FT: Al Ahli 1-2 Al Hilal

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Al Ahli
Édouard Mendy, Abdulbasit Hindi, Merih Demiral, Abdullah Al-Amar (Saad Yaslam Balobaid), Ibañez , Roberto Firmino, Franck Kessié (Mohammed Al-Majhad), Ziyad Aljohani (Fahad Alrashidi), Feras Al-Brikan (Abdulkarim Darisi), Allan Saint-Maximin, Riyad Mahrez (Sumaihan Al-Nabet).
Subs: Mohammed Al Hurayji, Abdulrahman Al Sanbi, Rayane Hamidou, Ali Alasmari.
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Al Hilal
Yassine Bounou, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ali Al-Bulayhi, Hassan Al-Tambakti (Mohamed Kanno), Rúben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Renan Lodi (Yasser Al-Shahrani), Saud Abdulhamid, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Malcom (Nasser Al-Dawsari), Michael Delgado (Mohammed Al-Burayk).
Subs: Saleh Al-Shehri, Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Salman Al-Faraj, Abdullah Al-Hamddan, Mohammed Al-Owais.
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Let's take the example of Bengali. These are some of the lines of the song "Khnoro Amar Fossil" by the band "Fossils" (for pronouncing that n, just produce a nasal sound without the help of your mouth, then try to say "Kho"):
যদি এ হৃদয় ছুঁতে,
সান্নিধ্যের বিদ্যুতে
একবার যদি হতে,
বাঁচার শেষ সম্ভাবনা
হাতছানি দিচ্ছে যে
অপমৃত্যুর ইচ্ছে যে,
তোর নিষ্ঠুর দৃষ্টিতে,
কখনও কি আশ্বাস পাব না ?
তুই শেষ স্পন্দন আমার,
মৃত্যুর শমন আমার
মৃত্যুর কারণ আমার,
রহস্যের সমাধান
ক্ষতবিক্ষত শিরাতে,
তুই অন্তঃপীড়াতে,
প্রেমে আর প্রত্যাখানে
আজও তোর অনু… সন্ধান।
Amazingly written, but feels like a blob of complex words.
Also, just visit the home page of the Bengali Wikipedia. Tbh, ভক্তি হয়না পাতাটা পড়তে! (I just don't feel like reading the sidebar and stuff)
Another example is Hindi. Just check its native Wikipedia page too.
As for this whole thing, the fonts look very messy. Someone seriously needs to make good looking standard fonts.
(Didn't know which sub to post, so posted it here)

The Jagran Film Festival (JFF), associated with Dainik Jagran, the world's largest travelling film festival is organising a filmmaking contest for all the aspiring filmmakers of the age of 16–25. We want the maximum budding filmmakers to register with us so we can help them grow and show their films on the silver screen during our film festival in 11 states of India. As we travel in these states, we showcase their films, and the top 2–3 will get the most prestigious award at the JFF award show in Mumbai, India, with a prize pool of INR 50,000 (approximately USD 600). All applicants will get the chance to interact with people in the industry of filmmaking, which will help them learn and grow.
==GUIDELINES== - We accept films in all languages (including mute and silent films); however, all the films must have English subtitles, except those in English and Hindi. - The film length must be up to 10 minutes. - Animations, fiction, non-fiction, mythology, etc. genres are eligible. - Participants will submit their films online on the JFF website (linked below) - There are eight categories in this contest: => Environment Conservation => Healthy Society => Educated Society => Water Conservation => Managing Population => Poverty Eradication => Women Empowerment => Create your own topic (in which you specialise) - The naming convention of the film must start with "DSMF" (Dream Screen Mini Film), followed by the name of the film and the duration of the film (e.g., DSMF_Revenge_Of_Himalayas_10m). - Top 3 winners will get a prestigious filmmaker award of JFF. They will get a chance to fly over to Mumbai, India with all costs paid by JFF (inclusive of accomodation) [Jagran Film Festival Official Website: https://www.jff.co.in] [Jagran Film Festival Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jagran_filmfestival] [Jagran Film Festival Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JagranFilmFestival/] [Jagran Film Festival Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@JagranFilmFestivalIndia]

If the producers are leaving a few stones unturned, its this 'छूई मूई' generation that killing the cinema. Anything offends them.
I watched Amar Singh Chamkila, and was awed by it. Such a brilliant film. And then I saw some criticizing the film, because 'iT glOrIfiEs miSoGyny'.
They learned this one term and now it's time to show how woke we are.
My childhood friend, who criticized Chamkila and Animal before that for being misogynistic, she won't marry her boyfriend of 5 years because her parents wouldn't allow it because he's from a dIFfeRent cAsTe.
Cinema doesn't have as much effect on the society as we give credit to it. A creator wants to tell a story based on his experience. If the society is misogynistic, that's what he or she must show. Utopia jis din aa jayega us din wo dikhna shuru ho jayega movies me.
Cinema is a reflection of the society, not the other way around. Art will die if the artists are burdened with any kind of moral responsibility.
Imtiyaz Ali has created some of the best female characters of 21st-century Hindi cinema. Someone in some Reddit post equated him with Sandeep Vanga Reddy.
Makes you think. If its cool being woke without any sense or sensibility.
Overdosing on something, even if its good, is going to drastically reduce its impact overtime.
Feminism, thanks to these wokes, is becoming nothing but a big JOKE.

I'm 18 years old but was just trying out old Hindi movies when I came across Amar Prem and fell in love with it.
I was hoping to find more movies that aren't focused on classic romance but instead have some kind of deep meaning or something
Anything with quality, even slow paced would do

I am a neet aspirant T_T just 48 days now and I don't think so I get mbbs it's my 1st drop so for backup which form like cuet yaa I fill itt but u know bsc 😔no don't want is anyone who written newspaper articles etc I mean like Amar ujala management what are the qualification of that stream when I am in 10th class it's my aim and now also I cant forget it I want to include in that team if anyone have idea to being through that stream pls let me know nhi to agr NEET nahi hua to. Bsc hi krni pdegi yaa firr koi orr exam u guyss can tell my 12th subjects (bio chem phy eng Hindi music) 👾btaa denaa yrr if u knoww 🥺 Bd me muze regret naa ho kuch Aisa btana agr future nhi mere 10th aim ka to just say no to mee and can tell best advise Have a nice day!!!! 🕳️

English: bitter

having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops
aa turn of the cable which is round the bitts
causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind

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Translations

Catalan: amarg
Chinese: 苦、苦的
Esperanto: amara
French: amer
Galician: amargo
German: bitter
Hindi: कड़वा
Italian: amaro
Portuguese: amargo
Romanian: amar
Spanish: amargo
Welsh: chwerw

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I am not from India, but I can understand a high level of Hindi since I have been watching bollywood movies for over two decades.
I want to show more movies to my girlfriend, who has only seen one bollywood movie with me. She does not speak/understand Hindi.
We managed to find an English subtitled version of Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin.
I was wondering if there are any websites or resources we can use to find subtitles for older movies?
Some of my favourite movies are older ones like Pakeezah, Amar Akbar Anthony, Shakti, Prince, Main Hoon Na etc.
Let me know if there are any ways of getting subtitles for older movies.

He is a senior Journalist with Amar Ujala. Do watch.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1760241134603759707

Doping A menace in Sports:- Doping refers to the use of prohibited substances or methods by athletes to gain an unfair advantage in sports competitions. These substances or methods are typically used to enhance performance, increase strength, improve endurance, or reduce recovery time
Asian Games and CWG medalist wrestler Divya Kakran seems to have landed in trouble, and could be banned for doping, for upto four years. As per a report in Amar Ujala, she has tested positive for a substance called methyl testosterone. In response, she has been provisionally been suspended by NADA, and upon failing to prove innocence, she’ll be ousted for a long time.

