The period between the 1940-1980 marked the golden era of Hindi film music. Some of the best lyricists, composers and singers played their part in making the music in that period immortal. Here is a crossword based on the movies, the songs, the singers and what not. So, play on- u can listen to the music too while you solve this.. only don't google :)
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2. Music director for the classic 'Kuhu Kuhu bole Koyaliya' sung by Rafi and Lata from Suvarna Sundari - clue is it is originally a Telugu and then Tamil Movie in which Ghantasala and P Susheela sing. (11, 3)
-- Adinarayana Rao 6. Singer of Bole re Papihara (4,6)
--- Vani Jairam 8. Voice for Rishi Kapoor in Bobby (10, 5)
--- Shailendra Singh 10. O Duniya ke Rakhwale - enough said - name of movie (5,5)
--Baiju Bawra 11. Singer of 'Na Jao sayyan' from Guru dutt's 'Sahib Biwi aur Gulaam' (5,4)
-- Geeta Dutt 12. Hum Dono - Jaidev - ? (Lyricist -first name only)- (5)
--- Sahil Ludhianvi 14. Music director for the immortal song Kabhi Kabhie (7)
--- Khayyam 15. AVM Productions' movie with songs 'aaja sanam madhur chandni' 'yeh raat bheegi bheegi' and 'rasik balma' - (5,5)
-- Chori Chori 17. Music director for the classic movie Anarkali featuring the song Yeh Zindagi usiki hai (10)- last name only
-- C Ramachandra 18. Male singer of the song picturised on Sunil Dutt/Nutan where he teaches her to sing and corrects her pronunciation (6)
-- Mukesh 19. 'chingari koi bhadke' 'raina beeit jaaye' 'yeh kya hua' 'kuch to log kahenge'- director of the movie with these classic songs (6,7)
-- Shakti Samanta 20. Director of the movie with the songs Suhana Safar saat and Aaja re pardesi (5,3)
-- Bimal Roy 21. The trinity- rafi, naushad and - (7- first name only)
-- Shakeel Badayuni 22. Kamal Amrohi's classic movie with the songs Chalte Chalte (Lata) and Inhi Logon Ne (7)
-- Pakeezah Down
1. Bhupinder & Lata's 'Beeti na bitai raina' is from this movie (8)
-- Parichay 3. One of Hindi cinema's greatest music directors who went through a career without a single song with Lata (2,6)
-- O P Nayyar 4. Lata sang this legendary singer's 'soja rajkumari' in her album Shraddhanjali as a tribute (2, 6)-
-- K L Saigal 5. Singer of song 'Zindagi kaisi hai paheli' from Anand (5,3)
-- Manna Dey 7. Movie based on Indo-China war (song Zara si aahat- Lata & Madan Mohan combo)- (8)
-- Haqeeqat 8. Timeless classic which Talat Mahmood almost never sang (because SD Burman found him smoking outside recording room) Name the movie (7)
-- Sujatha 9. Movie where Kishore sings for both the male and female voices- Aakhe seedi lagi (4,6)
-- Half Ticket 12. Song picturised on Farokh sheikh and Deepti Naval is in this movie (5,5)-sung by the ghazal king Jagjit Singh
-- Saath Saath 13. Movie which has a famous song with Dev Anand and Nutan on bicycles (6,5)
-- Paying Guest 16. Movie for which Laxmikant Pyarelal won their first Filmfare award for a great song Chahoonga main tujhe by Rafi (5)
-- Dosti 20. Ketaki Gulab Juhi sung by Bhimsen Joshi and Manna Dey (1956 movie)- (6,5)
-- Basant Bahar
