Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq ( ur, شیخ محمد صادق) or S M Sadiq is a Pakistani

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income de ...

and a

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wr ...

whose written songs frequently have been sung by Ustad

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi devotional music. Sometimes c ...

, and other singers like

Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi Attaullah Khan Niazi, SI PP (Urdu, Pashto: ) (born 19 August 1951), known professionally as Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi also known as Lala (meaning "elder brother" in Pashto and Punjabi), is a Pakistani musician from Isakhel, Mianwali, Punjab. ...

, Aziz Mian, Shabnam Majeed and

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. He has written thousands of songs in the

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and

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languages. He is known not only in

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but also in

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.Profile of S M Sadiq on gomolo.com website
Retrieved 13 June 2018

Early life and career

Sheikh Muhammad Sadiq (S. M. Sadiq) was born in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He completed only up to 4th grade education in the primary school.2012 interview of S M Sadiq on YouTube in the Punjabi language on 'Punjab Radio USA.com' website
Uploaded 20 April 2012, Retrieved 13 June 2018 In an interview with Dr. Farah in PTV morning show he described his first meeting with

. He narrates that he was only 14 years old when he went to Jhang main bazar with a piece of poetry (narrating a story 'dastan'). When he reached the place Ustad used to practice his music, his secretary introduced him to

. Ustad meet him, read his poetry and said you have a rare talent but I do not sing stories, write me something in Punjabi preferably a spiritual qawwali. Sadiq narrates that he wrote Othe amla de hone ne nabed

and Ainwen Bol Na Banere Utte Kanwa

two of the most famous qawales of

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Credited for these hit songs

* Othay Amlaan Dey Hone Ne Navede, Kissay Nahin Teri Zaat Puchhni, A

qawwali Qawwali (Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি ( Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontine ...

song by

* Achha Sila Diya Tuu Ney Mere Pyar Ka, Soundtrack by

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Gover ...

in film

Bewafa Sanam ''Bewafa Sanam'' () is a 1995 Hindi-language musical film, musical thriller film, thriller film directed and produced by Gulshan Kumar. It stars his younger brother Krishan Kumar Dua, Krishan Kumar, Shilpa Shirodkar, Aruna Irani, Beena Banerjee, ...

(1995) * Mel Karade Rabba, Sung by

Jasbir Jassi Jasbir Singh Bains (born 7 February 1970), better known by his stage name Jasbir Jassi, is an Indian singer, lyricist, performer and actor. he has released thirteen albums, his first pop album being ''Dil Le Gayee'', released in 1998 with Time ...

for the Punjabi movie

Mel Karade Rabba ''Mel Karade Rabba'' is a 2010 Punjabi film directed by Navaniat Singh and written by Dheeraj Rattan; produced by Rajan Batra and Vivek Ohri; it stars Jimmy Sheirgill and Neeru Bajwa in the lead roles. Pop singer Gippy Grewal made his acting ...

(2010)

Publications

* OCLC number: 473670024

Films

* S M Sadiq wrote the film song lyrics of the Indian Hindi language film, Shaheed-E-Azam (2002). This film was based on the real-life story of Indian political martyr, Shaheed

Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationa ...

.S M Sadiq as a film song lyricist on Chandigarh Tribune newspaper
Published 2 June 2002, Retrieved 13 June 2018 *

(2010) *

(1995)

References

7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMES2RwFIsU&t=95s&ab_channel=AmanDeep

External links

S M Sadiq songs on Yahoo Music

S M Sadiq written song, sung by Daler Mehndi
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