INDIAN FILM SONGS FROM THE YEAR 1968

Scene from "Saathi"(1968)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1968. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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WORLD EVENTS OF 1968

The US Navy ship Pueblo is siezed by North Korea. 83 on board are held as spies.
The North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive. This is considered to be a turning point in the Vietnam War.
Worldwide outrage at America's continued presence in Vietnam is reflected in global protests.

Anti-war demonstrators
American soldiers massacre 347 civilians at My Lai. The news of which would later weaken the US public's resolve in the US / Vietnamese war.
Czechoslovakia is invaded Warsaw Pact forces.
Johnson announces he will not seek another term of office.
A Viet Cong officer is executed by Nguyen Ngoc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief. The event is photographed by Eddie Adams. The photo makes headlines around the world, eventually winning the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and sways U.S. public opinion against the war.

Execution of Vietnamese prisoner
"May of 68" is a symbol of the resistance of that generation. Agitations and strikes in Paris lead many youth to believe that a revolution is starting. Student and worker strikes, sometimes referred to as the French May, nearly bring down the French government.
France explodes its first hydrogen bomb.
Swaziland, and Equatorial Guinea gain independence.
The "Cultural Revolution" continues in China.
Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey is released.

2001: A Space Odyssey

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"Upkar" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
As a protest against Maharshtra State's taxation policies, Bombay Cinema Houses close.
K.A. Abbas's "Char Shaher Ek Kahani" sparks a major censorship controversy by implying that censorship violates the constitutional right to free speech.
The G.D. Khosla committee publishes a report critical of the censorship system. In its findings it asserts that if the guidelines were followed exactly, no film would be certified.

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