Based on Hindi Film Geet Kosh and Nerurkar's book Svarasha (1995) I prepared stats of her work. These four articles were published in RMIM.
March 1998
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Asha and 309 MD's of Hindi movie songs
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Dear fellow music lovers:
This is my final post on Asha in the present series. In
this one, I post the info about the number of songs set to
music for Asha by various MD's. For details on sources etc.,
see the earlier posts.
In the table for MD's as reported by nerurakar in his
book, there are misprints for four MD's. They are, chaand
paradesi, suresh-talavaar, suhrid kar and hemant. I have
made corrections to these entries by consulting the giit
kosh by har mandir singh. The table that appears below is
the corrected version. If you are lucky to have the Asha
book, please make these corrections in your copy.
From 1931 up to now, approximately 1060 (give or take
10) MD's have provided music for Hindi movies. There have
been about 20 female MD's. I counted about 170 pairs,
triplets or higher multiplets of MD's. The following list is
arranged as in my earlier posts on Asha.
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music director/s songs films solo m f others
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r. d. barman 652 250 279 292 18 63
lakshamiikaant-
pyaarelaal 485 237 206 204 35 40
bhappii laahi.Dii 442 189 165 251 5 21
ravi 385 101 215 132 25 13
o. p. nayyar 317 60 165 121 23 8
kalyaaNajii-aanandajii 297 154 152 106 18 21
sonik-omii 273 96 150 73 25 25
ushaa khannaa 220 102 149 53 14 4
shankar-jaikishan 214 110 105 77 19 13
chitragupt 209 67 143 50 13 3
madan moham 190 72 119 53 15 3
n. dattaa 164 49 108 40 13 3
s. d. barman 140 53 78 50 7 5
c. raamachandra 132 37 73 41 10 8
s. n. tripaaThii 129 43 83 20 21 5
raviindra jain 120 56 68 42 4 6
avinaash vyaas 110 30 90 17 2 1
roshan 99 36 51 26 13 9
sapan jagamohan 98 35 72 22 4 0
Kayyaam 90 36 62 23 3 2
vinod 87 21 54 21 9 3
raajesh roshan 83 54 34 40 5 4
s. mohindar 81 26 44 26 9 2
hemant kumaar 78 32 50 22 4 2
annu malik 71 35 29 39 0 3
iqabaal quraishii 70 21 37 27 5 1
jayadev 64 26 47 11 5 1
hemant bhosale 62 18 25 28 3 6
hansaraaj bahal 58 26 29 16 9 4
bulo c. raanii 52 20 37 11 3 1
nadiim-shravaN 48 21 10 37 1 0
allarakhaa quraishii 48 12 38 5 4 1
saradaar malik 47 18 36 7 4 0
raam-lakshamaN 45 17 18 20 2 5
gaNesh 44 14 31 7 5 1
g. s. kohalii 43 14 29 10 4 0
naashad 40 10 22 11 4 3
vasant desaaii 39 16 20 5 10 4
paNDit shivaraam krishaN 38 14 26 7 4 1
c. arjun 38 13 23 10 4 1
b. n. baalii 35 8 25 7 3 0
naushaad 34 18 13 16 2 3
laalaa-sattar 34 8 18 9 7 0
salil chaudharii 31 19 24 4 2 1
anil bisvaas 31 10 16 10 1 4
nisaar bazmii 31 7 12 19 0 0
dattaaraam 29 11 14 7 5 3
maanaaDe 28 7 19 7 2 0
bipin-baabul 27 8 16 10 1 0
s. d. baatish 27 6 23 4 0 0
husnalaal-bhagataraam 26 8 18 5 2 1
lachhiiraam 26 7 19 5 1 1
vasant pavaar-
raam vaaDhaavakar 22 5 19 2 1 0
saardul kavatraa 20 9 16 4 0 0
suresh-talavaar 20 7 15 5 0 0
Gulaam muhammad 19 9 14 4 0 1
prem dhavan 19 8 10 4 5 0
dhaniiraam 19 6 16 2 1 0
satyam 18 7 13 3 1 1
suurya kumaar paal 18 6 13 5 0 0
jamaal sen 18 6 11 7 0 0
baabul 18 5 9 8 0 1
kishor kumaar 17 7 7 8 0 2
snehal bhaaTakar 16 4 11 3 1 1
basant prakaash 15 7 12 3 0 0
bholaa shreshTh 15 6 12 3 0 0
ajiit merchant 15 5 13 2 0 0
raabin chaTarjii 15 5 11 1 1 2
aziiz hindii 15 3 9 4 2 0
chaand paradesii 14 9 8 5 1 0
vedapaal varmaa 14 8 13 1 0 0
sanmukh baabuu
upaadhayaay 14 4 14 0 0 0
ramesh naayaDuu 14 3 11 3 0 0
maanas mukharjii 13 8 7 4 2 0
vanaraaj bhaaTiyaa 13 6 10 3 0 0
aruN kumaar mukharjii 13 4 9 3 0 1
naaraayaN datt 13 3 6 7 0 0
k. baabuujii 13 3 5 8 0 0
aanand-milind 12 7 4 8 0 0
ilyaaraajaa 12 6 4 7 0 1
shankarasraav vyaas 12 5 10 2 0 0
govind-naresh 12 5 8 2 2 0
