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INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 2004

Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta in scene from Bollywood film, Swadesh

Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta in scene from Bollywood film, "Veer-Zaara"(2004)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 2004. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 2004

Reports of abuse of prisoners at the US run Abhu Ghraib prison emerge.

Prisoner being tortured in Abu Ghraib
About one third of Iran's Parliament steps down to protest hard-line Guardian Council's banning of more than 2,000 reformists from running in parliamentary elections.
Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resign.
Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks, killing more than 200. Due to mishandling of this event, the ruling party looses in the general elections.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) admits seven new countries, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovenia.
Israeli prime minister Sharon announces plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
Greek Cypriots reject UN reunification plan with Turkish Cypriots.
Under continued US occupation of Iraq the stability of the Middle East continues to decline.

US soldier in Iraq
Security Council demands Sudanese government disarm militias in Darfur that are massacring civilians.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez survives recall referendum.
Chechen terrorists take about 1,200 school children and others hostage in Beslan, Russia; 340 people die when militants detonate explosives.
Yasir Arafat dies in Paris.

Yasir Arafat funeral
Ukraine presidential election declared fraudulent.
Hamid Karzai inaugurated as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

Hamid Karzai
A hajj stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills 251 pilgrims.
The CIA admits that there was no imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed an Israeli nuclear weapons programme in the 1980s, is released from prison in Israel after serving 18 years for treason.
The last coal mine in France closes, ending nearly 300 years of coal mining.
A coup d'etat in Chad against the President Idriss Deby fails.

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Major South Asian Events of 2004

A. Q. Khan, founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, admits he sold nuclear-weapons designs to other countries, including North Korea, Iran, and Libya.
Pervez Musharraf wins a vote of confidence from an electoral college consisting of Parliament and the provincial assemblies, confirming him as President of Pakistan and de facto dictator until 2007.

Pervez Musharraf
India defeats Pakistan in their first cricket tour in 14 years.

Cricket fans
A series of blasts rocks an opposition party rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing at least 13 people.
Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997, commits suicide at the age of 25.

Nafisa Joseph (1978-2004)
The Indian political party Congress Jananayaka Peravai merges into the Indian National Congress.
One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region. The massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generates enormous tsunami waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The official death toll in the affected countries stands at 186,983 while more than 40,000 people are still missing.

Mother grieves loss of her child
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, prime accused in the high profile rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster is arrested by West Bengal police in Darjeeling District while trying to flee to Nepal.
Koose Muniswamy Veerappan the notorious bandit was killed by police.
Sayali Bhagat is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Sayali Bhagat
The Indian violinist N. Rajam is awarded Padma Bhushan
Vocalist Harharan is awarded Padma Shree
The sitar artist Vilayat Khan dies of lung cancer at the age of 76.

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Film World Events of 2004

Veer-Zaara is released in Indian cinemas and is a huge blockbuster.
Suraiya, actress and singer dies at the age of 75.
Mehmood, film actor and comedian dies at the age of 72.
The film actress Mallika Sherawat is temporarily blacklisted by the Bollywood film producers' union IMPAA, for failing to show up for the filming of "Kab Kyun Kahn".

Mallika Sherawat
Nirupa Roy, film actress dies at the age of 73.
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer dies at the age of 88.
"Koi... Mil Gaya" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
Mrinal Sen (director) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
Amrish Puri dies from a brain haemorrhage at the age of 72.
The film director Gulzar is awarded Padma Bhushan
Actor Anpam Kher is awarded Padma Shree
Film actress Aishwarya Rai is included in Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people
Hrithik Roshan wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Rohit Mehra in "Koi... Mil Gaya"
Preity Zinta wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Naina Catherine Kapur in "Kal Ho Naa Ho"
Sulochana, Nirupa Roy & B.R. Chopra win the "Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award".
Film actress Raveena Tandon marries film distributor Anil Thadani on Feb 22.

Raveena Tandon, Anil Thadani wedding