Abdul Rasheed Attra (15 February 1919 – 18 December 1967),
also known as Rasheed Attre, was a Pakistani
film score composer.
[Tuningin: Legends live on (Tribute to Rasheed Attre)]
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Early life and career
Rasheed Attre was born in
Amritsar
Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...
,
Punjab,
British India in 1919. His father, Khushi Mohammad, was also singer-musician in his time. Young Rasheed acquired his initial music lessons from Khan Sahib Ashfaq Husain. Sharp enough in the field of learning music, Rasheed soon mastered the musical instruments in general and tabla, in particular.
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In the early 1940s, Rasheed decided to consolidate his efforts towards music composition and started his music career from Mahishori pictures, Lahore, for whom he composed two songs for the film ''Pagli''. The rest of (''Pagli'')'s songs were composed by Ustaad Jhanday Khan.][
Rashid Attre was selected as the music director to compose songs for the Bombay Talkies' first Muslim social film ''Nateeja'' (1947), whose superhit ghazal ‘Kahan mein aur kahan deen-e-haram ki kashmakash, Nakhshab, kis kay naqsh-e-pa per rakh diya ghabra kay sar mein nay' is popular to date.][
Once he migrated to Pakistan with his family in 1948,][ he was not able to take full advantage of noted singer Noor Jehan's singing talent initially, because Noor Jehan, in those days, would sing only for those films in which she also acted. So Rashid Attre used playback singers Zubaida Khanum and Naseem Begum in the early years of his career in Pakistan. Later, when Noor Jehan changed her mind, he composed music for many popular songs by her before he died in 1967.][
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Filmography
In India
* ''Mamta'' (1942)[
* '' Pagli'' (1943)
* ''Panna'' (1944)][
* ''Shireen Farhaad'' (1945)][
* ''Kamra No. 9'' (1946)][
* ''Nateeja'' (1947)][
* ''Paaro'' (1947)
* ''Shikayat'' (1948)][
]
In Pakistan
*''Beli'' (1950)[
*''Shehri Babu'' (1953) - Rashid Attre's big breakthrough Punjabi language film in Pakistan][
*''Roohi'' (1954)
*'']Chann Mahi
''Chan Mahi'' is a Pakistani Punjabi film released on 2 November 1956. The film was directed by Anwar Kamal Pasha and it became a popular musical film in 1956 with many super-hit film songs.
Producer and director Anwar Kamal Pasha introduced ...
'' (1956)[
*''Sarfarosh'' (1956)][
*''Waada'' (1957)][
*'' Saat Lakh'' (1957)][
*''Chengaiz Khan'' (1958)
*'' Mukhra (1958)][
*''Anarkali'' (1958) (music composed by Rashid Attre and Master Inayat Hussain)][
*'' Neend'' (1959)][
*''Qaidi'' (1962)][
*''Mauseeqar'' (1962)][
*'' Dulhan'' (1963)
*'']Farangi
Farang ( fa, فرنگ) is a Persian (and Southeast Asian) word that originally referred to the Franks (the major Germanic tribe) and later came to refer to White Europeans in general. The word "Farang" is a cognate and originates from Old F ...
'' (1964)
*''Jeedar'' (1965)
*''Sawaal'' (1966)
*''Mirza Jat'' (1967)
*''Bauji'' (1968)
*'' Zarqa'' (1969)
Selected hit songs
* "Bar Bar Barsein Moray Nain, Moray Nain" Sung by Kausar Perveen and Sharafat Ali, lyrics by Saifuddin Saif, film ''Waada (1957)''.[
* "Jab Teray Shehar Sey Guzarta Huun" Sung by Sharafat Ali, lyrics by Saifuddin Saif, film ''Waada (1957)''][Rashid Attre's profile]
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* "Aaey mausam rangeelay suhanay, tu chhutti le ke aaja balama" Sung by Zubaida Khanum, lyrics by Tufail Hoshiarpuri, film ''Saat Lakh (1957)''[
* "Qarar lootne wale Tu Pyaar ko Tarsay" Sung by Munir Hussain, lyrics by Saifuddin Saif, film ''Saat Lakh (1957)''][
* "Banwari chakori kare dunya se chori chori chanda se pyaar" Sung by Noor Jehan, lyrics by Tufail Hoshiarpuri, film ''Anarkali (1958)''][
* "Dila thehr ja yaar da nazara lein de" Sung by Munir Hussain, lyrics by Waris Ludhianvi, film '' Mukhra'' (1958)][
* "Mujh se pehli si Muhabbat meray mehboob na maang" Sung by Noor Jehan, lyrics by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, film ''Qaidi (1962)''][
* Uss bewafa ka shehr hai aur hum hain dosto" Sung by Nasim Begum, lyrics by Munir Niazi, film '' Shaheed'' (1962)][
]
Awards and recognition
* Nigar Award for Best Music in film Saat Lakh (1957)
* Nigar Award for Best Music in film Neend (1959)[
* Nigar Award for Best Music in film Shaheed (1962)][
]
Death
Rasheed Attre died on 18 December 1967, at the age of 48.[Profile of Rasheed Attre on Samaa.tv website]
Retrieved 11 July 2021[
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References
External links
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1919 births
1967 deaths
Pakistani film score composers
Pakistani musicians
Pakistani composers
Musicians from Lahore
Punjabi people
20th-century composers
Nigar Award winners
People from Lahore