Jagjit Kaur (May 1930 – 15 August 2021) was an Indian

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'' Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019), better known mononymously as Khayyam, was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades. He won three Filmfare Awards: for Be ...

Personal life and death

Kaur belonged to an aristocratic family from Punjab. She married composer

Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019), better known mononymously as Khayyam, was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades. He won three Filmfare Awards: for Be ...

in 1954, one of the first inter-communal marriages in the Indian film industry. They had a son, Pradeep, who died of a heart attack in 2012. Inspired by their son's helping nature, they started a trust, "Khayyam Jagjit Kaur KPG Charitable Trust" to help artistes and technicians in need. Khayyam died on 19 August 2019 following a cardiac arrest at the age of 92. Kaur died on 15 August 2021 at the age of 91.

Selected songs

Some of her songs are the following: * "Dekho dekho ji gori sasural chali" from '' Shagoon'' (1964), lyrics Sahir Ludhiyanvi, music Khayyam * "Tum apna ranj–o-gham apni pareshani mujhe de do" from '' Shagoon'' * "Khamosh zindagi ko afsaanaa mil gayaa" from ''Dil-e-Nadan'' (1953), lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Ghulam Mohammad * "Chale aao saiyan rangeele main vaari re" (with Pamela Chopra) from ''Bazaar'' (1982), lyrics Jagjit Kaur, music Khayyam * "Dekh lo aaaj humko jee bhar ke" from ''Bazaar'' * "Kaahe ko byahi bides" from ''Umrao Jaan'' (1981), music Khayyam * "Saada chidiya da chamba ve" by Jagjit Kaur and Pamela Chopra from ''Kabhi Kabhi'' (1976), music Khayyam * "Chanda gaaye raagini" from ''Dil-e-Nadan'' * "Pehle to ankh milana" (with Mohammed Rafi) from ''Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1961), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music Khayyam * "Ladi re ladi tujhse aankh jo ladi" from ''Shola aur Shabnam'' (1961)), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music Khayyam * "Nain milake pyar jata ke aag laga dee" (with Mohammed Rafi) from ''Mera Bhai Mera Dushman'' (1967), music

Khayyam Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131), commonly known as Omar Khayyam ( fa, عمر خیّام), was a polymath, known for his contributions to mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, ...

Jagjit Kaur also composed Punjabi Movie music-(Satguru Teri Oat) 1974 Star cast like Dara Singh, Som Dutt

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