32 Years of Naam. (12/09/1986)

Naam is a 1986 crime thriller film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Nutan, Kumar Gaurav, Sanjay Dutt, Poonam Dhillon, Amrita Singh, and Paresh Rawal. The film is regarded as a milestone in the careers of Mahesh Bhatt, Paresh Rawal, and Sanjay Dutt.

Naam proved to be a blockbuster at the Indian box office, playing for over a year at a majority of India’s cinemas and stands as the eighth-highest-grossing Hindi film of the 1980s decade.

The soundtrack for the movie also contributed to its huge success. “Chithi Aayi Hai” (Lyrics: Anand Bakshi, Singer: Pankaj Udhas) was selected as one of the 100 songs of the millennium by BBC Radio worldwide.