Naushad
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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 was an Indian male screenwriter, composer, film score composer, and film producer. Born in Lucknow, British India, on December 25, 1919, he began his work period in 1940. He specialized in the Hindustani classical music genre and worked primarily in Hindi. His professional fields included film score and film production.
He received several awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Filmfare Awards, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and Padma Bhushan. Naushad was a citizen of the British Raj, the Dominion of India, and India. He followed Islam, specifically Shia Islam. He died in Mumbai on May 5, 2006.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 2006
Discography
- Rattan1944
- Anmol Ghadi1946
- Dard1947
- Anokhi Ada1948
- Mela1948
- Andaz1949
- Dillagi1949
- Dulari1949
- Babul1950
- Dastan1950
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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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- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Lucknow
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Award
- Padma Bhushan
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- date of birth
- 1919-12-25
- date of death
- 2006-05-05
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- Naushad
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
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- Category:Films scored by Naushad
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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
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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.
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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