Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
Music Director, Musical Artist
1905 – 1994
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Who was Ghulam Ahmed Chishti?
Ghulam Ahmed Chishti was an Indian/Pakistani music composer, attributed as being one of the founders of Pakistani film music. He is also sometimes referred to as Baba Chishti.
Working with filmi music, Chishti excelled at Punjabi compositions and was 'apt at weaving the design of influences around Punjabi music'. With almost 5,000 tunes to his credit, he composed scores for 140-150 films and was the first musician to reach the 100s threshold. Being a poet, he has written lyrics for 12 most popular Pakistani film songs besides hundreds of others.
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- Born
- Aug 17, 1905
Jalandhar - Also known as
- Chishti
- G. A. Chishti
- Baba G.A. Chishti
- G.A. Chishti
- Baba Chishti
- Baba Ji
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 25, 1994
Lahore
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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