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Post by Maestro on May 5, 2006 21:54:36 GMT 5.5
Noted music composer Naushad Ali died of old age in Mumbai on Friday, family sources said. He was 86. Naushad, a Dadasaheb Phalke award winner, had not been keeping well for quite some time in the recent past, they said. Born on December 25, 1919, Naushad came to Mumbai in the 1930s from Lucknow and became one of the most successful music directors of the Hindi film industry in the next two decades. Prominent films for which he had composed music include Baiju Bawra, Mother India and Mughal-e-Azam, all of which had achieved phenomenal commercial success. Naushad had been undergoing treatment at Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, where he was admitted on April 20 after complaining of uneasiness, they said. from in.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/05naushad.htm
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Post by Maestro on May 5, 2006 21:56:34 GMT 5.5
Regarded as one of the greatest music composers of Indian cinema, Naushad's was literally a journey from the footpath to the recording studios. Born Naushad Ali on Christmas day in 1919, he spent several nights on the footpath after moving to Mumbai in the late 1930s to try his luck as a musician. The composer, who hailed from Lucknow, had cried when his film Baiju Bawra was premiered at Mumbai's Broadway theatre. When the late producer Vijay Bhat asked him why he was crying, Naushad told him he was sleeping on the footpath opposite the theatre when he had dreamt of seeing his music brought to life here. 'It took me 16 long years to cross that footpath,' he had said. After studying under Ustad Ghurbat Ali, Ustad Yusuf Ali and Ustad Babban Saheb, Naushad repaired harmoniums and composed for amateur theatricals before coming to Mumbai. Since childhood, he was an avid listener of the live orchestras accompanying silent films. Parental pressure to wean him away from music compelled the future maestro to run away to Mumbai in search of his dream. He assisted Khemchand Prakash, whom he considered his teacher for a few years, and got his first break with Prem Nagar (1940). However, he was first noticed with Sharda (1942), where a 13-year old Suraiya did the playback for heroine Mehtab. Rattan (1944) took Naushad to the top and enabled him to charge Rs 25,000 a film in those days. Naushad's forte was Hindustani Classical music. His professional training in Hindustani music enabled him to make swift adaptations of ragas into film music. This led to his coming out with major hits including Mughal-e-Azam, Mother India and Baiju Bawra. His other hits included films like Shahjahan, Dard, Dillagi, Dulari, Anokhi Ada, Barsaat and Andaaz. He composed music for 67 films during his career, and completed Pakeezah (1972) after Ghulam Mohammed's death. Lata Mangeshkar, India's greatest playback singer -- whom Naushad gave an opportunity to sing in the early days -- once remarked that the music he composed for Baiju Bawra had surprised her. "It was entirely different from what he had done before. Different ragas were used for different situations and the purity of the ragas was maintained to the maximum possible extent," she had said. Besides Lata, Naushad was also instrumental in introducing Mohammed Rafi to Hindi film music. He also utilised the services of distinguished classical vocalists like Amir Khan and D V Paluskar in Baiju Bawra (1952) and Bade Ghulam Ali Khan in Mughal-e-Azam (1960) to telling effect. He was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Aware in 1981 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Naushad was the first to combine the flute and clarinet, sitar and mandolin. He was also one of the first to introduce song mixing and separate recording of voice and music in playback singing. It was a reversal of fortunes for the legend with the advent of the 1960s and the decline of Dilip Kumar. He used to compose music for most of the thespian's films. The 86-year old's last composition was for the recently-released Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story, directed by Akbar Khan.
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Post by Maestro on May 5, 2006 22:01:03 GMT 5.5
Take a moment to remember the great composer. Post your condolences.
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Post by UMESH on May 5, 2006 23:34:25 GMT 5.5
YA WE REallY LOST NICE PERSON.....
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Post by surender on May 6, 2006 9:16:50 GMT 5.5
yes it is great loss
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Sujoy Sarkar Kolkata
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Post by Sujoy Sarkar Kolkata on May 6, 2006 9:40:54 GMT 5.5
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Post by Gurunandan on May 6, 2006 10:56:48 GMT 5.5
Great Great Music Director...alas...we have lost him
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Post by vinu vijayan on May 6, 2006 11:22:15 GMT 5.5
it's a big lose to Indian music.my hearty commiseration to his family. By vinu vijayan from kerala
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Post by kuchu on May 6, 2006 12:25:37 GMT 5.5
this is a big loss to the industry and nation , his remembrence will always remain with us in the form of his great music compositions .
my heartly condolence for such a great personality.
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Post by zulqarnain kalyar on May 6, 2006 20:35:59 GMT 5.5
we lost another gem!!!!
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Post by Ram Prasad on May 8, 2006 10:31:32 GMT 5.5
A great music director who has filled life in the songs he has composed. Truly a role model. Baiju Bawra and a host of other films like Mughal E Azam which has ruled the roost for decades coz of his collosal stature in the world of hindi film music. Songs are always wonderful when they are composed by Naushad saab. May his soul rest in peace. Wherever he is, he will be truly loved by the lovers of hindi film music.
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