"Chahunga Main Tujhe" is an Indian

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

song from the

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'' (1964). The lyrics of the song was written by

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was ...

, and the music was composed by

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. Mohammed Rafi was the playback singer of this song. In 1965 Majrooh Sultanpuri received

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in the best lyrics category for this song. Laxmikant–Pyarelal won their first Filmfare award for composing this song. Although the song became very popular and got Filmfare awards, the song was planned to be removed from the film. Mohammed Rafi insisted to keep the song in the film. He took only as his fee as the singer.

Awards

For this song both the lyricist

and the music composer-duo

received Filmfare Awards in the categories of best lyrics, and best music composition respectively.

References

External links

* Hindi-language songs 1964 songs Indian songs Mohammed Rafi songs Songs with music by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Songs with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri {{Hindi-film-stub