There's much to relish about Kaisa jadoo daala re's playful musings and So ja mere pyaare's affecting lullaby but Talat Mehmood's moody rendition of Shaam-e-gham ki kasam steals the show. Sukanya Verma salutes the legend and celebrates some of the finest soundtracks of his career.Īfter a stint as Sharmaji, a Hindu name he took on fearing the communal tension gripping Partition-time India, Khayyam was sort of reborn with Zia Sarhadi's Footpath. It's what makes his music so radiant and refined.Īt the age of 92, Khayyam has passed into the ages but his legacy will mesmerise generations for years to come. And then there was no looking back.īut the recipient of honours like Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi and the National Award never turned his skills into a sweatshop.Įver a believer in quality over quantity, Khayyam stuck to his principles and resisted even a hint of compromise. Initially, he teamed up with Rehman Verma under the pseudonym, Sharmaji-Vermaji, with Heer Ranjha marking their first ever collaboration.įollowing Verma's decision to stay in Pakistan after Partition, Khayyam reverted to his own name for the Dilip Kumar-Meena Kumar starrer, Footpath.

By the time he had gained some experience, an acting career no longer looked feasible and he took to composing instead.

His spellbinding melodies gave wings to poetry and enriched the history of Hindi film music.īut the man behind such awe-inspiring music started out wanting to be in front of the camera.īorn on February 18, 1927, near a small town outside Jalandhar, Khayyam had no interest in studies.īack then, film schools were unheard of, so he traveled to Lahore's Ghulam Ahmed Chishti aka Baba Chishti, requesting the Pakistani veteran composer to take him under his wing and teach him music.

Few embody William Shakespeare's golden words like Mohammad Zayur Khayyam Hashmi.Īn unmistakable serenity enveloped his songs that transported the listener to an alternate universe where dreams and desires found sanctuary.

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