Updated On: 19 August, 2025 01:29 AM IST | Shruti Sampat
As Daler Mehndi turns a year older, here`s a look at his most famous songs from his numerous albums. From folk to commercial, Daler has made them all

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Bolo Tara Ra Ra is an obvious choice on the list. Mehndi released her debut album in 1995. And the rest is history. This song remains one of the most popular party songs, particularly in North India.
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Main Dardi Rab Rab: The song was released in 1996. It was an age of independent music in India, and this song, like others by Mehndi, sent ripples in the Indi-pop scene. Surprisingly, this song regained popularity during the period of gram reels. With a touch of rapping in this song while it was still a novel concept, it is a pioneer in its own right.

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The very next year, Mehndi scored another smash. Ho Jayegi Balle Balle was released in 1997 and has been a party favourite ever since.
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Tunak Tunak Tun by Mehndi, released in 1998, is one of the most memorable music videos. It was the first Indian music video created with chroma key technology. Unlike Mehndi`s other videos, he is the only one who appears in four different avatars. BTS member RM previously said that Tunak Tunak Tun is well-known in Korea, and that he sung it in school when he was 14.

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2008 saw Mehndi`s one more phenomenal song from the movie Hello. Though the movie tanked at the box office, this song is still a party anthem.
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Remember the film in which Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai played a middle-aged couple attempting to repair their marital relationship? It was the 2010 movie `Action Replayy`. Most of us may have forgotten the film `Action Replayy`, but there is no denying that Zor Ka Jhatka has established its own personality. An all-time Daler Mehndi party favorite is set to be around for many years to come.

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Remember the groovy song from the Akshay Kumar film `Khatta Meetha`. Daler Mehndi`s convivial song from the 2008 film was replicated for the 2021 Rohit Shetty hit `Sooryavanshi`, and Mehndi`s euphonious vocals in the song continue to set the appropriate party feel.
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In 2021, the Badshah of Indi-pop returned with his independent music album. The title track from the eponymous album hits the party chord well

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2011 saw one of his independent music hits. Who could have envisaged a tiny Punjabi festival in Mumbai`s famed Dhobi Ghaat? Well, there`s Raul Pai Gaya, the ultimate party hit.
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The 1999 film `Arjun Pandit` starring Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla attempted to be innovative in a number of ways. Unfortunately, it was a Bollywood flop, but Mehndi`s `Kudiyan Shahar Diya` was a musical milestone. Years later, the same song was remade for the 2017 film "Poster Boys". Although the film underperformed at the box office, the song once again exceeded popularity expectations