shyaamajii-
ghanashyaamajii 12 5 7 5 0 0
shyaamal mitraa 12 5 7 5 0 0
baasu-manoharii 12 4 8 2 2 0
hafiiz Kaan 12 3 8 4 0 0
sumitraa laahi.Dii 11 9 9 2 0 0
brij bhuushaN 11 5 9 2 0 0
jagajiit singh 11 5 8 2 1 0
dillip sen-samiir sen 11 5 2 7 0 2
paNDit gobindaraam 11 4 7 2 2 0
sudhiir pha.Dake 11 4 6 5 0 0
iqabaal gil 10 6 6 4 0 0
surindar kohalii 10 6 5 5 0 0
muhammad shafii 10 5 6 3 0 1
jiituu-tapan 10 5 3 7 0 0
bhuushaN mehataa 10 3 7 2 1 0
bipin datt 10 3 5 3 2 0
paNDit motiiram 10 2 7 3 0 0
anuup jaloTaa 10 2 3 7 0 0
jimmii 9 5 6 2 1 0
ratanadiip-hemaraaj 9 4 6 2 0 1
daan singh 9 3 7 1 1 0
raamalaal 9 3 6 2 1 0
sajjaad husain 9 3 5 2 2 0
r. sudarshanam 9 2 4 5 0 0
manoj-gyaan 8 4 8 0 0 0
sapan chakravartii 8 4 3 5 0 0
aadi naaraayaN raav 8 3 4 3 1 0
sumant raaj 8 2 8 0 0 0
kamal maKaduum 8 2 7 1 0 0
gulashan suufii 8 2 6 2 0 0
kamal mitraa 8 2 6 2 0 0
jugal kishor-tilak raaj 7 5 5 2 0 0
raghunaath seTh 7 4 6 1 0 0
k. datta 7 4 6 0 1 0
suresh kumaar 7 4 4 3 0 0
raaj kamal 7 3 7 0 0 0
jayakumaar paarTe 7 3 6 1 0 0
raabin banarjii 7 3 5 2 0 0
premanaath 7 2 6 1 0 0
roshanalaal khatrii 7 2 6 1 0 0
s. purushottam 7 2 6 1 0 0
sudhiir sen 7 2 5 0 1 1
krishaN dayaa 7 1 5 2 0 0
hridyanaath mageshakar 6 5 3 2 1 0
bhuupen hazaarikaa 6 4 6 0 0 0
vijay singh 6 4 2 4 0 0
aalok gaangulii 6 2 5 1 0 0
raamalaal-hiiraapanna 6 2 5 1 0 0
manohar 6 2 0 3 2 1
nisaar bazmii-
chik chocolate 6 1 2 4 0 0
ajay svaamii 5 5 4 1 0 0
shiv-harii 5 3 4 1 0 0
shyaam saagar 5 3 3 2 0 0
jatin-lalit 5 3 2 2 0 1
asit gaangulii 5 2 2 3 0 0
mahesh-kishor 5 2 2 2 0 1
bhaanu Thakur 5 1 5 0 0 0
kanakaraaj 5 1 5 0 0 0
prabhaakar jog 5 1 4 1 0 0
raamachandra paal 5 1 4 1 0 0
t. v. raajuu 5 1 4 0 1 0
malay chakravartii 5 1 3 2 0 0
rono deb mukharjii 5 1 3 2 0 0
niiraj-uttank 5 1 2 3 0 0
amar-utpal 4 4 3 1 0 0
ajiit varman 4 3 2 2 0 0
harii-arjun 4 3 2 2 0 0
kamalakaant 4 2 4 0 0 0
niinuu majumadaar 4 2 4 0 0 0
Trinaa chakravartii 4 2 4 0 0 0
khemachandra prakaash 4 2 3 1 0 0
laalaa-asar-sattaar 4 2 3 0 1 0
ali akabar Kaan 4 2 2 2 0 0
diliip raay 4 2 2 1 1 0
Kurshiid anvar 4 2 1 0 0 3
khokaan chaudharii 4 2 0 3 0 1
ratnesh sarakaar 4 1 4 0 0 0
surasaagar jagamohan 4 1 4 0 0 0
bulo c. raanii-
j. b. h. vaaDiaaa 4 1 3 1 0 0
dev-sanjiiv-vaDhaavakar-
paarsekar 4 1 3 1 0 0
shaantii kumaar desaaii 4 1 3 1 0 0
baasudev 4 1 2 2 0 0
nirmal kumaar 4 1 2 2 0 0
t. g. lingappaa 4 1 2 2 0 0
vasant prabhuu 4 1 2 2 0 0
suhrid kaar 4 1 2 2 0 0
gunjan 4 1 2 1 1 0
s. madan 4 1 2 1 1 0
chakravartii 4 1 1 3 0 0
shankaralaal 4 1 1 2 1 0
j. p. kaushik 3 3 3 0 0 0
uttam-jagadiish 3 3 3 0 0 0
jagadiish j. 3 3 2 1 0 0
shaarang dev 3 3 2 0 0 1
ajiit singh 3 2 3 0 0 0
v. balasaaraa 3 2 3 0 0 0
vijay baTaalavii 3 2 3 0 0 0
raayachand boraal 3 2 2 1 0 0
sudiipta 3 2 2 1 0 0
prem guptaa 3 2 1 1 1 0
hanumaan prasaad 3 2 0 2 0 1
b. lakshamaN 3 1 3 0 0 0
paanDurang diikshit 3 1 3 0 0 0
kumaar 3 1 2 1 0 0
nandii duggal 3 1 2 1 0 0
p. naageshvara raav 3 1 2 1 0 0
s. n. tripaaThii-
chitragupt 3 1 2 1 0 0
timir baran-
suurya kumaar paal 3 1 2 1 0 0
hariish dhavan 3 1 2 0 1 0
jagajiit khannaa 3 1 2 0 1 0
channii singh 3 1 1 2 0 0
rasik j.-m. husaain-
g. yash 3 1 1 2 0 0
satiish bhaaTiyaa 3 1 1 2 0 0
ghanashyaam pyaare 3 1 1 0 0 2
charaNajiit aahuujaa 3 1 0 3 0 0
james singh 3 1 0 3 0 0
kaanu raay 2 2 2 0 0 0
shambhuu sen 2 2 2 0 0 0
yunus malik 2 2 2 0 0 0
dhiiraj kumaar 2 2 1 1 0 0
mahesh-naresh 2 2 1 1 0 0
nitin mangesh 2 2 1 1 0 0
baasu chakravartii 2 2 0 2 0 0
kuladiip singh 2 2 0 2 0 0
baabalaa 2 1 2 0 0 0
baabul bos 2 1 2 0 0 0
diipan chaTarjii 2 1 2 0 0 0
g. raamanaathan-
b. n. baalii 2 1 2 0 0 0
ghanashyaam laal
sukhavaal 2 1 2 0 0 0
harabans 2 1 2 0 0 0
jagajiit-chitraa singh 2 1 2 0 0 0
kaantii kiraN 2 1 2 0 0 0
kaanu ghosh 2 1 2 0 0 0
khemachandra prakaash-
mannaDe 2 1 2 0 0 0
miina mangeshakar 2 1 2 0 0 0
naashaad-sonik 2 1 2 0 0 0
