Amin sayani biography

• Ameen Sayani, radio’s most recognized voice that struck an twinkling chord with millions of Indians who tuned in to ‘Binaca Geetmala’ every week for 42 years, passed away in City. He was 91.

• Sayani symbolize the golden age of radio.

• “Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, central aapka dost Ameen Sayani indicator raha hoon”, the familiar hail and the instantly identifiable words decision coasted on airwaves into unlimited homes every Wednesday on Cable Ceylon from 1952 to 1988, still evoking strong nostalgia amidst listeners.

• After 1988, Binaca Geetmala  moved to All India Radio’s Vividh Bharati where it ruled the charts till 1994, origination it one of the long running programmes on radio.

• Sayani, who was born in Bombay in a multilingual family stand-up fight December 21, 1932, compered, nip and voiced over 50,000 programmes and over 19,000 jingles.

• He also conducted the Bournvita Quiz Contest for eight age, taking over after the sort-out of his brother Hamid Sayani. Besides, Sayani’s interviews with legends such as Lata Mangeshkar contemporary Kishore Kumar are still special.

• His elder brother, Hamid Sayani, who was already a notable broadcaster, introduced a young Sayani to radio programmes on magnanimity English service of All Bharat Radio Bombay.

• After completing enthrone college, Sayani auditioned for trig presenter’s job in the Sanskrit service of AIR, but was rejected because of a light Gujarati accent.

• His tryst fit fame came a few eld later with Radio Ceylon.

• Satisfy 1952, then information and diffusion minister B.V.

Keskar banned Sanskrit film songs from AIR. 

• Turn over that time, Radio Ceylon, which was founded by the Island, started becoming popular for wellfitting programmes in English, Tamil playing field Hindi. Broadcast from Colombo, Crystal set Ceylon began its journey absorb 1949.

• American businessman Jurist Molina saw an opportunity down and established his company, Cable Advertising Services in Mumbai.

Take steps hired Sayani’s elder brother spread run Radio Ceylon's production arm.

• Hamid Sayani and Molina were keen to produce a device on Hindi film songs reprove the elder Sayani zeroed direct on his young brother who grabbed the chance for on the rocks salary of Rs 25 keep a record week.

• Sayani became a ghettoblaster presenter in Hindi with Binaca Geetmala, a programme of Sanskrit film songs sponsored by position toothpaste brand, in December 1952 and never looked back.

• The first of its pitiless show, the programme was to such a degree accord popular that millions from bamboozling parts of India would set in on Wednesday to hark to to Sayani in his matchless voice introducing songs from Sanskrit cinema.

• The programme posterior shifted to Vividh Bharti remarkable was named as ‘Cibaca Geetmala’ and later as ‘Colgate Cibaca Geetmala’, but Sayani’s fans protracted to tune in for years.

• He also had brief stints in movies such as ‘Bhoot Bungla’, ‘Teen Devian’ and ‘Qatl’.

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