Remembering A Hameed (1933-1991)

***REMEMBERING A HAMEED***
Well known composer of Pakistan, Shaikh Abdul Hameed, who is widely known as A Hameed, was born in Amritsar. His father, Shaikh Muhammad Muneer was a professor of music at DAV College in Amritsar and was known for his rare collection of books on music. Muneer had composed music for two well-known films: Akhri Ghalti and Inder Raj. Following in the footsteps of his father, the young A. Hameed also studied music. He acted in school plays and composed music. His father died, while A. Hameed was still a freshman in college.
His uncle, M. Aslam was a famous movie star in Bombay's film world, invited his young nephew there. Enrolling at Poona Film Institute, A Hameed was taught by famous musicians: Ramchandra and Ustad Muhammed Ali. Pretty soon, he had carved a name for himself. From Bombay, he moved to Lahore, where his name became famous as a leading music composer for Pakistani movies. Producer Jafar Shah Bukhari introduced A Hameed as music director first time in his debut film "Anjaam" released 1957. His superfluous compositions in "Anjaam" won the hearts of music lovers. Jafar Shah Bukhari again selected A Hameed for his next two films "Bharosa" (1958) and "Faisla" (1959). His music in these films was appreciated but popularity was still far away from A Hameed. His next film was "Raat ke Raahi" released in 1960. In this film he composed music for many popular songs like Zubeda Khanam's "Teri ulfat mein sanam dil ne bohat dard sahe", "Ae baadlon ke raahi" and Ahmed Rushdi's "Kissi se nazar takra gaei". In the same year S M Yousuf's "Saheli" was released. "Saheli" was a huge success, essentially due to A Hameed's effective music. He became instance famous as a leading music composer of Pakistan. Naseem Begam's hit song "Ham bhool gaey har baat magar tera pyaar nahein bhoole" became popular in the whole subcontinent. (After many years, this song was copied in an Indian film and sung by Lata Mangeshkar), Other hit songs of "Saheli" include "Kahein do dil jo mil jaate bigarta kya zamane ka" (Naseem begam -- Salim Raza), "Ham ne jo phool chune dil mein chubhe jaate hain", "Mukhrey pey sehra daale aaja o aane waale" (Naseem Begam).

"Aulaad" (1962) was another successful achievement of A Hameed, having all hit songs like "Naam le le ke tera hum to jiye jaeinge" (Naseem Begam), "Tum mile pyaar mila ab koi armaan nahei" (Naseem Begam -- Muneer Hussain).

His next film "Tauba" was released in 1964. Muneer Hussain and Salim Raza's Qawali song "Na milta gar ye tauba ka sahaara hum kahaan jaate" was the high light of the film and Noor Jehan's evergreen song "O re sanam dil ye kesse bataey" is still rememberd. In the same year A Hameed composed music for "Nateeja", "Aashyana" and "Peghaam", some memorable songs from "Aashyana" include "Ja re be dardi tone hamein kahein ka na chhora" (Mala) and "Bare sangdil ho bare na samajh ho" (Mala -- Rushdi). "Peghaam" had also some melodious compositions like "Teri khaatir jal rahe hain kab se parwane" (Noor Jehan), "Mohbbat dard mein dooba huwa peghaam" (Noor Jehan). Thereafter music for S A Hafiz's film "Shabnam" (1965) was composed by him with a marvelous song sung by Noor Jehan "Chun liya mein ne tumhein saara jahan rehne diya".
In 1969, he composed music for "Bahu Rani" "Taqdeer ki gardish pe na ro ae mere mehboob" sung by Noor Jehan was a memorable song of the film. In 1971, Eijaz Durrani's film Dosti's mega hit songs extols the virtues of A Hameed's top rated compositions. "Dosti" was the second Diamond Jubilee film of Pakistan, shoot in England, Noor Jehan sung mega hit songs in this film include "Chithi zara sayyan ji ke naam likh de", "Ye waadyaan ye parbatoon ki shah zaadiyan", "Bas gaya tu sotanya ke duwar sajna", "Sajna bhool na jaana mera pyaar".

