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Music Composer Ghulam Haider (1908-53)
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Music composer born in Hyderabad. Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the Lahore group with e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in India. Learnt music from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium in Calcutta. Briefly composer for the Jenaphone recording label. Broke into films in Lahore with directors Shorey and Kardar; then worked for Pancholi starting with the Punjabi film "Gul-e-Bakavali" featuring Noor Jehan as a child actress. Regular composer for Pancholi until Poonji. His score for Khazanchi led to a series of Pancholi hits pioneering new marketing strategies. Best known compositions, often sung by Shamshad Begum, invoke Punjabi folk rythms and extensively feature percussion instruments like the dholak. Moved to Bombay in 1944 where he worked in Filmistan(Chal chal re naujawan) and Minerva. Composed one successful Mehboob film (Humayun) and gave Lata Mangeshkar her first big break in playback singing (Majboor, in duets with Geeta Dutt and Mukesh).(There is also a nice Lata solo, "Dil mera toda") Returned to Lahore after partition, where he started Filmsaz with director S. Nazir Ajmeri and actor S. Gul, making "Beaqarar". Also scored Akeli, Bheegi palkein and two Noor Jehan films Gulemar (53) and Laila.
Filmography:1934 - Thief of Iraq
1935 - Majnu, Swarg ki sidhi
1939 - Gul-e-Bakawali
1940 - Yamla Jat
1941 - Khazanchi, Choudhary 1942 - Khandaan, Zamindaar
1943 - Poonji
1944 - Bhai, Chal chal re naujawan, phool
1945 - Humayun
1946 - Behram Khan, Jag biti, Shama 1947 - But Tarash, Manjhdhar, Mehndi
1948 - Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Majboor, Padmini, Patjhad, Shaheed
1949 - Kaneez
1950 - Do saudagar, putli
1953 - Aabshar----
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Music composer born in Hyderabad. Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the Lahore group with e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in India. Learnt music from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium in Calcutta. Briefly composer for the Jenaphone recording label. Broke into films in Lahore with directors Shorey and Kardar; then worked for Pancholi starting with the Punjabi film "Gul-e-Bakavali" featuring Noor Jehan as a child actress. Regular composer for Pancholi until Poonji. His score for Khazanchi led to a series of Pancholi hits pioneering new marketing strategies. Best known compositions, often sung by Shamshad Begum, invoke Punjabi folk rythms and extensively feature percussion instruments like the dholak. Moved to Bombay in 1944 where he worked in Filmistan(Chal chal re naujawan) and Minerva. Composed one successful Mehboob film (Humayun) and gave Lata Mangeshkar her first big break in playback singing (Majboor, in duets with Geeta Dutt and Mukesh).(There is also a nice Lata solo, "Dil mera toda") Returned to Lahore after partition, where he started Filmsaz with director S. Nazir Ajmeri and actor S. Gul, making "Beaqarar". Also scored Akeli, Bheegi palkein and two Noor Jehan films Gulemar (53) and Laila.
Filmography:1934 - Thief of Iraq
1935 - Majnu, Swarg ki sidhi
1939 - Gul-e-Bakawali
1940 - Yamla Jat
1941 - Khazanchi, Choudhary 1942 - Khandaan, Zamindaar
1943 - Poonji
1944 - Bhai, Chal chal re naujawan, phool
1945 - Humayun
1946 - Behram Khan, Jag biti, Shama 1947 - But Tarash, Manjhdhar, Mehndi
1948 - Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Majboor, Padmini, Patjhad, Shaheed
1949 - Kaneez
1950 - Do saudagar, putli
1953 - Aabshar----
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