Amjad Bobby
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Amjad Bobby (died 2005) was an acclaimed Pakistan
i music composer. He was one of the most talented composers of Urdu music. He was born in Amritsar and is a nephew of well renowned music director Rasheed Attre. His father was also a classical singer and wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a composer. His first film as a music director was Aik Nagina(1969) and the song "Dil nahi toe koi sheesha koi pathar hi miley" in Ahmed Rushdi
's voice gained him recognition.
for Boby
, Mushkil
, Sangam
, Ghunghat
, Deewane Tere Pyar Ke
, Ghar Kab Ao Ge, Tere Pyar Mein
and Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
. He also achieved Bolan Award for best Music Composer Mujhey Jeene Do.
, Salma Agha
, Akhlaq Ahmed
, Ghulam Abbas Khan, A Nayyar
, Waris Baig
, Shazia Manzoor, Humera Channa, Arshad Mehmood
, Kumar Sanu
, Udit Narayan
, Alka Yagnik
, Sonu Nigam
, Kavita
, Jaspinder Narula
and Ahmed Jahanzeb
.
. The song is originally sung by Arshad Mehmood
, but due to his busy schedule he could not come so Amjad Bobby sang in his place. He also sings a song in Javed Sheikh
's movie Mushkil
, and he has performed this song on stage several times.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i music composer. He was one of the most talented composers of Urdu music. He was born in Amritsar and is a nephew of well renowned music director Rasheed Attre. His father was also a classical singer and wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a composer. His first film as a music director was Aik Nagina(1969) and the song "Dil nahi toe koi sheesha koi pathar hi miley" in Ahmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
's voice gained him recognition.
Awards and recognition
He achieved Nigar AwardsNigar Awards
The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...
for Boby
Boby
Boby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pułtusk, within Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Pułtusk and north of Warsaw.-References:...
, Mushkil
Mushkil
Mushkil is an Urdu film which was released on 1995 across theaters in Pakistan. The film dealt with the issue of child-camel jockeys illegally trafficked from the third world into the numerous Arab oildoms. The highlight of the film was the stunning score composed by the late Amjad Bobby...
, Sangam
Sangam (1997 film)
Sangam is a Pakistani feature film in Urdu released in 1997, directed by Syed Noor starring Resham, Shaan, Salim Sheikh and Sana. It was a comeback movie for filmstar Shaan, and the first credited movie for actresses Resham and Sana...
, Ghunghat
Ghunghat
A ghunghat is a veil worn by Indian womenGhunghat may also refer to* Ghunghat * Ghunghat...
, Deewane Tere Pyar Ke
Deewane Tere Pyar Ke
Deewane Tere Pyaar Key is an Urdu film which was released in March 1997. It was directed by Syed Noor and produced by Evernew Studios....
, Ghar Kab Ao Ge, Tere Pyar Mein
Tere Pyar Mein
Tere Pyar Mein is a Pakistani film which was released in December 2000. It launched the career of Zara Sheikh in Lollywood.-Plot:...
and Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa
Yeh Dil Aap ka Huwa is a 2002 Lollywood Urdu film starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Javed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan...
. He also achieved Bolan Award for best Music Composer Mujhey Jeene Do.
Work With Singers
He didn't work only with Pakistani Singers, but he also used Singers from India. He composed music for Ahmed RushdiAhmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
, Salma Agha
Salma Agha
Salma Agha is a singer and actress from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal "Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah.-Early life:...
, Akhlaq Ahmed
Akhlaq Ahmed
Akhlaq Ahmed was a Pakistani playback singer. He was a member of a famous singing group with two other artists, singer Masood Rana and actor Nadeem. Akhlaq debuted as a singer in the 1973 film, Pazaib...
, Ghulam Abbas Khan, A Nayyar
A Nayyar
A Nayyar is a Pakistani ghazal/film Singer.He started singing in 1974, beginning his career from film Bahisht. His first film song Yunhin din cut jayen, yuhin shaam dhal jaye... was a duet song with Rubina Badar in film Bahisht , composed by A. Hameed...
, Waris Baig
Waris Baig
Waris Baig, is a Pakistani singer. He was born in Lahore, Punjab.Waris Baig started his career as a playback singer from Syed Noor's film Sangam released in 1997...
, Shazia Manzoor, Humera Channa, Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
, Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu
Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009....
, Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan
-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
, Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik
Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...
, Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
, Kavita
Kavita
*Kavita Rodgers, came in first place in Thomas Kinderwater's Poker Tournament Oct. 21 in Denver, CO and beat out her boyfriend.*Kavita Kaushik, Indian actress*Kavita Subramaniam, Indian playback singer*Kavita Lankesh, movie maker and director in Kannada language...
, Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer, who shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Her other notable films are Mission Kashmir,...
and Ahmed Jahanzeb
Ahmed Jahanzeb
Ahmed Jahanzeb Usmani is a Pakistani pop singer and composer. Famously known as AJ, he was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Jahanzeb is one of the few singers of the country, who have been trained in classical music and that is why he mostly sings soul stirring slow songs...
.
Special Appearances
It is interesting to note that In Nigar Award's presentation, he sung a song of his movie Kabhi Haan Kabhi NaaKabhi Haan Kabhi Naa
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa is a 1993 Indian Bollywood film directed by Kundan Shah, and starring Shahrukh Khan, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, and Deepak Tijori. This is one of the rare mainstream Hindi movies in which the hero plays the role of a loser...
. The song is originally sung by Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood
Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals from the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.-Acting career:Arshad Mehmood is...
, but due to his busy schedule he could not come so Amjad Bobby sang in his place. He also sings a song in Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh
Javed Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...
's movie Mushkil
Mushkil
Mushkil is an Urdu film which was released on 1995 across theaters in Pakistan. The film dealt with the issue of child-camel jockeys illegally trafficked from the third world into the numerous Arab oildoms. The highlight of the film was the stunning score composed by the late Amjad Bobby...
, and he has performed this song on stage several times.
Filmography (composer)
- Eeman (2008)
- Khulay Aasman Ke NeechayKhulay Aasman Ke NeechayKhulay Asmaan Kay Neechay is a Pakistani movie directed by Javed Sheikh starring Sana and Saleem Sheikh along with Humayoon Saeed, Nadeem, Bahroz Sabswari and Javed Sheikh. Humayoon Saeed discloses in a TV interview that film is based on a love story between a Pakistani guy and an Indian girl...
(2008) - Kabhi Pyar Na KarnaKabhi Pyar Na KarnaKabhi Pyar Na Karna is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Javed Raza. Zara Sheikh and Moammar Rana perform leading roles in this film. Kabhi Pyar Na Karna was released on April 18, 2008. The film was a flop.-Cast:* Moammar Rana* Zara Sheikh...
(2008) - Koi Tujh Sa KahanKoi Tujh Sa KahanKoi Tujh Sa Kahan is a 2005 Pakistani Urdu film, directed by Reema which was released in theaters across Pakistan and UK in August 2006.-Synopsis:...
(2005) - LaajLaajLaaj is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film which was directed by Rauf Khalid. The film starred Zara Sheikh and Imran Khan in its lead roles.-Plot:...
(2003) - Yeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap ka Huwa is a 2002 Lollywood Urdu film starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Javed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan...
(2002) - Tere Pyar MeinTere Pyar MeinTere Pyar Mein is a Pakistani film which was released in December 2000. It launched the career of Zara Sheikh in Lollywood.-Plot:...
(2000) - Ghar Kab Ao Ge (2000)
- Mujhey Jeene Do (2000)
- Inteha (1999)
- Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na
- Kahin Pyar Na Hojae (1998)
- Yes BossYes BossYes Boss is a 1997 Indian Bollywood film directed by Aziz Mirza and produced by Ratan Jain. It stars Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Aditya Pancholi in pivotal roles.-Synopsis:...
(1997) - Deewane Tere Pyar KeDeewane Tere Pyar KeDeewane Tere Pyaar Key is an Urdu film which was released in March 1997. It was directed by Syed Noor and produced by Evernew Studios....
(1997) - Karrz (1998)
- Chief Sab (1996)
- Raju Ban Gaya Gentellmen (1995)
- GhunghatGhunghatA ghunghat is a veil worn by Indian womenGhunghat may also refer to* Ghunghat * Ghunghat...
(1996) - SangamSangam (1997 film)Sangam is a Pakistani feature film in Urdu released in 1997, directed by Syed Noor starring Resham, Shaan, Salim Sheikh and Sana. It was a comeback movie for filmstar Shaan, and the first credited movie for actresses Resham and Sana...
(1996) - DharkanDharkanDharkan is an Indian film directed by Devendra Goel and released in 1972. The movie stars Sanjay Khan, Mumtaz, Rajendra Nath, Helen, Alankar Joshi , Roopesh Kumar and Bindu...
(1995) - QasamQasamQasam is a village in eastern Yemen. It is located in the Hadhramaut Governorate.-External links:*...
(1993) - Khoobsoorat Jahan (1994)
- MushkilMushkilMushkil is an Urdu film which was released on 1995 across theaters in Pakistan. The film dealt with the issue of child-camel jockeys illegally trafficked from the third world into the numerous Arab oildoms. The highlight of the film was the stunning score composed by the late Amjad Bobby...
(1994) - Bobby (1984)
- NadiaNadiaNadia is a female given name of Slavic / Eastern European origin. See Nadia .Nadia may refer to:-In sports:* Nadia Comăneci , Romanian Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast* Nadia Cortassa , Italian triathlete...
