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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.

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

Unreleased Songs

Faiz talks about Khurshid Anwar

Tribute by Saeed Malik

Javed Usman Interview

M A Sheikh: Yaadein


 

Khurshid Anwar: Indian Movies

Khurshid Anwar: Pakistani Movies including 4 unreleased songs

Khurshid Anwar Ragmala

Audio Video Material

Movie Reviews

Intezar (1956) Review

Zeher-I-Ishq (1958) Review

Jhoomer (1959) Review

Ghunghat (1962) Review

Chingari (1964) Review

Hamraz (1967) Review

Heer Ranjha (1970)


Assistant MD list

His Filmography

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

filmindia


Subcategories

Khurshid Anwar Main Page