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Khayyam
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Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi, known as Khaiyyaam (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019) was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades (1953–1990). He won three Filmfare Awards for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan, and a lifetime achievement award in 2010 . He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi 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 honor, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for 2011. Khayyam was born as Sa'aadat Hussain in undivided Punjab in Rahon, a town in Nawanshahr District which was then the Nawanshahr tehsil of Jalandhar District. As a boy Khayyam ran away to Delhi to learn music but was forced to return to complete his education. Khayyam then went to Lahore to learn music from the famous Baba Chishti. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Kabhi Kabhie
Kabhi Kabhie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Umrao jaan
Umrao Jaan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Footpath
Trishul (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Bazaar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Razia Sultan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Shagoon
Noorie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Thodi Si Bewafai
Dard