Shake a Leg This Valentine’s Day With These Bollywood Chartbusters

‘Dil, sambhal ja zara, phir mohabbat karne chala hai tu’

Hold thy heart! (Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

Matters of the heart are best left unsaid.

But if you were to express your dil ka haal, full Bollywood style, how would you do that?

Taking a break from Gulzar and Javed Akhtar’s beautiful lyrics, here are some chartbuster songs that keep young hearts throbbing these days.

So, we at The Quint thought of dissecting the untold story of the several badtameez dils and find out what they mean literally!

Let The Music Play!

‘Dekha jo tujhe yaar, dil mein baji guitar’ (Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

Gotta Crazy Dil?

‘Dil toh pagal hai, dil deewana hai’ (Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

Let the Dil Sail Away

‘Dil samundar, dil mera dil samundar hay’ (Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

Emotional Atyachar at Its Best

‘Aisi uljhi nazar tumse hat ti nahi, dil toh baccha hai ji’ (Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

Disco Deewane

(Photo: The Quint/Susnata Paul and Rahul Gupta)

(This article has been republished from The Quint’s archives on the occasion of Valentine’s Day. The article was first published on 3 August 2016.)