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Nashad- A Composer who created Immortal Songs in Bollywood and Pakistani films

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  Nashad    (11 July 1923 – 14 January 1981)   composed music for  Hindi  films in the 1940s and 1950s,  He composed under several names.  He made his music debut under the name Shaukat Dehalvi in the 1947 action film  Dildaar .   He composed as Shaukat Ali for the 1948 film  Jeene Do . and   Toote Taare (1948)  as Shaukat Dehalvi.IFrom1949 onwards   he composed music for actor-director  Yakub 's film,  Aiye . as  Shaukat Ali Haideri      In 1953, film director, Nakshab Jarachavi, changed Shaukat Ali's name to Nashad, which he retained for the rest of his life.   He migrated to Pakistan and debuted as a composer in the 1964 film  Maikhana ,  As Nashad his first song '  Badee Mushkil Se Dil Kee Bekaraaree Ko from Naghma 1953 sung by Shamshad Begum became a hit 'Baradari(1955) remains one of his memorable films.    This film had some hit songs "Bhula Nahi...

Anil Biswas - One of the Pioneers of Hindi Film Music

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  Anil Biswas, Pankaj Mallick, Saraswati Devi, and Master Ghulam Haider were the first generation composers of Hindi Films. They started giving music in the mid-1930s and continued till the independence of the country. Anil Biswas made his  debut as a music director with "Dharam ki Devi" (1935).  It was the popularity of the Mehboob Khan film "Jagirdar" (1937), which proved that he could turn out hit songs.  Soon many more independent assignments came his way, most notably,  300 Days and After ,  Gramophone Singer ,  Hum Tum Aur Woh ,  Ek Hi Raasta , and  Mehboob Khan 's  Watan   (1938),  Alibaba  (1940), the classic,  Aurat (1940),  Bahen  (1941), before working with him again, in  Roti  (1942). He was  a mentor to many singers like Zohrabai Ambalewali,  Begum Akhtar,  Mukesh, Talat Mahmood,  Lata Mangeshkar, Meena Kapoor. From 1942 to 1947 he worked for Bombay Talkies.During t...