A Hameed continued to mesmerize his fans through his compositions.
A lot of A Hameed songs are heard and enjoyed even today for their freshness and melody. He had spent most of his life pursuing the ragas of classical music and fine tuning them for Pakistani movies. Temperamentally, he was a quiet, good-natured humble artist who shied away from publicity. He also played the piano. In 1983, he was working for Pakistan National Arts Council in Rawalpindi.
He was a singer too but sang privately. But his role as a composer has been acknowledged and revered by singers and listeners alike. On May 20, 1991, A. Hameed died in Rawalpindi. But his music composition lives on.

Inaam Nadeem.

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[RealMusicKing]

In a live interview in 1983, Waheed Murad said " Pakistani's can't even copy properly. We sent someone to copy an Indian film Raja Rani and they came with a script from Raja Jani. LOL

Surely, they can't even post their film industry history correctly. Song "Teri Ulfat Mein Sanam" was from film "Sarfarosh" not "Raat ke Raahi" and it's music was composed by Rashid Attrey. LOL

[Inaam2]

@RealMusicKing

Make proper research before posting your comments. This song is from Film Raat Ke Raahi & Music by A Hameed.

[tmjatala]

Your write up about A Hameed is a just tribute to one of the top class music directors of Pakistan and Zubaida Khanum's song selected on his 17th anniversary is marvelous.

[Inaam2]

thank you very much for appriciation. Mehnat wasool ho gaii :)

[lovehumanity]

wah wah wah

kya upload hay janab..

here goes the 5 star rating ..

jeonday rawo :) keep it up plz.

itni taakheer kay baad chalo kuchh achaa kaam to samnay aaya :)

[Inaam2]

Thnx for apprciation, Dr Sahib! I wanted to upload this rare video on the Anniversary of A Hameed but my uploades were not working.

M glad u liked it. :-) Paisa wasooooool

[Asif410]

"tum si koch bhee na kaha kitneay majboor thay hum"

Aah kia lyrics hain & soulful singing.

make me sad while listing to this great song...

[Jalilm123]

Inaam bhai, thank you very much for information you given on this page about A Hameed. No doubt he was one of the shining star of Pakistan Film Industry. I am really hesitant to wrote here that all of my youtube friends who have big names as lovers of Pakistani music have commented on this page but sorry no one has time to rate the page. Can you peoples please rate the comments also? thanks

[awais1877]

nice

[mrshahcph]

We were a bit fortunate that we had Zudeda Khanam as well at the time of Pakistan´s birth. Her wonderfull voice aired in 1950. She was escorted by the great musicians of that era. Her talent was stamped forcefully on to the hearts of her admirers. she had excusitely performed well both in Urdu & Punjabi. She remained in this arena for 13 years and had sung glorious melodies which are unforgetable. This particular song is from the film Sarfarosh an ever green composition of Attre.(8th.12.2010)

[sakasus]

Nice song to listen and good stuff to read...This is real good work. Keep irt up

[RealMusicKing]

@Asif410 you are licking your own wounds as four legged normally do. also... i see now.... you rubbing your own body to get satisfaction. i also can vision that you have two crooked front teeth sticking out and a curly tail in the back. pardon your own notion of "hum to sirf hala ghosht khaatey hain" . your belly fat(bacon) is a commodity at the nyse. : )

[Asif410]

@RealMusicKing

mission accomplished I've successfully brought you to your real level "cesspool" rightfully so where you belong to :)

don't spent any money to buy perfumes to cover up stink coming from ur rotten, bigot and racist corp !!

[RealMusicKing]

@Asif410 .....and you don't! you think the english dictionary publishers would give a

flying f-ck about your request? now i have a wish....to find out the 4-legged who brought you in this world.

[Asif410]

@RealMusicKing

i wish i knew few english dictionary publishers i would request and implore them to add ur name as substitute to "oxymoron"

[yasirjaffar]

nice work.kya ap k pass talat ka ye song ye ankhain jawani main kya dhonti hain hai plz ager milay tu shear krain thanx