p. d. sharmaa 2 1 2 0 0 0
pradiip raay chaudharii 2 1 2 0 0 0
raajan paal 2 1 2 0 0 0
raam gaangulii 2 1 2 0 0 0
s. m. subbayyaah 2 1 2 0 0 0
s. raajeshvararaav 2 1 2 0 0 0
shankar 2 1 2 0 0 0
shyaam sundar 2 1 2 0 0 0
vishvanaathan-
raamaamuurtii 2 1 2 0 0 0
vishvashankar 2 1 2 0 0 0
aafataab-saliim 2 1 1 1 0 0
anil-nandaa 2 1 1 1 0 0
d. c. datt 2 1 1 1 0 0
dattaraaj-shyaamabaabuu 2 1 1 1 0 0
dilashaad kamal 2 1 1 1 0 0
gajaanan 2 1 1 1 0 0
gangaa saagar 2 1 1 1 0 0
h. parashuraam 2 1 1 1 0 0
madhu mukharjii 2 1 1 1 0 0
narendra raajapuut 2 1 1 1 0 0
paNDit harabans laal 2 1 1 1 0 0
pankaj udhaas 2 1 1 1 0 0
raaj ratan 2 1 1 1 0 0
raaj sonik 2 1 1 1 0 0
raam prasaad 2 1 1 1 0 0
ranjiit gajamer 2 1 1 1 0 0
som dev kashyap 2 1 1 1 0 0
surindar kohalii-
gurabachan 2 1 1 1 0 0
t. r. paapaa 2 1 1 1 0 0
b. t. singh 2 1 1 0 0 1
sonik-girdhar 2 1 1 0 1 0
vishNu khannaa 2 1 1 0 1 0
Kaan mastaanaa 2 1 0 2 0 0
vakiil baabuu 2 1 0 2 0 0
d. m. Taigor 2 1 0 1 1 0
g. p. kapuur 2 1 0 1 1 0
khemachandra prakaash-
bholaa shreshTh 2 1 0 1 0 1
naaraayaN 2 1 0 1 0 1
The following people gave music for one solo in one
movie:
aalhaad-amariish, ajay-vishvanaath, anil-aruN, anupam
ghaTak, b. d. barman, bhuupendra singh, bhuvan harii, c. k.
chauhaan, chetan, d. s. ruben, dhiiraj-babaluu, diliip
dattaa, dulaal sen, gyaanadatt, hemant kedaar, himaanushu
bisvaas, kamal raajasthaanii, krishaN kamal, maanas mukh-
arjii-vishaal bhaardvaaj, mukul raay, mustafaa yuusuf, om-
kaar, paNDit ravi shankar, raam kadam, ratanadiip, s.
kishan, s. v. venkaTaraaman-t. r. raamanaathan, shekhar,
shriikaant telang, sulochanaa manandhar, svaamii amit,
ustaad vilaayat Kaan, vidyut gosvaamii, vipin reshamiyaa,
viTThal mumataaz.
These folks gave music for just one of her non-solos
for just one movie:
aziiz naazaan, Gulaam alii, h. hari darshan, jaya
govind, k. baalakrishaN, kalyaaNajii viirajii shaah,
manadhiir-jatin, naresh sharmaa, raajahans kaTaariyaa,
shriirang aaras, shyaam, sudarshan, sushaant banarjii,
tushaar bhaaTiyaa, pankaj bhaTT, r. k. aruN, saradaar malik-
premanaath, shyaamabaabuu paathak
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Acknowledgment: Most of what I write on Hindi films would
not have been possible without the constant support and
encouragement of my wife, Harmesh Kaur.
Enjoy!
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period
February 1998
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Asha and 391 lyricists of Hindi movie songs
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Dear fellow music lovers:
This is a continuation of my recent posts on Asha. By
the way, the title of the last post should read as, "Asha
and 195 MALE singers ...". Here is the info about the number
of songs written for Asha by various lyricists. For details,
see the earlier posts.
Mostly, I am reporting the table as given by Nerurkar.
For example, bhakt kabiir and sant kabiir are clearly the
same medieval poet. But I report the numbers separately as
is done by Nerurkar. I think he does that because that is
how the name is reported on the records and credits etc.
However, in the table for lyricists, there are obvious
misprints, errors and omissions for 11 of the 391 lyricists.
I have made corrections to these entries by consulting all
the sources available to me. The table that appears below is
the corrected version with a star at the beginning of the
name of the lyricist whose entry has been modified. If you
are lucky to have the Asha book, please make these
corrections in your copy.
From 1931 up to now, according to a rough count by me,
approximately 1070 (give or take 10) lyricists have written
for Hindi movies. It is remarkable that Asha has been
written for by so many of them considering that she started
singing 16 years after the beginning of talkies.
