Music Composer Naushad Ali passes away

[Mona]

Naushad Ali, one of the greatest music composers of Indian cinema, has died in Mumbai at the age of 87.

He moved to Mumbai in the late 1930s to try his luck as a musician but had to really struggle.

Naushad churned out hit after hit in the 1940s mainly in the films of AR Kardar.


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[Cooldude]

Originally Posted by Mona

Naushad Ali, one of the greatest music composers of Indian cinema, has died in Mumbai at the age of 87.

He moved to Mumbai in the late 1930s to try his luck as a musician but had to really struggle.

Naushad churned out hit after hit in the 1940s mainly in the films of AR Kardar.


http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showt...egory=National

Sad News. May this great soul rest in peace.

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[Charchila]

Thanks for the lovely music that he provided over the decades! May his soul rest in peace...

[Surendra]

He was really great, his place will be unoccupied everlastingly
May his soul rest in peace...

[Cooldude]

Naushad was a veteran Music composer.

Naushad began his career in the 1930s and composed the scores for some of the biggest hits of the 1950s and 1960s.

Apart from Mughal-e-Azam (1960), he composed the music for Andaz (1949), Baiju Bawra (1952), Mother India (1957) and Pakeezah - the Pure One (1971).

He was awarded one of India's highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan, in 1992.

In 1982 he also received the Dadasaheb Phalke award - named after the father of Indian cinema - for his "lifetime contribution to Indian cinema".