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Khurshid Anwar
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Khurshid Anwar's Ragmala
Ragmala is a set of 10 tapes. Each side is about 20 minutes long so that the whole lasts for more that 6 and a half hours!
The set contains an anthology of more than 90 common ragas performed by prominent musicians of the sub-continent belonging to various gharanas. Each rendition is preceded by a brief description of its characteristics. The set was jointly produced by EMI Pakistan and PNCA.
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Assistant Music Directors in India
Khurshid Anwar composed music for 10 films in India , 8 in Mumbai and 2 in Lahore( before partition). Except for Gadekar, others just worked under him for one film each.
| KURMAI (Punjabi) | 1941 | G.M.Durrani |
| ISHAARA | 1943 | S.K.Prem (He was brother of MD A.K.Prem) |
| PARAKH | 1944 | Gadekar |
| YATEEM | 1945 | Gadekar |
| PAGDANDI | 1947 | Pundit Jawahar Lal Mattoo (son of Jivan Lal Mattoo, famous classical singer) |
| AAJ AUR KAL | 1947 | Prem Dhawan |
| PARWAANA | 1947 | M.A.Mukhtar Qureshi (he composed for one film - CHEHRA(1947). He was killed in communal riots in Jallandhar -1947) |
| SINGHAR | 1949 | Roshan Lal |
| NISHAANA | 1950 | Albuquerque |
| NEELAM PARI | 1952 | Sebastian |
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Basic Information
Date and Place of Birth : March 21, 1912, Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan
Date and Place of Death : October 30, 1984, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Faiz talks about Khurshid Anwar
Khurshid Anwar: Pakistani Movies including 4 unreleased songs
Movie Reviews
His autobiographical interview in 15 parts in Urdu (part 11 has been found and is included) PDF file
Front page of May49 Filmindia announcing him as the MD of Khamosh Sipahi
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