Amjad Bobby ( Punjabi, ; 1942 15 April 2005) was an acclaimed Pakistani music composer and director.

Early life and career

He was born in

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in 1942. His father wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a film music composer. His first film as a music director was Aik Nagina (1969) and the song "Dil nahi toe koi sheesha koi pathar hi milay" in

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's voice gained him some recognition. "Initially, like all musicians, he achieved fame after struggling and assisted renowned musicians like A. Hameed,

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, Nisar Bazmi,

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and Rasheed Attre." Amjad Bobby had little success in the decade of the 1970s. His first hit song was "Kajra lagana chor do, sawan ka rukh badal jaye ga", sung by great singer

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for movie ''Ansoo Aur Sholay''. Later he composed music of movie ''Aik Nagina'' with two super hit songs "Beena tera naam" and "Tere bin raha jaye naa". The decade of the 1980s brought luck for Amjad Bobby and he gave many great film songs to the

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. His success continued till his death in 2005.

Death

Amjad Bobby died of cardiac arrest on 15 April 2005 in

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. His death was a big loss for Pakistani film music industry because Amjad Bobby was a composer who almost singlehandedly gave film music a new direction and brought much freshness into the film music in the 1990s, when it most needed it in Pakistan.

Awards and recognition

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for Best Music Director in film 'Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna' (1983) *

for film Ghunghat (1996) *

for film Deewane Tere Pyar Ke (1997) *

for film Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa (2002) * He also received the 'Bolan Award' for best Music Composer for film

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(1999).

Worked with many film playback singers

He had worked with singers from both Pakistan and India. He composed music for

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Special appearances as a live singer

At the

s presentation, he sang a song from his movie 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'. The song was originally sung by Arshad Mehmood, but due to his busy schedule, he could not come so Amjad Bobby sang in his place. He also sang in

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's movie

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, and performed this song on stage several times.

Filmography as music composer

Film songs

References

External links

* ;Reviews
Review of "Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua" on The Hot Spot online Archived
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