversary. Almost too on the nose.
"Kala Chashma" from Baar Baar Dekho (2016). There's a squat in the drop. Somebody's knee will regret it.
"Morni Banke" from Badhaai Ho (2018). The aunties will get the joke, since Badhaai Ho is about a couple in their fifties.

Your own song, with both names in it

Your names aren't in any of the songs above, and on a 25th that can matter more than the tune. HeartCraft can make a happy anniversary song from what you tell it.

It's ready in about 10 minutes and arrives on your WhatsApp or email as a link you can forward or play for them at the party. Start an anniversary song once you've picked the memories.

Last doubts before the party

How many songs do we need for a three-hour party?

Around 40, if every song plays through. Add ten spare, because someone always skips the slow ones.

Can we mix Hindi and English songs?

Yes. Keep the Hindi ones for the elders' hour and the cake, and slip English ones into the middle stretch when the cousins have the speaker. For those, pick from these English anniversary songs.

Which songs suit a 50th anniversary?

Go older, to the 60s and 70s, because a couple married in 1976 fell in love to those films. Ask them to sing one. They'll remember more of the words than you do.

What if mummy-papa hate being filmed?

Then keep their faces out of the reel. Film the cake and their hands instead, and ask before anything goes up.