The only one to have composed for Hindi film superstars from K. L. Saigal to Shah Rukh Khan, he was skilful at seamlessly combining the melodies of Indian classical, the cadences of folk music from ...

The only one to have composed for Hindi film superstars from K. L. Saigal to Shah Rukh Khan, he was skilful at seamlessly combining the melodies of Indian classical, the cadences of folk music ...

hailing from Lucknow – a key centre of Urdu poetry, was himself a gifted poet across from ghazals to ‘nazms’ and ‘geets’, and tributes to idols and contemporaries. His collection of ...