When All India Radio banned the transmission of Hindi film songs, Ameen Sayani s Binaca Geetmala, on Sri Lanka s Radio Ceylon, from a former British military radio, would broadcast Bollywood songs and simple Hindustani, connecting the subcontinent s masses.
Ameen Sayani, the most identified and recognisable voice on Indian radio, passed away on Tuesday night due to a cardiac arrest in his Mumbai home. He was 91.
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The legendary radio host Ameen Sayani - who ruled the airwaves and lorded over the hearts of millions of "Behno aur Bhaiyon" in the Indian subcontinent and neighbouring countries - fell silent forever following a cardiac arrest at the .