"Behno aur Bhaiyo” was the greeting style of the golden voice of Radio legend “Ameen Sayani” as he introduced India to the most popular songs on India’s first Bollywood song countdown called Binaca Geetmala. The Bollywood music chart aired on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994 on Vividh Bharti and week after week all of India looked forward to hearing the familiar voice of the legend as he shared the best songs of Bollywood. At the end of each year Binaca Geetmala announced the number 1 most popular song of the year based on record sales and listener club feedback. I want to take this opportunity to share some trivia and mini reviews of the Binaca Geetmala top songs of the year from 1953 to 1993. Let's start with the songs crowned "the top of the pop" by Binaca Geetmala in the evergreen 50s and how they fared against their competition in that year's Filmfare awards.
1953 - "Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai" from the movie “Anarkali" beautifully sung by Lata Mangeshkar with music by C Ramchandra and lyrics by Rajinder Krishan was the first annual top song of the Binaca Geetmala. Basant Prakash was the original composer for the movie and recorded one song with Geeta Bali. However due to a disagreement with the producer, he was replaced by C Ramchandra who brought in Lata to sing all the remaining songs for the movie. “Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai” was the ultimate heartbreak song of that era which Anarkali (played by Bina Rai) sings as she is buried alive behind a wall as a helpless Salim (played by Pradeep Kumar) struggles to reach in time to save his love. C Ramchandra used the help of another music icon Roshan (Grandfather of Hrithik and father of Rajesh and Rakesh Roshan) to collaborate on the composition of the melody of this song. This movie introduced the talented Nasir Hussain to Bollywood who started his career as a writer for this movie and would go on to create the masala film genre with musical extravaganzas like Yaadon Ki Baraat, Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin and many many more. Even though the song ruled the charts but it lost the first ever Filmfare Award for music direction to Naushad’s iconic “Tu Ganga Ki Mauj” from Baiju Bawra.
1954 - “Jayen To Jayen Kahan” from “Taxi Driver’ sung by Talat Mahmood with music by S.D. Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi’s poetry ruled the charts the following year. This was one of the best songs by the forgotten music Icon Talat Mehmood. His good looks made him an actor in several movies with Nutan and Suraiya but would give up acting to focus on singing. His smooth and velvety vocals were the voice of Dilip Kumar and early Dev Anand. The arrival of Mohammed Rafi and the infusion of rock n roll into Bollywood music in the 60s would sideline Talat Mahmood, who unfortunately literally disappeared from the landscape of modern Bollywood. This brilliant song is drenched with melancholy as Talat’s vocals emotes the pathos of Sahir’s poetry. S.D. Burman won his first Filmfare Award for best music director for this song for “Taxi Driver”. The song was picturized on Dev Anand and a second version sung by Lata Mangeshkar was shot on Kalpana Karthik who Dev Sahib fell in love with and married secretly on the set during a break while shooting “Taxi Driver”.
1955 - “Mera Joota Hai Japani” from the movie "Shree 420” sweetly sung by Mukesh with music by Shankar Jaikishan and Shailendra’s lyrics made Raj Kapoor an Indian Icon and a global star. It’s patriotic theme made it the biggest song of the year in India and the Russians went absolute gaga over this song when RK gave them the highest possible honor of his crown “Sar Par Laal Topi Roosi”. The song has been used in multiple Hollywood movies like Mississippi masala, Gravity and Deadpool. Hemant Kumar’s “Nagin" with it's haunting "Been" melody would win the Filmfare Award for music direction even though Shankar Jaikishan’s soundtrack topped record sales.
1956 - "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan” from “C.I.D.” was playfully sung by Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt with the music of O.P. Nayyar and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. Johnny Walker and Kumkum’s street hustling characters warn their fellow citizens about the fast life of their favorite city in this iconic anthem "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan”. Mohammed Rafi was the closest we can get to a true “Method” singer who brilliantly adapted his vocal style to the actors he sang for. He sat with Johnny Walker for a few days before recording the song to observe his mannerisms and modulate his voice to best fit him on screen. He took singing to the next level of the art form. “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” would rule the chart and hearts of India but unfortunately lose at the Filmfare awards to the RK classic “Chori Chori” which was an album full of iconic songs like “Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein Hum” and “Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi”.
1957 - "Zara Saamne Toh Aao Chhaliye” from "Janam Janam Ke Phere” was one of the earliest hit duets by Lata and Rafi with the music of S.N. Tripathi and lyrics by Bharat Vyas. S.N. Tripathi was a forgotten multitalented genius of early Bollywood who composed, sang, dubbed, wrote, acted, produced and directed movies. He exclusively composed music for mythological movies and was best known for being the first to use the “Jai Hind” slogan in a song during the British Raj. This song was picturized on its leads Nirupa Roy and Manhar Desai for the movie “Janam Janam Ke Phere” which was also known as "Sati Anapurna”. This was the first movie directed by Manoo Desai who would revert to his full name of "Manmohan Desai” as he began his long commercially successful career of super hits with his next movie “Chhalia” with Raj Kapoor. His first movie was average and quickly forgotten but he would have a stellar 60s with Shammi Kapoor, an even brighter 70s with Rajesh Khanna before he would direct a string of 7 super hit movies with Big B in the 70s and 80s. O.P. Nayyar’s “Naya Daur” would be the big winner at Filmfare awards that year.
1958 - "Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara” from “Solva Saal” was an amazing haunting song sung by Hemant Kumar with S.D. Burman’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s beautiful lyrics. The song was picturized on Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman and the mouth organ on this song was played by the maestro Dada Burman’s son and future maestro Pancham AKA R.D. Burman. Filmfare awards were dominated that year by the Bimal Roy classic “Madhumati” for which Salil Chowdhury won best music director and the first playback singer award was actually won by Lata Mangeshkar (There was no female singer category) for "Aaja Re Pardesi” and Shailendra won the first award for best lyricist for Yahudi’s “Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai"
1959 - "Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka” from “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” passionately sung by Kishore Kumar with Asha Bhosle to the music of his guru S.D. Burman and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. This is the song during which Kishore and Madhubala fell in love. Madhubala never looked happier and more beautiful than she did in this song and Kishore’s pitch and yodels never sounded better. This playful song ruled the charts but Filmfare awards were taken over by Raj Kapoor’s “Anari” as Shankar Jaikishan won best music director, Mukesh became the first male singer to win for singing and Shailendra would win his second back to back best lyricist award for “Sab Kuch Seekha Humne”.
1960 - "Zindagi Bhar Nai Bhoolegi Wo Barsaat Ki Raat" from the movie “Barsaat Ki Raat" beautifully sung by Mohammed Rafi with music by Roshan and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi was the decade’s first annual top song of the Binaca Geetmala. The image of Madhubala admiring Bharat Bhushan’s voice as she eagerly listens to this song on radio masterfully depicts the importance of radio and the Geetmala in those days. The film popularized qawwalis, however Rafi’s ultra-romantic version of Sahir’s poetry was a masterpiece. The song was about Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan’s characters chance meeting on a stormy night as Roshan’s brilliant background score channels their internal storm without a single word spoken between the two characters throughout the scene. Bharat Bhushan’s poet translates his experience from that brief encounter into this amazing song. Rafi would win the Filmfare Award that year for another iconic song “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” for which Shakeel Badayuni would get the best lyricist award as Shankar Jaikishan won for best music director for “Dil Apna Preet Parai” which featured Lata’s iconic “Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh”.
1961 - "Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko” from “Sasural” became Mohammed Rafi's second top chartbuster of the decade with Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s lyrics. Rajendra Kumar had already a few hits under his belt including playing Nargis’s son in Mother India in the 50s, however the 60s saw his actual rise to stardom and “Sasural” was one of the initial blockbusters which earned him the crown of Jubilee Kumar. Kumar’s lead actress in the movie was B Saroja Devi who was called the "Saraswathi of acting” in the Kannada film industry. This would be one of her biggest Hindi movies as Kumar tries to woo her with the flirtatious "Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko, Kisi Ki Nazar Na Lage, Chashme Budoor”. The song topped the charts and also won Rafi his 2nd consecutive Filmfare Award for singing.
1962 - "Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par” from “Junglee” became Mohammed Rafi’s 3rd consecutive top of the chart song with another delightful collaboration with Shankar Jaikishan and Hasrat Jaipuri. This song was originally planned as a Mohammed Rafi only song, but the director felts its power and got Lata to sing her version of this classic tune. This was Junglee's romantic anthem and played a big role in shaping Shammi Kapoor’s romantic image as it skyrocketed him to mega-stardom with back to back hits in the 60s. Shankar Jaikishan won best music director for another Shammi Kapoor masterpiece “Professor” while Lata won the best singer award for the haunting “Kahin Deep Jale” from the surprise superhit "Bees Saal Baad” which also earned Shakeel Badayuni his 3rd consecutive Filmfare Award for best lyrics.
1963 - "Jo Wada Kiya Woh Nibhana Padega” from “Taj Mahal” was the amazing Lata - Rafi duet which became one of the most memorable songs of the golden era with the music of Roshan and Sahir Ludhianvi’s masterful lyrics. This song conquered everything, the hearts of Indians, the Geetmala with astronomical sales and Roshan winning his only award for music director along with Sahir Ludhianvi’s first win for Lyrics. Sahir was one of the greatest Urdu poets to write Bollywood songs and he was among the first to tell composers to compose music around his lyrics and demanded that All India Radio also give credit to the songs lyricist when playing the songs. The song featured Pradeep Kumar and Beena Rai who both achieved tremendous success with Taj Mahal but it also became among their last hit movies in lead role. Beena Rai who was married to Prem Nath retired from movies and Pradeep Kumar couldn’t compete with the fresh blood of Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar and even smaller actors like Biswajeet and Joy Mukherjee. He very quickly got sidelined into character actors roles but got immortalized forever as a result of this evergreen romantic gem.
1964 - “Bol Radha Bol” from “Sangam” once again brought the Raj Kapoor - Shankar Jaikishan - Shailendra - Mukesh collaboration to the top of the charts. This was a fun and naughty song as Raj Kapoor with a Gopi-esque feather in his hair teases a sensual Vyjayanthimala in a red swimsuit while swimming in the river. There is an interesting story behind the origin of the song. RK tried multiple times to sign Vyjayanthimala for the movie. After several follow ups, he sent her a telegram asking her “Bol Radha Bol, Sangam Hoga Ke Nahi” to which she replied “Hoga Hoga, Zaroor Hoga”. When RK happily showed her confirmation telegram to Shailendra, the poet immediately sang “Tere Mann Ki Ganga aur Mere Mann Ki Jamuna Ka Bol Radha Bol Sangam Hoga Ke Nahi”. The rest is history. Sangam was one of the biggest blockbusters of Raj Kapoor’s career grossing more than 700 crore rupees (Adjusted for inflation), however on Filmfare night, a small movie named “Dosti” would bring down the Goliath “Sangam” by winning all the best music director, singer and lyricist awards.
