Mohammed Zahur Khayyam

Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
Khayyam at his birthday bash
Khayyam at his 85th birthday bash in 2012
Born(1927-02-18)18 February 1927
Died19 August 2019(2019-08-19) (aged 92)
Occupation(s)Music director, film score composer
Known forUmrao Jaan
Kabhi Kabhie
Razia Sultan
Dil-e-Nadaan
Dard
Thodisi Bewafai
Spouse
(m. 1954)
Children1
HonoursPadma Bhushan

Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019),[1] better known mononymously as Khayyam, was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades.[2][3]

He won three Filmfare Awards: for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan, and a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative Music, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre.[4] He was awarded the third-highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan, by the Government of India in 2011.[5]

  1. ^ "Music Composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi Dies at 92". NDTV. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. ^ "PM meets musician Khayyam". The Times of India. PTI. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ^ This studio gave a struggling musician a new dawn[dead link] Mohammed Wajihuddin, Indian Express, 26 May 2002.
  4. ^ Creative Music Archived 15 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine Sangeet Natak Akademi Official Award listings.
  5. ^ "Padma Bhushan Award Winners". The Times of India. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2018.