Doordarshan (Hindi: दूरदर्शन; literally Distant Show) is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009, Doordarshan celebrated its 50th anniversary. The DD provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional India, as well as overseas through the Indian Network and Radio India.

Beginning[link]

Doordarshan had a modest beginning with the experimental telecast starting in Delhi on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio. The regular daily transmission started in 1965 as a part of All India Radio. The television service was extended to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972. Up until 1975, only seven Indian cities had a television service and Doordarshan remained the sole provider of television in India. Television services were separated from radio in April 1 1976.^[1] Each office of All India Radio and Doordarshan were placed under the management of two separate Director Generals in New Delhi. Finally, in 1982, Doordarshan as a National Broadcaster came into existence.

Nationwide transmission[link]

National telecasts were introduced in 1982. In the same year, colour TV was introduced in the Indian market with the live telecast of the Independence Day speech by then prime minister Indira Gandhi on 15 August 1982, followed by the 1982 Asian Games which were held in Delhi. Now more than 90 percent of the Indian population can receive Doordarshan (DD National) programmes through a network of nearly 1,400 terrestrial transmitters. There are about 46 Doordarshan studios producing TV programmes today.

Early national programming[link]

The 80s were noted for Hum Log (1984), Buniyaad (1986–87) and comedy shows like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984).

• Hum Log, Buniyaad, and Nukkad along with mythological dramas such as Ramayan (1987–88) and Mahabharat (1989–90), Shaktimaan, India's First Superhero, glued millions to Doordarshan as did shows such as Bharat Ek Khoj, The Sword of Tipu Sultan and The Great Maratha.
• Hindi film songs based programmes like Chitrahaar, Rangoli, Ek Se Badkar Ek and Superhit Muqabla.
• Crime thrillers like Barrister Vinod (starring Parikshit Sahni), Karamchand (starring Pankaj Kapoor), Aparadhi Kaun, PC 1008 (starring Kanwaljeet), Police File Se, Byomkesh Bakshi (starring Rajit Kapoor), Reporter (Shekhar Suman), Tehkikaat and Janki Jasoos, Suraag (starring Sudesh Berry).
• Shows targeted at children include Faerie Tale Theatre, Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyan, Vikram Betaal, Space City Sigma, Stone Boy, Malgudi Days, Tenali Rama, Potli Baba Ki (puppet show), He-Man, Superhuman Samurai Cyber Squad, Knight Rider, Teletubbies, Street Hawk and a horror serial Kile ka Rahasya (1989).
• Other popular shows include Oshin a Japanese drama series, Trishna, Mr. Yogi, Neem Ka Ped, Circus, Fauji (launching Shahrukh Khan), Rani Laxhmibai, Dastan-E-Hatim Tai, Alif Laila, Gul Gulshan Gulfam, Udaan, Rajani, Talaash, Phir Wohi Talash, Katha Saagar, Nupur, Mirza Ghalib, Wagle ki Duniya, Phulvanti, Sangharsh, Lifeline^{[disambiguation needed ]}, Kashish (launching Malvika Tiwari), Srimaan Srimati, Tu Tu Mein Mein, Junoon, Ajnabi (starring Danny Denzongpa), Zabaan Sambhal Ke, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Sansaar, Swabhimaan, Chanakya, Shanti (launching Mandira Bedi), Sea Hawks (starring R. Madhavan), Surabhi, Tana Bana, Mujrim Hazir (launching Navni Parihar), Jaspal Bhatti's Flop Show, Meri Awaaz Suno, Captain Vyom, and Chandrakanta and Tootne Ke Baad (TV Serial by Paigham Afaqui)
• Not many remember but Doordarshan used to have serials before sponsored programmes came into existence. Serials like Dadi Maa Jagi, Bibi Natiyonwali, Aur Bhi Ghum Hai Zamane Mein, and Laddoo Singh Taxi Wala (starring Paintal) were also popular.
• Sarab Sanji Gurbani was the first sponsored programme on Doordarshan, sponsored by Texla TV.
• Doordarshan also telecast English cartoons at 12.00 noon during summer vacations in a programme named "Fun Time" which showed cartoons like Spider-Man, Giant Robo, Gayab Aaya, Guchhae, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Jungle Book Shonen Mowgli (a dubbed Hindi version of a Japanese anime with original music composed by Vishal Bharadwaj), Talespin & Duck Tales also the comic plays of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy and Didi's Comedy Show.
• Among the earliest documentary films produced by Doordarshan in Delhi are The Peacock Calls [Mor Machay Shor] (1968), TRS-FRS (1968), The Floods May Come and Go (1969), and University Girls (1971).^[2]
• Some of the Transtel-Cologne shows that were popularly played on Doordarshan include, Telematch, The Old Fox, Derrick, and Scene of Crime. Doordarshan also played NBC's Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff and ABC's Street Hawk as part of its Sunday afternoon broadcast during the mid- and late 80s.
• Doordarshan brought to the Indian viewers geographical documentaries made by the great marine explorer Jacques Cousteau (Secrets of the Sea) and the British naturalist David Attenborough (The Living Planet)
• Ekta Kapoor's Kayamat, Ithihaas and many other shows from Balaji Telefilms were broadcast on this channel.

