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Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is respectfully remembered as "Moseeqar-e-azam" ( The great musician) in the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films.

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Naushad Ali (Nastaliq: نوشاد علی,Devanagari: नौशाद अली) (December 25, 1919 – May 5, 2006) was an Indian musician. He was one of the foremost music directors (composers) for Bollywood films. He won the first Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1954, for Baiju Bawra (1952). Famous is also for such films as Mughal-e-Azam. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Naushad">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Composer, music director, film producer, writer, poet, producer
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1940–2005
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date of birth
1919-12-25
date of death
2006-05-05
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1940-00-00
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  • Early life and education
  • Career
  • Death and legacy
  • Writer
  • Music style
  • Filmography
  • Music director
  • Non-film album
  • Producer
  • Storywriter
  • Awards and recognition
  • Positions held
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • External links

Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is respectfully remembered as "Moseeqar-e-azam" ( The great musician) in the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films.

His first film as an independent music director was Prem Nagar in 1940. His first musically successful film was Rattan (1944), followed by 35 silver jubilee hits, 12 golden jubilee and 3 diamond jubilee mega successes. Naushad was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Bhushan in 1981 and 1992 respectively for his contribution to the Hindi film industry.

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