Euryale ferox (also known as fox nut, foxnut, makhana, or gorgon plant) is the only species in the genus Euryale. It is a flowering plant classified in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae, although it is occasionally regarded as a distinct family Euryalaceae. Unlike other water lilies, the pollen grains of Euryale have three nuclei.

Growth

Euryale is an annual plant native to eastern Asia, and is found from India to Korea and Japan, as well as parts of eastern Russia. It grows in water, producing bright purple flowers. The leaves are large and round, often more than a meter (3 feet) across, with a leaf stalk attached in the center of the lower surface. The underside of the leaf is purplish, while the upper surface is green. The leaves have a quilted texture, although the stems, flowers, and leaves which float on the surface are covered in sharp prickles. Other leaves are submerged.

Uses

Food uses

The plant produces starchy white seeds, and the seeds are edible. The plant is cultivated for its seeds More than 96,000 hectares of Bihar, India, were set aside for cultivation of Euryale in 1990-1991. The plant does best in locations with hot, dry summers and cold winters. Seeds are collected in the late summer and early autumn, and may be eaten raw or cooked.

In India, particularly in the northern and western parts of the country, Euryale ferox seeds are often roasted or fried, which causes them to pop like popcorn. These are then eaten, often with a sprinkling of oil and spices. In Mithila culture of Mithilanchal,Bihar makhana is an auspicious ingredient in offerings to the Lord festivals and is used in cooking, specially to make a porridge/pudding called kheer of makhana or 'makhaanak kheer' or 'makhaanak payasam'.

Evidence from archaeobotany indicates that Euryale ferox was a frequently collected wild food source during the Neolithic period in the Yangtze region, with large numbers of finds coming from the sites of Kuahuqiao, Hemudu, and Tianluoshan

Medicinal uses

In Chinese, the plant is called qiàn shí (). Its edible seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine, where they are often cooked in soups along with other ingredients, and believed to strengthen male potency and retard aging.

Etymology

The name Euryale comes from the mythical Greek Gorgon by the same name. The Soviet Union issued a postage stamp featuring this species.

References

External links

Euryale ferox page

Fox nut page

Euryale seed page

Gordon Euryale page

Information regarding possibly health benefits of Euryale ferox seeds

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Name	Sudesh Bhonsle
Caption	Sudesh Bhosle at Toonpur Ka Superrhero Music Launch
Occupation	Singer, record producer, playback singer
Yearsactive	1988 – present
Spouse	Hema
Parents	N.R. Bhonsle Sumantai Bhonsle
Children	Siddhant Bhonsle

Sudesh Bhonsle is an Indian playback singer. He was born to N.R. Bhonsle and Sumantai Bhonsle. Bhonsle is known for his ability to mimic Amitabh Bachchan.

Career

Sudesh Bhonsle got his first major break in playback singing in the film Zalzala (1988). He used mimicry to become a professional dubbing artist for several artists like Sanjeev Kumar and Anil Kapoor. He actually dubbed for Sanjeev Kumar when he died prematurely before completing the film Professor ki Padosan. He has sung songs for the movie 'Ghatothkach' in 2008. Bhonsle is the producer and judge on K For Kishore, a singing contest on Sony Entertainment Television.

Accolades

He has been awarded the Mother Teresa Millennium Award for his contribution to music in a ceremony in Kolkata in 2008.

References

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Name	Mahima Chaudhary
Birthname	Ritu Chaudhury
Birthdate	September 13, 1973
Birthplace	Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Actress
Yearsactive	1997 - Present
Spouse	Bobby Mukherjee (2006 - present)

Mahima Chaudhary (born Ritu Chaudhry, 13 September 1973) is an Indian actress and a former model who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in the 1997 film Pardes for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.

Early life

Chaudhary was born Ritu Chaudhry in Darjeeling, West Bengal. Her father is from Kakripur village in Baghpat, Western Uttar Pradesh and is a Jat. Her mother is a Gorkhali from Darjeeling. She attended Dow Hill school till class X and later moved to Loreto Convent for her plus two levels. She completed her ISC board in 1988. She also attended Loreto College in Darjeeling. She won a local beauty pageant in Darjeeling before moving to Delhi for college. Initially in the 90s, she appeared in TV advertisements (including the Wall's ice cream ad when the brand entered India), and was a VJ on music channels where she was noticed by Subhash Ghai. Ghai gave her a break in the movie Pardes which was released in '97. Ghai also renamed her due to some superstition. He considered M to be lucky for her.

Acting career

During her acting career, Chaudhary has played a variety of roles, starting with a village girl in Pardes (1997). Her other variety of roles include; (1999) where she played a nasty prostitute, in Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin (1999). She played a widow forced to marry her brother-in-law, in Dhadkan (2000) where she's a loving friend of a man who's madly in love with another woman, in Deewane she plays a singer in love with a thief, in Kurukshetra she plays the stubborn wife of a police officer, in Lajja she plays a young bride forced to fight dowry, in Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001), she plays a stubborn tenant who won't give up her home at any cost, in Om Jai Jagadish she's the loving homemaker, in Dil Hai Tumhaara she's the loving sister who'd do anything for her sister's happiness, in Dobara she's the frustrated housewife, in The Film she's a desperate struggling screenwriter, in Zameer she's a paralytic dancer, in Film Star she's an uptight arrogant fading actress, in (2005) she's an actress who'd do anything to get in a big movie and in (2006) she plays a desperate housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter's boyfriend.

Next to doing a variety of films, she has also worked with numerous talented actresses including Kajol, Shilpa Shetty, Urmila Matondkar, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon, Rekha, Preity Zinta, Tabu, Padmini Kolhapure, and Hema Malini. When she was asked about this, she responded by saying that she enjoyed working with other actresses and she expressed her opinion to work with Juhi Chawla, her favorite actress.

Recently, Chaudhary has starred in a Knightsbridge Media Production film, Pusher, directed by Assad Raja, also starring comedian, Mani Liaqat. The film is currently in post production stage and due for release shortly.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

1998: Best Debut - Female for Pardes

Nomination

1998: Best Actress for Pardes

1999: Best Supporting Actress for Dil Kya Kare

2001: Best Supporting Actress for Dhadkan

Star Screen Awards Nomination

*2001: Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Dhadkan

Zee Cine Awards Won

1998: LUX Face Of The Year for Pardes

*1998: Best Female Debut for Pardes

Nomination

2005: Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Dobara

Bollywood Movie Awards Won

2001: Best Supporting Actress for Dhadkan

Personal life

Chaudhary married Bobby Mukherjee, a well-known architect, in 2006. The two met at a hoteliers' conference that was being held in Las Vegas. She talked about their meeting and wedding in an interview with Times of India, "I was making an appearance there and marriage wasn't part of the plan." She was there to enjoy herself and to be part of the event when love must have struck in the 24/7 city. Chaudhary went on to say, "At a function on 19 March amongst about 10,000 Indian hoteliers and their families, we got married and nobody had an inkling. I wore a red sari as if I was decked up for the function."

Filmography

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See also

List of Indian film actresses

References

External links

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Birth name	Hema Malini R. Chakravarty
Name	Hema Malini
Birth date	October 16, 1948
Birth place	Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse	Dharmendra (1980-present)
Years active	1961 – present
Occupation	Actress, Director and Producer

Hema Malini (; ) (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian actress, director and producer, as well as a Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous successful Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra. She was initially promoted as "Dream Girl", and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. During this period, she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses, noted for both her comic and dramatic roles, and her accomplished classical dancing.

Malini is one of the most successful female filmstars in the history of Indian cinema. Appearing in over 150 films in a career span of 40 years, she has starred in a large number of hit films, and her performances in both commercial and arthouse cinema, were often recognised. She now spends most of her time involved in charitable and social ventures, though she still makes occasional appearances in films. In 2000, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

Early life

Hema Malini Chakravarty was born in Ammangudi, Tamil Nadu, India, to V.S.R.Chakravarty and Jaya Chakravarthy. Her mother was a film producer. Hema Malini's mother tongue is Tamil.

