A. Nayyar

Arthur Nayyar
Born14 April 1950
Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Died11 November 2016(2016-11-11) (aged 61)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
OccupationSinger
Years active1974 – 2016
Known forFilm playback singing
AwardsPride of Performance Award in 2018
5 Nigar Awards during his film career

Arthur Nayyar (14 April 1950 – 11 November 2016), commonly known as A. Nayyar, was a Pakistani film playback singer.[1]

He started his career in 1974 with a duet song. Nayyar always claimed famous singer Ahmed Rushdi[2] as an important contributor to his career as he learned film playback singing from Rushdi and the noted singer Mehdi Hassan helped him improve his voice quqlity.[3][4]

Nayyar and Akhlaq Ahmed remained dominant playback singers of the Pakistani film industry in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.[5][2][3]

  1. ^ Shoaib Ahmed (12 November 2016). "Playback singer A. Nayyar passes away". Images magazine (Dawn Group of newspapers). Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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  5. ^ "Profile of A. Nayyar". Urduwire.com website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2024.