Shakeel Sahab had an altogether different taste – his poetry was more often not romantic and close to heart. Since one of his distant relative Zia-Ul-Qadiri Badayun was a religious shayar, Shakeel was influenced by him and the contemporary environment of Badayun led him to Sher-o-Shayari. His inclination towards poetry was not hereditary like the other shayars. Shakeel Badayuni was born on 3rd August 1916 at Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. CNN-IBN Indian of the year – Lifetime Achievement Award in the year 2009.Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 1994.Filmfare Life-Time Achievement in the year 1993.Indeed an incredible & unbreakable average/percentage of all times. 8 times which comprises almost 13% as compared to his total films and 19 nominations which comprises almost 31%. He still holds the unique record of winning the coveted Filmfare trophy for the most times in the best actor category i.e. He started his film career in the year 1944 with the film “ Jwar Bhata” and almost retired in the year 1998 with the film “ Qila”Ī flourishing career spanning almost 54 long years he was associated in almost 62 films and in the vicinity having won 8 Filmfare Awards for his excellence coupled with 19 nominations to his credit. DILIP KUMAR THE TRUE THESPIANĭilip Kumar alias Yususf Khan who was born on 11th December 1922 at Peshawar is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors the Indian Screen has ever produced. He has sung with his magical, honeyed, soothing voice for almost 41 films comprising approximately 149 songs under the music baton of Naushad saab. The list is not that exhaustive.īut with our beloved Mohammed Rafi Sahab, the entire picture changes. But in how many films? Mukesh sang for films Anokhee Ada, Mela, Andaz, Sathi, Talat Mahmood for Babul, Aadmi & Love & God, Manna Dey for Mother India, Shabab & Love & God, Mahendra Kapoor for Sohoni Mahiwal & Aadmi& Hemant Kumar for solo song in Ganga-Jamuna & a duet with Lata Mangeshkar for the film Shabab. We are all aware that the great singers like Mukesh, Talat Mahmood, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar and Mahendra Kapoor have all sung great songs under the baton of Naushad saab.
Truly a terrific combination of the greatest artists & performers which the film industry has ever seen
And will continue to do so for the next generation too. It sounds like pure magic pouring out and which has mesmerized millions of music lovers till date across the world. Their contribution, though not visible to the eyes, can be noticed whenever this great evergreen hit is played or heard. But no less was the contribution of the other three great maestros Rafi Saab, Naushad Saab & Shakeel Baduyuni Saab. No doubt it was the sheer magic of Dilip Saab. The scene which really captured my mind and of course the minds of millions of fans was the song “ Aaaj kee raat mere dil kee salami lele kal tere badmase diwana chala jayega shamma rahe jayegi parwana chala jaega” enacted by Dilip saab with great ease and confidence. In the year 1967 when the Colossal & Classic film Ram Aur Shyam was released, I was at my tender age of 10 and considered myself fortunate enough to witness the sheer magic of Dilip saab.