The main part of the list is arranged as follows: the
name of the lyricist, total number of songs for Asha, total
number of movies with Asha, solos written for her, male
duets, female duets, and others in which another singer/s
male and/or female participated.
By the way, in my spare time, purely for my own
curiosity, I am counting the total number of songs written
and MDed by the top ten or so people from 1931 to about
today. I will publish these rough numbers when available.
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aanand baKshii 668 314 289 286 37 56
majaruuh 556 209 264 231 24 37
raajendra krishaN 380 151 212 126 26 16
indiivar 376 99 156 198 10 12
anjaan 346 173 176 138 11 21
hasarat jayapurii 246 135 154 64 22 6
varmaa malik 241 92 129 80 9 23
saahir 234 88 127 79 14 14
bharat vyaaas 215 86 145 53 9 8
*naqsh laayalapurii 185 96 140 36 8 1
prem dhavan 182 73 100 53 21 8
s. h. bihaarii 171 68 101 53 12 5
asad bhopaalii 162 80 104 43 12 3
qamar jalaalaabaadii 159 62 93 57 6 3
*raajaa mahadii alii
Kaan 136 60 78 43 10 5
gulashan baavaraa 130 59 55 62 2 11
shakiil badaayuunii 126 45 74 36 11 5
shailendra 110 60 59 29 12 10
gopaal singh nepaalii 106 27 80 21 5 0
qaifii aazamii 99 44 64 23 7 5
jaan nisaar aKtar 98 35 60 28 10 0
faaruuk qaisar 96 45 54 36 6 0
yogesh 86 44 58 24 3 1
sarasvatii kumaar diipak 75 34 57 15 3 0
*shevan rizavii 75 31 44 25 4 2
aziiz kashmiirii 70 26 44 14 11 1
gulazaar 69 35 45 18 3 3
pyaarelaal santoshii 63 23 35 18 6 4
raviindra jain 60 35 33 23 0 4
*b. d. mishraa 54 23 41 9 4 0
nidaa faazalii 52 32 27 18 2 5
m. g. hashamat 48 21 21 10 8 9
kulavant jaanii 44 25 28 11 2 3
samiir 44 23 16 26 0 2
unknown 42 28 30 7 5 0
gauhar kaanapurii 37 25 19 16 1 1
diinaa naath madhok 36 22 23 5 7 1
maayaa govind 35 21 19 13 2 1
hasan kamal 35 14 17 17 0 1
ravi 33 17 19 11 1 2
sarashaar sailaanii 32 14 26 2 4 0
anjum jayapurii 30 16 19 10 1 0
tanviir naqavii 28 12 21 6 1 0
amit khannaa 26 17 19 7 0 0
saavan kumaar 25 9 21 3 0 1
kafiil azar 24 17 17 5 1 1
qaif irafaanii 24 16 16 7 0 1
raviindra raaval 23 12 12 7 0 4
mahendra dehalavii 22 17 10 10 0 2
niiraj 22 16 15 5 0 2
jaaved aKtar 22 10 6 13 1 2
Kumaar baaraabankavii 22 9 16 3 2 1
sabaa afaGaanii 21 5 7 14 0 0
*naqsh laayalapurii
-anjaan 20 3 14 3 3 0
vishveshar sharmaa 18 11 12 3 2 1
aKtar romaanii 18 10 10 4 4 0
viTThalabhaaii paTel 18 10 6 10 1 1
paNDit faanii 17 5 15 1 0 1
paNDit narendra sharmaa 16 9 12 3 1 0
ehasaan rizavii 16 6 10 6 0 0
zafar raahii 15 8 11 4 0 0
aziiz qaisii 15 3 6 6 2 1
indrajiit singh tulasii 14 8 5 7 1 1
manohar khannaa 14 7 12 2 0 0
vishvaamitr aadil 14 6 10 4 0 0
madan 13 9 12 0 1 0
onkaar varmaa 13 8 11 2 0 0
anvar saaGar 12 10 0 11 1 0
uddhav kumaar 12 8 8 2 2 0
baalakavii bairaagii 12 5 6 1 2 3
dev kohalii 11 10 4 6 1 0
raahil gorakhapurii 11 9 6 5 0 0
paNDit madhur 11 6 8 2 1 0
shaharayaar 11 3 11 0 0 0
nuur devaasii 10 6 7 2 1 0
raajesh roshan 10 5 7 2 0 1
abhilaash 9 7 7 1 1 0
madhukar raajasthaanii 9 6 6 2 1 0
siqandar bhaaratii 9 4 2 7 0 0
nyaay sharmaa 9 3 7 0 1 1
raam bhaardvaaj 8 7 6 2 0 0
shyaam hindii 8 7 6 1 1 0
prakaash meharaa 8 6 5 3 0 0
shailii shailendra 8 5 6 2 0 0
shakiil nuumaanii 8 5 4 4 0 0
irshaad 8 4 2 4 1 1
ramesh pant 8 4 7 1 0 0
sarataaj 8 4 6 2 0 0
nuur lakhanavii 8 3 3 3 2 0
paNDit gaafil
haranaalavii 8 3 8 0 0 0
s. p. kallaa 8 3 8 0 0 0
madan paal 7 6 2 5 0 0
prem baarabarTanii 7 5 2 3 1 1
ramesh guptaa 7 5 6 1 0 0
diliip taahir 7 4 3 3 1 0
kedaar sharmaa 7 4 2 1 3 1
mahabuub saravar 7 4 7 0 0 0
jaaved anvar 7 3 6 0 1 0
paNDit indra 7 3 3 2 1 1
munshii dil 7 2 4 0 3 0
aish kanval 6 5 4 0 2 0
santosh aanand 6 5 2 4 0 0
taajadaar taaj 6 5 2 3 0 1
niilakaNTh tivaarii 6 4 5 1 0 0
shaadaab 6 4 2 2 1 1
