INDIAN FILM EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1985

Scene from Bollywood film, "Ram Teri Ganga Maili"(1985)

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Film World Events of 1985

"Sparsh" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
Satyajit Ray (director) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
Sonu Walia is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Sonu Walia
Bappi Lahiri wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Sharabi".
Actress Smita Patil and actor Naseeruddin Shah are awarded Padma Shree
Kishore Kumar wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Manzilein Apni Jaga from "Sharaabi".

Kishore Kumar
Anupama Deshpande wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Female Playback" for the song Sohni Chinab Di from "Sohni Mahiwal".
Anupam Kher wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of B.V. Pradhan in "Saaransh"
Shabana Azmi wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Bhavna Saxena in "Bhavna"
Sanjeev Kumar passes away at the age of 47.
Khamosh is released

Scene from "Khamosh"
Talat Mahmood becomes a victim of the audiences' changing tastes in music. In this year he records his last film playback song. This is the duet Mere Shreek-e-Safar for the film "Wali-e-Azam"

Talat Mahmood