The 27th death anniversary of renowned music composer Feroze Nizami was observed on Tuesday and tributes were paid to his work. Feroze Nizami was born in Lahore in 1910. He belonged to a family well versed in the art of music. After completing his graduation, he joined all India Radio and served on Lahore, Delhi and Lucknow stations. After some years, he moved to Bombay and got the chance to exhibit his talent as a music composer.
Feroze Nizami had enormous amount of range in his compositions, from classical to semi classical, Thumris to western music; he had used all of them. In 1947, Noor Jehan and her husband Shaukat Hussain had started Shauqat Art Productions in Bombay, and they had started work on their first film. Feroze Nizami was recruited to score the music. The movie was Jugnu, it was a big hit. After the partition, like numerous other artists, Feroze Nizami also moved to Lahore to support Pakistani film Industry. His first film Hamari Basti (1949) as a music director flopped in Pakistan.
Noor Jehan was back again after a four-year break from silver screen, and started her Pakistani film and singing career with a great melodious Punjabi film Chann Vey. In this film, Feroze Nizami's music reached new heights and almost all the songs created waves in subcontinent. After Jugnu and Chann Vey, in 1952, Dupatta was hat trick of success by Feroze Nizami and Noor Jehan. "Dupatta" was the only Pakistani film to celebrate an outstanding success in the sub-continent. Feroze Nizami passed on November 15, 1975, in Lahore, at the age of 59.
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