INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 2007

Gautam Gupta and Nisha Kothari in publicity shot for Bollywood film, "Go"(2007)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 2007. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 2007

A national Intelligence estimate declares that Iran has frozen its nuclear weapons program.
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.
Russian oil supplies to Poland, Germany, and Ukraine, are cut for three days the Russia-Belarus energy dispute.
U.S. planes conduct air strikes in Somalia.

Air Strike
Vietnam joins the World Trade Organisation.
Israel releases $100 million in frozen assets to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority in order to bolster the president's position.
Tony Blair resigns as PM. He is succeeded by Gordon Brown.

Gordon Brown
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns. He is replaced with Yasuo Fakuda.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov resigns. He is replaced with Viktor Zubkov.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's proposed changes to the Venezuelan constitution are narrowly defeated in a nationwide referendum.

Hugo Chávez

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Protests occur in India and the United Kingdom against the British series of Celebrity Big Brother after Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were alleged to have been racially abusive towards Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.

Jade Goody & Shilpa Shetty
India's 10th Five Year Plan comes to an end.
Severe clashes between two rival factions erupted in Parachinar, a tribal area of Pakistan bordering the famous Tora Bora Heights.

Violence in Parachinar
Forty-four people are dead after two bombs explode in Hyderabad, India.

Hyderabad after bombing
India won the ICC Twenty20 WorldCup beating Pakistan by 5 runs.
Presidential election occurs in Pakistan.
The Election commission of Bangladesh is separated from the Judiciary department.
President Pervez Musharraf declares state of emergency in Pakistan.

Pervez Musharraf
Over 3,000 people are believed to have died after Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, with the death toll expected to rise.
Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members.
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army and was succeeded by Lt. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.

Aftermath of bomb attack
The Hindustani vocal duo of Rajan and Sajan Mishra are awarded Padma Bhushans

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Abhishek Bachchan marries Ashwarya Rai (April 20, 2007)

Abhishek Bachchan / Ashwarya Rai shaddi
"Rang De Basanti" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".
Tapan Sinha (director) is the recipient of the "Dadasaheb Phalke Award" for lifetime achievement.
Sarah-Jane Dias is awarded the title "Miss India", in the Femina Miss India Pageant.

Sarah-Jane Dias
A fatwa is issued against film actor Salman Khan by an Islamic organisation. This is issued because e attending a Ganesh Puja, and the worship of idols is prohibited under Islamic law.
There is considerable controversy over Richard Gere kissing Shilpa Shetty on the cheek in a public event.

Richard Gere kissing Shilpa Shetty
Amitabh Bachchan steps down as the host of the TV show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" and is replaced by Shahrukh Khan
Hrithik Roshan wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Aryan Singh in "Dhoom 2"
Kajol wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Zooni Z. Baig in "Fanaa"
Javed Akhtar & Jaya Bachchan wins the "Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award".
Babita (mother of Karisma and Kareena Kapoor) moves back in with her husband Randhir Kapoor after a 20 year separation