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Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi, better known as Khayyam (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019),was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades (1953–1990).
He won three Filmfare Awards for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan, and a lifetime achievement award in 2010 . He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative Music, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre. He was awarded the third-highest civilian honor, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for 2011.
Early life
Khayyam was born as Sa'aadat Hussain in undivided Punjab in Rahon, a town in Nawanshahr District which was then the Nawanshahr tehsil of Jalandhar District. As a boy Khayyam ran away to Delhi to learn music but was forced to return to complete his education. Khayyam then went to Lahore to learn music from the famous Baba Chishti.
He was never interested in studies and was always fascinated by the music of Indian cinema. He was inclined to music since a very young age. He often escaped to the city to watch movies. Khayyam soon ran away to his uncle's house in Delhi, in the hope of becoming an actor. Khayyam's uncle enrolled him in a school, but when he saw his passion for films, he allowed him to learn music, which was actually a step forward in realizing his ambitions. He got his training in music under Pandit Amar Nath.Rest of his family , brothets & sisters living in Pakistan. He belonged to a very educated family.
Career
He went to Lahore looking for roles in films. There he also learnt music from famous Baba Chishti who was a famous Panjabi music director. One day Khayyam went to meet Baba Chishti, and after listening to a composition by Chishti sung to him its first part. Impressed, Chishti gave him an offer of joining him as an assistant. Khayyam assisted Chishti for six months and came to Ludhiana in 1943. He was only 17 then.
After a stint in the Army in the Second World War, Khayyam went to Bombay to fulfil his dream. He made his debut as Sharmaji of the Sharmaji-Varmaji composer duo with the movie Heer Ranjha in 1948. He went solo after his co-composer Rahman Varma went to the newly created Pakistan post partition. One of his earliest breaks was in the film Biwi in which the song "Akele mein wo ghabrate to Honge" sung by Mohammed Rafi was a huge hit. But he gained greater recognition from the film Phir Subha Hogi starring Raj Kapoor and Mala Sinha, in which songs written by Sahir Ludhyanvi and sung by Mukesh and Asha Bhonsle were set to tune by Khayyam, notable amongst them "Wo Subha Kabhi to Aayegi", "Aasman Pe hai Khuda aur Zameen pe Hum" and "Chin-o-Arab Humara".
The film Shola Aur Shabnam established Khayyam's reputation as a great composer. The songs written by Kaifi Azmi are some of the greats of the Hindi Film Industry. From Shola aur Shabnam "Jaane kya dhoondti rehti hein ye aanken mujhmen" sung by Rafi and "Jeet Hi lenge Baazi Hum tum" sung by Lata and Rafi, from the Chetan Anand directed Aakhri Khat "Baharon mera jeevan bhi sawaron" by Lata and "Aur kuch der theher, aur kuch der na ja" by Rafi. Also, noticeable are songs from the film Shagun which had Khayyam's wife Jagjit Kaur sing "Tum apna ranj-o-gham" and "Tum chali Jaogi". From the film Lala Rukh "Hai Kali Kali ke lab par" sung by Rafi and from Footpath "Shyam-e-Gham ki Kasam" sung by Talat Mehmood. From Mohhabat Isko Kehte hein "Theheriye hosh mein aa lun to chaley jaiyega" by Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur.
The 1970s saw Khayyam team up with Sahir Ludhyanvi once again to work in the Yash Chopra-directed "Kabhi Kabhi".The songs were super hits and showed Khayyam's versatility with huge hits like "Kabhi Kabhi mere dil mein Khayal ata hai" (Sung by Mukesh), "Tere chehre se nazar Nahin hatti" (Kishore & Lata) and "Mein Pal do pal ka Shayar Hun" (Mukesh). The film Shankar Hussain had Rafi sing "Kahin ek Masum Nazuk si Lardki" and Lata render "Aaap yun Faaslon Se", both classic Khayyam songs.
Khayyam's gave memorable music to the late-1970s and early-1980s was from Trishul, Thodi Si Bewafaai, Bazaar ,Dard, Noorie, Nakhuda, Sawaal, Bepannah,Khandaan. Again pairing with Sahir in Trishul he produced great songs like "Mohabbat bare kaam ki cheez hai" and "Janeman tum kamal karti ho" and the light "Gapuchi Gapuchi gam gam". "Hazar rahen" from Thodi si Bewafai and "Aaja re o mere dilbar Aaja" from Noorie and "Dikahyi Diye" from Bazaar are some noticeable songs. Khayyam also created music for the Kamal Amrohi directed "Razia Sultan" and his "Aye dil-e-nadan" sung by Lata capturing the mood beautifully.One of popular song is Cho lene do.
