Mian Sheheryar (1927 – 9 January 2011) was a Pakistani television and film music composer.

Early life and career

Mian Sheheryar was born in

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, Punjab, British India in 1927.Music composer Sheheryar laid to rest
Dawn (newspaper), Published 10 January 2011, Retrieved 7 January 2021 After completing his basic education, he obtained a master's degree from the

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, Lahore. He started his career with Radio Pakistan, Lahore as a singer in 1948. In 1954, he recorded some of his compositions with His Master's Voice (HMV) label. Then he worked with some well-known musicians of that time including Niaz Hussain Shami, Sharif Ghaznavi, Ustad Sardar Khan and

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. He joined the Pakistani television at its Lahore center since its inception in 1964, stayed with it and worked there for over 40 years until his death in 2011. He is credited with introducing many singers – Naseem Begum (only on PTV - Ghulam Ahmed Chishti had already introduced her in film ''

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'' (1956)), classical music and ghazal singer Hamid Ali Khan,

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, folk singer

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, Shabnam Majeed and Hadiqa Kiani. All these singers he introduced, as we know now, achieved success later in the

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and television. Some of the Pakistani folk singers he helped develop their career include Suraiya Khanum and Tarannum Naz. Some of his music assistants that had worked with him at the PTV television center at Lahore, later became accomplished composers themselves - for example his former harmonium player Rafiq Hussain who later became a music composer himself but has died in September 2020.

Popular compositions

Awards and recognition

* Pride of Performance Award by the

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, Pakistan at the

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on 9 January 2011 at the age of 84. Some of his PTV colleagues including PTV's Lahore general Manager Farrukh Bashir, former PTV producer Mushtaq Sufi and music critic/newspaper columnist

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, Amjad Parvez, PILAC Director Sughra Sadaf and

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Deputy Managing Director Shahid Nadeem highlighted his contributions to the music of Pakistan.

References

External links

Mian Sheheryar on Apple Music websiteTV Hits - Tahira Syed with Mian Sheheryar as music composer - on EMI Pakistan websiteQaseeda Burda Sharif composed by Mian Sheheryar on dailymotion.com website
1928 births 2011 deaths Musicians from Lahore Radio personalities from Lahore Pakistani composers Pakistani television people Recipients of the Pride of Performance {{Pakistan-tv-bio-stub People from Punjab Province (British India)