• Premnath Shetty"s (koshish) forthcomming Serial.

Channels[link]

Presently, Doordarshan operates 21 channels – two All India channels - DD National and DD News, 11 Regional language Satellite Channels (RLSC), four State Networks (SN), an International channel, a Sports Channel DD Sports and two channels Rajya Sabha TV & DD-Lok Sabha for live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings.

On DD National (DD-1), Regional programmes and Local Programmes are carried on time-sharing basis. DD News channel, launched on 3 November 2003, which replaced the DD Metro (DD-2) Entertainment channel, provides 24-Hour news service.

The Regional Languages Satellite channels have two components – The Regional service for the particular state relayed by all terrestrial transmitters in the state and additional programmes in the Regional Language in prime time and non-prime time available only through cable operators. DD-Sports Channel is exclusively devoted to the broadcasting of sporting events of national and international importance. This is the only Sports Channels which telecasts rural sports like Kho-Kho, Kabbadi etc. something which private broadcasters will not attempt to telecast as it will not attract any revenues.

List of Channels[link]

National[link]

1. DD Bharati
2. DD HD
3. DD India
4. DD National
5. DD News
6. DD Sports
7. DD Urdu
8. Gyan Darshan 1
9. Gyan Darshan 2
10. Gyan Darshan 3 (Eklavya Technology Channel)
11. Gyan Darshan 4 (VYAS Channel)
12. Lok Sabha TV
13. Rajya Sabha TV

Regional[link]

1. DD Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2. DD Saptagiri
3. DD Arunachal Pradesh
4. DD Assam
5. DD Bangla
6. DD Bihar
7. DD Chandana
8. DD Chandigarh
9. DD Chhattisgarh
10. DD Delhi
11. DD Dehradun
12. DD Girnar
13. DD GOA
14. DD Gujarati
15. DD Haryana
16. DD Himachal Pradesh
17. DD Hissar
18. DD Jaipur
19. DD Jammu
20. DD Jharkhand
21. DD Karnataka
22. DD Kerala
23. DD Kashir
24. DD Madhya Pradesh
25. DD Maharashtra
26. DD Malayalam
27. DD Manipur
28. DD Mizoram
29. DD Nagaland
30. DD North-East
31. DD Oriya
32. DD Podhigai
33. DD Port Blair
34. DD Punjab
35. DD Pondicherry
36. DD Raipur
37. DD Sikkim
38. DD Sahyadri
39. DD Tamil Nadu Now DD Chennai
40. DD Uttarakhand
41. DD Uttar Pradesh

South asia international[link]

1. DD Nepal
2. DD Sri lanka
3. DD Bhutan
4. DD Burma

Active Doordarshan[link]

It is an Interactive Service of Tata Sky to show 4 TV Channels of Doordarshan which are not available on Tata sky as normal channels. Active Doordarshan channels are DD Kashir, DD Podhigai, DD Punjabi, DD Sahyadri, DD Chandana and DD Gujarati.

DD has its own DTH service called DD Direct Plus. It is free of charge.

