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Javed Akhtar, Sonu Nigam, pay their last respects to Khayyam
Updated On: 20 August, 2019 10:33 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Veteran music-director and composer Khayyam, admired for composing music for films like Kabhie Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, passed away on August 19, 2019.
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Javed Akhtar and Sonu Nigam/picture courtesy: Yogen Shah
Veteran music director-composer Khayyam, who is best remembered for composing music for popular Hindi films like Kabhie Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, passed away on August 19, 2019. The talented music composer was 92. Fondly known as Khayyam Saab, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi was in a critical condition due to lung infection and was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The musical genius breathed his last at Sujoy Hospital, Juhu, where he was admitted for around 10 days following a lung infection.
Conferred with the National Award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and a Padma Bhushan, Khayyam was admitted to Sujoy Hospital in Juhu last week for a lung infection, said his spokesperson Pritam Sharma. With a keen ear for music, he started his musical career from Ludhiana at the age of 17. He is survived by his singer wife Jagjit Kaur.
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