Career

Hema Malini was educated at Chennai. She acted in a short episode as dancer in Pandava Vanavasam, a 1961 Telugu film. Hema first tried to enter films in 1964, but was rejected; Tamil director Sridhar said she had no star appeal. She persisted and found her niche in Bollywood. She debuted in a 1968 film Sapnon Ka Saudagar ("The Dreamseller"), playing a young teen opposite the ageing superstar Raj Kapoor. With Dev Anand in Johnny Mera Naam (1970), Hema became a top star. She worked with him again in other films as well, with the latest being Aman Ke Farishtey (2003). Hema double-roled with Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar in 1972s Seeta Aur Geeta as the top female star in Bollywood. She became one of the reigning divas of the Bollywood film industry, and her fans called her The Dream Girl of Bollywood (an allusion to the movie of the same name where she starred opposite Dharamendra).

Hema starred in many movies throughout the 1970s and 1980s and is perhaps best remembered for her glamour, style, and accomplished classical dancing. She formed a hit pair with Dharmendra, and the duo performed a number of hit movies like Sholay, Charas, Aas Paas, Jugnu, Seeta Aur Geeta, The Burning Train. She also achieved some strong dramatic or comic moments in films like Trishul, Joshila, Lal Patthar, Meera, Khushboo and Kinara.

After taking a long break from films for a number of years in the 1990s and early 2000s, Hema has recently made a comeback of sorts. She co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in the successful film Baghban (2003), and played a cameo role (also opposite Bachchan) in the 2004 blockbuster Veer-Zaara. In both films, she played a self-possessed, old married woman rather than the ingenuinee roles of her earlier career.

She tried her hand at directing and made the 1992 film Dil Aashna Hai which featured an all-star cast including Shahrukh Khan and the late Divya Bharti. She also directed and starred in the TV serial Noopur, in which she was depicted as a Bharatanatyam dancer going to America.

Personal life

She is a dedicated Bharatanatyam artiste, a classical dance of India. Her two daughters have trained in the same dance form and the three have performed together at several charity dance concerts.

Top Bollywood stars like Sanjeev Kumar and Jeetendra proposed to her, but she married Dharmendra on 2 May 1980.

Awards, honours and recognitions

Filmfare Awards

Won

1973 – Filmfare Best Actress Award, Seeta Aur Geeta

1999 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated

1974 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Amir Garib

1974 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Prem Nagar

1975 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Khushboo

1975 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sanyasi

1976 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mehbooba

1977 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Kinara

1979 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Meera

1981 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Naseeb

1990 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Rihaee

2003 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Baghban

Other Awards

1998 – Guest of Honour Award at the 18th Ujala Cinema Express Awards

2003 – Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement

2003 – Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1, Baghban (with Amitabh Bachchan)

2003 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Movie Awards.

2004 – Bollywood Movie Award – Most Sensational Actress for Baghban.

2004 – Sports World's "Jodi of the Year" along with Amitabh Bachchan for Baghban 2004 – Icon of the year 2009 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF)

Honours

2000 – Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.

2004 – "Living Legend Award" by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in recognition of her contribution to the Indian entertainment industry. 2007 - Rashtrabhushan Award From FIE Foundation Ichalkaranji 2007 – The 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival screened several films starring Hema Malini in a special tribute programme. 2008 – Honoured for her contribution to classical dance.

Selected filmography

* Sadiyaan (2010)

Gangotri (2007)

Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)

Baabul (2006)

Ganga (2006)

Bhagmati (2005)

Veer-Zaara (2004)

Baghban (2003)

Aman Ke Farishtey (2003)

Censor (2001)

Hey Ram (2000)

References

Further reading

External links

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Name	Amitabh Bachchan
Caption	Amitabh Bachchan
Birth name
Birth date	October 11, 1942
Birth place	Allahabad, United Province, British India
Occupation	Actor, producer, singer, television presenter
Years active	1969–present
Spouse	Jaya Bhaduri (1973–present)

Amitabh Bachchan (, , born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on 11 October 1942), is an Indian film actor and producer. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.

Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including four National Film Awards, three of which are in the Best Actor category, and thirteen Filmfare Awards. He holds the record for most number of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.

Early life

Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu family. His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji Bachchan was a Sikh-Punjabi from Faisalabad (now in Pakistan). Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired from the famous phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle. However, at the suggestion of fellow poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai changed the name to Amitabh which means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan (meaning child-like in colloquial Hindi), under which he published all his works. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of his current family.

Amitabh is the eldest of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second being Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in theatre and had been offered a role in a film, but preferred her domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Bachchan's choice of career because she always insisted that he should take the centre stage. He attended Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta now known as Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting.

Career

Early work: 1969–1972

Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's National Award winning film Bhuvan Shome. Thereafter he got his first acting role as one of the seven protagonists in Saat Hindustani, a film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal Dutt, Madhu and Jalal Agha. Though the film was not a financial success, Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best Newcomer.

Anand (1971) followed, where he starred alongside Rajesh Khanna. Bachchan's role as a doctor with a cynical view of life garned him his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Amitabh then played his first negative role as an infatuated lover-turned-murderer in Parwaana (1971). This was followed by several films including Reshma Aur Shera (1971). During this time, he made a guest appearance in the film Guddi which starred his future wife Jaya Bhaduri. He narrated part of the film Bawarchi. In 1972, he made an appearance in the road action comedy Bombay to Goa, directed by S. Ramanathan.

Rise to stardom: 1973–1983

Director Prakash Mehra cast him in the leading role for the film Zanjeer (1973) as Inspector Vijay Khanna. The film was a sharp contrast to the romantically themed films that had generally preceded it and established Amitabh in a new persona—the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema,. In 1975, he starred in a variety of film genres from the comedy Chupke Chupke, the crime drama Faraar to the romantic drama Mili. 1975 was the year when he appeared in two films which are regarded as important in Hindi cinematic history. He starred in the Yash Chopra directed film Deewar, opposite Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, and Neetu Singh, which earned him a Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor. The film became a major hit at the box office in 1975, ranking in at number 4. Indiatimes Movies ranks Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. Bachchan played the role of Jaidev. In 1999, BBC India declared it the "Film of the Millennium" and like Deewar, has been cited by Indiatimes movies as amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. In that same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare awards awarded it with the special distinction award called Filmfare Best Film of 50 Years.

Bachchan starred in comedies such as Chupke Chupke (1975) and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and in films such as Kabhie Kabhie (1976). In 1976, he was once again cast by director Yash Chopra in his second film, Kabhi Kabhie, a romantic tale in which Bachchan starred as a young poet named Amit Malhotra who falls deeply in love with a beautiful young girl named Pooja played by actress Rakhee Gulzar. The film saw him again nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1977, he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Amar Akbar Anthony where he played the third lead opposite Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as Anthony Gonsalves. In 1978 he starred in all four of the highest grossing films of India in that year. He once again resumed double roles in films such as Kasme Vaade as Amit and Shankar and Don playing the characters of Don, a leader of an underworld gang and his look alike Vijay. His performance won him his second Filmfare Best Actor Award. He also performed in Trishul and Muqaddar Ka Sikander which both earned him further Filmfare Best Actor nominations. He was billed a "one-man industry" by the French director François Truffaut.

In 1979, for the first time, Amitabh was required to use his singing voice for the film Mr. Natwarlal in which he starred alongside Rekha. His performance in the film saw him nominated for both the Filmfare Best Actor Award and the Filmfare Best Male Playback Awards. In 1979, he also received Best Actor nomination for Kaala Patthar (1979) and then went on to be nominated again in 1980 for the Raj Khosla directed film Dostana, in which he starred opposite Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman. Dostana proved to be the top grossing film of 1980. In 1981, he starred in Yash Chopra's melodrama film Silsila, where he starred alongside his wife Jaya and rumoured lover Rekha. Other films of this period include Ram Balram (1980), Shaan (1980), Lawaaris (1981), and Shakti (1982) which pitted him against legendary actor Dilip Kumar.

1982 injury while filming Coolie

On 26 July 1982, while filming Coolie in the University Campus in Bangalore, Bachchan suffered a near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight scene with co-actor Puneet Issar. Bachchan was performing his own stunts in the film and one scene required him to fall onto a table and then on the ground. However as he jumped towards the table, the corner of the table struck his abdomen, resulting in a splenic rupture from which he lost a significant amount of blood. He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in hospital for many months, at times close to death. The public response included prayers in temples and offers to sacrifice limbs to save him, while later, there were long queues of well-wishing fans outside the hospital where he was recuperating. Nevertheless, he spent many months recovering and resumed filming later that year after a long period of recuperation. The film was released in 1983, and partly due to the huge publicity of Bachchan's accident, the film was a box office success.

