Santosh Anand (born 5 March 1929) is an Indian lyricist who attained success in the 1970s, earning the

Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist The Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The awards were first given in 1954; however, the Award for the best lyricist was first given in 1959. List of winners 1 ...

twice in 1975 and 1983. He has also been awarded the Yash Bharti Award in 2016. He studied library science at Aligarh Muslim University

Career

Santosh Anand was born in the town of Sikandrabad District

Bulandshahr Bulandshahr, formerly Baran, is a city and a municipal board in Bulandshahr district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Bulandshahr district and part of Delhi NCR region. According to the Governmen ...

(30 km from Ghaziabad on G T Road towards Buland shahar). He began his career in 1970 with the film ''

Purab Aur Paschim ''Purab Aur Pachhim'' () is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language drama film. The movie was produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, and it stars Manoj Kumar, Saira Banu, Ashok Kumar, Pran and Prem Chopra in the lead roles. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. ...

''. This film's soundtrack was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji. He wrote his favorite song "Ek Pyar Ka Naghma Hai" in 1972 film Shor. It was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and sung by Mukesh and

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...

. He provided lyrics for the 1974 film '' Roti Kapda Aur Makaan'', also composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Its song included "Aur Nahin Bas Aur Nahin," sung by Mahendra Kapoor, and the duet "Main Na Bhoolunga," sung by Mukesh and

. Santosh obtained his first Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for that film. He penned the songs for the film ''

Kranti ''Kranti'' () is a 1981 Indian historical drama film, produced and directed by Manoj Kumar, with the story and screenplay written by Salim–Javed. It stars an ensemble cast, consisting of Dilip Kumar in the title role along with Manoj Kumar, S ...

'' (1981), the highest-grossing Hindi film of that year. The same year, he penned songs such as "Tera Saath Hai To" and "Megha Re Megha Re" in the film Pyaasa Sawan. In 1982, he penned the song "Mohabbat Hai Kya Cheez" under Laxmikant-Pyarelal in the film

Prem Rog ''Prem Rog'' () is a 1982 Hindi-language musical romantic drama directed by Raj Kapoor, with screenplay written by Jainendra Jain and Kamna Chandra. The film tells the story of a man's (Rishi Kapoor) love towards a woman, who is a higher sta ...

. He was awarded his second and last Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for this song. He has penned a total of 109 songs in 26 films.

Collaborations

Santosh Anand started his career in the 1970 film ''

'' under Kalyanji-Anandji. His soundtracks such as '' Shor,

Roti Kapda Aur Makan ''Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'' (; occasionally written as ''Roti Kapda Aur Makaan'') is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written, directed, and produced by Manoj Kumar. The title of the movie is based on the Hindi phrase, which refers ...

, Pyaasa Sawan'' and ''

'' all had music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. His only collaboration with music directors is limited to L-P. His songs "Ek Pyar Ka Naghma Hai", "Main Na Bhoolunga", "Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara", "Tera Saath Hai To", "Megha Re Megha Re" were all sung by the singer

. Anuradha Paudwal also sung for him in movies like ''Junoon'' (1992) and '' Tahalka'' (1992). Among male singers, Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor and

Mohammed Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Sayeed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna (Name Given By Legendary Music Composer Akshaya Mohanty, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood ...

sang songs penned by him.

Selected discography

#'' Purab Aur Pachhim'' (1970) #'' Shor'' (1972) #'' Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'' (1974) #''Patthar Se Takkar'' (1980) #''

'' (1981) #'' Pyaasa Sawan'' (1981) #''

'' (1982) #''

Mera Jawab ''Mera Jawab'' is a 1985 Indian film directed by N.S. Raj Bharath. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Suresh / Solanki Patwardhan Lal * Meenakshi Sheshadri as Poonam * Parikshit Sahni as Arun * Kader Khan as Inspector Ajay * Shakti Kapoor as Danny * G ...

'' (1985) #''Patthar Dil'' (1985) #'' Love 86'' (1986) #'' Mazloom'' (1986) #'' Bade Ghar Ki Beti'' (1989) #'' Naag Nagin'' (1989) #''Santosh'' (1989) #'' Suryaa: An Awakening'' (1989) #'' Do Matwale'' (1991) #''Naag Mani'' (1991) #'' Ranbhoomi'' (1991) #'' Junoon'' (1992) #'' Sangeet (1992) #'' Tahalka'' (1992) #'' Tirangaa'' (1993) #''Sangam Ho Ke Rahega'' (1994) #'' Prem Aggan'' (1998)

Awards

References

External links

Santosh Anand Song

Santosh Anand Pic and Introductio

Santosh Anand Poems and Song

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