Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaye

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With 2022 coming to an end, this episode welcomes 2023 upon us, and looks back onto the famous Bollywood figures who are no longer with us. From KK to Lata Mangeshkar, we look back onto this year, and the people that we will leave behind.

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Meena kumari ki adhuri dasta!

Meena Kumari(born Mahjabeen Bano; 1 August 1932  – 31 March 1972) was an Indian film actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari was described by critics as a "historically incomparable" actress of Hindi cinema..Meena Kumari won four Filmfare Awards in the Best Actress category. She was the recipient of the  Filmfare Best Actress Award for Baiju Bawra in 1954 and had a consecutive win in the second Filmfare Awards (1955) for Parineeta. Kumari made history at the 10th Filmfare Awards (1963), by receiving all three of the Best Actress nominations, and won for her performance in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. In the 13th Filmfare Awards (1966), Kumari won her last Best Actress award for Kaajal.

Naushad Ali (26 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry.He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films.

Shailendra was born in Rawalpindi , Punjab (now in Pakistan) in a Chamar Caste, a Dalit family and brought up in Mathura. Shailendra started his career as an apprentice with Indian Railways in Matunga workshop, Bombay in 1947. He is considered as the all time evergreen Legend lyricist in the Indian film industry. He started writing poetry during these days.The filmmaker Raj Kapoor noticed Shailendra, when the latter was reading out his poem Jalta hai Punjab ,Kapoor offered to buy the poem Jalta Hai Punjab written by Shailendra and for his movie Aag (1948). Shailendra, a member of the left wing IPTA, was wary of mainstream Indian cinema and refused. However, after his wife became pregnant, Shailendra himself approached Raj Kapoor in need of money. At this time, Raj Kapoor was filming Barsaat (1949), and two of the film songs had not yet been written. Shailendra wrote these two songs: Patli kamar hai and Barsaat mein.

Shailendra (30 August 1923 – 14 December 1966) was a popular Indian Hindi-Urdu Poet, lyricist. he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960

Omkar Prasad Nayyar (16 January 1926 – 28 January 2007) was an Indian film music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the most rhythmic and melodious music directors of the Hindi film industry. He won the 1958 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director for Naya Daur. Nayyar worked extensively with singers Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi

Yogesh Gaur (March 19, 1943 – May 29, 2020), was an Indian writer and lyricist.He was known for his contributions to Bollywood, and possibly his best known works came from the film Anand, songs including Kahin Door Jab Din Dal Jaaye and Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli (1971), and also Rajnigandha phool tumhare from the movie Rajnigandha (1973).

Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain (15 April 1922 – 17 September 1999) was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. he won the Film fare Awards for Best Lyricist twice.Film fare Best Lyricist Award - 1972 for Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana

Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian film playback singer. He is considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He was known for his ability to mould his voice to the persona and style of the actor lip-syncing the song on screen in the movie.He received four Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award. In 1967, he was honored with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India In 2001, Rafi was honoured with the "Best Singer of the Millennium" title by Hero Honda and Stardust magazine. In 2013.