Wajahat Attre (1945 – 26 May 2017) was a Pakistani music director who composed around 3000 songs for over 200 films.

Early life

Wajahat Attre was born in

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in 1945. After the

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in 1947, his family migrated to Pakistan. His father,

Rasheed Attre Abdul Rasheed Attray (15 February 1919 – 18 December 1967), also known as Rasheed Attre, was a Pakistani film score composer. Early life and career Rasheed Attre was born in Amritsar, Punjab Province (British India), Punjab, British India in ...

(1919 – 1967) also was a noted film music composer of Pakistan and originally belonged to

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Career

Wajahat composed music for over 200 films, among them Mukhra (1988 film), ''Chan Varyam'' (1981),

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(1974 film) and

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(2013 film) became musical hits. He churned out popular songs like ''Wagdi Nadi Da Paani'', ''Vay Ik Tera Pyar Menu Mileya'', ''Aanda Teray Layi Reshmi Rumal''. He worked with singers like

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, Saira Nasim,

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and

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.Music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68
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The UAE News website, Wajahat Attre used to be his father's chief assistant for many years before his father's death on 18 December 1967. So he took up the same profession as his father and eventually became one of the most sought after film music composers in Pakistan in the 1970s and 1980s.

Popular songs

* Films: Mukhra (1988 film), ''Chan Varyam'' (1981),

(2013 film)

Awards

* Wajahat Attre won a total of 9

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as Best Music Director in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990 and in 1997.

Death

Attre died on 26 May 2017 at the age of 72. He was suffering from heart disease. He was laid to rest at

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References

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