sudarshan faakir 6 4 4 2 0 0
b. p. bhargav 6 3 6 0 0 0
saajan dehalavii 6 3 3 2 0 1
valii saahib 6 3 3 3 0 0
vijay aanand 6 2 3 3 0 0
haragovind 6 1 3 3 0 0
nazmii kaanapurii 6 1 4 2 0 0
shriiraam saaz 6 1 4 2 0 0
arshii ajamerii 5 3 2 3 0 0
brajendra gau.D 5 3 3 1 0 1
hasarat-raviindra jain 5 3 2 3 0 0
Kaavar zamaan 5 3 3 2 0 0
naazim paaniipatii 5 3 3 1 1 0
saravar 5 3 3 1 1 0
*taaj bhopaalii 5 3 3 0 2 0
traditional 5 3 3 2 0 0
*abdurrab chaauus 5 2 4 1 0 0
g. l. raaval 5 2 3 2 0 0
hasarat-niiraj 5 2 3 1 1 0
saajan bihaarii 5 2 5 0 0 0
saiid qaadarii 5 2 1 3 1 0
shaakir koTaavii 5 2 4 0 1 0
vaahid quraishii 5 2 4 1 0 0
m. a. taaj 5 1 3 1 1 0
raNadhiir 5 1 3 2 0 0
zahiir anvar 5 1 5 0 0 0
surendra saathii 4 4 1 3 0 0
bhuushaN vanamaalii 4 3 2 2 0 0
mulkaraaj bhaakha.Dii 4 3 2 0 1 1
vasant dev 4 3 1 1 2 0
anjaan-indra kapuur 4 2 4 0 0 0
keshav trivedii 4 2 4 0 0 0
lakshamaN shaahabaadii 4 2 1 3 0 0
*prem saksenaa 4 2 3 1 0 0
vafaa meraThii 4 2 3 1 0 0
a. h. rizavii 4 1 4 0 0 0
arsh haidarii 4 1 2 0 2 0
fariid Tonkii 4 1 3 1 0 0
paNDit priyadarshii 4 1 2 2 0 0
anvar faruuKaabaadii 3 3 1 2 0 0
kapil kumaar 3 3 3 0 0 0
maKaduum mohiuddiin 3 3 2 1 0 0
nandii khannaa 3 3 2 1 0 0
shyaam anuraagii 3 3 2 1 0 0
surajiit seThii 3 3 2 1 0 0
a. chaand 3 2 2 1 0 0
a. kariim 3 2 2 1 0 0
aarazuu lakhanavii 3 2 2 1 0 0
amar chaturvedii 3 2 2 1 0 0
bashar navaaz 3 2 1 1 0 1
brij bihaarii 3 2 3 0 0 0
chandrashekhar paanDey 3 2 1 1 1 0
madan mohan 3 2 3 0 0 0
munsif 3 2 0 3 0 0
paNDit mukharaam sharmaa 3 2 2 1 0 0
prabhaa Thaakur 3 2 3 0 0 0
pradiip 3 2 3 0 0 0
raajesh jauharii 3 2 2 1 0 0
ramesh paaNDe 3 2 1 1 1 0
satiish tivaarii 3 2 1 1 1 0
vedapaal varmaa 3 2 3 0 0 0
ajiit singh deval 3 1 0 3 0 0
akmal haidaraabaadii 3 1 3 0 0 0
faaiiz anvar 3 1 0 3 0 0
jalaal maliihaabaadii 3 1 3 0 0 0
kumud tripaaThii 3 1 2 1 0 0
m. iqabaal Kaan 3 1 3 0 0 0
muniir aarazuu kaazmii 3 1 2 1 0 0
prem jalandharii 3 1 2 1 0 0
sarataaj romaanii 3 1 2 1 0 0
TaNDan 3 1 3 0 0 0
v. n. managl 3 1 1 2 0 0
viTTHalabhaaii paTel
-nidaa faazalii 3 1 1 1 0 1
ahamad vasii 2 2 2 0 0 0
buuTaaraam sharmaa 2 2 2 0 0 0
d. s. sulataaniyaa 2 2 1 1 0 0
fiiroz jalandharii 2 2 2 0 0 0
hariish bhaaradvaaj 2 2 1 1 0 0
jainendra jain 2 2 1 1 0 0
manoj bhaTanaagar 2 2 2 0 0 0
miiraabaaii 2 2 2 0 0 0
pankaj gyaanii 2 2 2 0 0 0
payaam saiidii 2 2 0 0 1 1
prayaag raaj 2 2 0 2 0 0
qamar kashamiirii 2 2 1 1 0 0
qatiil shifaaii 2 2 1 1 0 0
raanii malik 2 2 2 0 0 0
shakiil aKtar 2 2 2 0 0 0
uday khannaa 2 2 2 0 0 0
zafar gorakhapurii 2 2 1 1 0 0
zebinnusaa zeb 2 2 1 1 0 0
anil khannaa 2 1 2 0 0 0
anvar vaarasii 2 1 2 0 0 0
aziiz siddaqii 2 1 0 0 1 1
chaand panDit 2 1 1 1 0 0
dev kishan 2 1 2 0 0 0
g. p. shaakhaal 2 1 1 1 0 0
g. s. potadaar 2 1 1 1 0 0
gulaab 2 1 1 1 0 0
hairat siitaapurii 2 1 2 0 0 0
hasarat-p. l. santoshii 2 1 1 1 0 0
j. s. kashyap 2 1 2 0 0 0
janaardan muktiduut 2 1 1 1 0 0
k. manohar 2 1 1 1 0 0
k. raazadaan 2 1 2 0 0 0
kashmiir qaadar 2 1 2 0 0 0
keval 2 1 2 0 0 0
kiran mishraa 2 1 1 1 0 0
Kurshiid halluurii 2 1 0 2 0 0
m. l. khannaa 2 1 2 0 0 0
madhuraaj 2 1 2 0 0 0
mahendra praaN 2 1 2 0 0 0
mahesh dave 2 1 0 2 0 0
mohanalaal kaul 2 1 2 0 0 0
mumataaz rashiid 2 1 1 1 0 0
navaab aarazuu 2 1 0 2 0 0
navarang bhaaratii 2 1 2 0 0 0
nirmal mahaaraaj 2 1 2 0 0 0
paal premii 2 1 2 0 0 0
paravez shamsii 2 1 1 0 0 1
raaj shekhar 2 1 0 2 0 0
ramesh shaastrii 2 1 1 1 0 0
ratanalaal jhamaruud 2 1 2 0 0 0
s. bhaskar 2 1 2 0 0 0
satyapaal sharmaa 2 1 2 0 0 0
shakti kumaar 2 1 2 0 0 0
shardaanand tivaarii 2 1 0 1 0 1
sholaa kahaamavii 2 1 1 1 0 0
shyaamalaal shams 2 1 2 0 0 0
vinod paanDe 2 1 2 0 0 0
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These lyricists have written only song, a solo for her,
