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INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1983

Scene from Bollywood film, Ek Jaan Hain Ham

Scene from Bollywood film, "Betaab"(1983)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1983. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1983

US Invades Grenada.
A number of US marines and French servicemen killed in explosion in Beirut.

Remains of US Embassy
Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Aldo Moro.
IBM releases the IBM PC XT.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire."
Soviet Embassy official Valery Ivanov is expelled from Australia for allegedly trying to recruit spies in the Australian government.
Pioneer 10 becomes the first man made object to leave the solar system.

Pioneer 10
Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippines opposition leader, is assassinated in Manila just as he returns from exile.

Body of Aquino
Microsoft Word is first released.
Able Archer 83 began, a NATO exercise that many Soviet officials misinterpreted as a nuclear first strike, causing the last nuclear scare of the Cold War. Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war. However this does not become known to the public until 1998.
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
Michael Jackson's world famous music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It will become the most often repeated and famous music video of all time and increase his own popularity and the record sales of the album "Thriller".

Michael Jackson, Thriller
The FCC in the US gives the approval that opens the way for the DynaTAC hand held phone

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Iran / Iraq war continues
Reagan illegally supplies arms to Iraq. When the affair comes to light it comes to be known as the Iran / Contra Scandal. In spite of the illegality and the countless lives lost, Reagan is never impeached.

Saddam Hussein and Donald Rumsfeld, the special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, meet in Baghdad on December 20, 1983

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Major South Asian Events of 1983

India wins the third Cricket World Cup at Lords under Kapil Dev. This became the turning point of the sport in the country.

Kapil Dev
The Black July, a communal riot occurs in Sri Lanka. These anti Sri Lankan Tamil riots leaves over 1,000 Tamils massacred and millions of dollars worth of their property destroyed. This pogrom is the beginning of a deadly Sri Lankan civil war in Sri Lanka.

Black July
The Rangoon bombing kills South Korea's Foreign Minister, Lee Bum Suk, and 21 others.
ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi surrenders.

Phoolan Devi
Hundreds of people die in Assam as fighting rages in the run up to elections.
Rekha Hande is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Rekha Hande
Production of the Maruti begins.

Maruti 800
The Hindustani violin player and educator V.G. Jog is awarded Padma Bhushan

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Film World Events of 1983

"Shakti" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
L. V. Prasad (actor/director/producer) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
Bhanu Athaiya becomes the first Indian to win an Oscar. He wins for the costume design for Attenborough's "Gandhi".

Poster from "Gandhi"
The State of Karnataka increases its subsidy for films. It is raised to 1 lakh for black-and-white films and 1.5 lakhs for colour productions.
R.D. Burman wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Sanam Teri Kasam".

R.D. Burman
Kishore Kumar wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Pag Ghungroo Bandh from "Namak Halaal".

Kishore Kumar
Salma Agha wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Female Playback" for the song Dil Ke Armaan from "Nikaah".
The Malayali Film actor Prem Nazir is awarded Padma Bhushan.
The British actor/ film-maker Richard Attenborough is awarded Padma Bhushan
Parveen Babi leaves Bombay and moves to New York.

Parveen Babi
Dilip Kumar wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Ashwini Kumar in "Shakti"
Padmini Kolhapure wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Manorama "Rama" in "Prem Rog"
Anil Kapoor has his first hero role in "Woh Saat Din"