International broadcasting[link]

DD India is broadcast internationally via satellite. It is available in 146 countries worldwide, however information on receiving this channel in other countries is not easily available. In the UK, DD-India was available through the Eurobird Satellite on the Sky system on Channel 833 (the logo is shown as Rayat TV). The timing and programming of DD-India international is different from that of India. Transmissions via Sky Digital (UK & Ireland) ceased in June 2008 and those via DirecTV in the United States in July 2008.

Criticisms[link]

Allegations of bias[link]

• Doorsharshan does not have an independent editorial control unlike the BBC. Prasar Bharati, its parent body has all board members appointed by the Government of India acting through the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. This control is evident in a budget that allows expenditure on "propaganda and public relations".^[3]
• It has been actively used especially during the Emergency for government propaganda.^[4]
• In 2004, it censored the airing of a controversial documentary on Jayaprakash Narayan, one of the opposition leaders during the Emergency.^[5]
• In response to Pakistani propaganda in the Kashmir valley, Doordarshan launched the Kashmir Channel in Kashmir to counter this propaganda. DD Kashmir includes programmes focussing on Kashmiri culture and traditions and the history of Kashmir valley.^[6][7] One programme on Kashmir featured was Budhshah, which told the life of the historical Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin.^[8]
• It has in association with All India Radio established high power transmitters along the India-Pakistan Border to counter Pakistani propaganda.^[9]
• During Operation Bluestar, only government sources were used for reporting the story. Here Doordarshan was complicit in the production of a video that claimed acts of violence which when investigated by independent journalists were found to be false.^[10]

Commercial viability[link]

• Once private television channels were allowed in 1991, Doordarshan has seen a steep decline in viewership in homes with Cable and Satellite Television which in 2002 was just at 2.38% for DD National.^[11]
• While it earns significant advertising revenue due to the compulsory feed given to it by the highest bidder to national events including cricket tournaments,^[11] there has been a proposal to give it funds by imposing a license fee to own a television in India like the BBC.^[12] However this is unlikely to be imposed keeping in view the financial constraints of the average Indian

See also[link]

• List of programs broadcast by DD National
• All India Radio
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
• DD Direct Plus
• Doordarshan Offical facebook Page

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Doordarshan

• Doordarshan Official Internet site
• Doordarshan news site
• An article at PFC
• Remembering the unforgettable Doordarshan Serials of the last century.

v t e Terrestrial television channels of India Doordarshan DD Bangla  · DD Bharati  · DD Bihar  · DD Chandana  · DD CHENNAI  · DD Chhattisgarh  · DD Gujarati  · DD Haryana  · DD Himachal Pradesh  · DD India  · DD Jharkhand  · DD Kashir  · DD Madhya Pradesh  · DD Madurai  · DD Malayalam  · DD Mizoram  · DD National  · DD News  · DD North-East  · DD Oriya  · DD Pondicherry  · DD Punjabi  · DD Rajasthan  · DD Sahyadri  · DD Saptagiri  · DD Sports  · DD Tripura  · DD Urdu  · DD Uttar Pradesh  · DD Uttrakhand  · Podhigai TV

Honey Singh
Background information
Also known as	Yo Yo Honey Singh
Born	(1984-03-15) March 15, 1984 (age 28) Hoshiarpur
Origin	punjabi
Genres	Desi Hip Hop Music Producer
Occupations	Rapper, Singer, Music Producer and Film Actor.
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Mafia Mundeer,
Associated acts	Diljit Dosanjh, Gippy Grewal , Jassi Sidhu , Malkit Singh, Amrinder Gill
Website	YoYoHoneySingh.com www.facebook.com/theyoyosingh

Honey Singh also known as Yo Yo Honey Singh^[1] is a Punjabi rapper, singer and a film actor. He started as a session and recording artist, and became a Bhangra producer.^[2]

Promotion[link]

Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2011.^[3]

It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fees ever for a song (as of 2012) of 70 lakh (US$139,700) for a song in the film Mastaan.^[4]

Early life[link]

He was born on 15 March 1984 in Hoshiarpur.^[5] While in the UK, he studied music at the Trinity School.

