RMIM Archive Article "326".
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# Subject: Asha Bhosle and Music Directors
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# Posted by: Surjit Singh
# Author: Surjit Singh dussh@ttacs.ttu.edu#
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Asha and 309 MD's of Hindi movie songs
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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
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