The director, Manmohan Desai, altered the ending of Coolie after Bachchan's accident. Bachchan's character was originally intended to have been killed off but after the change of script, the character lived in the end. It would have been inappropriate, said Desai, for the man who had just fended off death in real life to be killed on screen. Also, in the released film the footage of the fight scene is frozen at the critical moment, and a caption appears onscreen marking this as the instant of the actor's injury and the ensuing publicity of the accident.

Politics: 1984–1987

In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by the one of the highest victory margins in general election history (68.2% of the vote). His political career, however, was short-lived: he resigned after three years, calling politics a cesspool. The resignation followed the implication of Bachchan and his brother in the "Bofors scandal" by a newspaper, which he vowed to take to court. Bachchan was eventually found not guilty of involvement in the ordeal.

His old friend, Amar Singh, helped him during a financial crisis due to the failure of his company ABCL. Therefore Bachchan started to support Amar Singh's political party, the Samajwadi party. Jaya Bachchan joined the Samajwadi Party and became a Rajya Sabha member. Bachchan has continued to do favors for the Samajwadi party, including advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten him into trouble again in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous incident of submission of legal papers by him, stating that he is a farmer.

A 15 year press ban against Bachchan was imposed during his peak acting years by Stardust and some of the other film magazines. In his own defense, Bachchan claimed to have banned the press from entering his sets almost till the end of 1989.

Slump and retirement: 1988–1992

In 1988, Bachchan returned to films, playing the title role in Shahenshah, which was a box office success due to the hype of Bachchan's comeback. After the success of his comeback film however, his star power began to wane as all of his subsequent films failed at the box office. The 1991 hit film, Hum, for which he won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award, looked like it might reverse this trend, but the momentum was short-lived as his string of box office failures continued. Notably, despite the lack of hits, it was during this period that Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best Actor, for his performance as a Mafia don in the 1990 film Agneepath. These years would be the last he would be seen on screen for some time. After the release of Khuda Gawah in 1992, Bachchan went into semi-retirement for five years. In 1994, one of his delayed films Insaniyat was released but was also a box office failure.

Producer and acting comeback 1996–1999

Bachchan turned producer during his temporary retirement period, setting up Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Ltd. (A.B.C.L.) in 1996, with the vision of becoming a 10 billion rupees (approx 250 million $US) premier entertainment company by the year 2000. ABCL's strategy was to introduce products and services covering the entire section of the India's entertainment industry. Its operations were mainstream commercial film production and distribution, audio cassettes and video discs, production and marketing of television software, celebrity and event management. Soon after the company was launched in 1996, the first film was produced by the company. Tere Mere Sapne failed to do well at the box office but launched the careers of actors such as Arshad Warsi and South films star Simran. ABCL produced a few other films, none of which did well.

In 1997, Bachchan attempted to make his acting comeback with the film Mrityudaata, produced by ABCL. Though Mrityudaata attempted to reprise Bachchan's earlier success as an action hero, the film was a failure both financially and critically. ABCL was the main sponsor of the 1996 Miss World beauty pageant, Bangalore but lost millions. The fiasco and the consequent legal battles surrounding ABCL and various entities after the event, coupled with the fact that ABCL was reported to have overpaid most of its top level managers, eventually led to its financial and operational collapse in 1997. The company went into administration and was later declared a failed company by Indian Industries board. The Bombay high court, in April 1999, restrained Bachchan from selling off his Bombay bungalow 'Prateeksha' and two flats till the pending loan recovery cases of Canara Bank were disposed of. Bachchan had, however, pleaded that he had mortgaged his bungalow to Sahara India Finance for raising funds for his company.

Bachchan attempted to revive his acting career and had average success with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), but other films such as Lal Baadshah (1999) and Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) were box office failures.

Television career

In the year 2000, Bachchan stepped up to host India's adaptation of the British television game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? entitled, Kaun Banega Crorepati. As it did in most other countries where it was adopted, the program found immediate success. Canara Bank withdrew its law suit against Bachchan in November 2000. Bachchan hosted KBC till November 2005, and its success set the stage for his return to film popularity. In 2009 Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire in the first question of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? contest "Amitabh Bachchan" was the correct answer to the question "Who was the star of Zanjeer? Feroz Abbas Khan performed as Amitabh Bachchan in a scene in the movie while Anil Kapoor performed as the host of the contest. Bachchan hosted the third season of the reality show Bigg Boss in 2009.

Return to prominence: 2000–present

In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan appeared in Yash Chopra's box-office hit, Mohabbatein, directed by Aditya Chopra. He played a stern, older figure that rivalled the character of Shahrukh Khan. His role won him his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Other hits followed, with Bachchan appearing as an older family patriarch in (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Baghban (2003). As an actor, he continued to perform in a range of characters, receiving critical praise for his performances in Aks (2001), Aankhen (2002), Khakee (2004) and Dev (2004). One project that did particularly well for Bachchan was Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black (2005). The film starred Bachchan as an aging teacher of a deaf-blind girl and followed their relationship. His performance was unanimously praised by critics and audiences and won him his second National Film Award for Best Actor and fourth Filmfare Best Actor Award. Taking advantage of this resurgence, Amitabh began endorsing a variety of products and services, appearing in many television and billboard advertisements. In 2005 and 2006, he starred with his son Abhishek in the hit films Bunty Aur Babli (2005), the Godfather tribute Sarkar (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006). All of them were successful at the box office. His later releases in 2006 and early 2007 were Baabul (2006), Eklavya and Nishabd (2007), which failed to do well at the box office but his performances in each of them were praised by critics.

In May 2007, two of his films Cheeni Kum and the multi-starrer Shootout at Lokhandwala were released. Shootout at Lokhandwala did very well at the box office and was declared a hit in India, while Cheeni Kum picked up after a slow start and was declared an overall average hit. A remake of his biggest hit, Sholay (1975), entitled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, released in August of that same year and proved to be a major commercial failure in addition to its poor critical reception. Bachchan was slated to play a supporting role in his first international film, Shantaram, directed by Mira Nair and starring Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in the lead. The film was due to begin filming in February 2008 but due to the writer's strike, was pushed to September 2008. The film is currently "shelved" indefinitely. Vivek Sharma's Bhoothnath, in which he plays the title role as a ghost, was released on 9 May 2008. Sarkar Raj, the sequel of the 2005 film Sarkar, released in June 2008 and received a positive response at the box-office. His latest movie was Paa, which released at the end of 2009. Paa was a highly anticipated project as it saw him playing his own son Abhishek's Progeria-affected 13-year-old son, and it opened to favourable reviews, particularly towards Bachchan's performance. It won him his third National Film Award for Best Actor and fifth Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 2010, he debuted in Malayalam film through Kandahar, directed by Major Ravi and co-starring Mohanlal. The film was based on the hijacking incident of the Indian Airlines Flight 814. Bachchan didn't took any remuneration to do this film.

Health

2005 hospitalisation

In November 2005, Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to Lilavati Hospital's ICU once more, to undergo surgery for diverticulitis of the small intestine. This occurred after Bachchan complained of pains in his abdomen some days prior. During the period and that following his recovery, most of his projects were put on hold, including the television show he was in the process of hosting, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Amitabh returned to work in March 2006.

Voice

Bachchan is known for his deep, baritone voice. He has been a narrator, a playback singer and presenter for numerous programmes. Renowned film director Satyajit Ray was so impressed with Bachchan's voice, that he decided to use his voice as commentary in Shatranj Ke Khiladi since he could not find a suitable role for him.

Controversies and criticism

Barabanki land case

In the runup to the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, 2007, Bachchan made a film extolling the virtues of the Mulayam Singh government. His Samajwadi Party was routed, and Mayawati came to power.