Career[link]

It is reported that Honey Singh prefers to sing in his native language Punjabi rather than English, Spanish and French.^[6] The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011 (11-11-11).^[7] The track Gabru from International Villager featuring singer J-Star topped Asian music charts (including world iTunes and the official BBC asian charts) ^[8][9]

He has performed at many college festivals including at Ansal Institute of Technology and Ramjas College, Delhi.^[10]

Bollywood[link]

He became popular after his debut music featuring Gagan Sidhu for the title track of the movie called Shakal Pe Mat Ja released on November 18, 2011. The Central Board of Film Certification suggested removing the abusive language contained in the title track of the movie.^{[citation needed]}

Honey Singh also acted in Punjabi Movie Mirza- The Untold Story^[11]

Honey Singh is now the highest paid music star^[12] pop artiste in Bollywood. Honey Singh has charged Rs. 70 lakh^[13] for a song in a film titled Mastaan, starring Naseeruddin Shah and his younger son, Vivaan. It is the biggest amount paid to a song artist in Bollywood to date.

Also Song Angreji Beat sung by Gippy Grewal & Yo Yo Honey Singh, originally from Honey Singh's Album International Villager released in November 2011, will be used in the film Cocktail.^[14]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

Movies[link]

Filmography[link]

Feature films as Actor

Awards[link]

• The ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for Glassi
• The PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth
• PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2010 for song Desi Daroo^[17]
• PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2011 for album The Folkstar^[18][19]
• PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2012 for album I.V.(International Villager)^[20]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official Facebook Page of Honey Singh
• Official Twitter Account

Runa Laila (Bengali: রুনা লায়লা (born 17 November 1952) is a singer who is from Bangladesh.^{[citation needed]} She started her career from Pakistan film industry and is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistani film industries during late 60s,70s and early 80's. Her best known number is Dama Dam Mast Qalandar.^{[citation needed]}

Early life[link]

Runa Laila was born in an upper middle class family on November 17, 1952, in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Her father was from Rajshahi. A music ustad would visit the family home, to teach classical music to Runa's elder sister Dina Laila. As younger siblings are wont to do, Runa too would sit down and pick it up effortlessly.^{[citation needed]} But the energetic youngster's heart was in dance, and she was enrolled in a school where she learnt Kathak, Bharatanatyam, and Kathakali. Her early music training was done when her family lived in Karachi's Federal B area in 1960. Ustad Qader, later known as Piya Rang, was her teacher.^{[citation needed]}

Runa Laila was a bright youngster brought up in the typical Bengali mould, where the arts, like other fine things of life, were nurtured with just as much enthusiasm as to keep them buzzing happily within the family circle. Besides her classical training, she recalls gratefully the influence of Manzur Hussain on her career, since, instead of pampering her as a child, he told her that while her voice was good, it had certain flaws he needed her to work on. In those days, recording a song meant meeting a crowd of people in the studio, singing along with the orchestra and, should anyone make a mistake, starting over again from the beginning.^[1]

She started learning classical music at a very early age and received vigorous training from Ustad Habibiddin Khan.^{[citation needed]} She made her first public debut as a singer at the age of six and cut her first disc for a Pakistani film called "Jugnu" at the age of twelve. She had a great inspiration from famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi as she followed his way of expressing emotions during singing and also made a hit pair with him later on.

Career[link]

Runa's career as a singer came about by accident. It was her elder sister Dina who first got the break, but on the day of her performance, she developed a sore throat and Runa was asked to stand in. She was so little that she could not hold the 'Tanpura'. She held it horizontally and sang a 'kheyal'. She started appearing on the 'Zia Mohyuddin Show', a Karachi TV stage show (1972–74) and later did songs for numerous Pakistani films in the 70s. Umrao Jan Ada (1972) was one such super hit film in which all but one song were sung by Runa Laila.

Sister Dina (once married to Pakistani politician from Sindh, Makhdoom Amin Fahim) would have followed in her footsteps but had to give up singing when she married. She later died of cancer. In memory of her sister, Runa held six concerts in Bangladesh and donated the entire proceeds to a children's hospital in Dhaka to build a cancer ward which has been named after her sister.

Films[link]

She sang playback for many movies in Bangladesh and India and, before the independence of Bangladesh, in Pakistan. She is known for her songs Dama dum mast qalandar which have been sung by other artists and Mera babu chhail chhabeela main to nachoon gi.

