“Behno aur bhaiyon, aap ki khidmat me Ameen Sayani ka adaab.” Sisters and brothers, Ameen Sayani offers his greetings and his service. With these words Sayani opened Binaca Geetmala, the Hindi film song countdown that began on Radio Ceylon in 1952.
He reversed the usual order, “brothers and sisters.” At its peak, the show had about 400 radio clubs, and thousands of listeners wrote to Sayani every day.