Dear Friends,

Janaaab Mohammed Zahoor Hashmi ‘ Khaiyyam’ Sahab, born in Jallandhar (Village – Rahon) in Punjab.

He studied music under guidance of Pt.Amarnathji & Pandit Husnlal Bhagatram Sahab.

KhaiyyamSahab spent most of his time composing music for private Ghazal albums. Most of the C.H.Atma Ghazals were put to music by the genius.

The film Lala Rookh was his first film as a music director & of course the first hit Asha-Talat duet ‘Pyaas kuch aur bhi bhadka di jhalak dikhlaa Ke,’

Who can forget melody of films –
‘Phir Subah Hogi’ specially ‘Chin-O-Arab Hamara’ , ‘Who Subha Kabhi To Aayegi’

Shola Aur Shabnam- ‘Jeet Hee Lenge Baazi Hum Tum’

etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc ……….

During a recent interview, he mentioned about his haunting tune in the film 'Razia Sultan'..

Aye Dil-E-Nadaan
Arzoo Kya Hai?
Zus-t-Zu Kya Hai?

Friends, let’s enjoy this tune..

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Khayyam...a great musicion...he composed the song Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein...kya geet....

Khaiyyam started his music career in late Forties. Among his early movies were Parda (1949) and Biwi (1949). under pseudo-name "Sharmaji". In Biwi, he composed "Akele Mein Woh ghabrate Toh Hoge", one of Rafi's best known songs. In early Fifties too Khaiyam composed music for many films. One of his better known films of that period is Dilip Kumar - Meena Kumari starrer Foorpath. The film didn't do well at box office, but it had fabulous music by Khaiyyam including the immortal Talat melody "Sham-e-Gham Ki Kasam Aaj Ghamghin Hain Hum"

Pradeep

I was just wondering, is the Kishore Kumar song "Pichhli yaad bhulado" composed by Khaiyyam sahab?

--Salim