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here is some information about sajjad hussain from downmelodylane-
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Music director Sajjad Hussain was a unique personality. He did only 14 films (approx.) in a career span of 20 years. He was an excellent Mandolin player. He had the honor of being the only musician in the world able to play classical Indian music on the mandolin, an almost impossible task because of its limitations. Sajjad Hussein was a genius . However he never witnessed the glory or fame that he deserved because of his unwillingness to compromise on the smallest of details. Sajjad was born in 1899 in a village Sitamau in Madhya Pradesh, India. His father taught him Sitar. In his teens he mastered himself in Veena, Violin, Flute and Piano.

In 1940 Sajjad came to Bombay and a friend introduced him to Mir Allabaksh (Father of Mina Kumari) who was a composer and was associated with Minerva Movietone. Mir was impressed by Sajjad's Mandolin and he employed him as his assistant. He worked with him for few films. Later he joined music director Pt. Hanumaan Prasad as an assistant. He assisted him in Gaali (1944) and he composed two songs for the film, i.e., 'Aag Lage Saawan Mein..' and 'Ab Aa Jaa Dil Na Lage..' both were sung by Nirmala Devi.

In 1944 he got Dost as an independant music director solely on the basis of his own talent. The songs of the film sung by Noor Jahan became very famous. In 1947 he came out with '1857'. The song 'Teri Nazar Mein Main Rahoon, Meri Nazar Mein Too..' sung by Suraiyya and Surendra became a rage. In 1950 Khel was released which had two songs by Lata Mangeshkar, 'Bhool Jaa Aei Dil..' and 'Jaate Ho To Jaao..', both of them became very popular. In 1951 came his films Saiyyan which was a huge hit. Sajjad was a very moody and short tempered man. He had some problems with lyricist D. N. Madhok who penned the songs of Saiyyan. After Saiyyan they never worked again.

Since Sajjad had earned fame all by his efforts, he became very proud of his talent and he always found himself in controversies with his co-workers.In 1951, he was preparing music for Sangdil during which he clashed with its actor Dilip Kumar and as a result the two were never seen together after that. He not only worked very hard for the songs of Sangdil, but also for its background music. His hard work paid him and the he got lot of appreciation for the overall music of Sangdil. Songs like 'Ye Hawa Ye Raat Ye Chandni..' created history and it is counted as his best compositions.

He teased Talat Mehmood as 'Galat Mehmood', Kishore Kumar as 'Shor Kumar' and even commented adversly on Lata Mangeshkar once. As a result of which he had problems with Lata for some time. It was his rude behaviour that he got few chances. He also rejected an offer by S. Mukherjee of Filmistaan. The result of his tussles and controversies was that he has just 14 films and less than 100 songs to his name in his 20 years long film career spanning from Dost (1944) to Rustam Sohraab (1963). Most of his songs were hits and are memorable but his behaviour kept him from a rich film career and us from many more good songs. Anil Biswas' compliment gives us the insight of the capabilities of this great composer, according to Anilda, Sajjad Hussain was the only original composer of Hindi cinema. Every note of his was an original.

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here is filmography of sajjad hussain compiled from various sources-


1 1944 Gaali,
2 1944 Dost
3 1945 Dharam
4 1946 1857
5 1946 Tilasmi Duniya
6 1947 Kasam
7 1947 Mere Bhagwan
8 1949 rooplekha ,
9 1950 Khel
10 1950 Magroor
11 1951 Hulchal
12 1951 Saiyyan
13 1952 Sangdil
14 1955 Rukhsana
15 1963 Rustam Sohraab
16 1973 mera shikar,
17 1977 aakhri sajda,
18 195? lajwanti

music supervision

1 1970-zeenat/

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1 1944 Gaali,


1 ab laagi pe laagi raam,aag lage sawan mein-nimala-pt indra,
2 taras taras gaye beet baras-nirmala-pt rammurti,
3 ab aa ja aaja dil na lage-nirmala,karan deewan-d n madhok

rest of the songs were composed by pt. hanuman prasad

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2 1944 Dost

lyricist-shums lakhnavi,


1 peena-3 tum moonh na bana ke peena-
2 churaya hai dil to na aankhein churana-
3 kaleje pe teesein labon pe hansee hai-
4 badnam mohabbat kaun kare-noorjehan,
5 ab kaun hai mera-noorjehan,
6 chhed gayo manwa hamaar nainan se-
7 more saajna-2,aa ke daras dikha-noorjehan,
8 koi prem ka deke sandesa-noorjehan,
9 alam par alam aur sitam par sitam-noorjehan



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3 1945 Dharma

lyricist-shevan rizvi,balam


1 jam jam rahe meharbaan-ratanbai,
2 tera mera pyaar ho-alaknanda,
3 naveli albeli-chorus,
4 duniya mein rahe-ratanbai,
5 chale pawan-naseem,ratanbai,
6 kaise man samjhaaoon-naseem,
7 jeevan ki dor-ratanbai,
8 ------
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4 1946 1857


