A. Hameed

A. Hameed (born Shaikh Abdul Hameed; 1924 – 20 May 1991) was a Pakistani film score composer and music director.^[1][2]

A. Hameed
Shaikh Abdul Hameed a.k.a. A. Hameed
Background information
Birth name	Shaikh Abdul Hameed
Also known as	A. Hameed
Born	1924 (1924) Amritsar, Punjab, British India (present-day India)
Origin	Punjabi
Died	20 May 1991(1991-05-20) (aged 66–67) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupations	Composer Music director
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1957 – 1991
Formerly of	Bollywood Lollywood

He started his career in Bombay cinema (in modern-day Bollywood) and later worked in Lollywood, the Pakistan film industry originally based in Lahore. The first Pakistani film he worked as a director was Anjaam (1957), however he earned his recognition in Pakistani film industry as a music composer.

Biography

Shaikh Abdul Hameed was born in 1924 in Amritsar, British India (now India).^[3][4] He initially worked in Hindi film industry with the veteran music composer Ghulam Haider as a pianist, and subsequently composed music in Pakistan for Anjaam (1957) and Bharosa (1958) films.^[3][5]

His family later migrated to Pakistan following the partition in 1947 and worked in Pakistani films as a composer.^[4] His first hit film song that became very popular was in Raat Ke Rahi (1960 film).^[2] Then, in the same year, a widely popular film Saheli gained him a lot of recognition as a music composer. Another popular film Aulad (1962) followed with notable songs, "Naam le le ke tera hum to jiye jaen ge" (Naseem Begum), Tum mile pyar mila ab koi armaan nahin (Naseem Begum - Munir Hussain). His next musical creation was film Tauba (1964). It made a great impact with its melodious tracks. Munir Hussain and Salim Raza's Qawali, "Na milta gar ye tauba ka sahaara hum kahaan jaate" and Noor Jehan's song "O re sanam dil yeh kaise bataye" became very popular. ^[3]

Filmography

#	Title	Year	Credited as	Ref.
1	Anjaam	1957	Music composer	[3]
2	Saheli[3]	1960
3	Aulad[3]	1962
4	Susral[3]	1962
5	Paigham	1964
6	Ashiana	1974
7	Insaniyat	1967	Producer	[6]
8	Gharnata	1971	Music composer	[3]
9	Yeh Aman[3]	1971		[7]
10	Bahisht	1974
11	Begum Jaan	1977
12	Awaz	1978		[5]
13	Behan Bhai	1979
14	Naya Andaz[3]	1979
15	Sangdil	1982

Popular film songs

Year	Film	Song title	Sung by	Lyrics by	Notes
1960	Raat Ke Rahi[1][5]	Kiya Hua Dil Pe Sitam, Tum Na Samjho Ge Balam[1]	Zubaida Khanum	Fayyaz Hashmi	His first breakthrough hit film song
1960	Saheli[5]	Mukhre Pe Sehra Daale, Aaja O' Aane Waale[8][1]	Nasim Begum and Nazir Begum	Fayyaz Hashmi	Producer/Director S. M. Yusuf A Silver jubilee film[8]
1960	Saheli[1][5][3]	Hum Bhool Gayey Har Baat, Magar Tera Pyar Nahin Bhoolay[1]	Nasim Begum	Fayyaz Hashmi
1976	Surayya Bhopali	Tha yaqeen key aen gi ye rataan kabhi	Naheed Akhtar	Saifuddin Saif
1960	Saheli	Kahin Do Dil Jo Mil Jaate, Bigirta Kya Zamane Ka[8]	Saleem Raza and Nasim Begum	Fayyaz Hashmi
1962	Aulad[1][5]	Naam Le Le Ke Tera Hum Tau Jiye Jaaen Gae	Nasim Begum	Fayyaz Hashmi
1962	Aulad[5]	Tum Qaum Ki Maan Ho Socho Zara, Aurat Se Hamein Yeh Kehna Hai[1]	Nasim Begum	Fayyaz Hashmi
1964	Tauba[5][3]	Na Milta Gar Yeh Tauba Ka Sahara, Tau Hum Kahan Jaatey	Saleem Raza and Munir Hussain	Fayyaz Hashmi	Hamd Qawwali
1965	Shabnam	Chun Liya Mein Ne Tumhein Sara Jahan Rehne Diya	Noor Jehan	Fayyaz Hashmi
1971	Angaare	Ab Ke Hum Bichhre Tau Shayad Kabhi Khwaboun Mein Milein	Mehdi Hassan	Ahmad Faraz
1971	Yeh Aman[5]	Zulm Rahe Aur Aman Bhi Ho, Kaise Mumkin Hai Tum Hi Kaho	Noor Jehan and Mehdi Hassan	Habib Jalib	A film about freedom struggle in Kashmir
1974	Samaaj	Chalo Kahin Dur Yeh Samaj Chhorr Dein	Mehdi Hassan and Mala	Riaz ur Rehman Saghar	Ended up being a breakthrough film song and became a highly popular song for the film song lyricist Riaz ur Rehman Saghar. His professional career got a big boost after writing this song.
1974	Jawab Do	Zindagi ja chhor de peechha mera	Mehdi Hassan and Noor Jehan
1975	Professor	Janam janam tera mera saath rahe ga	Runa Laila
1976	Surraya Bhopali[3]	Jis taraf aankh uthaon teri tasveeran hain	Nahid Akhtar and Mehdi Hassan
1978	Mazi, Haal, Mustaqbil[5]	Zindagi tu ne har qadam pe mujhe	Ghulam Abbas and Mehnaz
1978	Awaz	Tu mere pyaar ka geet hai	Mehdi Hassan / Nahid Akhtar / Asad Amanat Ali
1979	Naya Andaz	Sanson mein hai tu	A. Nayyar and Noor Jehan
1981	Watan	Ae dost teri ankh jo nam hai	Ghulam Abbas

Awards and recognition

• Nigar Award for Best Music Director in Dosti (1971).^[9][3]

Death

A. Hameed died in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on 20 May 1991.^[2][3]