INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1985

Scene from Bollywood film, "Ram Teri Ganga Maili"(1985)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1985. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1985

Soviet leader Chernenko dies at the age of 73. He is succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev.
The reform movements of Glasnost and Perestroika are introduced by Gorbachev in the Soviet Union.
PLO terrorists hijack Achille Lauro, Italian cruise ship, with 80 passengers, plus crew. One person is killed. The Italian government falls due to the political fallout over its handling of the hijacking.

Achille Lauro
Hijackers seize Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner after takeoff from Athens.
In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa.

We Are The World
The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

Titanic
Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.

1985_windows.png
Buckyballs (carbon nano-structures) discovered by Harold Kroto, Robert Curl and Richard Smalley.

C-60 fullerene
NeXT is founded by Steve Jobs after resigning from Apple Computer.
British Telecom retires Britain's world famous red telephone boxes.

Telephone box

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Air India Flight 182 was blown up by Sikh nationalists. It was on its second leg on its Toronto-Montreal-London-Delhi-Bombay (Mumbai) flight when it exploded off the coast of Ireland. Everyone on board dies.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is passed by Parliament.

Illegal drugs
The Special Protection Group is created.
Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Indian Parliament.
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was passed by parliament.
Texas Instruments, a Multinational corporation, starts its India operations in Bangalore and helps create infrastructure to export software via satellite communications from India for the first time.

Texas Instruments - Bangalore
Pakistani bowler Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his second Test cricket match, but New Zealand still wins.

Wasim Akram
The Hindustani vocalist Bhimsen Joshi is awarded Padma Bhushan

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"Sparsh" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
Satyajit Ray (director) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
Sonu Walia is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Sonu Walia
Bappi Lahiri wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Sharabi".
Actress Smita Patil and actor Naseeruddin Shah are awarded Padma Shree
Kishore Kumar wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Manzilein Apni Jaga from "Sharaabi".

Kishore Kumar
Anupama Deshpande wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Female Playback" for the song Sohni Chinab Di from "Sohni Mahiwal".
Anupam Kher wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of B.V. Pradhan in "Saaransh"
Shabana Azmi wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Bhavna Saxena in "Bhavna"
Sanjeev Kumar passes away at the age of 47.
Khamosh is released

Scene from "Khamosh"
Talat Mahmood becomes a victim of the audiences' changing tastes in music. In this year he records his last film playback song. This is the duet Mere Shreek-e-Safar for the film "Wali-e-Azam"

Talat Mahmood