1965 - "Jis Dil Mein Basa Tha Pyaar Tera” from the movie “Saheli” sung by Mukesh with the music by Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by Indeevar topped the charts. The movie featured Pradeep Kumar and Kalpana right before they both disappeared into the oblivion of Bollywood character acting. The movie was directed by Arjun Hingorani before he got super-obsessed with Dharmendra and the letter “K” and made “Kab, Kyon Aur Kahaan”, “Kahani Kismat Ki”, “Khel Khiladi Ka”, "Katilon Ke Katil”, “Karishma Kudrat Ka” and “Kaun Kare Kurbani” with Garam Dharam. Kalyanji Anandji and their assistants Laxmikant Pyarelal collaborated to create this melancholic masterpiece. Ravi’s “Khandaan" would be the big winner sweeping best music director, singer and lyricist awards.
1966 - "Baharon Phool Barsao Mera Mehboob Aaya Hai” from “Suraj” sung by Rafi with Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s romantic lyrics topped the charts in the year when one of India’s brightest Gems “Guide” received tremendous critical acclaim for its songs and music. The movie featured a child artist named Baby Sonia who would grow up to become Neetu Singh AKA Mrs Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor’s mother. The fans adored the love with which Rajendra Kumar showered his leading actress Vyjayanthimala as he sang this romantic song for his beloved. The song topped the charts and sweeped the Filmfare Award by winning best music director, lyricist and singer. 1967 - "Saawan Ka Mahina Pawan Kare Sor” by Mukesh and Lata was another beloved chartbuster and Filmfare Award winning masterpiece composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal on Anand Bakshi’s lyrics. Dosti was LP’s breakthrough album and earned them their first award after which they returned to assisting Kalyanji Anandji. Milan was the movie which truly established them as a standalone dynamic musical duo and future stars of Indian music. The song also established Anand Bakshi as a lyricist earning him his first of 41 Filmfare nominations and began his 300+ movie collaboration with Laxmikant Pyarelal. The song has a funny and brilliant wordplay between Mukesh and Lata as Sunil’s villager character sings the word “Sor” which Nutan’s educated pupil sings “Shor” and he responds “Shor Nahi Sor, Sor”. This melodious masterpiece is the heart and soul of the movie which would earn LP their 2nd Filmfare award after Dosti while the lyrics award would go to the patriotic masterpiece “Mere Desh Ki Dharti” sung beautifully by Mahendra Kapoor. Mahendra would also win best male singer for Hamraaz’s “Neele Gagan Ke Tale”. Lata’s sister Asha Bhosle would win her first Filmfare Award for Dus Lakh’s “Garibon Ki Suno” in the first award best female singer award.
1968 - "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Main Kya Jaanu Re” from “Shagird” sung by Lata Mangeshkar with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics would become the biggest hit of the year. The song was picturized on Saira Bano along with Joy Mukherjee and played a critical role in making the movie a superhit. The song and movie were nowhere to be seen on award night as Shankar Jaikishan’s Shammi Kapoor blockbuster “Brahmachari” would win best director, male singer and a posthumous lyricist award for Shailendra. Asha Bhosle would win her consecutive second Best female singer Filmfare award for Shikhar’s "Parde Men Rahne Do”.
1969 - "Kaise Rahoon Chup Ki Maine Pi Hi Kya Hai” from “Intaqam” was sung by Lata with LP’s music and Rajendra Krishan’s lyrics. So Laxmikant Pyarelal ended the 60s at the top of the charts for 3 consecutive years and signaled a change of guards from the maestros of the golden era to the masters of the 70s masala. Lata sang the song with such perfection that her slurring delivery convinced fans that the nightingale must have been under the influence while recording the song. Lata sounded more drunk than Sadhana appeared on screen and earned her a 17th Filmfare nomination for singing. She would lose to herself for Jeene Ki Raah’s "Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage”.
1970 - "Bindiya Chamkegi Choodi Khankegi" from the movie “Do Raaste” was full of spunk and energy for the new decade with Lata singing Anand Bakshi’s playful lyrics to Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music. The 70s began with the first superhit collaboration of iconic Kaka - Mumu Jodi as Mumtaz rose from a B Grade movie actress to the first superstar’s leading lady. This was Mumtaz’s 60th movie in the industry and the one that finally made the once child artist turned “stunt film heroine" into a bonafide star and inspiration for millions of struggling artists starting at the bottom of the Bollywood food chain. This was Rajesh Khanna’s 270 Crore (Adjusted for inflation) grossing blockbuster and number 5 in his 17 movie consecutive hit spree. With this movie he would solidify his superstardom and continue delivering hit after hit. The success of this movie would start his hit pairing with Mumtaz in 10 iconic movies. ”Bindiya Chamkegi” ruled the pop charts, while Shankar Jaikishan’s “Pehchan” and “Jahan Pyar Mile” would give the legends the edge at Filmfare Awards over LP in the early days of the decade.
1971 - "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana” from Andaz was sung with such passion and energy by Kishore and Asha that this Shankar Jaikishan and Hasrat Jaipuri classic was enough to make the movie a box office success. The movie was released at the height of Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom with his face right in the center of the poster, his name in bold above all other actors and this song picturized on him was in every trailer and promo, despite the fact that Kaka only had a 10 minute cameo including the song in the movie. The lead actor of the movie was Shammi Kapoor whose 60s box office charm and magic had vanished. A first time director named “Ramesh Sippy” always wanted to make his debut with Shammi, so when the dancing star of the 60s agreed to take on a more mature role in “Andaz” a new star director was born. Sippy would go on to make the biggest movie of all time, "Sholay” and follow it with masterpieces like “Shaan”, “Shakti” and Saagar”. Shammi got one of his last superhits as a lead actor but everyone knew that the reason for the movie’s success was fans flocking to the cinema to watch Kaka ride a bike as he sang “Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana”. Hasrat Jaipuri would win the best lyrics Filmfare Award for the song. Shankar Jaikishan would also dominate at the awards again but it would be Raj Kapoor’s “Mera Naam Joker” which would earn them yet another best music director and Manna Dey his only filmfare award.
1972 - “Dum Maro Dum” from “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” sung by Asha Bhosle would establish R.D. Burman’s music as the new wave sound of the decade and etch Anand Bakshi’s lyrics into the annals of Bollywood’s pop music history. Asha Bhosle would win the Filmfare award for this brilliant psychedelic number which Dev Anand wasn’t too interested to include in his movie. Pancham and Anand Bakshi were so sure about its potential that they would not hear “No” from the movie’s legendary writer - actor - producer - director. They stood their ground and India swayed to the hypnotic melody, sounds and vocals of the song. Dev Sahib would get his first directorial super hit, Pancham would become the go to composer for the fresh pop sound and India would get their first glimpse of the sensual Zeenat Aman.
1973 - "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera, Yaar Meri Zindagi” and “Zanzeer” would change Bollywood forever as it would announce the beginning of the era of a angry young man. Manna Dey’s exceptional vocals would immortalize Gulshan Bawra’s ode to friendship and earn Bawra the best lyricist award. Zanzeer was a Dharmendra vehicle which he couldn’t make because of a really busy schedule. So the director Prakash Mehra offered it to Dev Anand, who didnt like the "no smile, no song and all business" cop character and declined the movie. Raj Kumar who was a cop before joining films liked the script but his dislike for Prakash Mehra's looks made it impossible to cast him. Raj Kumar is known to have made the following statements to Mehra, “Hum Yeh Film Karenge, Aur Zaroor Karenge, Lekin Humhe Set Par Tumhara Yeh Manhoos Chehra Nahin Dikhna Chahiye” and its amazing follow up “Humhe Yeh Kahani Pasand Hai, Bahut Pasand Hai, Lekin Tumhare Baalo Se Aati Hui Yeh Ghatiya Tel Ki Badboo Ki Wajah Se ,Hum Yeh Film Nahin Banayenge”. Truly hilarious. Mehra would also get rejected by Dilip Kumar, after which Pran would tell him to watch a movie called “Bombay to Goa” with a lanky young actor called Amitabh Bachchan. Rest is history. Big B would get crowned the next superstar with Zanjeer and it would become his first hit movie with future wife Jaya, Prakash Mehra found his muse and leading man of 7 blockbusters, Salim Javed would become the genius writing duo for the ages, Pran would solidify himself as the highest paid “character” actor and Ajit’s iconic character “Teja” would say “ Lilly don't be silly”. Now this is how icons are born.
1974 - "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz Kora Hi Reh Gaya” from “Kora Kagaz” sung magnificently by Kishore Kumar with Kalyanji Anandji’s music and M.G. Hashmat’s lyrics. The movie was centered around Jaya’s character and it required a middle aged actor to play the role of her estranged husband. None of the middle aged actors wanted to change their image and play the role against Jaya, Sanjeev Kumar was unavailable and all the newer actors were too young for the role. That is how the legendary director of Guide, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam and several other masterpieces and Dev Anand’s brother, Goldie Anand got roped into the play the role. The movie would become his first super hit as a lead actor. Kishore's epic song “Kora Kagaz” was beautifully picturized on Jaya. Kalyanji Anandji would win best music director award for the short 3 song soundtrack of “Kora Kagaz”, but Mahendra Kapoor and Santosh Anand would win best singer and lyrics for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan.
1975 - "Baaki Kuchh Bacha To Mahangai Maar Gayee” from “Roti Kapda Aur Makaan” would top the charts the following year after RKAP had already won Filmfare year awards for the previous year. Laxmikant Pyarelal’s composition of Varma Malik’s lyrics about India’s socio-economic condition, sung by Lata, Mukesh, Jaani Babu Qawwal and Narendra Chanchal rang true and connected with the public especially the youth during an unemployment crisis. The movie had already completed its Filmfare award cycle even though the song stayed top of mind and charts, other movies like Rajesh Roshan’s debut “Julie”, Kishore Kumar’s “Amanush” and Sulakshana Pandit’s “Sankalp” would win the awards.
1976 - "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein Khayaal Aata Hai” from the iconic “Kabhi Kabhie” was an exceptional composition by Khayyam of Sahir Ludhianvi’s iconic poetry given voice by Mukesh and Lata. The movie and the song had such heart and soul that it conquered the box office, the charts and the awards as it won for best music director, lyricist and male singer. Mukesh had unfortunately passed away on his US tour and his award was accepted posthumously. Mukesh was another maestro whose sweet voice was taken away too soon at the age of 53. He left for his heavenly abode when he was still at the top of his game in a year when he received 3 Filmfare nominations and songs. Mukesh had recorded songs for other movies yet to be released for which he would receive 2 more nominations in the next two years. Such was the immortality of his voice and music. A true icon and legend.
1977 - "Husn Haazir Hai Mohabbat Ki Sazaa Paane Ko” from “Laila Majnu” was yet another Sahir Ludhianvi masterpiece in Urdu poetry which was brought to life by Madan Mohan through the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The maestro Madan Mohan had already passed away in 1975, so he never saw the success of his music for Laila Majnu. After his passing away, the producer H.S. Rawail reached out to the young and upcoming Rajesh Roshan to compose the remaining songs for the movie, however Rajesh refused to step into the shoes of the maestro as he didnt consider himself worthy enough of the honor. S.D. Burman’s erstwhile assistant and music composer Jaidev would step in to complete the work of the maestro. Rishi played Majnu to the debutant Ranjeeta’s Laila in this hit love story, however there was no love lost on the set as Rishi would refuse to promote her. Ranjeeta had already signed a few movies which would also become box office hits, however mainstream actors would start stepping away from working with her in movies forcing her to get confined to smaller roles and B grade movies. Surprisingly the movie would also be completely absent from the Filmfare awards which would be dominated by "Amar Akbar Anthony", "Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin” and the invasion of middle cinema movies like “Manthan”, “Gharonda”, “Bhumica” and “Swami”.
