Performance

Faruk Kaiser

Faruk Kaiser is credited on 303 releases across 53 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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303

Pressings credited

53

Albums

8

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Faruk Kaiser (6 June 1918 – 10 November 1987) was an Urdu poet and a renowned lyricist in India, making a significant contribution to the success of many Bollywood films. He was one of the dominating forces of music in Indian Cinema during the 1950s through the 1980s. He contributed to more than 115 movies and 390 songs.

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Credited work

303 releases · 53 albums · active 1956–2023

  • Performance · 376

Studios: HMV Studios, Bombay · Abbey Road Studios · Sunny Super Sounds · Raju Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Bappi Lahiri
  • Shankar Jaikishan
  • Laxmikant Pyarelal
  • Kalyanji Anandji
  • Various
  • Rajesh Roshan
  • D.C.S. (2)
  • Nandu Bhende

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