Country's revered music composer Nisar Ahmed Bazmi was buried on Friday near his residence in North Karachi. He left a widow three sons and four daughters to mourn his death. He died late on Thursday night at Agha Khan University Hospital in Karachi after protracted illness.
According to TV channels, he was 82, was born in 1925 in Khandesh, Naseerabad Bombay in India. His father Syed Qudrat Ali had no musical background. He learnt his art at the age of just 13 from prominent musician of India Khan Saheb Aman Ali Khan. In 1939, All India Radio (AIR) hired him as an artist, which later proved to be a steppingstone for his future aspirations.
The magic moment came in the year 1944 when he composed some songs for a drama, Nadir Shah Durrani, which was broadcast from Bombay Radio Station. All songs of the drama were super hits. A new Indian film producer at that time was moved by Nisar Bazmi's composition who asked him to compose music for his film Jamna Par.
After that he enjoyed fairly successful career in India and composing music for almost 40 films with 14 films released after he migrated to Pakistan on June 21, 1962.
Once permanently settled in Pakistan, he resumed his music career by composing songs for two movies. Director Raza Mir's movie Lakhoan Mein Aik's mega hit songs extols the virtues of Nisar's top rated composition. Nisar Bazmi was responsible for introducing Alamgir to film music in Pakistan and the famous duo of Laxmikant-Piyare lal were musicians with him before partition.
He composed many hit songs during his career in Pakistan for Runa Laila, Ahmed Rushdi, Noor Jehan and Mehdi Hassan. Nisar Bazmi received many Nigar Awards for his achievements. His national songs were as popular as his film numbers. PTV played a great role in popularising "Yeh watan tumhara hai", "Khayal rakhna", "Hum zinda qaum hain" and "Aae rooh-i-Quaid.