in one movie:
a. shaah shikaarapurii, aarif abaar, aKtar induurii,
amiir kaajalabaKsh, amiir miinaaii, amritaa priitam, anvar
sahas-araamii, asalam, asar malakaapurii, ashok tyaagii,
avakaash aanand, avinaash vyaas, baalesh, baasu bhaTTa-
chaarya, baha-zaad lakhanavii, bhakt kabiir, bharat
aachaarya, bhiimasen, buuTaaraam ashak, chaandamal agravaal,
chandrakaant, devendra, dhansing yaadav, Dr. raahii maasuum
razaa, falak dehalavii, g. kapil kumaar, haafiz, hariish
kaTaariaa, hasan purii, hasarat bhopaalii, ibraahiim faiz,
iishvarchandra kapuur, indiivar-aanand baKshii, jaaved
qaadarii, k. k. shaahii, k. l. paradesii, kartaar singh,
kavitaa, kishor kumaar, kunvar mohindar singh bedii,
lokendra, m. k. jaaved, maasuum sahaaranapur, madahosh
bilagraamii, madhukar, madhusuudan bhaagalapurii, manamohan
saabir, manzuur sabuurii, mayakash, miir taqii miir, motii
b. a., muniir lakhanavii, naazii, naazish siqandarapurii,
nazmii, paanDurang diikshit, paaras budhavaanii, paNDit
raamachandra bhagoraa, *prashaant raayapurii, pravaasii,
qaif, qaif bhopaalii, qaisar ul jaafarii, r. s. priitam,
raaj tilak, raam prakaash ashak, raghupat raay, ravi
mishraa, ravi-prem dhavan, ruKasaar amarohii, saaGar
nizaami, saaqii, *saliim paravaanaa, sant kabiir, shafiik
kaanapurii, shail chaturvedii, shambuu sen, shamiim
jayapurii, shams aziimaabaadii, sharaakii bhopaalii,
sharmaa, shaukat paradesii, shivaraam shriivaastav, shor,
shriiraam boharaa, shyaamalaal, sindhaar, somadev kashyap,
somesh joshii, sudhaakar sharmaa, suresh sanakii, suresh
shriivaastav, suruur lakhanavii, svaamii raamaanand, umar
Kayyaam sahaaranapurii, upendra, upendra jhaa, vaahid
muhasin, yogesh praviiN, zamiir qaazmii, ziyaa dehalavii,
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These lyricists have written only one song, a male duet
for her for one movie.
abhilaash-dev kohalii, anil bhaT-abhilaash, *baabaajii,
bajaaj, fauq jaami, gajendra, govind munis, gujar, ibraahiim
ashk, jiit, k. k. modii, kul bhuushaN, madan parihaar,
madhup sharmaa, naadiraa zahiir babbar, naazim jayapurii,
naKshab jaarachavii, nandinii mahendra, nuur kaasakar,
piNDidaas meharaa, pradiip raay chaudharii, pratibhaa
ganDole, r. k. paashaaN, raakesh, raam avtaar, rahamat
lakhanavii, raviindar piipaT, ruup saanvare, saadiq
nizaamii, sabaa faazalii, saharaaii, saiid raahii, saiimaa
nadiim, saradaar panchhii, sheK abbaas, sudarshan sharmaa,
suman sariin, suuraj dadhiich,
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These lyricists have written only one song, a female
duet for her, in one movie:
faiz ahamad faiz, qamar jalaalaa-baadii-indiivar, raam
avataar tyaagii, t. u. husainii, ushaa khannaa, v. n.
madhok, viirendra mishra.
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These lyricists have written only one song, a chorus
including Asha, in one movie:
afzal shaadaab, baabuu raanapuuraa, k. l. sharmaa,
kaamil rashiid, maakhan singh, p. l. santoshii-raajaa
mahadii ali Kaa.N, r. k. aruN, shyaam raaj, suuraj saniim.
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Acknowledgment: Most of what I write on Hindi films would
not have been possible without the constant support and
encouragement of my wife, Harmesh Kaur.
Enjoy!
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period
February 1998
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Asha and 195 female singers of Hindi movie songs
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Dear fellow music lovers:
Here is the info about the number of songs sung by Asha
with males. As before, this info comes mainly from the book
on Asha, called "svaraashaa" published by Vishwas Nerurkar
of Bombay, who published a similar book on Lata earlier.
