Moslehuddin (born Abul Qasim Mohammed Moslehuddin; 27 October 1932 6 August 2003; also spelled Muslehuddin) was a Pakistani film score composer and music director. He composed music for sixteen

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films besides contributing to

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, the

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, Bengali music and stage and TV shows. At the young age of sixteen, he started his career as a composer. He married

Nahid Niazi Naheed Niazi (born 26 February 1941) is a former Pakistani playback singer who performed in the Lollywood movies during the era of 1960s. She is married to musician Muslehuddin; her sister is the singer Najma Niazi. She is known for her playba ...

in Lahore, Pakistan, on 10 January 1964. His wife was a very prominent Pakistani singer who worked with all of the top music directors in Pakistan before and after their marriage. In PTV shows like ''Kaliyon Ki Mala'' (the first children's TV music programme in Pakistan started ''under the name Padma Kee Mouje'' by Moslehuddin in 1964), Moslehuddin and Nahid Niazi both sang, produced and wrote the songs (music and lyrics) for this children's show Moslehuddin NN 2000

Biography

He was born as Abul Qasim Mohammed Moslehuddin on 27 October 1932 in

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(in modern-day Bangladesh). He later migrated to

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in 1956. After obtaining M.Com. degree in

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and

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from the

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, he went to

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where he initially started working in

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as a music composer. He and

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were the two Bengali composers who started their musical careers in the 1950s from

. He later met Luqman in 1958, a Pakistani film director who introduced him in his film titled ''Aadmi''. He also composed music for ''Humsafar'' (1960 film), for which the film became the recipient of a

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Best Music in 1960. He introduced Western,

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and Bengali-style music to films. He composed music for various

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Rahguzar'' and ''Josh'' among others. Besides his contribution to the film industry, he worked for

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which he originally joined in 1964 and was one of its pioneering artists. He along with his wife produced the first

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focused on music and songs such as ''Kaliyon Ki Mala'' and ''Padma Kee Mouje''. One of the most famous songs that Moslehuddin composed was the Bengali song Akasher Oi Miti Miti. Moslehuddin wrote the music and the lyrics for this song. Before Moslehuddin married Nahid Niazi she recorded Moslehuddin's famous song Is "Jahan Mein Kash Koi Dil Lagaye" sung by Nahid Niazi and Saleem Raza In the 1960s Moslehuddin traveled to Calcutta, India to record Hemant Kumar for the song Raat Sohani Hai In 1971, Moslehuddin and his wife went to the U.K. to record for the BBC and do various tours doing musical shows . During this time the split of East Pakistan happened and they decided to apply to remain and migrate to the U.K. in 1971. Moslehuddin spent much of his life in the U.K. but also spent months at a time visiting Pakistan and the USA to visit his son Feisal. Both Moslehuddin and his wife Nahid continued working for Pakistan Television in the 1970s, 80's and 90's and produced many new songs and performances. They both also worked for the BBC, and Moslehuddin managed multiple musical performances for the BBC both in Birmingham (

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) and London over many of the years he spent in the U.K. Some of these performances are viewable on

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. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htvrLScwzeo&t=152s Moslehuddin in the studios Pakistan 1990s

Filmography

*''Aadmi'' (1958) *''Rahguzar'' (1960) (producer:

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) *''Humsafar'' (1960) *'' Zamana Kya Kahega'' (1961) (producer: Iqbal Yusuf) *''Daal Mein Kaala'' (1962) *''Dil Ne Tujhe Maan Liya'' (1963) *''Yahudi Ki Larki'' (1963) *''Nehle Pe Dehla'' (1964) *''Joker'' (1966) *''Jaan Pehchan'' (1967) *''Mujhe Jeene Duo'' (1968) *''

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'' (1974)

Popular songs

* ''Magar Ae Haseena-e-Nazneen, Mujhe Tujh Se Koi Gila Nahin'' Sung by Saleem Raza *''Raat Saloni Aaee, Baat Anokhi Laaee'' Sung by

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and Nahid Niazi, lyrics by Fayyaz Hashmi *''Zindagi mein aik pal bhi chain aaye na''. *''Aaj Iss Shehr Mein'' (film Joker) originally sung by

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Awards and recognition

* Pride of Performance Award by the

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(Medal of Excellence) Award by the

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in 1969 *

as Best Music Director in film Hamsafar (1960)

Death

He died of a

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in England on 6 August 2003.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muslehuddin 1932 births 2003 deaths Bengali musicians Pakistani male composers Pakistani film score composers Musicians from Lahore Pakistani children's musicians University of Dhaka alumni Nigar Award winners Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Recipients of the Pride of Performance 20th-century male musicians Pakistani people of Bengali descent