On 2 June 2007 a Faizabad court ruled that he had legally acquired agricultural land designated specifically for landless Dalit farmers. It was speculated that he might be investigated on related charges of forgery, as he has allegedly claimed he was a farmer. On 19 July 2007, after the scandal broke out, Bachchan surrendered the land acquired in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and Pune. He wrote to the chief minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, to donate the lands that were allegedly acquired illegally in Pune. However, the Lucknow Court has put a stay on the land donation and said that the status quo on the land be maintained.

On 12 October 2007, Bachchan abandoned his claim in respect of the land at Daulatpur village in Barabanki district. On 11 December 2007, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court gave a clean chit to Bachchan in a case pertaining to alleged fraudulent allotment of government land to him in Barabanki district. A single Lucknow bench of Justice said there was no finding that the actor "himself committed any fraud or manipulated any surreptitious entry in the revenue records".

After receiving a positive verdict in Barabanki case, Amitabh Bachchan intimated to Maharashtra government that he did not wish to surrender his land in Maval tehsil of Pune district.

Raj Thackeray's criticism

In January 2008 at political rallies, Raj Thackeray, the chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, targeted Amitabh Bachchan, asserting that the actor was "more inclined" towards his native state than Maharashtra. He expressed his disapproval of Amitabh's inaugurating a girls' school named after his daughter-in-law, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, at Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, rather than in Maharashtra. According to media reports, Raj's censure of Amitabh, whom he admires, stemmed out of his disappointment of not being invited to Amitabh's son Abhishek's marriage to Aishwarya, despite invitations to his estranged uncle Bal and cousin Uddhav.

Responding to Raj's accusations, the actor's wife, SP MP Jaya Bachchan, said that the Bachchans were willing to start a school in Mumbai, provided the MNS leader donated the land to build it. She told the media, "I heard that Raj Thackeray owns huge properties in Maharashtra, in Mumbai—Kohinoor Mills. If he is willing to donate land, we can start a school in the name of Aishwarya here." Raj responded to it saying, "Jaya bachchan claims she does not know me then how come she knows how much property I own?". Amitabh abstained from commenting on the issue. However, he apologized to Raj for controversial remarks from Jaya in some other incidence. "

Bal Thackeray refuted the allegations, stating, "Amitabh Bachchan is an open-minded person, he has great love for Maharashtra, and this is evident on many occasions. The actor has often said that Maharashtra and specially Mumbai has given him great fame and affection. He has also said that what he is today is because of the love people have given him. The people of Mumbai have always acknowledged him as an artiste. It was utter foolishness to make these parochial allegations against him. Amitabh is a global superstar. People all over the world respect him. This cannot be forgotten by anyone. Amitabh should ignore these silly accusations and concentrate on his acting."

On 23 March 2008, more than a month and half after Raj's remarks, Amitabh finally spoke out in an interview to a local tabloid saying, "Random charges are random; they do not deserve the kind of attention you wish me to give." Later, on 28 March at a press conference for the International Indian Film Academy, when asked what his take was on the anti-migrant issue, Amitabh said that it is one's fundamental right to live anywhere in the country and the constitution entitles so. He also stated that he was not affected by Raj's comments.

Awards, honours and recognitions

Apart from National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards and other competitive awards which Bachchan won for his performances throughout the years, he has been awarded several honours for his achievements in the Indian film industry. In 1991, he became the first artist to receive the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, which was established in the name of Raj Kapoor. Bachchan was crowned as Superstar of the Millennium in 2000 at the Filmfare Awards. The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001. France's highest civilian honour, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, was conferred upon him by the French Government in 2007, for his "exceptional career in the world of cinema and beyond".

In 1999, Bachchan was voted the Greatest Star of stage or screen of the Millennium by BBC online poll where he defeated many Hollywood legends. In 2001, he was honoured with the Actor of the Century award at the Alexandria International Film Festival in Egypt in recognition of his contribution to the world of cinema. Many other honours for his achievements were conferred upon him at several International Film Festivals, including the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 Asian Film Awards.

In June 2000, he became the first living Asian to have been immortalised in wax at London's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Another statue was installed at New York and Hong Kong in 2009.

In 2003, he was conferred with the Honorary Citizenship of the French town of Deauville. He was honoured with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jhansi University in 2004, the Delhi University in 2006, the De Montfort University in Leicester, UK in 2006, the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire in 2007. Another an Honorary Doctorate was conferred by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia in 2009. But he turns down the honour as mark of protest to racial attacks on Indian students.

Severals books have been written about Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan: the Legend was published in 1999, To be or not to be: Amitabh Bachchan in 2004, AB: The Legend: (A Photographer's Tribute) in 2006 /, Amitabh Bachchan: Ek Jeevit Kimvadanti in 2006, Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar in 2006, Looking for the Big B: Bollywood, Bachchan and Me in 2007 and Bachchanalia in 2009. Bachchan himself has also written a book in 2002: Soul Curry for you and me - An Empowering Philosophy That Can Enrich Your Life.

Personal life

Bachchan is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. They have two children, Shweta Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek is also an actor and is married to actress Aishwarya Rai.

Filmography

Latest films

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes |- | rowspan="4"|2006 || Family - Ties of Blood || Viren Sahi || |- | Darna Zaroori Hai || Professor || |- | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna || Samarjit Singh Talwar (aka. Sexy Sam) || Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award |- | Baabul (2006 film) || Balraj Kapoor || |- | rowspan="7"|2007 || || Eklavya || |- | Nishabd || Vijay || |- | Cheeni Kum || Buddhadev Gupta/Ghaspus || |- | Shootout at Lokhandwala || Special appearance, Dingra || |- | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom || Special appearance, Sutradhar || |- | Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag || Babban Singh || |- | Om Shanti Om || Special appearance, Himself || |- | rowspan="5"|2008 || Jodhaa Akbar || Narrator || |- | Bhoothnath || Bhoothnath (Kailash Nath) || |- | Sarkar Raj || Subhash Nagre aka Sarkar || |- | God Tussi Great Ho || God Almighty || |- | The Last Lear || Harish 'Harry' Mishra || |- | rowspan="3"|2009 || Delhi-6|| Special appearance, Dadaji || |- | Aladin || Genius the Gennie || |- | Paa || Auro || Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Winner, National Film Award for Best Actor |- | rowspan="4"|2010 || Rann || Vijay Harshvardhan Malik || |- | Teen Patti || Venkat || |- | Kandahar || Lokanathan Sharma || |- | Shoebite (Post-production) || John Periera || |}

Producer

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Film |- | 1996 | Tere Mere Sapne |- | rowspan="2"| 1997 | Ullasam |- | Mrityudaata |- | 1998 | Major Saab |- | 2001 | Aks |- | 2005 | Viruddh |- | 2006 | Family - Ties of Blood |}

Playback singer

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#CCC; text-align:center;" ! Year !! Film |- | rowspan="2"| 1979 | The Great Gambler |- | Mr. Natwarlal |- | rowspan="3"| 1981 | Lawaaris |- | Naseeb |- | Silsila |- | rowspan="2"| 1983 | Mahaan |- | Pukar |- | 1984 | Sharaabi |- | rowspan="2"| 1989 | Toofan |- | Jaadugar |- | 1992 | Khuda Gawah |- | 1998 | Major Saab |- | 1999 | Sooryavansham |- | rowspan="2"| 2001 | Aks |- | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham |- | 2002 | Aankhen |- | rowspan="2"| 2003 | Armaan |- | Baghban |- | rowspan="2"| 2004 | Dev |- | Aetbaar |- | 2006 | Baabul |- | rowspan="2"| 2007 | Nishabd |- | Cheeni Kum |- | 2008 | Bhoothnath |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 | Aladin |- | Paa |}

Further reading

Dwyer, Rachel. "Amitabh Bachchan: the Angry Young Man." British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 16 November 2007.

Mazumdar, Ranjani. Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007.

References

External links

Amitabh Bachchan's official blog

Amitabh Bachchan Documentary, Classic BBC Archive video and exclusive interview conducted in Amitabh's own house for BBC Asian Network

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Name	Alka Yagnik
Background	solo_singer
Born	March 20, 1966 Kolkata, West Bengal
Instrument	Vocals
Genre	Bollywood and regional filmi playback singing
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1979–present

Alka Yagnik () (born March 20, 1966 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best-known Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award and has done playback singing for over 700 Indian films.

