Sayani suffered a Heat attack on Tuesday evening and was taken to a hospital in south Mumbai but could not be saved,his son Rajil informed media.
"He passed away last night of a heart attack at the H.N Reliance hospital .He was rushed to the hospital last evening around 6pm after he complained of chest pain.They tried to revive him but he passed away around 7pm" Rajil said.
The last rites will be held on Thursday.
"Namaste behno aur bhaiyo, main aapka Ameen Sayani bol Raha hoon."
The familiar greeting and the instantly identifiable voice coasted on airwaves into countless homes every Wednesday on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988, still evoking strong nostalgia amongst listeners.
After 1988, Binaca Geetmala moved to All India Radio's Vividh Bharati where it ruled the charts till 1994.
Sayani ,who was born in Mumbai in a multilingual family on December 21, 1932,compered,presented and voiced over 50,000 shows in 42 years.
Sayani had a creative flair since childhood and started writing for his mother's fortnightly journal Rehbar when he was just 13, which was when he became a proficient broadcaster in English and started participating in children's programmes on the English service of All India Radio Bombay.
He later left Bombay to study in Gwalior. When he returned to Bombay post independence ,he auditioned for AIR's Hindi service but was rejected because of a slight Gujrati accent.
The trust with fame came a few years later.
In 1952,then Information and Broadcasting Minister B.V Keskar banned Hindi songs from AIR.
Around that time,Radio Ceylon , which was founded by the British, started becoming popular for it's programmes in English, Tamil and Hindi .Broadcast from Colombo , Radio Ceylon began it's journey in 1949.
American businessmen Daniel Molina saw an opportunity there and established his company,Radio Advertising Services in Mumbai.He hired Sayani's elder brother, former AIR broadcaster Hamid Sayani , to run Radio Ceylon's production arm.
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