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Problem 5 - Entrance Test

Identify the only Hindi film song whose lyrics are written entirely in the Braj Bhasha dialect without a single loan-word from Urdu or Persian, and which still topped the Binaca Geet Mala year-end chart (1963).

Correct: B

Shakeel Badayuni, a prolific Urdu poet, immersed himself in Mathura’s Krishna poetry for ‘Madhuban Mein Radhika Nache Re’. Naushad insisted on pure Braj for authenticity; the song dethroned contemporary Urdu-heavy ghazals to become the annual #1, a feat yet to be repeated.