Early life and background

Alka Yagnik was born in Kolkata on March 20, 1966 to a Gujarati family. Her mother Shubha Yagnik was a singer of Indian classical music. At the age of 6, she started singing for Calcutta Radio. At age 10, her mother brought her to Bombay as a child singer. She was advised to wait till her voice matured but her mother remained determined and on a subsequent visit, Alka got a letter of introduction to Raj Kapoor from his Kolkata distributor. Raj heard the girl and sent her with a letter to noted music director Laxmikant. Impressed, Laxmikant gave her two alternatives - an immediate start as a dubbing artist, or a later break as a singer; they settled for the latter.

Career

Alka Yagnik is classically trained and has been one of the leading playback singers in Bollywood since the late 1980s. She began singing bhajans for Calcutta Radio at the age of six. Her first song was for the film Payal Ki Jhankaar in (1979), followed by Laawaris (1981) with the hit song "Mere Angene Mein", followed by the film Hamari Bahu Alka (1982). She got her big break with the song "Ek Do Teen" from the film Tezaab (1988). The song turned her into a star overnight and went on to become a pop hit, also winning her a Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak was also a career maker for her, as she along with Udit Narayan became household names.

She has sung in many languages other than Hindi, including Gujarati, Odia, Assamese, Manipuri, Nepali, Rajasthani, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam. She has worked with many other Indian composers, such as Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Anu Malik, A. R. Rahman, Anand-Milind, Himesh Reshammiya and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. She has sung in many notable albums such as "Tum Yaad Aaye", as well as "Tum Aaye" and "Shairana" in which she worked in close collaboration with award-winning lyricist Javed Akhtar and noted singer Hariharan. She has also rendered the Hanuman Chalisa and various devotional songs.

Alka shares the title with Asha Bhosle for the greatest number of Filmfare Awards won (7) by a single female playback singer. Alka has also been the judge of various Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge shows, and Star Voice of India, both singing competition shows, in which children or adults of various age groups compete with one another to win the award for best vocals. In addition to this, her song "Chamma Chamma" from China Gate was featured in the song "Hindi Sad Diamonds" from the soundtrack of the film Moulin Rouge!.

Awards

Alka Yagnik has received numerous awards and nominations in her singing career, in addition to the awards listed below. She received the Filmfare award for Best Female Playback for three consecutive years from 1999–2001.

Filmfare Awards

1988 - Best Female Playback for "Ek Do Teen" for the film Tezaab

1993 - Best Female Playback for "Choli Ke Peeche" for the film Khalnayak (shared with Ila Arun)

1997 - Best Female Playback for "Zara Tasweer Se Tu" for the film Pardes

1999 - Best Female Playback for "Taal Se Taal" for the film Taal

2000 - Best Female Playback for "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se" for the film Dhadkan

2001 - Best Female Playback for "O Re Chhori" for the film Lagaan

2004 - Best Female Playback for "Hum Tum" for the film Hum Tum

National Film Awards

1994 - Silver Lotus Award for "Ghoongat Ki Aad Se" for the film Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke

1999 - Silver Lotus Award for "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" for the film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

Bollywood Movie Awards

1999 - Best Female Playback for "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

2001 - Best Female Playback for "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

2002 - Best Female Playback for "San San sana" - Ashoka

2007 - Best Female Playback for "Tumhi Dekho Naa" - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Global Indian Film Awards

2007 - Best Female Playback for "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Zee Cine Awards

1999 - Best Female Playback for "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" - Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

2001 - Best Female Playback for "Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai" - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

2007 - Best Female Playback for "Tumhi Dekho Naa" - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Star Screen Awards

1995 - Best Female Playback for "Dil Ne Dil Se" from Haqeeqat

2000 - Best Female Playback for "Paanchi Nadiyaan" from Refugee

2001 - Best Female Playback for "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai" from Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai

International Indian Film Academy

2000 - Artistic Excellence Female Playback Singer Award for "Taal Se Taal Mila" - Taal

2001 - Popular award for "Kaho Naa Pyar Hai" - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards

1989 - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak 2007 - Hero Honda Voice of All Generations

Sahyog Foundation

Kala Shiromani Award

Sangam Kala Group- Music Awards 2007

Best Playback Singer for 2007

Sansui Awards

2003 - "Oodhni"- Tere Naam

Videocon Screen Award

2000 - "Dil Le Gaya Ajnabi"

MTV Awards

2001 - MTV Asia Viewers Choice Award for "Jaane Kyon"- Dil Chahta Hai

Nominations

Filmfare

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Laawaris (1981) for the song "Mere Angne Mein"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Saajan (1991) for the song "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Deewana (1992) for the song "Aisi Deewangi"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Baazigar (1993) for the song "Baazigar O Baazigar"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Vijaypath (1995) for the song "Raah Mein Unse"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Akele Hum Akele Tum (1996) for the song "Raja Ko Rani Se"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) for the song "Mere Khwaabon Mein Tu"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Refugee (2000) for "Panchhi Nadiya"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Asoka (2001) for the song "San Sanana"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Dil Chahta Hai (2001) for the song "Jaane Kyon"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Raaz (2002) for the song "Aapke Pyar Mein"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Humraaz (2002) for the song "Sanam Mere Humraaz"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Tere Naam (2003) for the song "Odhni Odhke"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Chalte Chalte (2003) for the song "Tauba Tumhare"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Swades: We, the People (2004) for "Saanwariya"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) for "Lal Dupatta"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) for the song "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna"

Best Playback Singer - Female for: Yuvvraaj (2008) for the song "Tu Muskura"

