‘Bahno-bhaiyo…’ the voice of Binaca Geetmala falls silent

Born in Mumbai to a Gujarati family, Sayani was the youngest of three brothers. His father Dr Janmohommed, a doctor, and mother Kulsum Sayani, was an editor of the magazine Rahber. Sayani’s death was confirmed by his son, Rajil Sayani, on Wednesday. Actors Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpayee and Ajay Devgn paid tribute to him on social media.“Shri Ameen Sayani Ji’s golden voice on the airwaves had a charm and warmth that endeared him to people across generations,” PM Modi said on X. “Through his work, he played an important role in revolutionising Indian broadcasting and nurtured a very special bond with his listeners. Saddened by his passing away.”Veteran Mumbai-based radio anchor Manohar Mahajan who was associated with Radio Ceylon for many years, says he had all the qualities that were essential for a radio professional. “His throw of voice, his way of greeting an unseen audience; he had superb control over language; he had vocabulary and the pronounciation to go with it, he brought together all these and used it to great impact,” he says.Popular producer-anchor of ‘Guftagoo’, Irfan, who has been hosting live radio shows on FM for more than a decade interviewed Sayani for Doorsdarshan in 2005. What he remembers of him is Sayani being quite particular about the way he was being presented; he had an image and in some manner, wanted to be able to “control” it. “Where was he to sit, where was the interviewer to be seated, he wanted in a manner of speaking to control the set,” says Irfan.



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