From 1931 up to now, according to a rough count by me,
approximately 1290 (give or take 10) singers have sung for
Hindi movies. Of these about 540 have been female and about
750 male. It is remarkable that Asha has sung with so many
of them considering that she started singing 16 years after
the beginnning of talkies.
The following includes songs from Hindi-Urdu films only
and is up to 1994. The main part of the list is arranged as
follows: the name of the male singer, total number of songs
sung with Asha, total number of movies with Asha, duets in
which Asha, the named singer sang and possibly chorus sang,
others in which another singer/s male and/or female
participated. In my last post about Asha and female singers,
I said that the duets featured Asha and another female voice
only. In fact, Nerurkar counts as duets even those songs in
which the chorus participates with Asha and another singer.
So, this correction should be made in the previous post. As
usual, transliteration scheme of Chopde has been used.
As usual, the ultimate source of most of this info is
the 5-volume Hindi Film Giit Kosh by Har Mandir Singh
Hamaraaz and Bishwa Nath Chatterjee.
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name songs movies duets other
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rafii 880 514 781 99
kishor 656 451 589 67
mahendra kapuur 212 173 165 47
mannaa De 184 164 124 60
amit kumaar 114 86 93 21
suresh vaaDakar 91 76 70 21
muhammad azziiz 68 62 62 6
shabbiir kumaar 67 53 58 9
mukesh 58 53 50 8
talat 55 43 50 5
kumaar shaanuu 46 28 42 4
shailendr singh 44 41 25 19
s. p. baala-
subrmaNyam 33 22 30 3
bhappii laahi.Dii 31 30 28 3
raahul barman 27 26 21 6
hemant 26 19 23 3
balabiir 22 20 8 14
anvar 22 18 19 3
chitalakar 22 14 20 2
udit naaraayaN 15 15 9 6
manahar udhaas 15 14 11 4
omii 15 13 11 4
bhuupendra 14 17 0 14
g. m. durraanii 13 11 12 1
s. d. baatish 13 10 7 6
nitin mukesh 12 10 12 0
yesudaas 9 8 8 1
anuup jaloTaa 8 3 8 0
kumaar sonik 7 6 0 7
aziiz naazaa.N 6 6 5 1
jasapaal singh 6 5 2 4
vinod raaTho.D 6 4 6 0
vinod sahagal 6 4 5 1
mahamuud 6 4 1 5
annuu malik 5 5 3 2
shankaradaas guptaa 5 5 2 3
abhijiit 5 4 3 2
pradiip 4 4 3 1
ravi 4 4 3 1
vijay benedict 4 4 3 1
bande hasan 4 4 2 2
Kaan mastaanaa 4 3 4 0
rishii kapuur 4 3 1 3
a. hariharan 3 3 3 0
nasiiruddiin shaah 3 3 3 0
unidentified male 3 3 3 0
jagamohan baKshii 3 3 2 1
shamindar paal 3 3 2 1
sudesh bhosale 3 3 2 1
aanand kumaar c. 3 3 1 2
lakshmiikaant 3 3 1 2
bhuushaN mehataa 3 3 0 3
Gulaam muhammad 3 3 0 3
master gopaal 3 2 3 0
sapan chakravartii 3 2 0 3
a. r. ojhaa 2 2 2 0
aaGaa saravar 2 2 2 0
bulo c. raanii 2 2 2 0
dev aanand 2 2 2 0
hridyanaath
mangeshkar 2 2 2 0
mangal singh 2 2 2 0
samiir daate 2 2 2 0
satyashiil
deshapaanDe 2 2 2 0
shailesh mukharjii 2 2 2 0
shatrughan sinhaa 2 2 2 0
shyaamal mitraa 2 2 2 0
subiir sen 2 2 2 0
vijay singh 2 2 2 0
amol paalekar 2 2 1 1
ashok kumaar 2 2 1 1
diliip sen 2 2 1 1
jaanii baabuu
qavvaal 2 2 1 1
jogindar 2 2 1 1
jolly mukharjii 2 2 1 1
motii saagar 2 2 1 1
shaahuu modak 2 2 1 1
shashii kapuur 2 2 1 1
sundar 2 2 1 1
surindar kohalii 2 2 1 1
amiin saayaanii 2 2 0 2
chandrashekhar
gaaDagil 2 2 0 2
mahesh kumaar 2 2 0 2
pankaj mitraa 2 2 0 2
p. b. shriinivaas 2 1 2 0
rasik j. 2 1 2 0
shivaraam krishaN 2 1 2 0
aruN kumaar
mukharjii 2 1 1 1
gautam raay 2 1 1 1
muhammad yunus 2 1 1 1
vipin sachadev 2 1 1 1
These males have only one song with her, in one movie:
aanand baKshii, afazal husain, ambar kumaar, anil
bisvaas, annuu kapuur, anvar husain, aravind, aruN baKshii,
ashok khare, ashok khosalaa, baabalaa mehataa, baalakaraam,
badriinaath vyaas, basantaraav deshapaanDe, baTuk desaaii,
channii singh, Dannii Dangzonppaa, devendra, dhiiraj kumaar,
gangaa prasaad, gauhar kaanapurii, guradaas maan, hemant
bhosale, ismaail aazaad, jagajiit singh, k. baala-
subramaNyam, kamal, kamalesh avasthii, madan mahendra,
mahendra sandhuu, maheshvaram, master prakaash, mukul,
nanduu boharaa, naresh kannoDiyaa, naviin nishchal, nitin,
pankaj dhiir, pankaj udhaas, prem chopa.Daa, premanaath,
raaj grovar, raajiiv kapuur, raam, ramesh guptaa, raviindra
jain, s. g. shriikumaar, sanjay Kaan, santaraam, satiish
babbar, shaahid rafii, sukhavindar, suniil datt, surindar,
sushiil kumaar, talat azziiz, tiirath, vinod khannaa,
vishaal gosvaamii, vivek varmaa, yusuf aazaad.