1978 - "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Maine Dekha Jo” from "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se” sung by Hemlata with lyrics and music by Ravindra Jain became the next year's biggest hit. This was a heartbreaking movie from Rajshri starring Ranjeeta and Sachin which did well at the box office but would get crushed by Big B's “Don” and Raj Kapoor’s “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” on Filmfare Awards night.
1979 - "O Saathi Re” from “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar” sung by Kishore Kumar with Kalyanji Anandji’s music and Anjaan’s lyrics was the big song of the last year of the decade. Kader Khan had written a mammoth 16 pages of dialogues based on his own life’s challenges for Big B to deliver in the movie before he performs this song on stage. Amitabh refused to deliver such a long monologue but Kader also refused to shorten the dialogues. Amitabh then sat down with Kader to reason with him but he was brought to tears on hearing Kader’s life journey and pains which inspired the dialogues. He agreed to do the scene with the 16 pages of dialogues before Kishore Kumar sings the drenched in melancholy “O Saathi Re”. The movie and all its songs became superhit but middle cinema continued to rule at the awards as smaller movies “Gol Maal”, “Dada” and “Sargam” would win the Filmfare awards.
1980 - "Dafli Wale Dafli Baja” from “Sargam” sung by Lata and Rafi with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics became the only song ever to debut and stay at the top of the charts for 25 consecutive weeks till it was officially retired. The movie would be Jaya Pradha's triumphant entry into Bollywood during the days when she couldn’t even speak a single word of Hindi which made her role of a mute in Sargam a perfect Bollywood debut for her. This movie helped Chintu get more single hero movies. Laxmikant Pyarelal won their 6th Filmfare award for “Sargam” and Rafi would return to form as he sang all the songs of this superhit album like he used to sing in the 50s and 60s.
1981 - “Mere Angne Mein” from Laawaris sung by the superstar Amitabh Bachchan and a 14 year old Alka Yagnik with the music of Kalyanji Anandji and Anjaan’s lyrics topped the charts for most of the year. This was one of the most commercial Amitabh voiced tracks of his career. Amitabh himself sang the most popular version of this folk song in which he croons about the benefits of having a Tall, Fat, Dark, Light Skinned or Short wife. The video of the song was so popular as Amitabh appears as the multiple kind of wives he is singing about that the movie got repeated viewings so that the fans could dance again and again to this number with Big B. Umrao Jaan, Ek Dujhe Ke Liye, Love Story and Kudrat would split the Filmfare music awards.
1982 - "Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain” from “Khud-Daar” was a fun duet by Lata and Kishore with Rajesh Roshan’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. Amitabh began his career with the movie Saat Hindustani where he and another struggling actor Anwar Ali became close friends. Anwar Ali was Mehmood’s younger brother and Amitabh lived with Anwar in Mehmood’s guest house for the initial few years of his career. Mehmood gave Anwar and Amitabh a break in his movie Bombay and Goa. Rest is history. Anwar Ali’s career didnt kick off like his friend and he was in deep financial troubles in the 80s when he decided to produce a movie with his friend Big B. Since Anwar couldn’t afford the superstar and his usual entourage of Salim-Javed, Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai, Amitabh decided to help out his friend by not taking any signing amount and working for a very small payday and brought in his friends Kader Khan and Ravi Tandon to write and direct the movie. The movie was released the month Amitabh got a near fatal injury while shooting for Coolie. Hordes of fans rushed to the hospital to pray for the superstar and also to the cinema hall to make Khud-Daar one of the biggest hits of the year. India sang and danced to the movie’s songs and learned how to say “I love you” in English, Gujrati, Bengali and Punjabi like Kishore does in this song. Filmfare Awards focused on movies like "Namak Halal", “Nikaah" and "Prem Rog" and also finally rewarded R.D. Burman for his illustrious career by finally naming him Best music director for “Sanam Teri Kasam”.
1983 - "Shayad Meri Shaadi” from “Souten” brought a Rajesh Khanna song to the top for the first time in more than 10 years as Kishore and Lata sang to Usha Khanna’s music and Sawan Kumar’s lyrics. The movie lived upto its name as Rajesh Khanna and his leading lady Tina Munim had an affair during the shooting of the movie in Mauritius. This love affair would lead to Dimple’s divorce with Kaka and Tina’s split with Sanjay Dutt. Sawan Kumar made the most of the news of their affair to promote the movie as he leaked pics of the two leads at a wedding function, leading to further rumors of their marriage. Everyone went to the cinema to watch the movie which was creating such giant waves in the lives of its stars making it a good box office year for Kaka, who was rediscovering love, fame and movie success again with movies like "Avtaar" and "Agar Tum Na Hote”. Usha Khanna’s music was very well received by the public making her the first female composer to get a Filmfare nomination. However R.D. Burman’s soulful songs of “Masoom” would rule at Filmfare Awards winning best music director, lyricist and singer awards.
1984 - "Tu Mera Hero Hai” from “Hero” sung by Anuradha Paudwal and Manhar Udhas with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics ruled at the box office and Geetmala in 83 and 84. Subhash Ghai introduced Jackie Dada and Meenakshi Seshadri to their fans with this romantic love story. This song played a big role in making Jackie an instant star. Meenakshi’s character and most of India fell in love with Jackie Dada during this memorable romantic song. However Filmfare Awards were completely dominated by Bappi Lahiri’s "Sharaabi" especially with Kishore Kumar earning all best singer nominations for the same movie.
1985 - “Sun Sahiba Sun” from Raj Kapoor’s final and boldest movie “Ram Teri Ganga Maili” sung by Lata with Ravindra Jain’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s lyrics ruled the charts and awards. Raj Kapoor was initially planning to make RTGM to launch Rishi and Neetu Singh after "Mera Naam Joker”, but the failure of Joker made him change his plan to make a safer movie “Bobby”. The song “Sun Sahiba Sun” was written by Hasrat Jaipuri in the 50s for a RK Film called “Ajanta” which got shelved. Shankar Jaikishan used the melody for the song “I Love you" in “Sangam”. 30 years later RK would bring the melody and the lyrics together to compose the year's most successful song. Ravindra Jain would win the best music director Filmfare Award for the movie but Hasrat Jaipuri would lose the best lyrics award to “Mann Kyo Bahka” from another bold movie named “Utsav”.
1986 - "Yashoda Ka Nandlala” from “Sanjog” sung by Lata with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anjaan’s lyrics was a surprise track to top the charts. The movie was also a surprise mainstream drama from Jeetendra, right in the middle of his South Indian movie remake spree as he released more than 140 movies in the 80s. This movie featured Jaya Pradha who partnered with Jeetendra in 24 movies. The melancholic track about loss sung by Lata struck a chord with the fans and reached the top of the charts. There was no Filmfare Awards held for 2 years due to the Indo-Pak conflict on the border.
1987 - "Chitthi Aayi Hai” from “Naam” made a star of Manhar’s younger brother Pankaj Udhas who sang this haunting song with music from Laxmikant Pyarelal and Anand Bakshi’s soulful lyrics. BBC Radio worldwide selected “Chitthi Aayi Hai" in the top 100 songs of the millennium. The song evoked such emotions that it revived the careers of Mahesh Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and kicked off Pankaj Udhas and Paresh Rawal’s careers. Rajendra Kumar made the movie with the intent to revive the failing career of his son Kumar Gaurav, but despite his good performance and critical acclaim, it wouldn’t change the downward trajectory of his career. There was no Filmfare Awards held for 2 years due to the Indo-Pak conflict on the border.
1988 - "Papa Kehte Hain” from “QSQT” announced the arrival of Aamir Khan and Udit Narayan whose infectious vocals raised this song to the top with newbie composers Anand-Milind and the lyrics of the legend Majrooh Sultanpuri. The Masala King of the 70s “Nasir Hussain” handed over the reigns of his kingdom to his son “Mansoor Khan” who wanted to share his fresh take on the age old tragic romantic stories of Romeo and Juliet, Laila Majnu and Heer Ranjha. The movie which gave birth to Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Mansoor Khan, Raj Zutshi, Anand Milind, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, launched T-Series into the stratosphere and kicked off the fad of calling movies with long titles by their spunky acronyms “QSQT”, DDLJ, HAHK, K3G and so on. In this song Aamir is playing the same guitar on stage that his cousin Tariq played in Yaadon Ki Baarat, the 70s blockbuster in which Master Aamir played the role of a young Tariq. The song also had a cameo appearance of his newly wed wife Reena Dutta dancing to her hubby’s debut song. Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anand-Milind and Udit Narayan all started their careers with Filmfare Awards for QSQT.
1989 - "My Name is Lakhan" from “Ram Lakhan” sung by "Mohammed Aziz” would become Laxmikant Pyarelal’s 5th and Anand Bakshi’s 4th top Geetmala song of the decade. The opening drum beats and the fun “Dhina Dhinaa Dhi Daa, Rum Pum Pum Pum, One Two Ka Four and Four Two Ka One” has become part of Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas DNA. This is his go to song, his go to dance steps, his go to style and attitude. All of India danced to the beats of this song but the storm known as "Maine Pyar Kiya” swept the filmfare awards.
1990 - "Gori Hai Kalaiyaan” from “Aaj Ka Arjun” was a mega hit from Bappi Lahiri as Shabbir Kumar and Lata sang Anjaan’s lyrics in the surprise Big B hit movie marking a brief return to form after several of his big movies failed to impress at the box office. The years big musical “Aashiqui” would win all Filmfare awards for its music and songs.
1991 - "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar” from the musical romantic film “Saajan” would reign at box office and Filmfare Awards giving Nadeem Shravan and Sameer their first Geetmala top of the pop song voiced by the iconic S.P Balasubrahmanyam and Alka Yagnik. Nadeem Shravan would win their second consecutive Filmfare award for the movie.
1992 - “Maine Pyar Tumhi Se Kiya Hai” from “Phool Aur Kaante” sung by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal would reunite the “Aashiqui” singers with their composer Nadeem Shravan and lyricist “Sameer” again for another top of the pop chartbuster. Kumar Sanu, Nadeem Shravan and Sameer would also win at the Filmfare Award but for another movie “Deewana”.
1993 - Binaca Geetmala would announce their last annual chartbuster “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” voiced by Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics from the movie “Khalnayak”. Alka Yagnik would win the Filmfare Award for singing for this song. The movie and song were both engulfed by controversy due to Sanjay Dutt’s arrest and the song’s racy lyrics. Despite facing ban for a short period of time, the song especially Madhuri’s dance performance would return to top the charts and earn its Filmfare Award. The song would also end Binaca Geetmala’s 40 year run of counting down the most famous songs of the week and year for its fans. One of the last gems from the ages of the maestros was finally put to bed as Ameen Sayani bid farewell to his hordes of radio fans.
Binaca Geetmala Top Song of the Year Playlist

