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		       Ghulam Haider (1908-53)
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Music composer born in Hyderabad. Studied dentistry. Leading composer
from the Lahore group with e.g. Shyam Sunder, Khurshid Anwar and
S.D. Batish. With Naushad initiated a musical revolution helping to
institutionalize an All-India Film aesthetic in India. Learnt music
from Babu Ganeshlal, with whom he worked in theatre playing harmonium
in Calcutta. Briefly composer for the Jenaphone recording label. Broke
into films in Lahore with directors Shorey and Kardar; then worked for
Pancholi starting with the Punjabi film "Gul-e-Bakavali" featuring
Noor Jehan as a child actress. Regular composer for Pancholi until
Poonji.  His score for Khazanchi led to a series of Pancholi hits
pioneering new marketing strategies. Best known compositions, often
sung by Shamshad Begum, invoke Punjabi folk rythms and extensively
feature percussion instruments like the dholak. Moved to Bombay in
1944 where he worked in Filmistan(Chal chal re naujawan) and
Minerva. Composed one successful Mehboob film (Humayun) and gave Lata
Mangeshkar her first big break in playback singing (Majboor, in duets
with Geeta Dutt and Mukesh).

(There is also a nice Lata solo, "Dil mera toda")

Returned to Lahore after partition, where he started Filmsaz with
director S. Nazir Ajmeri and actor S. Gul, making "Beaqarar". Also
scored Akeli, Bheegi palkein and two Noor Jehan films Gulemar (53) and
Laila.

Filmography:

1934 - Thief of Iraq
1935 - Majnu, Swarg ki sidhi
1939 - Gul-e-Bakawali
1940 - Yamla Jat
1941 - Khazanchi, Choudhary
1942 - Khandaan, Zamindaar
1943 - Poonji
1944 - Bhai, Chal chal re naujawan, phool
1945 - Humayun
1946 - Behram Khan, Jag biti, Shama
1947 - But Tarash, Manjhdhar, Mehndi
1948 - Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Majboor, Padmini, Patjhad, Shaheed
1949 - Kaneez
1950 - Do saudagar, putli
1953 - Aabshar

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