Ghulam Ahmed Chishti | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 December 1994 | (aged 89)
Other names | Baba Chishti |
Occupation(s) | Film music director composer lyricist of film songs |
Years active | 1935 – 1994 |
Awards | Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (1989) |
Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (Punjabi, Urdu: غُلام احمد چِشتی), (often abbreviated to G.A. Chishti) (Punjabi, Urdu: جی اے چِشتی), (17 August 1905 – 25 December 1994) was a Pakistani music composer, attributed as being one of the founders of Indian and Pakistani film music. He is also sometimes referred to as Baba Chishti.[1][2][3]
Working with filmi music, Chishti excelled at Punjabi compositions and was 'apt at weaving the design of influences around Punjabi music'.[4] With almost 5,000 tunes to his credit, he composed scores for 140 – 150 films and was the first musician to reach the '100 films' threshold in newly independent Pakistan after 1947.[4] Being a poet, he had written lyrics for 12 of the most popular Pakistani film songs besides writing hundreds of other film songs during his career.[2]
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