Evergreen Hindi Film Music Trivia Quiz

Answer: O P Nayyar

Lata Mangeshkar is regarded as one of the greatest singers of India and has reportedly sung more than 50,000 songs in various languages. She has worked with almost all the top music directors. The only exception was O P Nayyar, for whom Lata has not sung a single song. Nayyar initially preferred to work with Geeta Dutt and then later on extensively worked with Lata's sister Asha Bhosle. Lata has worked with all the other directors including Jaidev, RD Burman and Khemchand.

Incidentally, Khemchand Prakash was the music director who gave both Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar their first break.

Answer: R D Burman

Rahul Dev Burman or Pancham as he was popularly known, was the son of legendary music director, S D Burman. R D Burman's first big hit was the classic Shammi Kapoor-Asha Parekh 1963 hit movie 'Teesri Manzil'. The film and its music were a big hit, catapulting Pancham into the hall of fame.

Some of the memorable songs from this film include - 'Aaja aaja main hoon pyar tera', 'O meri Sona re Sona', 'Ae Hasina Zulfowali' ,etc.

Answer: Laxmikant-Pyarelal

Raj Kapoor (RK) films have been known for their great music. From 'Aag' till 'Mera Naam Joker', his preferred music director was Shankar-Jaikishan. The combination of Raj Kapoor-Shankar-Jaikishan-Lata-Mukesh have produced many a hit song. But following Jaikishan's death, Raj Kapoor turned to Laxmikant-Pyarelal for 'Bobby' (released in 1973).

The RK-Laxmi-Pyare team brought out two hits 'Bobby' and 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram'. Ravindra Jain was used by RK in 'Ram Teri Ganga Maili' and 'Henna'. RK never worked with Madan Mohan.

Answer: Kishore Kumar

Many singers have been known as the voice of a particular actor. Mohd Rafi for Dev Anand, Mukesh for Raj Kapoor, Mahendra Kapoor for Manoj Kumar gave successful musical hits. When Rajesh Khanna entered the scene in the 1970's, the singer who sang most of his songs for him was Kishore Kumar.

The Kishore Kumar-Rajesh Khanna combination gave hit after hit including songs like 'Roop Tera Mastana', 'Chala Jaata hoon kisi ki dhun mein', 'Pyar Diwana Hota Hai', 'Yeh Shaam Mastani', 'Oh Mere Dil Ke Chain', etc.

Answer: Lata Mangeshkar-Manna Dey

One of the evergreen songs of Hindi film music is the duet from 'Shree 420', 'Pyar Hua Ikrar Hua'. This song featured Raj Kapoor and Nargis on screen. The singers of this hit duet sing were Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey. The music directors were of course Shankar-Jaikishan.

Answer: Naushad

'Mughal-E-Azam' was one of the greatest hit films in Bollywood. The popularity of this 1960 black-and-white film was such that it was digitally colourized and re-released in 2004. One of the evergreen hit songs of this film was 'Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya'. The music director of this film was the legendary Naushad.

Answer: Roshan

Music director Roshan (better known for the new generation as Hrithik Roshan's grandpa!) was not a singer. SD Burman sung in his films ('Guide', 'Aradhana'). R D Burman had a unique voice and is known for the hit song sung by him in 'Sholay' ('Mehbooba Mehbooba').

The famous music director of the 1950's and 60's C Ramachandra used to sing under the pseudonym of Chitalkar. ('Shola Jo Badke', 'Aana Meri Jaan Sunday Ke Sunday', 'Shin Shinaki Boobla Boo').

Answer: Silsila

Amitabh Bachchan is known as one of the greatest stars of Bollywood. He has sung a duet song with Lata Mangeshkar in the 1981 film Silsila ('Ye Kaha Aa gaye hum'). The hit song of Don 'Khaike Pan Banaras wala' was sung by Kishore Kumar. The song from the film 'Hum' ('Jhumma Chumma De De') sounded as though it was sung by Amitabh, but it was actually sung by Sudesh Bhonsle.

The songs in Sholay were sung by Kishore Kumar, Mohd. Rafi and R D Burman.

Answer: Ram Laxman

'Maine Pyar Kiya' released in 1989, was a musical superhit that only revived melody in Hindi film music, but also resulted in the revival of the career of Lata Mangeshkar. The music director for this Salman Khan-Bhagyashree starred was Ram Laxman, who also scored the music for the other Rajshree hit 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun'(1994).

Answer: Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna

'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' or DDLJ, as it was popularly known, was a Yash Chopra Production, released in 1995. The music of this film was composed by Jatin-Lalit and it included many a hit songs. 'Mehndi Laga Re Rakhna', sung by Udit Narayan and Lata Mangeshkar topped the charts. 'Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhen' was from 'Baazigar', 'Chak De India' from a film by the same name and 'Dard E Disco' was from 'Om Shanti Om'.