Iqbal Qureshi

Iqbal Qureshi

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Iqbal Qureshi Biography

Iqbal Qureshi was one of the famous music directors of Bollywood yesterdays. He was active in the industry during 1950’s and 1960’s and has given some wonderful bits of music. He composed music for less than twenty Hindi movies, beginning with Jasoos in 1956 though it was not credited to him. Love in Shimla (1960), Yeh Dil Kisko Doon (1963), Cha Cha Cha (1964), Sipahsalar (1956), Bindiya (1960), Umar Qaid (1961), Banarasi Thug (1962), Qawwali Ki Raat (1964), Bombay by Nite (1970) and Panchayat (1958) were among his notable film compositions. He definitely belongs to the list of forgotten heroes, whose name is always mentioned less, when it comes to the discussion of Hindi film music. Qureshi did not get big banner movies but he did manage to keep himself active by accepting low budget movies.

 

This music director belonged to Hyderabad and his first movie as an independent composer was Jasoos in 1955. It was followed by Sipahsalar in 1956 which includes notable numbers like - Ankhon mein ankhen daal ke and Dil ne chheda hai tarana. It was followed by Manoj Kumar’s second movie, Panchayat (1958). “Haal yeh kar diya Zalim” sung by Rafi and Geeta Dutt and Rafi and “Ta Thaiya karke Aana”, duet by Lata Mangeshkar and Geeta Dutt are the noted songs. Love in Simla, this film which launched the career of Joy Mukheerji and Sadhana was one of his noted works. He followed the style of rhythm of O. P. Nayyar in this movie.

 

Cha Cha Cha is another noted work of Qureshi which included the memorable songs like Subah na aayi shyaam na aayi and ”Wo hum na the wo tum na the”. But slowly his career started deteriorating. With 1970’s, he started giving music to low-budget movies and none of them were noticed. He could not catch up with the changing trends of music in the films that took place in the early 1970’s. Pathron ke Shehar in 1986 was his last work.

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Updated: March 26, 2014

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