These males have sung only one song with her in one
movie, but with other main voices also participating:
ajiit singh, amar sheK, amitaabh bachchan, anuup
guptaa, baasu, badrii pavaar, badriiprasaad, baggan, bonny
remeDios, brij bhuushaN, chitragupt, diliip raay, harindra-
naath chaTTopaadhyaay, jayavant kulakarNii, jyo, keshTo
mukharjii, kishor sharmaa, kokaakolaa, Kokaan chaudharii,
mahendra paal, mahesh, manamohan singh, mohan choTii,
mubaaraq, mukarii, narendra bhansaalii, narendra chanchal,
om prakaash, parashuraam, pascal paul, prayaag raaj, raajuu
shreshTha, raakesh hans, saaheb, shankar shambhuu, sharad
kumaar, sonik, subhaash, sudesh kumaar, suniil, sunny deol,
Tinu aanand, vinod, vinod meharaa.
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Acknowledgment: Most of what I write on Hindi films would
not have been possible without the constant support and
encouragement of my wife, Harmesh Kaur.
Enjoy!
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
January 1998
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Asha and 105 female singers of Hindi movie songs
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Dear fellow music lovers:
Some of you may remember the statistical info I posted
on Lata some time ago. With this post, I begin similar info
on Asha. It comes from the book on Asha, called "svaraashaa"
published by Vishwas Nerurkar of Bombay, who published a
similar book on Lata earlier.
The following includes songs from Hindi-Urdu films only
and is up to 1994. The main part of the list is arranged as
follows: the name of the female singer, total number of
songs sung with Asha, total number of movies with Asha,
duets in which Asha and the named singer sang alone,
others in which another singer/s male and/or female
participated. As usual, transliteration scheme of Avinash
Chopde has been used.
As usual, the ultimate source of most of this info is
the 5-volume Hindi Film Giit Kosh by Har Mandir Singh
Hamaraaz and Bishwa Nath Chatterjee.
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name songs movies duets other
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ushaa mangeshakar 181 173 146 35
lataa 79 72 58 21
shamashaad 53 29 32 21
giitaa datt 36 32 31 5
kamal baaroT 35 29 26 9
sudhaa malhotraa 33 30 20 13
dilaraaj kaur 22 17 10 12
miinuu purushottam 21 16 12 9
ushaa khannaa 17 16 14 3
mubaaraq 13 12 10 3
ushaa timothii 12 12 10 2
hemalataa 12 12 5 7
suman kalyaaNapur 10 10 9 1
chandraaNii mukharjii 9 4 5 4
sushamaa shreshTh 6 6 1 5
kavitaa krishNamuurtii 5 5 4 1
saadhanaa saragam 5 5 3 2
zoharaabaaii 5 5 2 3
shaaradaa 4 4 3 1
aaratii mukharjii 4 4 2 2
miinaa mangeshakar 4 4 0 4
shivaangii kolhaapure 4 3 0 4
sulochanaaa kadam 3 3 3 0
raajakumarii 3 3 2 1
sabitaa banarjii 3 3 2 1
vanitaa mishra 3 3 1 2
gurapriit kaur 3 3 0 3
kanchan 3 3 0 3
rimaa laahi.Dii 3 3 0 3
kavitaa pau.Davaal 3 2 2 1
chaandabaalaa 3 1 1 2
raanuu mukharjii 3 1 1 2
faiyaaz 3 1 0 3
lakshmii raay 2 2 2 0
minal vaagh 2 2 2 0
antaraa chaudharii 2 2 1 1
anupamaa deshapaaNDe 2 2 1 1
aruNaa iiraanii 2 2 1 1
madhubaalaa zhaaverii 2 2 1 1
miinaa kapuur 2 2 1 1
simmii garevaal 2 2 1 1
suraiyaa 2 2 1 1
padminii kolhaapure 2 2 0 2
rekhaa 2 1 1 1
varshaa bhosale 2 1 1 1
raajeshvarii 2 1 0 2
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The following female singers had only one duet with
Asha in only one film:
aashimaa banarjii, amiirabaaii karnaaTakii
anuraadhaa pau.Davaal, aparNaa mayekar, baby bulabul
hamiidaa, henriTaa krieDo, jagajiit kaur, maalaa
miinakshii, miiraa siraaj, p. sushiilaa
paraviin baabii, paraviin sultaanaa, pramodinii
puur.Naa seTh, raanii gairolaa, s. jaanakii
saavitrii, saralaa kapuur, shailaa, shammii
siitaa, siitaa banarjii, sujaataa
sulakshNaa paN.Dit, surindar kaur, ushaa ayyar
yogitaa baalii
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The following female singers had only one song with
Asha in only one film, but other singers were involved,
male, female or chorus:
aineT, beharoz chaTarjii, bhaavanaa shaah
chaand kumarii, Dimpal, Dolly Daavajekar
guracharan kaur, indiraa, iraa naagarath
jayashrii shivaraam, kalyaaNii, kamalaa shriivaastav
kaushalyaa, komal, miis vijay, mohanataaraa ajinky
munmii boharaa, paamelaa chopa.Daa, pramilaa daataar
priiti, priyaa mayekar, puur.Nimaa, rekhaa jayakar
saagarikaa mukharjii, salamaa aaGaa, sapanaa mukharjii
suhaasinii kolhaapure, ushaa, ushaa rege, ushaa utthup
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Acknowledgment: Most of what I write on Hindi films would
not have been possible without the constant support and
encouragement of my wife, Harmesh Kaur.
Enjoy!
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
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