National award winning Bollywood music composer Mohammed Zahir Hashmi, who was known as Khayyam in his musical journey, passed away late on Monday night in a private hospital Mumbai following a brief illness, an aide said. He was 92. He is survived by his singer wife Jagjit Kaur.
Condolences pour in from Bollywood celebrities for the veteran music composer, from Amitabh Bachchan to Lata Mangeshkar, Karan Johjar, Sonu Nigam and many more took to their respective social media handles to mourn the death of the legendary composer, here’s how they reacted:
Amitabh Bachchan
T 3262 – .. a legend in music .. a soft spoken amiable soul .. one that contributed to several films and some of the more important ones of mine .. passes away .. KHAYAM sahib .. for all the memorable music he conducted and produced .. prayers condolences ☘️????
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 19, 2019
Lata Mangeshkar
Mahan sangeetkar Aur bahut nek dil insan Khayyam sahab aaj humare bich nahi rahe. Ye sunkar mujhe itna dukh hua hai jo main bayaa’n nahi kar sakti.Khayyam sahab ke saath sangeet ke ek yug ka anth hua hai.Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun. pic.twitter.com/8d1iAM2BPd
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 19, 2019
Rishi Kapoor
RIP. Khayyam sahab.
— Rishi Kapoor (@chintskap) August 19, 2019
Karan Johar
RIP Khayyamsaab!!! Your music lives on……
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 19, 2019
Javed Akhtar
RIP Khayyamsaab!!! Your music lives on……
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) August 19, 2019
Ayushmaan Khurrana
RIP Khayyam saab. ????????
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) August 19, 2019
Sonu Nigam
Salim Merchant
We will miss you Khayyam Saheb ???? pic.twitter.com/uniV9P5PGm
— salim merchant (@salim_merchant) August 19, 2019
Khayyam was known for his music in Bollywood classics like “Kabhie Kabhie”, “Trishul”, “Razia Sultan”, “Noorie” and “Umrao Jaan”. He also composed music for Meena Kumari’s album, “I Write, I Recite” featuring her singing her own poetic compositions.
Adorned with the National Award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and a Padma Bhushan, Khayyam was admitted to the Sujoy Hospital in Juhu last week for a lung infection, said his spokesperson Pritam Sharma.
Having a keen ear for music, he started his musical career from Ludhiana at the age of 17.
He was honoured with the National Award, and a Filmfare Award, besides several other honours for his melodious music in “Umrao Jaan”, starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah and Farooque Sheikh.
Khayyam’s non-film songs are equally loved by his fans, especially “Paaon padun tore shyam”, “Brij mein laut chalo” and “Ghazab kiya tere vaade pe aitbaar kiya”.
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