Maya Govind, a Hindi poet-lyricist-singer, died at the age of 82

Among the modest bunch of ladies lyricists – who became showbiz royalty in the space of guys .

Govind composed melodies for around 350 or more movies, going from heartfelt to unconventional, delicate to exotic numbers, working with driving music chiefs and film makers of her period.

She additionally wrote title tunes for tele-serials and composed a few books.
Brought into the world in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Govind, who was hitched to writer lyricist Ram Govind, functioned as an instructor and with the All India Radio prior to moving to Mumbai in the mid 1970s to take a stab in Bollywood.
From 1970s-2000s, she wrote numerous paramount melodies for films.

portion of her hit tunes incorporate ‘Gutur, Gutur’ and ‘Na Unnees Se Kam Ho’ (Dalaal), ‘Darwaza Khula Chhod Aayi’ (Najayaz), ‘Aankhon Me Base Ho Tum’ (Takkar), among others.
As an actor in her more youthful days, she stowed the sought after Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Best Actress in 1970 for her presentation in Vijay Tendulkar’s play, “Khamosh! Adalat Jari Hai!”, other than different distinctions for her Bollywood melodies.