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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | MUSIC Naushad’s journey from footpath to fame05th May 2006 16.00 IST By Agencies Regarded as one of the greatest music composers of Indian cinema, Naushad 's was literally a journey from the footpath to fame. Born Naushad Ali on the Christmas Day in 1919, he had spent several nights on the footpath after moving to Mumbai in late 1930s to try his luck as a musician.
The 86-year-old composer, who hailed from Lucknow, had cried when his film 'Baiju Bawra' was premiered at the Broadway theatre in Mumbai. When the producer, the late Vijay Bhat, asked why he was crying, Naushad told him that he was sleeping on the footpath opposite the theatre and had dreamt of seeing his music oriented films exhibited here. "It took me 16 long years to cross the footpath". Naushad's forte was Hindustani Classical music. His professional training in Hindustani music enabled him in swift adaptations of the ragas into film music. This led to his coming out with major hits including ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, Mother India and ‘Baiju Bawra’. Lata Mangeshkar , India's greatest playback singer, whom Naushad gave opportunity to sing in the early days, once remarked that the music he composed for ‘Baiju Bawra’ surprised even her. "It was entirely different from what he had done before. Different ragas were used for different situations and the purity of the ragas were maintained to the maximum possible extent", she had said. Besides Lata, Naushad was also instrumental in introducing Mohammed Rafi to Hindi film music. Naushad was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1981 for lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema. Related Naushad Mother India Lata Mangeshkar | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Mission Istanbul : Movie Review ~ Abhishek Bachchan promises a baby to Aishwarya Rai ~ Sylvester Stallone gifts his 'Rocky' gloves to Sajid Nadiadwala ~ Aamir Khan happy to be associated with Walt Disney ~ Madhuri Dixit gears up to rock US with the Bachchans ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD to be released today ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Mission Istanbul, Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Bachna Ae Haseeno , Singh Is Kinng , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Ugly Aur Pagli MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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