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• Following some previous films not being released, he first directed the music for Chhote Nawab (1961).
• Was nominated for a total of eighteen Filmfare Awards, winning Best Music Director three times - for Sanam Teri Kasam (1983), Masoom (1984) and 1942: A Love Story (1995).
• A stamp bearing his face was published by India Post in May 2013.
• Composed the musical score for over 300 films.
• His compositions were mostly in Hindi, but also in Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Oriya and Marathi.