INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1967

Sharmila Tagore in scene from Bollywood film, "Evening in Paris"(1967)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1967. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1967

Twiggy becomes world-wide sensation.

Twiggy
The third Arab / Israeli war is fought (a.k.a. "Six Day War").

Arab-Israeli "Six Day War"
Biafra declares its independence from Nigeria. Nigeria does not recognise this and invades Biafra, thus beginning a war.
China explodes its first hydrogen bomb.

H-Bomb
US and USSR enter talks on nuclear non-proliferation.
Vietnam war continues, so does widespread protest. People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid.

Rising dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.

Elvis Marriage
The United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for European Economic Community membership.
The "Hippie" movement declares that summer of 1967 will be the "Summer of Love" with its epicentre being San Francisco.

Hippies
Israel annexes Jerusalem, thus initiating widespread protest.
Che Guevara is killed in Bolivia.

Che's body with CIA agents
Yemen gains independence.
Ronald Ryan is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. He is the last person to be executed in Australia.
China's "Cultural Revolution" continues.

Cultural Revolution

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Prithipal Singh and Shankar Lakshman (hockey players) are awarded the Padma Shri.
Dr. Zakir Hussain is the first Muslim to become president of India.

Zakir Hussain
Naxalite Guerrilla War begins. This Marxist/Maoist rebellion starts as an uprising in the in the town of Naxalbari in West Bengal.

Naxalbari after the Uprising
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto founds the Pakistan People's Party and becomes its first chairman.

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Nayyara Mirza is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Nayyara Mirza
The Hindustani sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar is awarded Padma Bhushan

Ravi Shankar with sitar
The Hindustani sarod player Ali Akbar Khan is awarded Padma Bhushan

Ali Akbar Khan with sarod

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"Guide" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".

"Guide" film poster
India makes its first 70mm film. This is "Around the World" starring Raj Kapoor and Rajashree.
The Tamil actor/ politician M.G. Ramachandran is shot in the neck by fellow actor M.R. Radha. He survives but is badly wounded.

M.G.R. in hospital
India becomes self sufficient in the production of black-and-white film stock. However colour film stock must still be imported.
Mohd. Rafi wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Baharon Phool Barsao from "Suraj". He is also awarded the Padma Shree, by the Indian government.

Mohd. Rafi
Shankar / Jaikishan win Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for their work in "Suraj".
Future Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is born in Amritsar, Punjab.(Sept 9, 1967). His given name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
Madhuri Dixit is born in Bombay
Dev Anand wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Raju in "Guide"

Dev Anand
Waheeda Rehman wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Rosie Marco in "Guide"

Waheeda Rehman in scen from Guide
Sridevi has her film debut at the age of 4. This is in the Tamil film "Kandhan Karunai".
Juhi Chawla is born in Ludhiana, Punjab. (Nov 13, 1967)
Akshay Kumar is born. His birth name is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia.
Manoj Kumar acts and makes his directorial debut in "Upkaar".