"Behno aur Bhaiyo” was the greeting style of the golden voice of Radio legend “Ameen Sayani” as he introduced India to the most popular songs on India’s first Bollywood song countdown called Binaca Geetmala. The Bollywood music chart aired on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and from 1989 to 1994 on Vividh Bharti and week after week all of India looked forward to hearing the familiar voice of the legend as he shared the best songs of Bollywood. At the end of each year Binaca Geetmala announced the number 1 most popular song of the year based on record sales and listener club feedback. I want to take this opportunity to share some trivia and mini reviews of the Binaca Geetmala top songs of the year from 1953 to 1993. Let's start with the songs crowned "the top of the pop" by Binaca Geetmala in the evergreen 50s and how they fared against their competition in that year's Filmfare awards.
1953 - "Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai" from the movie “Anarkali" beautifully sung by Lata Mangeshkar with music by C Ramchandra and lyrics by Rajinder Krishan was the first annual top song of the Binaca Geetmala. Basant Prakash was the original composer for the movie and recorded one song with Geeta Bali. However due to a disagreement with the producer, he was replaced by C Ramchandra who brought in Lata to sing all the remaining songs for the movie. “Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai” was the ultimate heartbreak song of that era which Anarkali (played by Bina Rai) sings as she is buried alive behind a wall as a helpless Salim (played by Pradeep Kumar) struggles to reach in time to save his love. C Ramchandra used the help of another music icon Roshan (Grandfather of Hrithik and father of Rajesh and Rakesh Roshan) to collaborate on the composition of the melody of this song. This movie introduced the talented Nasir Hussain to Bollywood who started his career as a writer for this movie and would go on to create the masala film genre with musical extravaganzas like Yaadon Ki Baraat, Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin and many many more. Even though the song ruled the charts but it lost the first ever Filmfare Award for music direction to Naushad’s iconic “Tu Ganga Ki Mauj” from Baiju Bawra.
1954 - “Jayen To Jayen Kahan” from “Taxi Driver’ sung by Talat Mahmood with music by S.D. Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi’s poetry ruled the charts the following year. This was one of the best songs by the forgotten music Icon Talat Mehmood. His good looks made him an actor in several movies with Nutan and Suraiya but would give up acting to focus on singing. His smooth and velvety vocals were the voice of Dilip Kumar and early Dev Anand. The arrival of Mohammed Rafi and the infusion of rock n roll into Bollywood music in the 60s would sideline Talat Mahmood, who unfortunately literally disappeared from the landscape of modern Bollywood. This brilliant song is drenched with melancholy as Talat’s vocals emotes the pathos of Sahir’s poetry. S.D. Burman won his first Filmfare Award for best music director for this song for “Taxi Driver”. The song was picturized on Dev Anand and a second version sung by Lata Mangeshkar was shot on Kalpana Karthik who Dev Sahib fell in love with and married secretly on the set during a break while shooting “Taxi Driver”.
1955 - “Mera Joota Hai Japani” from the movie "Shree 420” sweetly sung by Mukesh with music by Shankar Jaikishan and Shailendra’s lyrics made Raj Kapoor an Indian Icon and a global star. It’s patriotic theme made it the biggest song of the year in India and the Russians went absolute gaga over this song when RK gave them the highest possible honor of his crown “Sar Par Laal Topi Roosi”. The song has been used in multiple Hollywood movies like Mississippi masala, Gravity and Deadpool. Hemant Kumar’s “Nagin" with it's haunting "Been" melody would win the Filmfare Award for music direction even though Shankar Jaikishan’s soundtrack topped record sales.
1956 - "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan” from “C.I.D.” was playfully sung by Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt with the music of O.P. Nayyar and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. Johnny Walker and Kumkum’s street hustling characters warn their fellow citizens about the fast life of their favorite city in this iconic anthem "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan”. Mohammed Rafi was the closest we can get to a true “Method” singer who brilliantly adapted his vocal style to the actors he sang for. He sat with Johnny Walker for a few days before recording the song to observe his mannerisms and modulate his voice to best fit him on screen. He took singing to the next level of the art form. “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” would rule the chart and hearts of India but unfortunately lose at the Filmfare awards to the RK classic “Chori Chori” which was an album full of iconic songs like “Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein Hum” and “Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi”.
1957 - "Zara Saamne Toh Aao Chhaliye” from "Janam Janam Ke Phere” was one of the earliest hit duets by Lata and Rafi with the music of S.N. Tripathi and lyrics by Bharat Vyas. S.N. Tripathi was a forgotten multitalented genius of early Bollywood who composed, sang, dubbed, wrote, acted, produced and directed movies. He exclusively composed music for mythological movies and was best known for being the first to use the “Jai Hind” slogan in a song during the British Raj. This song was picturized on its leads Nirupa Roy and Manhar Desai for the movie “Janam Janam Ke Phere” which was also known as "Sati Anapurna”. This was the first movie directed by Manoo Desai who would revert to his full name of "Manmohan Desai” as he began his long commercially successful career of super hits with his next movie “Chhalia” with Raj Kapoor. His first movie was average and quickly forgotten but he would have a stellar 60s with Shammi Kapoor, an even brighter 70s with Rajesh Khanna before he would direct a string of 7 super hit movies with Big B in the 70s and 80s. O.P. Nayyar’s “Naya Daur” would be the big winner at Filmfare awards that year.
1958 - "Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara” from “Solva Saal” was an amazing haunting song sung by Hemant Kumar with S.D. Burman’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s beautiful lyrics. The song was picturized on Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman and the mouth organ on this song was played by the maestro Dada Burman’s son and future maestro Pancham AKA R.D. Burman. Filmfare awards were dominated that year by the Bimal Roy classic “Madhumati” for which Salil Chowdhury won best music director and the first playback singer award was actually won by Lata Mangeshkar (There was no female singer category) for "Aaja Re Pardesi” and Shailendra won the first award for best lyricist for Yahudi’s “Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai"
1959 - "Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka” from “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” passionately sung by Kishore Kumar with Asha Bhosle to the music of his guru S.D. Burman and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. This is the song during which Kishore and Madhubala fell in love. Madhubala never looked happier and more beautiful than she did in this song and Kishore’s pitch and yodels never sounded better. This playful song ruled the charts but Filmfare awards were taken over by Raj Kapoor’s “Anari” as Shankar Jaikishan won best music director, Mukesh became the first male singer to win for singing and Shailendra would win his second back to back best lyricist award for “Sab Kuch Seekha Humne”.
1960 - "Zindagi Bhar Nai Bhoolegi Wo Barsaat Ki Raat" from the movie “Barsaat Ki Raat" beautifully sung by Mohammed Rafi with music by Roshan and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi was the decade’s first annual top song of the Binaca Geetmala. The image of Madhubala admiring Bharat Bhushan’s voice as she eagerly listens to this song on radio masterfully depicts the importance of radio and the Geetmala in those days. The film popularized qawwalis, however Rafi’s ultra-romantic version of Sahir’s poetry was a masterpiece. The song was about Madhubala and Bharat Bhushan’s characters chance meeting on a stormy night as Roshan’s brilliant background score channels their internal storm without a single word spoken between the two characters throughout the scene. Bharat Bhushan’s poet translates his experience from that brief encounter into this amazing song. Rafi would win the Filmfare Award that year for another iconic song “Chaudhvin Ka Chand” for which Shakeel Badayuni would get the best lyricist award as Shankar Jaikishan won for best music director for “Dil Apna Preet Parai” which featured Lata’s iconic “Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh”.
1961 - "Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko” from “Sasural” became Mohammed Rafi's second top chartbuster of the decade with Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s lyrics. Rajendra Kumar had already a few hits under his belt including playing Nargis’s son in Mother India in the 50s, however the 60s saw his actual rise to stardom and “Sasural” was one of the initial blockbusters which earned him the crown of Jubilee Kumar. Kumar’s lead actress in the movie was B Saroja Devi who was called the "Saraswathi of acting” in the Kannada film industry. This would be one of her biggest Hindi movies as Kumar tries to woo her with the flirtatious "Teri Pyaari Pyaari Surat Ko, Kisi Ki Nazar Na Lage, Chashme Budoor”. The song topped the charts and also won Rafi his 2nd consecutive Filmfare Award for singing.