BBC World Music Awards

2003 - BBC World Music Award - Asia Pacific

Notable Bollywood filmography

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Song name || Co-singers |- |rowspan="2"| 2010 || Milenge Milenge || "Yeh Hare Kaanch Ki Choodiyan", "Milenge Milenge"|| Sonu Nigam, Himesh Reshamiyya |- | Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De? || "Kyon Maang Yeh Khali Hai" || Shaan |- |rowspan="9"| 2009 || Trump Card || "Tumhare Liye" || Kunal Ganjawala |- | Rahbar || "Wadi-e-Ishq" || Solo |- | ADA...A Way of Life || "Hawa Sun Hawa", "Gum Sum", "Milo Wahan Wahan" || Sonu Nigam, Jayachandran |- | Sanam Teri Kasam || "Itna Bhi Na Chaho Mujhe" || Solo |- | Mohandas || " Nadi Mein Ye Chanda" || Shaan |- | Aishwarya || "Kaise Batlao Tujhe" || Vijay Prakash |- | What's Your Raashee? || "Pyaari Pyaari" || Sohail Sen |- | || "Kal Nau Bhaje" || Sonu Nigam |- | Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye || "Sehmi Sehmi" || Shaan |- | rowspan="7"| 2008 || Yuvvraaj || "Tu Muskura", "Mastam Mastam" || Javed Ali, Sonu Nigam |- | God Tussi Great Ho || "Lal Chunariya" || Udit Narayan |- | Mehbooba || "Babuji", "Yaar Tera Shukriya" || Solo Udit Narayan |- | Slumdog Millionaire || "Ringa Ringa" || Ila Arun |- | The Hero - Abhimanyu || "Maine Lee Jo Angdai" || Solo |- | Kismat Konnection || "Bakhuda Tumhi Ho" || Atif Aslam |- | Love Story 2050 || "Meelon Ka Jaise Tha Faasla", "Mausam Achanak" || KK |- |rowspan="5"| 2007 || Saawariya || "Chhabeela" || Solo |- | Marigold || "Paagal Si Saari Leheren" || Vikas Bhalla |- | Guru || "Aye Hairate Aashiqi" || Hariharan |- | Good Boy, Bad Boy || "Aashiqana Aalam Hai" || Himesh Reshammiya, Sunidhi Chauhan , Vinit |- | Fear || "Dil Ki Daro Deewaar Pe", "Tu Hai Ishq" || Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam |- |rowspan="11"| 2006 || Umrao Jaan || "Salaam", "Pooch Rahe Hain", "Behka Diya Hamein", "Main Na Mil Sakhun" || Solo |- | Krrish || "Main Hoon Woh Aasmaan" || Gopal |- | 36 China Town || "Dil Tumhare Bina", "Jab Kabhi" || Himesh Reshammiya, Kunal Ganjawala |- | Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar ||"Taro Ko Mohabbat Ambar Se", "Kuch Bhi Nahi Tha", "Deewane Dil Ko Jaane Na" || Udit Narayan, Hariharan, Sonu Nigam |- | Baabul || "Gaa Re Mann" || Sudesh Bhonsle, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kailash Kher |- | Shaadi Se Pehle || "Bijuriya, Bijuriya" (remix), "Sache Ashiq" || |- | || "Barsaat Hain", "Mohobbat Ho Gayi" || Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam |- | Eight - Shani || "Tum Se Shiqayat" || Solo |- | Jai Santoshi Maa || "Maa Santoshi Maa" || Sonu Nigam |- | Dil Apna Punjabi || "Sohniye" || Harbhajan Mann |- | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna || "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna", "Tumhi Dekho Na" || Sonu Nigam |- |rowspan="5"| 2005 || Barsaat || "Yeh Jo Dil Hai", "Saajan Saajan", "Barsaat Ke Din Aaye", "Maine Tumse Pyar Bahut Kiya", "Aaja Aaja Piya Ab To Aaja" || Kumar Sanu |- | || "Yeh Dard Bara Bedardi" || Meghna Naidu |- | Bewafaa || "Pyaar Ka Anjaam" || Sapna Mukherjee, Kumar Sanu |- | Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye || "Lagne Lage Ho Tum Kitne Pyare" || Sonu Nigam |- | || "Chori Chori" || Sonu Nigam |- |rowspan="10"| 2004 || Swades || "Saanwariya Saanwariya", "Dekho Na" || Udit Narayan |- | Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo || "Hamein Tumse Hua Hai Pyar", "Chali Aa Chali Aa", "Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo", "Mere Sarpe Dupatta" || Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula, Kailash Kher |- | Kucch To Hai || "Kya Pyar Karoge Mujhse" || Sonu Nigam |- | Bride and Prejudice || "Tumse Kahen Ya Hum Na Kahen (Sad)", "Tumse Kahen Ya Hum Na Kahin", "Lo Shaadi Aayi" || solo, Udit Narayan, Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan , Kunal Ganjawala |- | ''Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa || "Bindiya Chamakne Lagi", "Yeh Dil To Mila Hai", "Meri Nas Nas Mein Tum Ho(Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha)" || Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam |- | || "Hum Pyar Kar Baithe", "Dil Mein Mere Toofan Hai" || Sonu Nigam |- | Fida || "Aaja Ve Mahi" || Sonu Nigam |- | Hum Tum || "Lakdi Kyun", "Gore Gore Se Chore", "Yaara Yaara", "Hum Tum" || Shaan, Babul Supriyo |- | Mujhse Shaadi Karogi || "Laal Dupatta" || Udit Narayan |- | Ishq Hai Tumse || "O Soniya", "Dil Dil", "Chaahat Ki Khushboo", "Ishq Hai Zindagi" || Udit Narayan, Shaan |- |rowspan="9"| 2003 || Andaaz || "Kitna Pagal Dil Hai", "Shala La Baby", "Rabba Ishq Na Hove" "Kisise Tum Pyaar Karo", "Allah Kare Dil Na Lage", "Aayega Maza Ab Barsaat Ka" || Solo, Kumar Sanu |- | Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost || "Shaher Ka Jadoo Re", "Mujhe Tune" || Sonu Nigam |- | Kal Ho Naa Ho || "Kuch To Hua Hai", "Kal Ho Naa Ho-Sad" || Shaan, Sonu Nigam |- | Tere Naam || "Oodhni", "O Jaana", "Tumse Milna", "Mann Basiya" || Udit Narayan |- | || "Dil Mein Hai Pyaar" || Udit Narayan ,Jaspinder Narula |- | Chori Chori || "Aate Aate", "Mehndi" || Sonu Nigam |- | Chalte Chalte || "Tauba Tumhare Ishare", "Chalte Chalte" || Abhijeet Bhattacharya |- | LOC Kargil || "Seemaiyen Bulaye" || Solo |- | Dil Ka Rishta || "Dil Churale O Chand", "Saajan Saajan", "Haaye Dil Mera Dil", "Dil ka Rishta Bada Pyara" || Udit Narayan , Kumar Sanu, Sapna Awasthi |- |rowspan="16"| 2002 || Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai || "Humne Suna Hai", "Jaage Jaage", "Ek Ladki", "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai" || Udit Narayan, Jaspinder Narula , Sudesh Bhonsle |- | Om Jai Jagadish || "Pyar Ka Matlab", "Chori Chori", "Om Jai Jagadish", "Happy Days" || Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet,Hariharan , Kay Kay |- | Zindagi Khoobsurat Hai || "Yaara Dildara Ve" || Gurdaas Maan |- | Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa || "I Am In Love", "Yeh Dil Aashiqana", "Allah Allah" || Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam |- | Gunaah || "Humne Tumko Dil" || Babul Supriyo |- | Shakti || "Dil Ne Pukara Hai", "Ishq Kameena" || Sonu Nigam |- | ''Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein || "Hua Salaam Dil Ka", "Jab Se Dekha" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Raaz || "Aapke Pyaar Mein", "Kya Tumhe Yaad Hai, Kitna Pyaara Hai Ye Chehra" || Udit Narayan |- | Waah! Tera Kya Kehna || "Ye Mujhe Kya Hua", "Mujhe Teri Nazar Ne" || Udit Narayan |- | Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne || "Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne" || Shaan |- | Dil Hai Tumhaara || "Dil Laga Liya Maine", "Dil Hai Tumhara", "Kasam Khake Kaho, "Mohabbat Dil Ka Sukoon Hai", "Chaahe Zuban" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan |- | Mujhse Dosti Karoge! || "Mujhse Dosti Karoge" || Asha Bhosle & Udit Narayan |- | Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge || "Arere Kya", "Bindiya Chamke" || KK, Sonu Nigam |- | Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya || "Haan Maine Bhi Pyar Kiya Hain", "Har Kisi Ladki Ke Dil Mein Ek Ladke Ka Khayal Rehta Hain" || |- | Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai || "Meri Tarah Tum Bhi Kabhi Pyar Karke Dekho Na" || |- | Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa || "Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa" || Kumar Sanu |- |rowspan="14"| 2001 || Kasoor || "Kitni Bechain Hoke", "Kal Raat Ho Gayee Ho Gayee", "Zindagi Ban Gaye Ho Tum", "Dekha Jo Tumko", "Dil Mera Tod Diya" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Aashiq || "Gore Gore Gaal Mere", "Teri Aankhon Mein", "Tum Kya Jaano", "Gori Tera Nakhra", "Aashiq Mujhe Aashiq", || Solo, Udit Narayan, Roop Kumar Rathod |- | Dil Chahta Hai || "Jaane Kyon" || Udit Narayan |- | Asoka || "San Sansana", "O Re Kanchi", "Roshni Se" || Hema Sardesai, Shaan, Abhijeet |- | Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar || "Dil To Kehta Hai" || Solo |- | Pyar Zindagi Hai || "Sau Rab Di" || Abhijeet |- | Hum Ho Gaye Aapke || "Der Se Hua Par Pyar To Hua Re" || |- | Lajja || "Badi Mushkil Baba Badi Mushkil", "Sajan Ke Ghar" || Richa Sharma , Sonu Nigam |- | Lagaan || "O Re Chori", "Ghanan Ghanan", "Mitwa" || Udit Narayan, Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh |- | Ajnabee || "Kaun Main, Haan Tum" || Udit Narayan |- | || "Dil Lagane Ki Sazaa", "Ek Dil Hai", "Mohabbat Ne Mohabbat Ko", "Dil Deewana", "Mulaaquat", "Hum Khush Huye" || |- | Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi || "Kuch Kuch Khatti, Kuch Kuch Meethi", "Khud Bhi Nachungi", "Neend Ud Rahi Hai", "Saamne Baith Kar" || Solo, Solo, Kumar Sanu |- | Maa Tujhe Salaam || "Chod Ke Na Ja" || |- | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham || "Suraj Hua Madhyam", "Bole Chudiya", "Deewana Hai Dekho", "Yeh Ladki Hai Allah", "Say Shava Shava", "You Are My Soniya" || Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Sudesh Bhonsle |- |rowspan="16"| 2000 || Aaghaaz || "Mann Tera Mera Mann" || |- | Hera Pheri (2000 film) || "Mujhse Milti Hai Ek Ladki", "Sunzara" || Udit Narayan |- | Deewane || "Deewane Pyar Ke Hum Hai", "Qayamat" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh |- | Refugee || "Mere Humsafar", "Panchi Nadiyan", "Aisa Lagta Hai", "Taal Pe Jab" || Sonu Nigam |- | Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin || "Chandi Ka Challa" || Solo |- | Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge || "Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge", "Mujshe Shaadi Karogii", "Tera Pallu" || Udit Narayan |- | Jung || "Aila Re Ladki", "Mere Bina Tum" || Anu Malik, Kumar Sanu |- | Dhadkan || "Na Na Karte Pyaar", "Aksar Is Duniya Mein", "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Dil Se" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Zubeidaa || "Mehndi Hai Rachnewali", Hai Na || Udit Narayan |- | Mission Kashmir || "Chupke Se Sun", "Socho Ke Jheelon Ka" || Udit Narayan |- | Kya Kehna || "Dekhiye Aji Janeman", "In Kadmon Ke Niche", "Janeman Jane Jaan", "O Soniye", "Ae Sanam Meri Bahon", "Pyara Bhaiya" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam |- | Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai || "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai", "Shukriya" || Udit Narayan |- | Fiza || "Aaja Mahiya", "Tu Fiza Hai" || Sonu Nigam |- | Chal Mere Bhai || "Chori Chori Sapnon Mein", "Meri Neend Jaane Lagi Hai", "Thodi Si Bekarari" || Abhijeet, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai || "Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai", "Pyar Ki Kashti Mein" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Kurukshetra || "Chal Shadi Kar", "Janam Tere Liye", "Aap Ka Aana" || |- |rowspan="17"| 1999 || Dillagi || "Dillagi" || |- | Aa Aab Laut Chalen || "Mera Dil Tera Deewana", Aa Ab Laut Chalein", "O Yaaro Maaf Kerna", "Ye Kaisi Mulaqat Hai", "Yehi Hai Pyar", "Aaankhe Jabse Hai Ladi" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Jaspinder Narula |- | Aarzoo || "Sajan Sajan Teri Dulhan", "Mil Jaate Hain", ""Ab Tere Dil Mein To" || Solo, Kumar Sanu |- | Dil Kya Kare || "Pyar Ke Liye Char Pal Kam Nahin" || |- | Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain ||"Chhup Gaye" || Udit Narayan |- | || "Meri Jaan Hai Tu", "Tujhe Dekhte Hi Yeh Dil" || Solo Kumar Sanu |- | || "Pyaar Hume Pyaar" || |- | Hum Saath Saath Hain || "Hum Saath Saath Hain", "Maiyya Yashoda", "Mhare Hidwa Nache Mor" || |- | Mann || "Mera Mann Kyon Tumhe Chahe", "Tinak Tin Tana" || |- | Sarfarosh || "Jo Haal Dil Ka", "Is Deewane Ladke Ko" || |- | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam || "Chand Chupa" || Udit Narayan |- | Taal || "Taal Se", "Ramta Jogi", "Kariye Naa" || Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh |- | Jaanwar || "Mausam", "Kasam Se", "Paas Bulati Hain", "Jaane Wale", "Mera Yaar", "Mere Sapno Ke Rajkumar" || Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Manhar Udhas |- | Sirf Tum || "Pehli Pehli Bar", "Dilbar Dilbar" || Kumar Sanu |- | Arjun Pandit || "Kudiyan Sheher Diyan" || Daler Mehndi |- | Biwi No.1 || "Mehboob Mere", "Hai Mirchi" || Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh |- | Anari No.1 || "Tujhe Dekh Ke Jaane Jana" || |- |rowspan="10"| 1998 || Zakhm || "Gali Mein Aaj Chand", "Raat Sari Bekarari Mein Guzari", "Pad Likh Ke", "Hum Yahan Tum Yahan" || Solo |- | Soldier || "Soldier Soldier", "Mehfil Mein Baar Baar", "Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye", "Dil Jigar Se Guzri Hain" || Kumar Sanu |- | ''Love Story 98 || "Tanha Tanha Dil Mera", "Kali Kali Aankhon Wali", "Chun Liya Hai" || Solo, Udit Narayan, Bappi Lahari |- | Bandhan (1998 film) || "Dum Se Hai Dum", "Chhora Fisal Gaya", "Balle Balle" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Sapna Awasthi |- | China Gate || "Chamma Chamma" || Solo |- | Duplicate || "Mere Mehboob Mera Sanam" || Udit Narayan |- | Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate || "Aankhon Mein", "Dil Yeh Dil", "Badi Mushkil", "Mama I Love You" || Udit Narayan, Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod |- | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai || "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai", "Ladki Badi Anjani Hai", "Koi Mil Gaya", "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" (sad version), "Yeh Ladki Hai Diwani", "Saajan Ji Ghar Aaye", "Tujhe Yaad Na Mere Aaye" || Udit Narayan |- | Bade Miyan Chote Miyan || "Makna", "Deta Jai Jodee", "Kisi Disco Mein Jaayein" || Udit Narayan, Sudesh Bhonsle |- | Ghulam || "Aati Kya Khandala", "Aankhon Se Tune Yeh Kya Kehe Diya", "Jadu Hai Tera Hi Jadu" || Aamir Khan, Kumar Sanu |- |rowspan="15"| 1997 || Gupt || "Mushkil Bada Yeh Pyaar Hain", "Mere Khwabon Mein Tu", "Yeh Pyaasi Mohabbat Yeh Pyasi Jawani", "Yeh Pyaar" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Dhaal || "Dhire Dhire Balam Karo Baat" || Solo |- | Hero No. 1 || "Tere Baap Ke Darr Se" || Kumar Sanu |- | Mrityudand || "Kehdo Ek Baar" || Udit Narayan |- | Ishq || "Neend Churayi Meri", "Dekho Dekho Janam" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy |- | Imaan Beiman || "Tikhi Tu Jeetni Hai", "Meri Zindagi Ke Malik", "Aaj Na Chhodunga" || Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Aa Ab Laut Chalen || "Aa Ab Laut Chalen", "Mera Dil Tera Deewana", "Yeh Kaisi Mulaaquat Hain", "Yehi Hai Pyaar" || Udit Narayan |- | Koyla || "Dekha Tujhe To Ho Gayee Deewani", "Tanhai Tanhai" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan |- | Hamara Faisla || "Tumane Mujhka Pukara Ho Gaee Rut" || |- | Border || "Hamen Jabse Mohabbat" || Sonu Nigam |- | Jeevan Yudh || "Zindagi Ko Guzarne Ke liye" || Pankaj Udhas |- | Judaai || "Ooee Baba", "Mujhe Pyaar Hua", "Pyar Pyar Karte Karte" || Kumar Sanu |- | Baadshah || "Hum To Deewane", "Mohabbat Ho Gayee Hain" || Abhijeet, Udit Narayan |- | Yes Boss || "Ek Din Aap Yun Humko Mil Jayenge", "Chudi Baji Hain Kahin Chan Chan", "Main Koi Aisa Geet" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet |- | Lahoo Ke Do Rang || "Haseeno Ke", "Mujhe Paisa Mila", "Aawara Aashiq" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- |rowspan="15"| 1996 || || "Bahon Ke Darmiyan" || Hariharan |- | Fareb 1996 || "Aankhon Se Dil Mein", "O Hum Safar" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan |- | Papi Gudia || "Music-I Love The Beat", "Gudda Le Aaon Na", "Aaj Sajke Niklee Hai", "Mujhe Tujh Se Kitna Pyar" || Solo, Solo, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Saajan Chale Sasural || "Tum To Dhokebaaz Ho", "Bye Bye Miss Goodnight" || Udit Narayan |- | Sabse Bada Khiladi || "Bholi Bhali Ladki" || Kumar Sanu |- | Ghatak Lethal Ghatak || "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye", "Akaniki" || |- | Bada Din || "Suno Zara" || |- | Jeet || "Yaara O Yaara Milna", "Saason Ka Chalna", "Tu Dharti Pe Jitna Bhi" || |- | Jaan || "Rab Se Sajan Se", "Kunwara Nahin Marna", "Jaan O Meri Jaan", "Aai Bo Who Kaata", "Beimaan Piya Re", "Jaan Gayee Dil Aaya", "Kuku Kuru Kuku Kuru" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Manhar Udhas, Sapna Mukherjee |- | Chhote Sarkar || "Mujhe Dil Ka Rog", "Ek Naya Aasman", "Socho Na Jara Yeh" || |- | Loafer || "Meri Tirchi Nazar", "Pandit Ji" || Udit Narayan |- | Army || "Ho gayi Tayar", "Teri Meri Dushmani" || Abhijeet, Vinod Rathod, Jolly Mukherjee |- | Mr. Bechara || "Khoyi Khoyi", "Saathi Mere" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Raja Hindustani || "Pardesi Pardesi", "Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne Banaya", "Poocho Zara Poocho", "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu |- | Rajkumar || "Payal Meri" || Udit Narayan |- |rowspan="10"| 1995 || Raja || "Aakhiyan Milau Kabhi Aakhiyan Churao", "Nazre Mili Dil Dhadka" || Udit Narayan |- | Aatank Hi Aatank || "Ek Dujhe Pe Marne Wale" || Bappi Lahiri |- | Karan Arjun || "Jaati Hoon Main", "Yeh Bandhan To Pyar ka Bandhan Hai" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan |- | Gunehgar ||"Dil Hua Beqaraar Aahista Aahista", "Waada Karo Ye" || Kumar Sanu |- | Ram Jaane || "Ram Jaane Ram Jaane" || Udit Narayan |- | Gambler || "Gambler Gambler", "Yaar Daakiye Mere Kabootar" || Kumar Sanu |- | Akele Hum Akele Tum || "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya" || Udit Narayan |- | Naajayaz || "Kya Tum Mujshe Pyar Karte Ho", "Tujhe Pyaar Karte Karte" || |- | Takkar || "Aankhon Mein Base Ho Tum" || Abhijeet |- | Coolie No. 1 || "Mein To Raste Se Ja Rahi Thi", "Aaja Na", "Tere Pyaar Mein" || Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan |- |rowspan="13"| 1994 || Salaami || "Jab Haal E Dil Tumse Kehne Ko", "Bas Ek Tamanna Hai" || |- | Baali Umar Ko Salaam || "Ding Dong Ding Dong", "Bali Umar Ko Salaam" || |- | Main Khiladi Tu Anari || "Churake Dil Mera", "Paas Woh Aane Lage Zaara Zaara" || Kumar Sanu |- | Imtihaan || "Churake Daman", "Dheere Dheere"|| Kumar Sanu, Amit Kumar |- | Criminal || "Tu Mile Dil Khile" || Kumar Sanu |- | Laadla || "Meri Dhadkan", "Mere Ghulam" || Udit Narayan |- | Suhaag || "Gore Gore Mukhde Pe", "Kagaz Kalam" || Udit Narayan |- | Mohra || "Tip Tip Barsa Paani" || Udit Narayan |- | Anjaam || "Barso Ke Baad", "Tum Saamne", "Shaadi Ka Ladoo" || Udit Narayan |- | Vijaypath || "Raah Mein Unse" || Kumar Sanu |- | Dhanwaan || "Koi Phool" || Abhijeet |- | Khuddar || "Tum Sa Koi Pyaara", "Khat Likhna Humme", "Woh Aankh Hi Kya", "Tum Mano Ya Na Mano", "Tere Deewane Ne" || |- | Dilwale || "Mauka Milega To Hum Pyar", "Jeeta Tha Jiske Liye", "Jeeta Hoon Jiske Liye", "Saaton Janam Mein Tere" || Udit Narayan |- |rowspan="13"| 1993 || Baazigar || "Baazigar O Baazigar", "Ae Mere Humsafar" || Kumar Sanu |- | Anari || "Choti Si Pyari Si Nanhi Si" || |- | Dalaal ||"Mar Gaye Mar Gaye", "Mere Ramji Mere Bhagwanji", "Gutur Gutur" || Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Ila Arun, Bappi Lahiri |- | Aashiq Awara || "Saat Sooron Ke Sangam Se", "Maine Pyar Kar Liya", "Aaj Abhi Isi Waqt" || Solo, Udit Narayan |- | Dil Tera Diwana || "Kam Se Kam" || |- | King Uncle|| "Akkad Bakkad Bombay Bo" || |- | Darr || "Ang Se Ang Lagana" || |- | Khalnayak || "Choli Ke Peeche", "Palki Mein Baithi Sawar Chali Re" || |- | Aadmi Khilona Hai || "Aadmi Khilona Hai", "Bahut Jataate Ho Chah Humse/ Ae Dil" || Mohammed Aziz |- | Gumraah || "Tere Pyaar Ko Salam O Salam" || |- | Khuda Gawah || "Tu Na Ja Mere Baadshah", "Deewana Mujhe" || |- | Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee || "Dil Mein Sanam Ki Soorat", "Sairana Si Hai", "Dil Deta Hai Ro Ro" || Kumar Sanu |- | Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke || "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se", "Kash Koi Ladka", "Yoohi Kat Jayega Safar", "Bombay Se Gayi Poona" || |- |rowspan="7"| 1992 || Khiladi || "Waada Raha Sanam" || Udit Narayan |- | Vishwatma || "Aankhon Mein Hai Kya" || Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan, Mohd Aziz |- | Bekhudi || "Jab Na Maana Dil Deewana" || |- | Deewana || "Payeliya", "Aisi Deewangi" || Kumar Sanu |- | Prem Deewane || "A B C D E F... Piya Tune Mera Jiya" || Udit Narayan |- | Chandramukhi || "Tere Dil Ki Baat" || |- | Sapne Sajan Ke || "Kehta Hai Mausam", "Kabhi Bhula Kabhi Yaad Kiya", "Aara Hai Mazza" || |- |rowspan="3"| 1991 || Saajan || "Dekha Hai Pehli Baar", "Tu Shayar Hai" || Kumar Sanu |- | Phool Aur Kaante || "Tumse Milne ko Dil Karta Hai", "Dheere Dhere Pyar Ko Badhna" || Kumar Sanu |- | Afsana Pyaar Ka || "Yaad Teri Aati Hai" || |- |rowspan="1"| 1990 || Maha-Sangram || "I Love You" || |- |rowspan="5"| 1989 || Tridev || "Gali Gali Mein" || |- | Rakhwala || "Ladki Hyderabadi" || |- | Bhrashtachar || "Mere Seene Se Lagja" || |- | Mujrim || "Raat Ke Bara Baje" || |- | Batwara || "Tu Maro Kaun Lage" || |- |rowspan="2"| 1988 || Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak || "Gazab Ka Hin Din", "Akela Hain To Kya Ghum Hai", "Kahe Sataaye", "E Mere Humsafar" || Udit Narayan |- | Tezaab || "Ek Do Teen" || Solo |- |rowspan="1"| 1987 || Patthar || "Khol Mera Taala" || Solo |- |rowspan="1"| 1985 || Yudh || "Yudh Kar", "Doston Tum Sab Ko" || |- |rowspan="1"| 1984 || Love Marriage || "Beeswin Sadi Ke" || |- |rowspan="1"| 1983 || Coolie || "Mujhe Peene Ka Shock Nahin" || |- |rowspan="4"| 1982 || Nastik || "Sagre Jagat Ka Ek Rakhwala" || |- | Kaamchor || "Tum Se Badhkar Duniya Mein" || Kishore Kumar |- | Jeevan Dhaara || "Jaldise Aana" || |- | Hamari Bahu Alka || || |- |rowspan="1"| 1981 || Lawaaris || "Mere Angane Mein" || |- |rowspan="1"| 1979 || Payal Ki Jhankaar || "Thirkat Ang" || |- |}

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