Bhosle won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the song, and Gulzar won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics and Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for his lyrics. Legacy Years later, "Mera Kuch Samaan" was the title of the greatest hits album of Gulzar's greatest hits as a lyricist, released in 2005 by Saregama Ltd. It was also part of the greatest hit compilation album, The Very Best of Asha Bhosle, The Queen of Bollywood, released in 2003. The song was also part of the compilation album, "Precious Platinum" released on her 75th birthday in 2008, by Saregama India Ltd. In May 2011, theatre festival of plays based on 10 short stories of Gulzar, titled Mera Kuch Samaan was organized in Delhi and Mumbai. Version Asha Bhosle reprised the song in the album, You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood with Asha Bhosle, released in August 2005, recorded with Asha and Kronos Quartet, a string quartet founded by David Harrington, as a tribute to Rahul Dev Burman. According to Harrington, .."the experience of a lifetime has tinged her voice with even more poignancy when she sings a song like Mera kuch samaan. The album was recorded over eight days at San Francisco studios, and went to win a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album. Later she said that her favourite number from the album was "Mera Kuchh samaan..which "is very close to my heart as it transports me back into time when I was with Pancham." Young Music composer Ritesh Bhoyar has refreshingly recomposed this song, as per him it is the most difficult lyrics to compose in Indian film industry. References External links Lyrics in Hindi Hindi film songs 1987 songs Songs with music by R. D. Burman Indian songs Songs with lyrics by Gulzar Asha Bhosle songs