Maya Govind (17 January 1940 – 6 April 2022) was an Indian lyricist who wrote songs for many Bollywood films. She has written popular songs such as "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya", " Gale Mein Laal Tai", "Maine Paayal Hai Chhankayi", " Main Khiladi Tu Anari", "Aankhon Mein Base Ho Tum" Veteran Lyricist Maya Govind Passes Away After Heart Attack
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Main Khiladi Tu Anari ''Main Khiladi Tu Anari'' () is a 1994 Indian action comedy film directed by Sameer Malkan. The screenplay is written by Sachin Bhowmick. Starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Raageshwari in main lead roles, it also included Sh ...

'' (1994), '' Takkar'' (1995), '' Yaarana'' (1995), ''

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'' (2001) etc. She has written over 800 songs.Maya Govind dies at age 82
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Career

Maya was married to late director Ram Govind. She started her career after marriage, with a song in '' Aarop'' (1974), starring

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. The music was composed by

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and was rendered by

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and

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. At a time of Urdu-poets' prominence and male domination in the songwriting industry, she established herself with her songs. She has written songs for such composers as Kalyanji-Anandji,

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, Dilip Sen–Sameer Sen and

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. Anu Malik was her most frequent collaborator, with whom she worked in commercially successful films including, ''

'' (1994), '' Takkar'' (1995), and '' Yaarana'' (1995). Apart from films, she wrote title songs in numerous television series such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' (1987), etc. She also penned

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's 2000 Indie-pop song "Maine Paayal Hai Chhankayi", which emerged as a nationwide rage.

Death

She died on 6 April 2022 following a heart attack, at the age of 82.

References

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