1962 - "Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par” from “Junglee” became Mohammed Rafi’s 3rd consecutive top of the chart song with another delightful collaboration with Shankar Jaikishan and Hasrat Jaipuri. This song was originally planned as a Mohammed Rafi only song, but the director felts its power and got Lata to sing her version of this classic tune. This was Junglee's romantic anthem and played a big role in shaping Shammi Kapoor’s romantic image as it skyrocketed him to mega-stardom with back to back hits in the 60s. Shankar Jaikishan won best music director for another Shammi Kapoor masterpiece “Professor” while Lata won the best singer award for the haunting “Kahin Deep Jale” from the surprise superhit "Bees Saal Baad” which also earned Shakeel Badayuni his 3rd consecutive Filmfare Award for best lyrics.
1963 - "Jo Wada Kiya Woh Nibhana Padega” from “Taj Mahal” was the amazing Lata - Rafi duet which became one of the most memorable songs of the golden era with the music of Roshan and Sahir Ludhianvi’s masterful lyrics. This song conquered everything, the hearts of Indians, the Geetmala with astronomical sales and Roshan winning his only award for music director along with Sahir Ludhianvi’s first win for Lyrics. Sahir was one of the greatest Urdu poets to write Bollywood songs and he was among the first to tell composers to compose music around his lyrics and demanded that All India Radio also give credit to the songs lyricist when playing the songs. The song featured Pradeep Kumar and Beena Rai who both achieved tremendous success with Taj Mahal but it also became among their last hit movies in lead role. Beena Rai who was married to Prem Nath retired from movies and Pradeep Kumar couldn’t compete with the fresh blood of Shammi Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar and even smaller actors like Biswajeet and Joy Mukherjee. He very quickly got sidelined into character actors roles but got immortalized forever as a result of this evergreen romantic gem.
1964 - “Bol Radha Bol” from “Sangam” once again brought the Raj Kapoor - Shankar Jaikishan - Shailendra - Mukesh collaboration to the top of the charts. This was a fun and naughty song as Raj Kapoor with a Gopi-esque feather in his hair teases a sensual Vyjayanthimala in a red swimsuit while swimming in the river. There is an interesting story behind the origin of the song. RK tried multiple times to sign Vyjayanthimala for the movie. After several follow ups, he sent her a telegram asking her “Bol Radha Bol, Sangam Hoga Ke Nahi” to which she replied “Hoga Hoga, Zaroor Hoga”. When RK happily showed her confirmation telegram to Shailendra, the poet immediately sang “Tere Mann Ki Ganga aur Mere Mann Ki Jamuna Ka Bol Radha Bol Sangam Hoga Ke Nahi”. The rest is history. Sangam was one of the biggest blockbusters of Raj Kapoor’s career grossing more than 700 crore rupees (Adjusted for inflation), however on Filmfare night, a small movie named “Dosti” would bring down the Goliath “Sangam” by winning all the best music director, singer and lyricist awards.
1965 - "Jis Dil Mein Basa Tha Pyaar Tera” from the movie “Saheli” sung by Mukesh with the music by Kalyanji Anandji and lyrics by Indeevar topped the charts. The movie featured Pradeep Kumar and Kalpana right before they both disappeared into the oblivion of Bollywood character acting. The movie was directed by Arjun Hingorani before he got super-obsessed with Dharmendra and the letter “K” and made “Kab, Kyon Aur Kahaan”, “Kahani Kismat Ki”, “Khel Khiladi Ka”, "Katilon Ke Katil”, “Karishma Kudrat Ka” and “Kaun Kare Kurbani” with Garam Dharam. Kalyanji Anandji and their assistants Laxmikant Pyarelal collaborated to create this melancholic masterpiece. Ravi’s “Khandaan" would be the big winner sweeping best music director, singer and lyricist awards.
1966 - "Baharon Phool Barsao Mera Mehboob Aaya Hai” from “Suraj” sung by Rafi with Shankar Jaikishan’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s romantic lyrics topped the charts in the year when one of India’s brightest Gems “Guide” received tremendous critical acclaim for its songs and music. The movie featured a child artist named Baby Sonia who would grow up to become Neetu Singh AKA Mrs Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor’s mother. The fans adored the love with which Rajendra Kumar showered his leading actress Vyjayanthimala as he sang this romantic song for his beloved. The song topped the charts and sweeped the Filmfare Award by winning best music director, lyricist and singer. 1967 - "Saawan Ka Mahina Pawan Kare Sor” by Mukesh and Lata was another beloved chartbuster and Filmfare Award winning masterpiece composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal on Anand Bakshi’s lyrics. Dosti was LP’s breakthrough album and earned them their first award after which they returned to assisting Kalyanji Anandji. Milan was the movie which truly established them as a standalone dynamic musical duo and future stars of Indian music. The song also established Anand Bakshi as a lyricist earning him his first of 41 Filmfare nominations and began his 300+ movie collaboration with Laxmikant Pyarelal. The song has a funny and brilliant wordplay between Mukesh and Lata as Sunil’s villager character sings the word “Sor” which Nutan’s educated pupil sings “Shor” and he responds “Shor Nahi Sor, Sor”. This melodious masterpiece is the heart and soul of the movie which would earn LP their 2nd Filmfare award after Dosti while the lyrics award would go to the patriotic masterpiece “Mere Desh Ki Dharti” sung beautifully by Mahendra Kapoor. Mahendra would also win best male singer for Hamraaz’s “Neele Gagan Ke Tale”. Lata’s sister Asha Bhosle would win her first Filmfare Award for Dus Lakh’s “Garibon Ki Suno” in the first award best female singer award.
1968 - "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Main Kya Jaanu Re” from “Shagird” sung by Lata Mangeshkar with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics would become the biggest hit of the year. The song was picturized on Saira Bano along with Joy Mukherjee and played a critical role in making the movie a superhit. The song and movie were nowhere to be seen on award night as Shankar Jaikishan’s Shammi Kapoor blockbuster “Brahmachari” would win best director, male singer and a posthumous lyricist award for Shailendra. Asha Bhosle would win her consecutive second Best female singer Filmfare award for Shikhar’s "Parde Men Rahne Do”.
1969 - "Kaise Rahoon Chup Ki Maine Pi Hi Kya Hai” from “Intaqam” was sung by Lata with LP’s music and Rajendra Krishan’s lyrics. So Laxmikant Pyarelal ended the 60s at the top of the charts for 3 consecutive years and signaled a change of guards from the maestros of the golden era to the masters of the 70s masala. Lata sang the song with such perfection that her slurring delivery convinced fans that the nightingale must have been under the influence while recording the song. Lata sounded more drunk than Sadhana appeared on screen and earned her a 17th Filmfare nomination for singing. She would lose to herself for Jeene Ki Raah’s "Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage”.
1970 - "Bindiya Chamkegi Choodi Khankegi" from the movie “Do Raaste” was full of spunk and energy for the new decade with Lata singing Anand Bakshi’s playful lyrics to Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music. The 70s began with the first superhit collaboration of iconic Kaka - Mumu Jodi as Mumtaz rose from a B Grade movie actress to the first superstar’s leading lady. This was Mumtaz’s 60th movie in the industry and the one that finally made the once child artist turned “stunt film heroine" into a bonafide star and inspiration for millions of struggling artists starting at the bottom of the Bollywood food chain. This was Rajesh Khanna’s 270 Crore (Adjusted for inflation) grossing blockbuster and number 5 in his 17 movie consecutive hit spree. With this movie he would solidify his superstardom and continue delivering hit after hit. The success of this movie would start his hit pairing with Mumtaz in 10 iconic movies. ”Bindiya Chamkegi” ruled the pop charts, while Shankar Jaikishan’s “Pehchan” and “Jahan Pyar Mile” would give the legends the edge at Filmfare Awards over LP in the early days of the decade.
1971 - "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana” from Andaz was sung with such passion and energy by Kishore and Asha that this Shankar Jaikishan and Hasrat Jaipuri classic was enough to make the movie a box office success. The movie was released at the height of Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom with his face right in the center of the poster, his name in bold above all other actors and this song picturized on him was in every trailer and promo, despite the fact that Kaka only had a 10 minute cameo including the song in the movie. The lead actor of the movie was Shammi Kapoor whose 60s box office charm and magic had vanished. A first time director named “Ramesh Sippy” always wanted to make his debut with Shammi, so when the dancing star of the 60s agreed to take on a more mature role in “Andaz” a new star director was born. Sippy would go on to make the biggest movie of all time, "Sholay” and follow it with masterpieces like “Shaan”, “Shakti” and Saagar”. Shammi got one of his last superhits as a lead actor but everyone knew that the reason for the movie’s success was fans flocking to the cinema to watch Kaka ride a bike as he sang “Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana”. Hasrat Jaipuri would win the best lyrics Filmfare Award for the song. Shankar Jaikishan would also dominate at the awards again but it would be Raj Kapoor’s “Mera Naam Joker” which would earn them yet another best music director and Manna Dey his only filmfare award.
