This list was a lot of fun to make. The songs have to contain some amount of tapori language and attitude to make it on the list. For a crash course in tapori language or the tapori method watch Ghulam, Rangeela, Josh, or Sadak. Anil Kapoor for me is the quintessential Tapori. Watch Benam Badshah, Mashal (for which he won a Filmfare) and Karma to see the master of Taporigiri at his prime.
Tapori is a word for a street thug in Mumbai. He is someone that carries out petty mischief, crime and eve-teasing. They usually have no to very little education or a credible job. As a result of which they use crime and bullying to rise up the social ranks in their local gang or mafia. Yet they are always stuck with street-side thuggery. They usually work for someone higher up in the hierarchy. Their main job is usually to act as street-side bullying loan-shark. Well more like a loan-guppy, anyway, you get the point.
One other major aspect of a typical Tapori is that they tend to be hopeless and often very comical romantics. Their behavior is typified by the words 'roadside romeos'. Their romantic antics are often crude, sexist and extremely macho-istic. Yet they manage to charm their way into their women's hearts as a result of their naivete and bravado. The woman in the life of a tapori usually turns out to be someone higher up in the social ranks (Rani Mukerjee in Ghulam) or the daughter of the boss.
Only a handful of actors have mastered playing the role of tapori. Anil Kapoor being the original, followed by Aamir Khan in Rangeela and Ghulam. Shahrukh Khan did a fairly okay job in Josh.
Hope you enjoy these songs.