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Mohammed Zahur Khayyam

1927 - 2019

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Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019), better known mononymously as Khayyam, was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades. He won three Filmfare Awards: for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan, and a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative Music, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Zahur Khayyam has received more than 704,387 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed Zahur Khayyam is the 2,468th most popular musician (down from 2,450th in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from India (down from 925th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam ranks 2,468 out of 3,175. Before him are Ray Luzier, Jewel, Christina Perri, Carlos Núñez Muñoz, Derrick May, and Lars Vogt. After him are Amen, Jeff Loomis, Till Brönner, Junior Murvin, Tõnu Trubetsky, and Ihsahn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam ranks 484. Before him are Babatunde Olatunji, Red Kelly, Connie Kay, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Peggy McCay, and Sylvia Fedoruk. After him are John Seigenthaler, Jim Fuchs, Lois Nettleton, Ted Burgin, Nayantara Sahgal, and Kenojuak Ashevak. Among people deceased in 2019, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam ranks 569. Before him are Fernando Clavijo, Red Kelly, Harold Prince, Frederico Rosa, Ulf Bengtsson, and Eddie Garcia. After him are Tommy Smith, Alan Rollinson, James Frawley, Les Murray, Ted Burgin, and John Carl Buechler.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam ranks 1,029 out of 1,861. Before him are Kishori Amonkar (1932), Rajpal Yadav (1971), Mehboob Khan (1907), Vishnuvardhan (1950), Gita Gopinath (1971), and Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954). After him are Zubeida (1911), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Ravi Shastri (1962), Mohanlal (1960), Daler Mehndi (1967), and Mahesh Babu (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam ranks 20. Before him are A. R. Rahman (1966), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Teejan Bai (1956), and Naushad (1919). After him are K. S. Chithra (1963), Rajesh Roshan (1955), M. M. Keeravani (1961), U. Srinivas (1969), Shubha Mudgal (1959), and P.V.R. Raja (1985).

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