1972 - “Dum Maro Dum” from “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” sung by Asha Bhosle would establish R.D. Burman’s music as the new wave sound of the decade and etch Anand Bakshi’s lyrics into the annals of Bollywood’s pop music history. Asha Bhosle would win the Filmfare award for this brilliant psychedelic number which Dev Anand wasn’t too interested to include in his movie. Pancham and Anand Bakshi were so sure about its potential that they would not hear “No” from the movie’s legendary writer - actor - producer - director. They stood their ground and India swayed to the hypnotic melody, sounds and vocals of the song. Dev Sahib would get his first directorial super hit, Pancham would become the go to composer for the fresh pop sound and India would get their first glimpse of the sensual Zeenat Aman.
1973 - "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera, Yaar Meri Zindagi” and “Zanzeer” would change Bollywood forever as it would announce the beginning of the era of a angry young man. Manna Dey’s exceptional vocals would immortalize Gulshan Bawra’s ode to friendship and earn Bawra the best lyricist award. Zanzeer was a Dharmendra vehicle which he couldn’t make because of a really busy schedule. So the director Prakash Mehra offered it to Dev Anand, who didnt like the "no smile, no song and all business" cop character and declined the movie. Raj Kumar who was a cop before joining films liked the script but his dislike for Prakash Mehra's looks made it impossible to cast him. Raj Kumar is known to have made the following statements to Mehra, “Hum Yeh Film Karenge, Aur Zaroor Karenge, Lekin Humhe Set Par Tumhara Yeh Manhoos Chehra Nahin Dikhna Chahiye” and its amazing follow up “Humhe Yeh Kahani Pasand Hai, Bahut Pasand Hai, Lekin Tumhare Baalo Se Aati Hui Yeh Ghatiya Tel Ki Badboo Ki Wajah Se ,Hum Yeh Film Nahin Banayenge”. Truly hilarious. Mehra would also get rejected by Dilip Kumar, after which Pran would tell him to watch a movie called “Bombay to Goa” with a lanky young actor called Amitabh Bachchan. Rest is history. Big B would get crowned the next superstar with Zanjeer and it would become his first hit movie with future wife Jaya, Prakash Mehra found his muse and leading man of 7 blockbusters, Salim Javed would become the genius writing duo for the ages, Pran would solidify himself as the highest paid “character” actor and Ajit’s iconic character “Teja” would say “ Lilly don't be silly”. Now this is how icons are born.
1974 - "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz Kora Hi Reh Gaya” from “Kora Kagaz” sung magnificently by Kishore Kumar with Kalyanji Anandji’s music and M.G. Hashmat’s lyrics. The movie was centered around Jaya’s character and it required a middle aged actor to play the role of her estranged husband. None of the middle aged actors wanted to change their image and play the role against Jaya, Sanjeev Kumar was unavailable and all the newer actors were too young for the role. That is how the legendary director of Guide, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam and several other masterpieces and Dev Anand’s brother, Goldie Anand got roped into the play the role. The movie would become his first super hit as a lead actor. Kishore's epic song “Kora Kagaz” was beautifully picturized on Jaya. Kalyanji Anandji would win best music director award for the short 3 song soundtrack of “Kora Kagaz”, but Mahendra Kapoor and Santosh Anand would win best singer and lyrics for Roti Kapda Aur Makaan.
1975 - "Baaki Kuchh Bacha To Mahangai Maar Gayee” from “Roti Kapda Aur Makaan” would top the charts the following year after RKAP had already won Filmfare year awards for the previous year. Laxmikant Pyarelal’s composition of Varma Malik’s lyrics about India’s socio-economic condition, sung by Lata, Mukesh, Jaani Babu Qawwal and Narendra Chanchal rang true and connected with the public especially the youth during an unemployment crisis. The movie had already completed its Filmfare award cycle even though the song stayed top of mind and charts, other movies like Rajesh Roshan’s debut “Julie”, Kishore Kumar’s “Amanush” and Sulakshana Pandit’s “Sankalp” would win the awards.
1976 - "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein Khayaal Aata Hai” from the iconic “Kabhi Kabhie” was an exceptional composition by Khayyam of Sahir Ludhianvi’s iconic poetry given voice by Mukesh and Lata. The movie and the song had such heart and soul that it conquered the box office, the charts and the awards as it won for best music director, lyricist and male singer. Mukesh had unfortunately passed away on his US tour and his award was accepted posthumously. Mukesh was another maestro whose sweet voice was taken away too soon at the age of 53. He left for his heavenly abode when he was still at the top of his game in a year when he received 3 Filmfare nominations and songs. Mukesh had recorded songs for other movies yet to be released for which he would receive 2 more nominations in the next two years. Such was the immortality of his voice and music. A true icon and legend.
1977 - "Husn Haazir Hai Mohabbat Ki Sazaa Paane Ko” from “Laila Majnu” was yet another Sahir Ludhianvi masterpiece in Urdu poetry which was brought to life by Madan Mohan through the voice of Lata Mangeshkar. The maestro Madan Mohan had already passed away in 1975, so he never saw the success of his music for Laila Majnu. After his passing away, the producer H.S. Rawail reached out to the young and upcoming Rajesh Roshan to compose the remaining songs for the movie, however Rajesh refused to step into the shoes of the maestro as he didnt consider himself worthy enough of the honor. S.D. Burman’s erstwhile assistant and music composer Jaidev would step in to complete the work of the maestro. Rishi played Majnu to the debutant Ranjeeta’s Laila in this hit love story, however there was no love lost on the set as Rishi would refuse to promote her. Ranjeeta had already signed a few movies which would also become box office hits, however mainstream actors would start stepping away from working with her in movies forcing her to get confined to smaller roles and B grade movies. Surprisingly the movie would also be completely absent from the Filmfare awards which would be dominated by "Amar Akbar Anthony", "Hum Kissi Se Kum Nahin” and the invasion of middle cinema movies like “Manthan”, “Gharonda”, “Bhumica” and “Swami”.
1978 - "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se, Maine Dekha Jo” from "Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se” sung by Hemlata with lyrics and music by Ravindra Jain became the next year's biggest hit. This was a heartbreaking movie from Rajshri starring Ranjeeta and Sachin which did well at the box office but would get crushed by Big B's “Don” and Raj Kapoor’s “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” on Filmfare Awards night.
1979 - "O Saathi Re” from “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar” sung by Kishore Kumar with Kalyanji Anandji’s music and Anjaan’s lyrics was the big song of the last year of the decade. Kader Khan had written a mammoth 16 pages of dialogues based on his own life’s challenges for Big B to deliver in the movie before he performs this song on stage. Amitabh refused to deliver such a long monologue but Kader also refused to shorten the dialogues. Amitabh then sat down with Kader to reason with him but he was brought to tears on hearing Kader’s life journey and pains which inspired the dialogues. He agreed to do the scene with the 16 pages of dialogues before Kishore Kumar sings the drenched in melancholy “O Saathi Re”. The movie and all its songs became superhit but middle cinema continued to rule at the awards as smaller movies “Gol Maal”, “Dada” and “Sargam” would win the Filmfare awards.
1980 - "Dafli Wale Dafli Baja” from “Sargam” sung by Lata and Rafi with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics became the only song ever to debut and stay at the top of the charts for 25 consecutive weeks till it was officially retired. The movie would be Jaya Pradha's triumphant entry into Bollywood during the days when she couldn’t even speak a single word of Hindi which made her role of a mute in Sargam a perfect Bollywood debut for her. This movie helped Chintu get more single hero movies. Laxmikant Pyarelal won their 6th Filmfare award for “Sargam” and Rafi would return to form as he sang all the songs of this superhit album like he used to sing in the 50s and 60s.
1981 - “Mere Angne Mein” from Laawaris sung by the superstar Amitabh Bachchan and a 14 year old Alka Yagnik with the music of Kalyanji Anandji and Anjaan’s lyrics topped the charts for most of the year. This was one of the most commercial Amitabh voiced tracks of his career. Amitabh himself sang the most popular version of this folk song in which he croons about the benefits of having a Tall, Fat, Dark, Light Skinned or Short wife. The video of the song was so popular as Amitabh appears as the multiple kind of wives he is singing about that the movie got repeated viewings so that the fans could dance again and again to this number with Big B. Umrao Jaan, Ek Dujhe Ke Liye, Love Story and Kudrat would split the Filmfare music awards.
