KHAYYAM
KHAYYAM
(18 February 1927 - 19 August 2019)
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, better known mononymous as Khayyam , was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades. he was known for the music he composed for films like Umrao Jaan, Kabhie Kabhie, Razia Sultan, Dil-e-Nadan, Dard, Thodisi Bewafai. He won three filmfare awards : for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhie Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan, and a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademy 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 honour, Padma Bhushan, by Government of India for 2011.
Early life
Khayyam was born to a Punjabi Muslim family on 18 February 1927 in Rahon in Punjab, British India. As a boy, Khayyam ran away to his uncle’s house in New Delhi. There he was trained under classical vocalist and composer Pandit Amarnath.
Career
Khayyam went to Lahore looking for roles in films. There he met Baba Chishti, a famous Punjabi Music Director. After listening to a composition by Chishti, he sang 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. Hewas only 17 then.
After a stint in the Army in Second World War, Khayyam went to Bombay to fulfill his dream and made his debut as Sharmaji of the Sharmaji-Varmaji composer duo with the film 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 (1950) in which the song “Akele Mein Woh Ghabrate To Honge” sung by Mohammad Rafi was a hit. “Shaam-e-Gham ki Kasam” sung by Talatg Mahmood from the film Footpath (1953) struck a chord among the masses. He gained great recognition from the film Phir Subah Hogi (1958) starring Raj Kapoor and Mala Sinha, in which songs written by Sahir Ludhianvi and sung by Mukesh and Asha Bhosle were set to tune by Khayyam. Notable amongst them are “Woh Subah Kabhie To Aayegi”, “Aasman Pe Hai Khuda Aur Zameen pe Hum” and “Chin-O-Arab Hamara”
Songs from the film “Shola Aur Shabnam” (1961) written by Kaifi Azmi established Khayyam’s reputation as a composer. From the Chetan Anand directed ‘Aakhri Khat’ (1966) “Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sawaron” by Lata Mangeshkar and “Aur Kuch Der Thehar” by Mohammad Rafi were huge hits. Other notable songs are from the film “Shagoon (1964) which had Khayyam’s wife Jagjit Kaur sing “Tum Apna Ranj-O-Gham” and “Tum Chali Jaogi”.
The 1970s saw Khayyam team up with Sahir Ludhianvi once again with Yash Chopra directed film Kabhie Kabhie (1976). The songs showed Khayyam’s versatility with hits such as ‘Kabhi Kabhi Mere dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai ‘ sung by Mukesh and Lata, ‘Tere chehre se Nazar Nahin’ by Kishore and Lata, and ‘ Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar hoon” by Mukesh.
Khayyam provided music to the films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Songs from Trishul, Thodisi Bewafai, Bazaar, Dard, Noorie, Nakhudaa, Sawaal, Bepannah, and Khandaan are some of his best works.
Khayyam was still to deliver his best, and the opportunity came in Muzaffar Ali’s “Umrao Jaan” in 1981. He had Asha Bhosle sing the songs “In Ankhonki Masti Ke’, ‘‘Yeh Kya Jagah hai Doston” and “Dil Cheez Kya Hai”, which are evergreen. The combination of Khayyam’s music, Asha Bhosle’s rendering and Rekha’s acting took the film to a new height winning Filmfare award for Best Music director, and National Award for Best Music Director and Best Actress to Rekha. Several songs sung by Asha Bhosle are considered classics of film music. Today, Umrao Jaan is considered at par with other cult classics such as Pakeezah (1972) and is widely acclaimed as one of India’s great cinematic magnum opus.
Khayyam composed music for Thodisi Bewafai, Dard (both in 1981) and Dil-e-Nadaan (1982), all of them starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead. Khayyam created music for the Kamal Amrohi directed film Razia Sultan (1983) and the song “Aye Dil-e-Nadan” sung by Lata is considered as a milestone. Khayyam also composed non-film songs.
Khayyam always preferred to work with poets rather than film lyricists. That is the reason one finds poetry playing an equal role in Khayyam’s compositions as thec music or the singer. Khayyam preferred to give full freedom to the poets for expressing their views thereby making the expression of songs more poetic and meaningful.
Personal Life
Khayyam married Jagjit Kaur in 1954 in one of the first inter-communal marriages in the Indian film industry. They had ason , Pradeep, who died in 2012. Inspired by their son’s helping nature, on his 89th birthday Khayyam announced a Charitable Trust, “Khayyam Jagjit Kaur Charitable Trust '' to help artists and technicians in need and he has donated his entire wealth to the trust. His wealth at the time of announcement was valued at Rs. 10 crore (US $ 1.3 million)
Khayyam died on 19 August 2019 at Mumbai due to age related problems which led to cardiac arrest at the age of 92.
Awards and nominations.
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 by Govt. of India
2012 : Mirchi Music Lifetime Achievement Award
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
KHAYYAM SONGS - Part 1
( Songs from the films - Foot Path (1953), Phir Subah Hogi (1958) and Lala Rukh (1958).)
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2. KHAYYAM SONGS - Part 2
( Songs from the films - Barood (1960), Shola Aur Shabnam (1962) Aakhri Khat (1967), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Trishul (1978) and Khandan (1979).)
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3. KHAYYAM SONGS - Part 3
(Songs from the films - Noorie (1979), Razia Sultan (1983), Thodisi Bewafai (1980) and Na Khuda (1981).)
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4. KHAYYAM SONGS - Playlist - 4
(Songs from films - Umrao Jaan (1981) and Aahista Aahista (1981).)
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5. KHAYYAM SONGS - Playlist 5
( Songs from films - Dil- E- Nadaan (1982), Dard (1981) and Bazaar (1982) )
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