1 game ashiana satayega kab tak-suraiya,
2 meri ho gayi unse baat-suraiya,
3 woh pehli mulaqat hi bas pyaar ban gayi-surendra,
4 chupke hi chupke na jaane kya ishare ho gaye-zohrabai,male,chorus
5 teri nazar mein mein rahoon-suraiya,surendra,
6 umeedon ka taara kismat se kuchh der chamak kar toot gaya-suraiya,
7 dilli tere qile par honge nishaan hamare-chorus,
8 jhamak jhamak liye teg tamak more banke-shamshad,chorus

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5 1946 Tilasmi Duniya

1 mehman do ghadi ki,ae phool jawani teri-
2 holi phir se aa gayi ri-
3 rut aayi hai karke singaar-
4 durgamata o sukhdata-female voice,
5 mere laya mein pade kaise-
6 kya kahoon raat ki baat sakhi-
7 bache raho,hum nahin jaane-female voice
8 saiyan beiman hai saiyaan beiman-
9 chhed de man ke taar sajaniya-
10 majbooriyaan to dekho-

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6 1947 Kasam

1 khuda tujhko dega humein denewale-
2 suna ja koi geet ae dil suna ja-geeta roy,
3 ae dil bata kisko karoon pyaar-geeta roy,
4 ya rab hamari aah mein itna asar nahin-geeta roy,
5 din raat hain badle huye-
6 woh jisko mita baithe-geeta roy,
7 daman ko haath se woh chhuda ke chale gaye-geeta roy,
8 humein apna jalwa dikha kamliwale-
9 khuda tera-
10 humse kya huyi

playback singers-geeta roy,parul ghosh

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7 1947 Mere Bhagwan

1 o shyam,mira ke giridhari ab to darshan do-chorus[geeta?],
2 mujhe bawri bawri log kahein-geeta roy,
3 hai re insan ka jeena mushkil-
4 bedardi piya tujh bin chain na aaye-
5 o laal dupattewali-
6 mori ankhiyaan ladi murari se-geeta roy,
7 kahiye sahab kahan chale-
8 bansi bajaiya,more kanhaiya-



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8 1949 rooplekha ,

1 tum ho jao hamare...kabhi chandni raaton mein-rafi,surinder kaur,
2 teer pe teer khaye ja-rafi

rest of the songs were composed by khan mastana,nisar bazmi and parvez



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9 1950 Khel

1 jaate ho to jaao,hum bhi yahan-lata,
2 humein ab yeh jeena gawara nahin hai-g m durrani,
3 bhool ja ae dil mohabbat ka fasana-lata,
4 sajna din bahure hamare-geeta roy,
5 woh aayenge-2,gagan ki neeli-2 odhni ko sar pe odh ke-shamshad,
6 tod gaye hai tod gaye-meena kapoor,
7 teri nazaron ne mere seene par fire kar diya..tu kahan chala-geeta,g m durrani,female voice,
8 apni mehfil mein phir ek baar chale aane do-g m durrani,
9 kahe mujhse jawani-shamshad



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10 1950 Magroor

1 tumhe baaghon mein sawan ke nazare yaad karte hain-shamshad,
2 toot gaya toot gaya,woh saje-mohabbat toot gaya-rafi,rajkumari,shamshad

rest of the songs were composed by bulo c rani and ram panjwani

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11 1951 Hulchal

1 koi kis tarah raze ulfat chupaye-rajkumari,
2 bahar aayi magar dil ke...luta dil mera hai aabaad hokar-lata,
3 aaj mere naseeb ne mujhko rula rula diya-lata

rest of the songs were composed by mohd. shafi

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12 1951 Saiyyan

1 hawa mein dil dole-lata,
2 us paar is deewar ke jo rehte hain-rafi,
3 khayalon mein tum ho,nazaron mein tum ho-lata,
4 kismat mein khushi ka naam nahin..ae gham ke sawere-lata,
5 meri jaan mohabbat karo chupke chupke-shamshad begum,
6 kaali kaali raat ae dil bada sataye-lata,
7 woh raat din,woh shaam ki-lata,
8 tumhe dil diya,yeh kya kiya-lata



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13 1952 Sangdil

1 dharti se door gore badalon ke paar-geeta,asha,
2 darshan pyasi aayi daasi-geeta roy,
3 dard bhari kisi ki yaad ,dil mein laga rahi hai aag-asha,
4 yeh hawa yeh raat yeh chandni-talat,
5 woh to chale gaye ae dil-lata,
6 aaj preet ne tod di..dil mein sama gaye sajan-lata,talat,
7 kahan ho kahan mere jeevan sahare-talat,
8 le chal wahan piya,jahan tera mera jiya-shamshad



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