Khayyam was still to deliver his best and the opportunity came in Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan in 1981. He made Asha Bhonsle sing songs which are indisputably her best. "In Aankhon ki masti ke", "Ye Kya Jagah hai doston" and "Dil Cheez kya hai" are evergreen.
Rajesh Khanna gifted Khayyam a car after Khayyam had composed a tune for Majoon(1979). However the film never released.Subsequently Khayyam composed music for Thodisi Bewafai, Dard (1981) and Dil-E-Nadan(1982), all of them starring Khanna as the lead hero. The songs like Pyar Ka Dard Hai and Aisi Haseen Chandni from Dard,Hazaar Rahen and Aankhon Mein Humne Aapki from Thodisi Bewafai and Chandni Raat Mein from Dil E Nadan continue to be popular across generations.
Khayyam also composed non film songs noticeably "Paaon padun tore Shyam, Brij mein laut chalo" and "Ghazab kiya tere Vaade pe Aitbaar kiya". He also composed for Meena Kumari's album, 'I Write, I Recite' featuring nazms of Meena Kumari sung by her.
Khayyam has always preferred to work with the poets having strong background of poetry sidelining the regular film lyricists. That is the reason one finds poetry playing an equal role in Khayyam's compositions as the music or the singer. Khayyam prefers to give full freedom to the poets to express their views thereby making the expression of the songs more poetic and more meaningful.
He has worked with both the contemporary and the legends in the field of poetry. That's the reason one finds in his account the work profiled by Mirza Ghalib, Daagh, Wali Saheb, Ali Sardar Jafri, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Sahir Ludhianvi, and among the new ones Naqsh Lyalpuri, Nida Fazli, Jan Nisar Akhtar & Ahmed Wasi to name a few.
Khayyam's music had the touch of ghazal but was rooted in Indian classical music. The compositions were soulful, melodious and emotional, the songs were rich in poetry and purpose and the style was noticeably different from the popular brand of music in those days, which used to be either semi-classical, ghazal or light and peppy.
On his 89th birthday, Khayyam announced the formation of a charitable trust — Khayyam Jagjeet Kaur KPG Charitable Trust — and decided to donate his entire wealth to the trust to support budding artists and technicians in India. His wealth at the time of announcement was valued at around ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million).
He decided not to celebrate his birthday after terrorist attack on India's border post of Pulwama..
Death
In his last days, Khayyam was suffering from various age related ailments. On July 28, 2019 Khayyam was admitted to Sujay Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai due to lung infection. He died on 19 August 2019 at 9:30 PM (IST) following a cardiac arrest at the age of 93.
Awards and nominations
Khayyam being awarded Padma Bhushan by President Pratibha Patil in 2011.
Won
1977: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Kabhi Kabhie
1982: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Umrao Jaan
1982: National Film Award for Best Music Direction: Umrao Jaan
2007: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Creative Music
2010: Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
2011: Padma Bhushan
2018: Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award
Nominated
1980: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Noorie
1981: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Thodisi Bewafai
1982: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Bazaar
1984: Filmfare Best Music Director Award: Razia Sultan
Filmography
Heer Ranjha (1948), under the pseudonym Sharmaji (with Rahman Verma urf Vermaji and Aziz Khan)
Biwi
Foot Path (1953)
Gul Sanobar (1953), composers : Bulo C Rani + Khayyam
Gul Bahar (1954)
Phir Subha Hogi (1958)
Lala Rukh (1958)
Shola Aur Shabnam (1961)
Shagoon (1964)
Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain (1965)
Aakhri Khat (1966)
I Write, I Recite (1971) — Album consisting of nazms written and sung by Meena Kumari.[1]
Sankalp (1975)
Kabhi Kabhie (1976)[1]
Shankar Hussain (1977)
Trishul (1978)[1]
Khandaan (1979)
Noorie (1979)
Majnoon (1979) — Unreleased
Thodi Si Bewafaai (1980)
Chambal Ki Kasam (1980)
Nakhuda(1981)
Dard (1981)
Ahista Ahista (1981)
Dil-e-Nadaan (1982)
Bazaar (1982)
Baawri (1982)
Sawaal (1982)
Dil...Akhir Dil Hai (1982)
Razia Sultan (1983)
Mehndi (1983)
Lorie (1984)
Bepanaah (1985)
Anjuman (1986)
Ek Naya Rishta (1988)
Parbat Ke Us Paar (1988)
Jaan-E-Wafa (1990)
Yatra (2007)
Mission-The Last War (2008)
Bazaar E Husn (2014)
Ghulam Bandhu (2016)
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