- Lazawal (1984)
- NaginaNaginaNagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-History:The Ain-e-Akbari mentions the city as the headquarter of Nagina mahal or pargana. During British period, it remained the headquarter of Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district, in the United Province; and...
Super Hit Songs
- Dil Nahi Toe Koi Sheesha Aik Nagina
- Bina Tera Naam NaginaNaginaNagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-History:The Ain-e-Akbari mentions the city as the headquarter of Nagina mahal or pargana. During British period, it remained the headquarter of Nagina Tahsil, Bijnor district, in the United Province; and...
- Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
- Mera Piar Bhi Tu Lazawal
- Mil gai Mil ai Mujhko Piyar Ki wo manzil Aik Nagina
- Aap Apni Misal Hota hae Lazawal
- Ik Bar Milo Humse Tu Bobby
- Mushkil Hae Bada Mushkil Hae MushkilMushkilMushkil is an Urdu film which was released on 1995 across theaters in Pakistan. The film dealt with the issue of child-camel jockeys illegally trafficked from the third world into the numerous Arab oildoms. The highlight of the film was the stunning score composed by the late Amjad Bobby...
- Dil Ho Gaya Hae Tera Diwana MushkilMushkilMushkil is an Urdu film which was released on 1995 across theaters in Pakistan. The film dealt with the issue of child-camel jockeys illegally trafficked from the third world into the numerous Arab oildoms. The highlight of the film was the stunning score composed by the late Amjad Bobby...
- Khoobsoorat Jehan Khoobsorat Jahan
- Aa Piar Dil me Jaga SangamSangam (1997 film)Sangam is a Pakistani feature film in Urdu released in 1997, directed by Syed Noor starring Resham, Shaan, Salim Sheikh and Sana. It was a comeback movie for filmstar Shaan, and the first credited movie for actresses Resham and Sana...
- Surmai Badlon k peeche SangamSangam (1997 film)Sangam is a Pakistani feature film in Urdu released in 1997, directed by Syed Noor starring Resham, Shaan, Salim Sheikh and Sana. It was a comeback movie for filmstar Shaan, and the first credited movie for actresses Resham and Sana...
- Dekha Jo Chehra Tera GhunghatGhunghatA ghunghat is a veil worn by Indian womenGhunghat may also refer to* Ghunghat * Ghunghat...
- Chodian Chanakti hae Raju Ban Gaya Gentellmen
- Haseenon se Nazneeno se Chief Sab
- Ik Karz Muhabbat hae gin gin k Karzz
- Deewane Tere Piar K Deewane Tere Pyar KeDeewane Tere Pyar KeDeewane Tere Pyaar Key is an Urdu film which was released in March 1997. It was directed by Syed Noor and produced by Evernew Studios....
- Dil k Badle Dil Ghar Kab ao ge
- Hath se hath kia gaia Tere Pyar Main
- Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa Yeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap ka Huwa is a 2002 Lollywood Urdu film starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Javed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan...
- Falak Se Sitara Yeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap Ka HuwaYeh Dil Aap ka Huwa is a 2002 Lollywood Urdu film starring Sana, Moammar Rana and Saleem Sheikh among others. It was directed by Javed Sheikh and ran successfully in theaters across Pakistan...
- Man Chali re ai LaajLaajLaaj is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film which was directed by Rauf Khalid. The film starred Zara Sheikh and Imran Khan in its lead roles.-Plot:...
- Koi Tujh Sa Kahan Koi Tujh Sa KahanKoi Tujh Sa KahanKoi Tujh Sa Kahan is a 2005 Pakistani Urdu film, directed by Reema which was released in theaters across Pakistan and UK in August 2006.-Synopsis:...
See also
- Javed SheikhJaved SheikhJaved Sheikh is a Pakistani actor, director and producer who is involved with Bollywood, Lollywood, and Pollywood films.-Career:Sheikh's first movie as actor was the Lollywood film Dhamaka, released on 14 December 1974. He since acted in over 100 Urdu films from the 1970s through to the early...
, directed "Mushkil", its music was made by Amjad Bobby - Kabhi Pyar Na KarnaKabhi Pyar Na KarnaKabhi Pyar Na Karna is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Javed Raza. Zara Sheikh and Moammar Rana perform leading roles in this film. Kabhi Pyar Na Karna was released on April 18, 2008. The film was a flop.-Cast:* Moammar Rana* Zara Sheikh...
, upcoming film, Amjad Bobby is the music composer
External links
- Interview to Amjad Bobby "A tale of constant struggle" (press release)
- List of music directors from Bollywood
- book (appears to be down 27 February 2008)
- Nigar awards (Best music 1983)
- Pakistani films in 1962
Reviews
MP3 downloads
Video
- Youtube extract from film "teray Pyar Main" Clip + "Hath se Hath" song