1. Ameen Sayani achieved fame and popularity across the Indian subcontinent when he presented his Binaca Geetmala programme of hits over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon.
13 Facts About Ameen Sayani
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Ameen Sayani was born on 21 December 1932 into a Gujarati Muslim Khoja family in Bombay.
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Ameen Sayani's mother was a freedom fighter and was close to Mahatma Gandhi, which is why Sayani called himself a Gandhian.
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Ameen Sayani was the grandson of Rahimtulla M Sayani a pioneer lawyer who had served as the President of the Indian National Congress.
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Ameen Sayani was introduced to All India Radio, Bombay, by his brother Hamid Sayani.
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Ameen Sayani appeared in all of these movies in the role of an announcer in some event.
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Ameen Sayani assisted his mother, Kulsum Ameen Sayani, in editing, publishing and printing a fortnightly journal for neo-literates, under the instructions of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Ameen Sayani pioneered the export of Indian radio shows and commercials from 1976 onwards.
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Ameen Sayani exported to the USA, Canada, England, the UAE, Eswatini, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand.
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Ameen Sayani compered over 2,000 stage functions of all sorts in India, including musical variety shows, beauty contests, fashion shows, award functions, film silver jubilee functions, the International Film Festival closing session, concerts, seminars, workshops, and trade presentations.
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Ameen Sayani married a Kashmiri Pandit, Rama Mattu a fellow voice artist.
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Ameen Sayani died of a heart attack on 20 February 2024 at the age of 91.
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Apart from this, Ameen Sayani was a laureate of numerous awards such as:.