She made a sensational entry into the Hindi filmdom with Ek se badhkar ek in 1974. Music lovers all over India were swinging to the rhythmic beat of Dama dum mast qalander.

Her songs in Gharonda, which was released later, also did well with the audience. After that she withdrew from Mumbai but is still popular in India. Some of the music directors she has worked with are Jaidev, Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal and Bappi Lahiri.

She is equally popular in the Bengali pop music space with songs like Sadher lau banailo morey, Shilpi ami, tomaderi gan shonabo and Bondhu tin din tor barite gelam.

Personal life[link]

Runa Laila has an older sister named Dina Laila and a younger brother named Syed Ali Murad. She has been married four times and has a daughter named Tani Laila. Runa Laila first married Khawaza Javed Kaiser, secondly Maidul Islam, thirdly a Swiss citizen named Ron Danieland and lastly the famous Bangladeshi actor Alamgir.

Discography[link]

• Runa Laila-Kala Sha Kala March 23, 2010
• Runa Laila - Moods & Emotions Dec 01 2008
• Bazm-E-Laila
• The Loves Of Runa Laila
• Ganga Amar Ma Padma Amar Ma-Runa Laila
• Superuna Dec 01 1982
• Runa Goes Disco Sep 01 1982
• Runa Sings Shahbaz Qalandar Sep 01 1982
• Geet / Ghazals Sep 01 1976
• Runa In Pakistan (Geet) Dec 01 1980
• Runa In Pakistan (Ghazals) Dec 01 1980
• Sincerely Yours Runa Laila
• I Love to Sing for You

link: http://www.7digital.com/artists/runa-laila/ link:http://www.in.com/music/artist/runa-laila-9891-3.html

Filmography[link]

Some of her Pakistani films are

• Commander

• Gharonda
• Hum Dono
• Anjuman
• Man Ki Jeet
• Ehsaas
• Dilruba

Bollywood[link]

• Phir Subah Hogi
• Gharonda
• Ek Se Badhkar Ek
• Yadgaar
• Agneepath
• sapnon ka mandir
• jaaney bahar

Some of her Bangladeshi Films are[link]

• Shwaralipi
• Dui Jibon
• Antore Antore
• The Rain
• Beder Meye Josna

Awards[link]

Bangladesh[link]

• • Independence Day Award,
  • National Film Award, Bangladesh (4 times)
  • Shelteck Award
  • Lux Channel I Performance Award(Lifetime)

India[link]

• • Saigal Award, India

Pakistan[link]

• • Nigar Award (twice), Pakistan
  • Critics Award
  • Graduate Award (twice)
  • National Council of Music gold medal

References[link]

External links[link]

• Runa Laila at the Internet Movie Database
• Runa Laila Biography
• Runa Laila's Singing in West Pakistan
• Runa Laila Casts a Magic Spell
• Bangla Music: Runa Laila Songs
• Runa Laila Urdu,Hindi Song -Link help by Shohel Rana
• Bangla song
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Anand Bakshi (21 July 1920 – 30 March 2002) was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.

Biography of Anand Bakshi[link]

Early days[link]

Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, in 1920.^[1] His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 20. Bakshi's family migrated to India (Lucknow) on 2 October 1947, in the aftermath of the partition, when he was 27 years old.

Before he established himself as a lyrics writer for Hindi film songs, he served for 2 years in the Royal Indian Navy, (Karachi) and after partition he served 6 years in the Indian Army, based at Jabalpur, with The Corps of Signals, and later with the E.M.E., Infantry.

While in the Army, The Corps of Signals, he wrote an "Aim in Life" for himself. – “Every one in this world, rich or poor should have a definite aim in life. A man without any fixed purpose in life is like a ship without rudder, at the mercy of the winds, powerless to control its course. So a person having no aim in life has nothing by which to guide his actions, or regulate his conduct. I, the undersigned, Anand Prakash Bakshi (AZAD.), intend to study music. For it is my aim in life to become an artist. And to achieve this, I must join films, radio, or theatre, and become a singer, songs composer, music director, director, etc.,.”^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Timeline^{[citation needed]}

