Retro Bollywood Ringtones

About Retro Bollywood ringtones

For the listener who knows that "old" Bollywood is not the past but the foundation everything else is built on.

The Retro shelf at ToneVault currently lists 68 ringtones drawn from 50 Hindi films and 31 different playback singers. The single voice most associated with the Retro tag in our catalogue is Lata Mangeshkar, who anchors 14 of these tracks. The most-credited composer in this mood is Raamlaxman, behind 9 of the cuts. If you want a starting point, the soundtrack with the deepest retro bench is Maine Pyar Kiya.

Retro Bollywood is a treasure chest of melodies that have outlived the films they came from. The compositions of Shankar-Jaikishan, S. D. Burman, R. D. Burman, Madan Mohan and Naushad still set the bar for melodic complexity in Hindi cinema.

Retro ringtones in this category include both the high-orchestrated classics of the 1950s and 60s and the disco-era hits of the late 70s and early 80s. The variety is enormous.

There is something especially satisfying about a retro Bollywood ringtone in 2026 — it cuts through the pop-EDM monoculture of modern ringtones and reminds you that melody is timeless.

The most-installed cut on this page right now is "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast" from Mohra Reprise (1994), sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy. It's been downloaded 48,084 times — a useful default if you can't decide between the cards above.

Tips for using Retro ringtones on your phone

• Keep the duration between 25 and 40 seconds — long enough to recognise the hook, short enough to not annoy callers in a quiet room.
• For iPhone, convert the downloaded MP3 to .m4r using GarageBand or any free online converter, then sync via Finder.
• For Android, drop the file into the /Ringtones folder on internal storage and select it from Settings → Sound → Ringtone.
• Pair the ringtone with a contact-specific assignment so your closest people get a recognisable tone of their own.