Nashad

Nashad ناشاد
Born
Shaukat Ali Hashmi

(1923-07-11)11 July 1923
Died3 January 1981(1981-01-03) (aged 57)
Occupation(s)Film Composer, film music director
Years active1947–1981
RelativesWajid Nashad (son) (also a music director)
Awards2 Nigar Awards in 1964 and 1969

Nashad (Urdu: ناشاد) (11 July 1923 – 14 January 1981) was a film composer and music director of Indian and Pakistani film industry. He composed music for Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s, credited on-screen under the names Nashad and then later migrated to Pakistan in 1964.