• 6 Mar 1943 - He left Cambridge College, (Rawalpindi)
• 12 Jul 1944 - He joined Royal Indian Navy (Post - Boy 1) hoping that his ship (H.M. I.S. Dilawar, and, H.M.I.S. Bahadur) would dock in Bombay, the land of his film dreams, but was disappointed when she did not.
• 5 Apr 1946 - He was dismissed from the Royal Indian Navy after he was arrested and detained in custody, for taking part in Naval Mutiny at Bombay harbor, against the British Empire, on the ship H.M.I.S. Hindustan.
• 12 Apr 1947 - He joined Indian Army, with The Corps of Signals. In his spare time in the army he would write songs and sing to friends. It is his army mates who encouraged him to try his luck in Hindi films as an actor, writer or singer.
• 2 Oct 1947 - The family left Rawalpindi, Pakistan, for India, for Lucknow, at Jubbolpore, (due to the Partition)
• 16 Feb 1951 - Left Corps of Signals
• 1951 - He arrived in Bombay (to find work in films), but did not get work so he returned.
• 02 Apr 1951 - He joined the Indian Army, with The E.M.E. (The Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
• 2 Oct 1954 - He married Kamla Mohan (his neighbor from Rawalpindi)
• 27 Aug 1956 - He left the Indian Army, E.M.E. to travel to Bombay to join films. He carried a Motor car driving licence as a back up in case he did not find work in films soon.
• Oct 1956 - He arrived again in Bombay, (to again try and find work in films), for the 2nd time, armed with about 60 lyrics/songs, but did not find work, so he would sit in the waiting room of Dadar Station, or the platform bench at Marine Lines Station, and continue write his dreams- songs.

His first published poem appeared in an Army publication, “Sainik Samachar”, 1950's and this fact boosted his morale and gave him confidence to try in Hindi films. While in the army he would write songs of the films he had seen just to get a feel of if he were the lyrics writer of that film what would he write. He would perform as a singer and actor in the theater plays, Bara Khambas, held on campus and earned the appreciation of his seniors too. All this fueled his dream to leave the Army once again for traveling to Bombay and join films. (Later on, in the late 90’s, he even wrote a special song for the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dhun. He even wrote a song for the Corps of Signals, on their invitation. After his death, the Corps of Signals established a “Bakshi Corner” in their Corps Museum.)

Success[link]

Anand Bakshi came to Hindi films to make a name for himself in writing and singing but ended up becoming more successful in writing lyrics. He got his break writing songs in a Brij Mohan's film titled, "Bhala Aadmi", 1958, acted by Bhagwan Dada. He wrote 4 songs in this film. His first song in this film was "Dharti Ke Laal Na Kar Itna Malaal" which was recorded on 9 Nov 1956.

He found big success only in 1965 (Jab Jab Phool Khile) and went on to work as a lyricist of over 3500 songs and 650 films in the course of his life^{[citation needed]}. He got his first time singing in a film was in Mome Ki Gudiya(1972). The first song he sang was a duet “Baaghon me bahaar aayi hothon pe pukaar aayi”, along with Lata Mangeshkarfor music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. He also sang songs in 4 other films: Sholay (1975) where he sang the quawwali "Chand Sa Koi Chehera" along with Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Bhupinder; Maha Chor (1976); Charas (1976); and, Balika Badhu (1976).

After writing for few movies from 1956 onwards, Bakshi made a mark for himself for writing a quawalli for the 1962 film Kaala Samundar, the song was “Meri Tasveer Lekar Kya Karoge tum”, and the film Mehendi Lagi Mere Haath. He got his real big breakthroughs in 1965 with Himalaya Ki God Mein, and a huge breakthrough again in 1965 with the super hit film Jab Jab Phool Khile, starring Shashi Kapoor; and then again in 1967 with the super hit movie Milan (starring Sunil Dutt).

Anand Bakshi’s association in Hindi films with film Music Composers include appox 302 films with Laxmikant Pyarelal, 99 films with R D Burman, 32 with Kalyanji-Anandji, 26 with Anu Malik, 17 with Rajesh Roshan ans his songs have been sung by singers like Shamshad Begum, Khursheed Bawra, Amirbai Karnataki, Bhushan & Party, Sudha Malhotra and more.

He wrote the first recorded songs of singers like Shailendra Singh, Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy, etc., and he established himself as a versatile lyricist with the song "Dum Maro Dum" in the movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972).