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------------------------------------------------------------------ Khurshid Anwar - Music Director of Parwaana A Brief Life Story ------------------------------------------------------------------ He started his career as the Producer-in-charge of the music division of the All India Radio. His first film was the Panjabi film "Kudmai" released in 1941. Actors in this film were Jagdish Sethi, Waasti, Jeewan, Radharani, Ram Avatar etc. His first Hindi film was "Ishara" (1943), lyrics by D. N. Madhok. Popular songs from this movie are Panghat pe muraliya baje - Surayya Shabnam kyon neer bahaye - Gauhar Sultana Dil deke dagha nahin dena - Vatsala Kumathekar --------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of his other Hindi films are Parakh - 1944 (with Saraswati Devi) Yateem - 1945 (with K. Dutta) Aaj Aur Kal - 1947 Pagdandi - 1947 Parwaana - 1947 which was the last movie in which K. L. Saigal acted, as a married man who falls in love with Surayya, the other woman. Baby Khursheed, later known as Shyama had a small role as sister. The movie is available from Atlantic Video, Dallas. One song has been cut from the movie: it is "Sayyan ne ungali marori re" by Rajkumari. Singaar - 1949 He got a "Best Music Director" award, my sources are silent on from whom. Four songs can still be heard: Dil aane ke dhang nirale hain - Surinder Kaur Chanda re mein teri gawahi - Surinder Kaur Naya nainon mein rang - Surayya Wo din kidhar gaye - Surayya Nishaana - 1950 had songs by Geeta Roy (Dutt) and Shamshad Neelampari - 1952 had the popular Jab tak chamken chand sitare - Geeta and G. M. Durrani Raat chandani kare ishare - Geeta --------------------------------------------------------------------- After partition, he went to Pakistan like many other good people we know. Some of his Pakistani movies are Ghoongat Chingari Koyal Shauhar Heer Ranjha Intezar, which had the popular Noor Jahan numbers Jis din se piya dil le gaye (Qateel Shifai) Ghazab kiya tere wade pe (Daag Dehalawi ?) He got the awards called the "Hyderali Award" and the "Pride of Performance Award" from the Pakistani government in 1979. Died on October 30, 1984 at Lahore, age 70. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Some excerpts from Vish Krishnan's article on Noorjehan:- Another master classicist was Khurshid Anwar, who did very few pre-Partition movies for Bombay cinema (notable are NISHANA, an Ashok Kumar-Madhubala-Geeta Bali starrer of 1950, and SINGAAR, and 1949 musical treat starring Madhubala and Suraiyya). From the '50s, I recall 3 Noor Jehan songs by Khurshid Anwar, and they are all cast in a classical mould. The Miyan Ki Todi rendition of "Jis Din Se Piya Dil Le Gaye, Dukh De Gaye" perhaps does not match up to our standards of virus-free and domesticated classi- cal singing, but it has its place. And to top it, the Jaijaiwanti song "Dil Ka Diya Jalaaya Toone" is a must-have. And then in a style that almost completely describes the latter-day Noor Jehan, she sings Khurshid Anwar's wonderful Tilak Shyam com- position Saagar Roye, Leheren Shor Machaayen, Yaad Piya Ki Aaye, Naina Bhar Aaye --------------------------------------------------------------------
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