
Naushad
Biography
Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is respectfully remembered as "Moseeqar-e-Azam" (The great Musician) in the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films. His first film as an independent music director was Prem Nagar in 1940. His first musically successful film was Rattan (1944), followed by 35 silver jubilee hits, 12 golden jubilee and 3 diamond jubilee mega successes. Naushad was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Bhushan in 1981 and 1992 respectively for his contribution to the Hindi film industry.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
971 releases · 214 albums · active 1958–2025
- Other credits · 1,443
- Performance · 46
Studios: Western Outdoor Studio · Pan Digital (2) · Avatar Studios · The Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mukesh
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Mohd. Rafi
- Asha Bhosle
- Talat Mahmood
- Mohammed Rafi
- Babla


