INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1977

Amitabh Bachchan in scene from Bollywood film, "Amar Akbar Anthony"(1977)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1977. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1977

Deng Xiaoping, once purged leader, comes to power in China.
The Chinese "Gang of Four" are expelled from the Communist Party. The purged Chinese Communist leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power nine months later.
South African activist Steve Biko is killed while in police custody.
Nuclear-proliferation pact, controlling the spread of nuclear weapons, is signed by US, USSR and several other countries.
First US space Shuttle is launched.

Space Shuttle
Neutron Bomb is developed
The film "Saturday Night Fever" is released which starts a worldwide disco mania.

John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever"
Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th President of the US
Star Wars opens in cinemas and subsequently becomes the then-highest grossing film of all time.

Star Wars
The Tandy Corporation TRS-80 Model I, the Commodore PET, and the Apple II computers, as well as the Atari 2600 game system are all debuted.

Commodore PET
Hamida Djandoubi's is the last guillotine execution in France.

Guillotine
First three nodes of the ARPANET are connected, in what would eventually become the Internet.
This year saw major advances in consumer musical electronics

Pioneer M6500 circa 1977
The rings of Uranus are discovered.
Brazilian soccer super-star Pelé retires.

Pelé
The rings of Uranus are discovered.
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" opens in theaters.

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"Emergency" ends.
Morarji Desai Elected Prime Minister in the seventh general election.

Morarji Desai
More than 10,000 people die when a cyclone hits India's southeast coast. The storm disrupts life for 5.4 million people in 830 villages, and damages 14,000 square kilometres of cropland.
General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq overthrows Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Zia ul-Haq
Nalini Vishwanathan is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pagent. However she did not participate in the "Miss Universe" pagent due to her father's objection to her walking down the ramp in a swimsuit.
The Hindustani surbahar player Annapurna Devi is awarded Padma Bhushan

Annapurna Devi with Surbahar
South Indian nadaswaram player Sheik Chinna Moulana, and north Indian tabla player Alla Rakha are awarded Padma Shree

Sheik Chinna Moulana, and Alla Rakha
Uday Shankar, pioneer of Indian modern dance, dies in Calcutta at the age of 76.

Uday Shankar in 1923

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"Mausam" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
Kanan Devi (actress) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.

Kanan Devi (circa 1942)
Khayyam wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Kabhi Kabhi".
Mukesh wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein from "Kabhi Kabhi".

Mukesh
Hemalata wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Female Playback" for the song Tu Jo Mere Sur Me from "Chitchor".
Parveen Babi becomes the first Indian film actress to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. (March 1977)

Parveen Babi
Sanjeev Kumar wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Arjun Pandit in "Arjun Pandit"

Arjun Pandit
Raakhee wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Indrani "Indu" Sinha in "Tapasya"

Tapasya