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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
