Pardah Hai Pardah

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"Pardah hai pardah"
Rishi Kapoor as the qawwali singer Akbar Allahabadi
Rishi Kapoor as the qawwali singer Akbar Allahabadi
qawwali by Mohammad Rafi
from the album Amar Akbar Anthony
Released 1977
Recorded Mumbai, 1977
Genre Film score
Writer(s) Anand Bakshi
Composer(s) Laxmikant-Pyarelal

Pardah Hai Pardah is a Qawwali style song from the Bollywood 1977 film, Amar Akbar Anthony. It was performed by playback singer Mohammed Rafi and the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi; the film's musical directors were the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal. It is shown in the film in a sequence where Rishi Kapoor's character is performing in a Qawwali show to impress his love interest, played by Neetu Singh.

Pardah Hai Pardah was very popular with South Asian audiences and ranked second in the Binaca Geetmala year-end chart for 1977.

Laxmikant-Pyarelal were awarded the Filmfare Best Music Director Award for 1977 on the strength of Amar Akbar Anthony's soundtrack, and particularly this song.

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