Introduction – Indian radio announcer or presenter, Ameen Sayani died due to a heart attack at the age of 91 on February 20, 2024. He was known for presenting his Binaca Geetmala program that was hit across India due to his great or different style of addressing to their audiences or listeners with ”Behno and Bhaiyo”. Binaca Geetmala was a famous radio show or program of popular Hindi cinema songs with millions of listeners or audiences all over India. Binaca Geetmala gained popularity and was broadcast between 1952 and 1988 on Radio Ceylon and later moved or shifted to the Vividh Bharati Service of All India Radio network in the year 1989.

Important facts about Ameen Sayani – There are several important facts about Indian radio announcer or presenter, Ameen Sayani are given below –

1. He was born on December 21 in the year 1932 in a Gujarati Muslim family in Mumbai.
2. The mother of Ameen Sayani was Kulsoom Sayani who was also a freedom fighter and also was close to Mahatma Gandhi.
3. Jan Mohammad Sayani was the father of Ameen Sayani
4. He married with a Rama Mattu, a Kashmiri Pandit girl.
5. He was known for presenting his Binaca Geetmala program that was hit across India due to his great style of addressing their listeners or audiences with ‘’Behno aur Bhaiyo’’
6. He gained popularity with his great radio program Binaca Geetmala, which was a famous radio show or program of popular Hindi cinema songs from Hindi with millions of listeners or audiences all over the country.
7. He was one of the most popular radio presenters or announcers with a great or memorable style of addressing the listeners with ‘’Behno and Bhaiyo’’ as a melodious touch at that time.
8. He had compered or produced or spoken about 54,000 radio programs and 19,000 jingles or spots from the year 1951.
9. He helped his mother Kulsum Sayani to edit, print, and publish a magazine journal for non-literates that was under the directions or instructions of the popular Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi.
10. He was introduced by his brother Hamid Sayani to All India Radio in Bomday.
11. He was also an important part of several movies such as Teen Devian, Qatl, Bhoot Bangla, and Boxer.
12. He also produced a radio series in the form of plays or dramas of 13 episode that are based on actual AIDS/HIV cases by interviewing with social workers and doctors.
13. He also compered about 2,000 stage functions such as fashion shows, beauty contests, award functions, seminars, film silver jubilee functions, and many more in India.
14. He also compered stage shows globally in the United States (US), the Netherlands, South Africa, the West Indies, the United Kingdom (UK), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Canada.
15. He also received the Padma Shri award in the year 2009.