1982 - "Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain” from “Khud-Daar” was a fun duet by Lata and Kishore with Rajesh Roshan’s music and Majrooh Sultanpuri’s lyrics. Amitabh began his career with the movie Saat Hindustani where he and another struggling actor Anwar Ali became close friends. Anwar Ali was Mehmood’s younger brother and Amitabh lived with Anwar in Mehmood’s guest house for the initial few years of his career. Mehmood gave Anwar and Amitabh a break in his movie Bombay and Goa. Rest is history. Anwar Ali’s career didnt kick off like his friend and he was in deep financial troubles in the 80s when he decided to produce a movie with his friend Big B. Since Anwar couldn’t afford the superstar and his usual entourage of Salim-Javed, Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai, Amitabh decided to help out his friend by not taking any signing amount and working for a very small payday and brought in his friends Kader Khan and Ravi Tandon to write and direct the movie. The movie was released the month Amitabh got a near fatal injury while shooting for Coolie. Hordes of fans rushed to the hospital to pray for the superstar and also to the cinema hall to make Khud-Daar one of the biggest hits of the year. India sang and danced to the movie’s songs and learned how to say “I love you” in English, Gujrati, Bengali and Punjabi like Kishore does in this song. Filmfare Awards focused on movies like "Namak Halal", “Nikaah" and "Prem Rog" and also finally rewarded R.D. Burman for his illustrious career by finally naming him Best music director for “Sanam Teri Kasam”.
1983 - "Shayad Meri Shaadi” from “Souten” brought a Rajesh Khanna song to the top for the first time in more than 10 years as Kishore and Lata sang to Usha Khanna’s music and Sawan Kumar’s lyrics. The movie lived upto its name as Rajesh Khanna and his leading lady Tina Munim had an affair during the shooting of the movie in Mauritius. This love affair would lead to Dimple’s divorce with Kaka and Tina’s split with Sanjay Dutt. Sawan Kumar made the most of the news of their affair to promote the movie as he leaked pics of the two leads at a wedding function, leading to further rumors of their marriage. Everyone went to the cinema to watch the movie which was creating such giant waves in the lives of its stars making it a good box office year for Kaka, who was rediscovering love, fame and movie success again with movies like "Avtaar" and "Agar Tum Na Hote”. Usha Khanna’s music was very well received by the public making her the first female composer to get a Filmfare nomination. However R.D. Burman’s soulful songs of “Masoom” would rule at Filmfare Awards winning best music director, lyricist and singer awards.
1984 - "Tu Mera Hero Hai” from “Hero” sung by Anuradha Paudwal and Manhar Udhas with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics ruled at the box office and Geetmala in 83 and 84. Subhash Ghai introduced Jackie Dada and Meenakshi Seshadri to their fans with this romantic love story. This song played a big role in making Jackie an instant star. Meenakshi’s character and most of India fell in love with Jackie Dada during this memorable romantic song. However Filmfare Awards were completely dominated by Bappi Lahiri’s "Sharaabi" especially with Kishore Kumar earning all best singer nominations for the same movie.
1985 - “Sun Sahiba Sun” from Raj Kapoor’s final and boldest movie “Ram Teri Ganga Maili” sung by Lata with Ravindra Jain’s music and Hasrat Jaipuri’s lyrics ruled the charts and awards. Raj Kapoor was initially planning to make RTGM to launch Rishi and Neetu Singh after "Mera Naam Joker”, but the failure of Joker made him change his plan to make a safer movie “Bobby”. The song “Sun Sahiba Sun” was written by Hasrat Jaipuri in the 50s for a RK Film called “Ajanta” which got shelved. Shankar Jaikishan used the melody for the song “I Love you" in “Sangam”. 30 years later RK would bring the melody and the lyrics together to compose the year's most successful song. Ravindra Jain would win the best music director Filmfare Award for the movie but Hasrat Jaipuri would lose the best lyrics award to “Mann Kyo Bahka” from another bold movie named “Utsav”.
1986 - "Yashoda Ka Nandlala” from “Sanjog” sung by Lata with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anjaan’s lyrics was a surprise track to top the charts. The movie was also a surprise mainstream drama from Jeetendra, right in the middle of his South Indian movie remake spree as he released more than 140 movies in the 80s. This movie featured Jaya Pradha who partnered with Jeetendra in 24 movies. The melancholic track about loss sung by Lata struck a chord with the fans and reached the top of the charts. There was no Filmfare Awards held for 2 years due to the Indo-Pak conflict on the border.
1987 - "Chitthi Aayi Hai” from “Naam” made a star of Manhar’s younger brother Pankaj Udhas who sang this haunting song with music from Laxmikant Pyarelal and Anand Bakshi’s soulful lyrics. BBC Radio worldwide selected “Chitthi Aayi Hai" in the top 100 songs of the millennium. The song evoked such emotions that it revived the careers of Mahesh Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt and kicked off Pankaj Udhas and Paresh Rawal’s careers. Rajendra Kumar made the movie with the intent to revive the failing career of his son Kumar Gaurav, but despite his good performance and critical acclaim, it wouldn’t change the downward trajectory of his career. There was no Filmfare Awards held for 2 years due to the Indo-Pak conflict on the border.
1988 - "Papa Kehte Hain” from “QSQT” announced the arrival of Aamir Khan and Udit Narayan whose infectious vocals raised this song to the top with newbie composers Anand-Milind and the lyrics of the legend Majrooh Sultanpuri. The Masala King of the 70s “Nasir Hussain” handed over the reigns of his kingdom to his son “Mansoor Khan” who wanted to share his fresh take on the age old tragic romantic stories of Romeo and Juliet, Laila Majnu and Heer Ranjha. The movie which gave birth to Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Mansoor Khan, Raj Zutshi, Anand Milind, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, launched T-Series into the stratosphere and kicked off the fad of calling movies with long titles by their spunky acronyms “QSQT”, DDLJ, HAHK, K3G and so on. In this song Aamir is playing the same guitar on stage that his cousin Tariq played in Yaadon Ki Baarat, the 70s blockbuster in which Master Aamir played the role of a young Tariq. The song also had a cameo appearance of his newly wed wife Reena Dutta dancing to her hubby’s debut song. Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anand-Milind and Udit Narayan all started their careers with Filmfare Awards for QSQT.
1989 - "My Name is Lakhan" from “Ram Lakhan” sung by "Mohammed Aziz” would become Laxmikant Pyarelal’s 5th and Anand Bakshi’s 4th top Geetmala song of the decade. The opening drum beats and the fun “Dhina Dhinaa Dhi Daa, Rum Pum Pum Pum, One Two Ka Four and Four Two Ka One” has become part of Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas DNA. This is his go to song, his go to dance steps, his go to style and attitude. All of India danced to the beats of this song but the storm known as "Maine Pyar Kiya” swept the filmfare awards.
1990 - "Gori Hai Kalaiyaan” from “Aaj Ka Arjun” was a mega hit from Bappi Lahiri as Shabbir Kumar and Lata sang Anjaan’s lyrics in the surprise Big B hit movie marking a brief return to form after several of his big movies failed to impress at the box office. The years big musical “Aashiqui” would win all Filmfare awards for its music and songs.
1991 - "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar” from the musical romantic film “Saajan” would reign at box office and Filmfare Awards giving Nadeem Shravan and Sameer their first Geetmala top of the pop song voiced by the iconic S.P Balasubrahmanyam and Alka Yagnik. Nadeem Shravan would win their second consecutive Filmfare award for the movie.
1992 - “Maine Pyar Tumhi Se Kiya Hai” from “Phool Aur Kaante” sung by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal would reunite the “Aashiqui” singers with their composer Nadeem Shravan and lyricist “Sameer” again for another top of the pop chartbuster. Kumar Sanu, Nadeem Shravan and Sameer would also win at the Filmfare Award but for another movie “Deewana”.
1993 - Binaca Geetmala would announce their last annual chartbuster “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai” voiced by Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics from the movie “Khalnayak”. Alka Yagnik would win the Filmfare Award for singing for this song. The movie and song were both engulfed by controversy due to Sanjay Dutt’s arrest and the song’s racy lyrics. Despite facing ban for a short period of time, the song especially Madhuri’s dance performance would return to top the charts and earn its Filmfare Award. The song would also end Binaca Geetmala’s 40 year run of counting down the most famous songs of the week and year for its fans. One of the last gems from the ages of the maestros was finally put to bed as Ameen Sayani bid farewell to his hordes of radio fans.

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