National award winning Legendary music composer Khayyam passes away at 92
National award winning Legendary music composer Khayyam passes away at 92
A big setback to the music industry in the passing away of legendary music composey Khayyam. He was 92.
The legendary music composer died after suffering from a lung ailment. He is survived by his singer wife Jagjit Kaur.
Khayyam was known for his music in Bollywood classics like “Kabhie Kabhie”, “Trishul”, “Razia Sultan”, “Noorie” and “Umrao Jaan”. He also composed music for Meena Kumari’s album, “I Write, I Recite” featuring her singing her own poetic compositions.
Embellished with National Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and a Padma Bhushan, Khayyam was admitted to the Sujoy Hospital in Juhu last week for a lung infection, according to his spokesperson Pritam Sharma.
With a keen ear for music, he embarked on his musical career from Ludhiana at the age of 17.
He was honoured with the National Award, and a Filmfare Award, besides several other honours for his melodious music in “Umrao Jaan”, that featured Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooque Sheikh.
Khayyam’s non-film songs are equally loved by his fans, especially “Paaon padun tore shyam”, “Brij mein laut chalo” and “Ghazab kiya tere vaade pe aitbaar kiya”.
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