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Wajahat Attre

Wajahat Attre

Pakistani film music composer (1945 - 2017)


Wajahat Attre (1945 26 May 2017) was a Pakistani music director who composed around 3000 songs for over 200 films.[1]

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Early life

Wajahat Attre was born in Puna, Gujarat, British India in 1945. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, his family migrated to Pakistan.[1] His father, Rasheed Attre (1919 1967) also was a noted film music composer of Pakistan and originally belonged to Amritsar, Punjab, British India.[2]

Career

Wajahat composed music for over 200 films, among them Mukhra (1988 film), Chan Varyam (1981), Naukar Wohti Da (1974 film) and Ishq Khuda (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 Noor Jehan, Humaira Channa, Saira Nasim, Shabnam Majeed and Azra Jehan.[1][2][3][4]

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.[2]

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Awards

  • Wajahat Attre won a total of 9 Nigar Awards as Best Music Director in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990 and in 1997.[7]

Death

Attre passed away on 26 May 2017 at the age of 72. He was suffering from heart disease. He was laid to rest at Miani Sahib Graveyard in Lahore, Pakistan.[1][8][4]


References

  1. Music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68 Dawn Images (newspaper), Published 27 May 2017, Retrieved 4 June 2022
  2. Sultan Arshad Khan (4 August 2019). "SOUNDSCAPE: THREE GENERATIONS OF SONGMAKERS". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. "Wajahat Attre film songs list". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "Filmography of Wajahat Attre". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. Archived from the original on 27 November 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. "Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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