Sad Hindi songs is a major genre of Hindi songs, both Filmi and non-film. It represent the rasa in classical rasa classification in Sanskrit/Hindi.
In India, the expression of love is not necessarily limited to male/female lovers. It can be between any two friends, mother and child, or between an individual and the society.
The sweetness of sad songs was expressed by lyricist Shailendra in a song in Patita:
- hai.n sabse madhur vo gIt jinhe.n,
- ham dad.r ke sur me.n gAte hai.n
- Those songs are the sweetest,
- that I sing with a sad tune.
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