Lyricist Sameer Enters Guinness Book Of World Records

57 year old Indian lyricist Sameer Anjaan created history by becoming the person who has written more songs than anyone else for Bollywood, thereby entering the Guinness Book of World Records.

In his 33 year career, Sameer has written 3,524 songs for 650 films. Since there was no pre-existing category for the same in the book, a new one was created to accommodate Sameer.

Sameer started his career as a lyricist in 1983 with Bekhabar. Later, films such as Dil and Aashiqui established him as the undisputed champion in his field.

One of the most iconic and celebrated music personality from the 90s, he is among many people who were responsible for giving that decade the cult status it has now. His collaboration with Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan made the 90s the most musical decade of the Hindi films. Aparna Pathak, whose biography of the poet is scheduled to hit the stands later this year, explains the reason behind his popularity. “Four popular Bollywood singers - Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Anuradha Paudwal -- started their careers in the industry around the same time when Sameer too was trying to find his feet in Bollywood. Professional rivalries apart, all of them shared an unusual camaraderie among each other. Sameer was a hit both with the fans and the singers because he wrote songs that did not require dictionary to understand. He wrote in the language of the common people.”

The three time Filmfare award winning lyricist’s recent works include ‘Dhoom 2’, ‘Saawariya’, ‘Race’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, ‘Rowdy Rathore’, ‘Dabangg 2’, among others. Well, the best thing about this record is that the number of 3,524 is only going to get bigger and bigger in the upcoming days, making India and Bollywood proud.