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INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 2000

Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta scene from Bollywood film, "Mission Kashmir"(2000)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 2000. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 2000

Austria at centre of European dispute after conservative People's Party forms coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, headed by xenophobe Jörg Haider.
Reformists win control of Iranian parliament for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution.
Governing of Northern Ireland passes back and forth between Britain and nascent Northern Irish parliament; major dispute over IRA's refusal to disarm.
Presidents of North and South Korea sign peace accord, and at least symbolically, end a half-century of antagonism.
Vicente Fox Quesada elected president of Mexico, ending 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Concorde crash kills 113 near Paris.

Concorde crash
Yugoslavian president Milosevic is overthrown. Vojislav Kostunica is sworn in as president.
U.S. sailors on Navy destroyer Cole are attacked and die in Yemeni terrorist explosion.
George W. Bush is declared to be the next President of the US on the basis of a stolen election.

Bush claims presidency.
Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.

Vladimir Putin
Anti-globalisation protests in Prague (some 15,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.

Logo for Prague action

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Major South Asian Events of 2000

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee accuses Pakistan of being behind the hijacking of an Indian plane and urges that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state.
Pakistani authorities announce that their police have found an apparently ancient mummy of a Persian princess in the province of Balochistan. Iran, Pakistan and the Taliban all claim the mummy until Pakistan announces it is a forgery on April 17, 2001.
Three new Indian states are formed. These are Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, and Uttaranchal.
Conflict in Kashmir continues.
Reliance Industries, the country's biggest private company, announces plans to enter into the information technology industry.
London-based human rights group Amnesty International criticises India, along with Bangladesh and Pakistan, for insufficiently protecting the rights of women, who, it says, are subjected to negative bias in investigations of abuse.

The face of abuse
Eight executives from the independent television station Channel V are arrested and charged with obscenity and indecency after screening a program in which two teenage girls were encouraged to strip on the streets of Mumbai for a small cash incentive.
The Premier Padmini ceases production. The Padmini had been in continiuous production for 32 years.

Premier Padmini
The first passenger rail link between India and Bangladesh in 26 years is opened. The line between Benapole in Bangladesh and Petrapole in West Bengal was closed due to lack of commercial interest in 1974.
Authorities in Sikkim uphold complaints from local Buddhists and ban expeditions up the northeast face of the world's third highest mountain peak, Kanchenjunga, which is revered by local people as a deity.
Population of India surpasses 1 billion (a.k.a. thousand-million).
10,000 homes are destroyed and 40 people killed in severe flooding in the northwestern state of Rajasthan.
The government's commitment to privatisation plans is confirmed with the naming of ex-journalist and committed free-market economist Arun Shourie as minister for privatisation.

Arun Shourie
Five people suspected of being witches are burned alive by 200 angry villagers in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Almost all of the village's 1,500 inhabitants flee their homes after the crime.
Newspapers hail the conviction of former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao as a landmark moment in Indian law. He was found guilty of corruption in a bribery scandal dating from 1993 and the decision is interpreted by the press as a clear signal that high rank does not provide legal protection.
The Information Technology Act 2000 comes into force providing regulations for e-commerce and punishment for improper use of the Internet. Digital signatures are now legal, and distributors of cyber pornography can face up to five years imprisonment. The act includes a controversial clause allowing police to make searches and arrest suspects in public places without a warrant.

Information Technology Act
Miss India first runner-up Priyanka Chopra wins the Miss World title.
Lara Dutta of India wins "Miss Universe" title.

Lara Dutta
Famed tabla performer Nizamuddin Khan passes away.
The sarod player Sharan Rani is awarded Padma Bhushan
Bansuri player Hari Prasad Chaurasia is awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour

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Film World Events of 2000

Hrithik Roshan marries Suzanne Khan

Wedding of Hrithik Roshan and Suzanne
Almost 1 billion people worldwide reportedly tune in to watch the International Indian Film Awards held at the Millennium Dome in London, England. The Indian film industry, known as Bollywood, has its second-largest following in the UK, mostly amongst the country's ethnic Indian population, but receives little attention from the British press.
Kalyanji V. Shah of the Kalyanji / Anandji fame, dies at the age of 72.
"Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
"Hey! Ram" becomes India's first film to be made with Sync Sound technology.
A statue of Amitabh Bhachan is is placed in Madame Tussaud's museum in London.
A.R. Rahaman wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Taal"
The film producer Nazim Rizvi is arrested by Bombay police for his connection with Karachi based underworld. This sets the popular media abuzz with stories of a "Bombay film industry / underworld nexus". In this whole affair, police seize from N. Rizvi negatives of "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke", thus delaying its release
Udit Narayan wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Chaand Chupa from "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam".
Alka Yagnik wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Female Playback" for the song Taal Se Taal from "Taal".
Hrishikesh Mukherjee (director) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
The Indian film idol Rajkumar is part of a group taken hostage by a notorious Karnataka bandit known as Veerappan. He is released sometime later.
Music director A.R. Rahman, and film actress Hema Malini are awarded Padma Shree
Amitabha Bachchan becomes host for TV's "Kaun Banega Crorepati"
Kareena Kapoor makes her film debut in the film "Refugee"
Abhishek Bachchan makes is film debut in Navin Patel's "Refugee".
Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri have a daughter, Suhanna.
Sanjay Dutt wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Raghunath Namdev Shivalkar in "Vaastav: The Reality"
Aishwarya Rai wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Nandini in "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam"
Vinod Khanna & Hema Malini wins the "Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award".