Filmi music soundtracks are music produced for India's mainstream motion picture industry and written and performed for Indian cinema. In cinema, music directors make up the main body of composers; the songs are performed by playback singers and the genre represents 72% of the music sales market in India.
Mukesh Chand Mathur, better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Runa Laila is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and she also made a pair with him after replacing another singer Mala. Her playback singing in films – The Rain (1976), Jadur Banshi (1977), Accident (1989), Ontore Ontore (1994), Devdas (2013) and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer. She won the Best Music Composer award for the film Ekti Cinemar Golpo (2018).
Kalyanji–Anandji are an Indian composer duo: Kalyanji Virji Shah and his brother Anandji Virji Shah. The duo are known for their work on Hindi film soundtracks, with many evergreen songs being composed by them.
Anand Bakshi was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was nominated for the Filmfare award for Best lyricist a total of 40 times, resulting in 4 wins.
Kalyanji Virji Shah was the Kalyanji of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri (1992).
Don is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language crime action thriller film written by Salim–Javed, directed by Chandra Barot and produced by Nariman Irani. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran in lead roles. Amitabh Bachchan plays the titular Double Role, as Bombay underworld criminal Don and his lookalike simpleton Vijay. The plot revolves around Vijay, a Bombay slum-dweller who resembles the powerful criminal Don, being asked by Police Superintendent D'Silva (Iftekhar) to masquerade as Don due to the latter's death, in order to act as an informant for the police and track down the root of the criminal organization. The film features music by Kalyanji-Anandji, with lyrics by Anjaan and Indeevar.
Himalay Ki God Mein is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Vijay Bhatt starring Manoj Kumar and Mala Sinha, with Shashikala in a supporting role. The film won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and was a "Superhit" at the box office, listed in the top 20 earners of the 1960s. The film was remade in Telugu as Dr. Babu and in Tamil as Puthiya Bhoomi.
Chhalia is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Manmohan Desai. It stars Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Pran, Rehman and Shobhna Samarth. The story is loosely based on the 1848 short story "White Nights" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but is focused on the issue of estranged wives and children in the aftermath of Partition. Chhalia was shot in black-and-white. Music by Kalyanji-Anandji, played a part in the film's box office success.
Rajiv Gulshan Rai is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film editor. He is the son of the producer Gulshan Rai. He has directed many films under his father's production company Trimurti Films.
Uljhan (Confusion) is a 1975 Hindi suspense thriller film. Produced by Sudesh Kumar and directed by Raghunath Jhalani, it stars Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Asrani, Farida Jalal, Aruna Irani, Sulakshana Pandit, and Ranjeet. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. It is a remake of 1959 murder mystery Kangan starring Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy with a twist about the identity of the killer.
Besharam is a 1978 Hindi drama/thriller film produced and directed by veteran character actor Deven Verma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Amjad Khan, A. K. Hangal, Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy and Deven Verma. The film's music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji. The movie was not a hit on release and fared poorly. An innocent man sets out to find the truth about his father's death. He finds himself in a dangerous battle with the criminal underworld.
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his pen name Gulshan Bawra, was an Indian songwriter and actor in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning 42 years, he has to his credit about 240 songs, he collaborated with noted music directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and R. D. Burman. He composed almost half of the songs in films like Khel Khel Mein (1975), Kasme Vaade (1978) and Satte Pe Satta (1982). Apart from R. D. Burman hits, he is most remembered for his songs like 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti" in Upkaar (1968) and "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" in Zanjeer (1974), both of which got him the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award. The latter also topped the Binaca Geetmala annual list of 1973. As a character actor, he also appeared in a small number of Hindi films.
Vijay Kalyanji Shah is an Indian score composer for Hindi cinema. He is the son of music director Kalyanji Virji Shah of the composer duo Kalyanji Anandji. Viju Shah is known for blockbuster musical albums. Throughout his musical career over a decade, he had been extremely selective in choosing his assignments. He has composed music for movies such as Tridev (1989), Vishwatama (1992), Mohra (1994), Tere Mere Sapne (1996), Gupt (1997), Aar Ya Paar (1997), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat(2001). He won the 1998 Filmfare Award for Best Background Score for Gupt.
Baazi is a 1968 Bollywood thriller film directed by Moni Bhattacharjee. It stars Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Helen. The music of the film was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.
Santosh Anand is an Indian lyricist who attained success in the 1970s, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist twice in 1975 and 1983. He has also been awarded the Yash Bharti Award in 2016. He studied library science at Aligarh Muslim University
Jhanjhaar (Fire) is a 1987 Hindi social drama film directed by V. Shantaram. Made under Rajkamal Kalamandir banner it was a V. Shantaram Productions film. It had music by Kalyanji Anandji. The film starred Sushant Ray, with Padmini Kolhapure, and the rest of the cast included Yunus Parvez, Sudhir Pandey and Ranjana Deshmukh. Ranjana's career came to a halt when she met with a car accident on the way to the shooting of this film in Bangalore.
Sandeep Shirodkar is an Indian film score composer, music director and record producer. He has also worked as an arranger of songs for other composers.
Parivar (transl. Family) is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by Kewal P Kashyap on K.P.K. Movies banner. It stars Jeetendra and Nanda, with music composed by Kalyanji–Anandji.
Desh Drohi is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action film produced by Bhagwant Singh and G. L. Khanna. The film is directed by Prakash Mehra. The film stars Saira Banu, Navin Nischol, Asrani, Ranjeet. The film's music is by Kalyanji-Anandji. The film was released on 01 February 1980.
