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Shailendra

real name Shankardas Kesarilal

Shailendra is credited on 1,527 releases across 360 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,527

Credits

360

Albums

8

Decades active

4

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Popular Indian-Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu) poet and lyricist in Bollywood of the 1950s and '60s with the pen name "Shailendra", he was born in Rawalpindi on 30 August 1923 and died in Mumbai on 14 December 1966. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor and the composers Shankar-Jaikishan he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s.
Shailendra won the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award three times:
1958: "Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai" (Film: Yahudi)
1959: "Sab Kuch Seekha Hamne" (Film: Anari)
1968: "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao" (Film: Brahmachari)
Not to be confused with the Indian singer: Shailendra Singh

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1,527 releases · 360 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 3,287
  • Other credits · 5

Studios: Krishna Studio · The Church, London · The Digital Editing Suite · HMV Studios, Bombay

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