Iqbal Qureshi

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'''Iqbal Qureshi''' (12 May 1930 — 21 March 1998) was an Indian [[Composer|music composer]] and [[Music director|director]], credited with several [[Bollywood]] [[film score]]s between 1958 and 1986, best known for his music to the song "Ek Chameli Ke Mandve Tale" in the film ''[[Cha Cha Cha (1964 film)|Cha Cha Cha]]'' (1964), the first Indian film to feature Western dance.''

His interest in music began as a child when he sang for private gatherings and for All India Radio. He became involved in the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]] when he moved to Mumbai as an adult and began to direct music for dramas.

His first credit was for composing music for the film ''Panchayat'' (1958), and subsequent films included ''[[Bindiya (1960 film)|Bindiya]]'' (1960), ''[[Love in Simla]]'' (1960), ''[[Banarsi Thug]]'' (1962) and then ''[[Yeh Dil Kisko Doon]]'' (1963). His compositions have included music for songs sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]], and three Mangeshkar sisters; [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]], [[Asha Bhosle|Asha]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar|Usha]]. His music has provided the sound to lyrics by [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]], [[Gopaldas Neeraj|Neeraj]] and [[Kaifi Azmi]]. Actors including [[Helen (actress)|Helen]], [[Joy Mukherjee]], [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]], [[Manoj Kumar]] and [[Shashi Kapoor]] have performed to his tunes.

His later work included composing the music in ''[[Alam Ara (1973 film)|Alam Ara]]'' (1973), the remake of the first Indian talkie film ''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931).

==Early life==
Iqbal Qureshi was born on 12 May 1930 in [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] (now in [[Maharashtra]]), and later moved to [[Hydrabad]].<ref name="Cine2">{{cite web |title=Iqbal Qureshi |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/iqbal-qureshi |website=Cinemaazi |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Premchand2018>{{Cite book|last=Premchand|first=Manek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJCBDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT191&dq=%22Iqbal+qureshi%22+music&hl=en|title=Yesterday’s Melodies Today’s Memories|date=2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-877-0|location=Chennai|language=en|chapter=III. The Golden Age is Underway Now: Iqbal Qureshi}}</ref> As a child he performed for [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Dutt">{{cite web |last1=Dutt |first1=Sharad |title=Lost in anonymity:Iqbal Qureshi |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/sundaypost/beacon/lost-in-anonymityiqbal-qureshi-385544 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=en |date=16 November 2019}}</ref> Prior to entering the film industry, he sang at private gatherings and was friends with the poet [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]] and actor/director [[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]].<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name=Yore>{{cite web|url=https://www.songsofyore.com/besr-songs-of-iqbal-qureshi/|title=Forgotten Composers Unforgettable Melodies: Iqbal Qureshi.|website=Songs of Yore|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> When he subsequently moved to Mumbai (then known as Bombay), he became involved in directing dramas for the [[Indian People's Theatre Association]].<ref name="Cine2"/><ref name="Dutt"/> He was taller than six feet and had long hair.<ref name="Premchand2018" />

==Career==
Qureshi is credited with several [[film score]]s. These have included music to songs sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]],<ref name=Premchand2018/> [[Mubarak Begum]],<ref name="2Premchand2018"/> and three Mangeshkar sisters; [[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]], [[Asha Bhosle|Asha]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar|Usha]].<ref name=Premchand2018/> His music has provided the sound to lyrics by [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]],<ref name=VSCH/> [[Gopaldas Neeraj|Neeraj]],<ref name=Dev/> and [[Kaifi Azmi]].<ref name="Dutt"/> Actors including Helen, [[Joy Mukherjee]], [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]], [[Manoj Kumar]] and [[Shashi Kapoor]] have performed to his tunes.<ref name="Dutt"/>

He composed music for 10 songs in the 1958 film ''[[Panchayat (1958 film)|Panchayat]]'', in which he combined folk and classical music and promoted the use of the [[Pungi|been]] and the ''[[kanch tarang]]'' glass instrument in the song "Tha Thaiya Karke Aana".<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Dutt"/><ref name=Arunachalam/> The duet was sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Geeta Dutt]].<ref name=Arunachalam>{{Cite web|last=Arunachalam|first=Param|date=19 March 2016|title=Bollywood Retrospect: Introducing little-known composer Iqbal Qureshi through 5 songs|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/column-bollywood-retrospect-introducing-little-known-composer-iqbal-qureshi-through-5-songs-2191172|access-date=28 December 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

In 1960, he composed music for two films; ''[[Bindiya (1960 film)|Bindiya]]'' and ''[[Love in Simla]]'',<ref name=Rangoonwalla>{{Cite book|last=Rangoonwalla|first=Firoze|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26dZAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Iqbal+Qureshi+Lekhraj+Bhakri&q=Iqbal+Qureshi+Lekhraj+Bhakri&hl=en|title=Indian Filmography: Silent & Hindi Films, 1897–1969|last2=Das|first2=Vishwanath|pages=372–377|date=1970|publisher=J. Udeshi|language=en}}</ref> both with songs written by [[Rajendra Krishan]] and sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]].<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name=Arunachalam/> The tunes to two of these songs, "Main Apne Aap Se Ghabra Gaya Hoon" and "Yoon zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" showed how Rafi could reach high pitched notes.<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Dutt"/> Qureshi's "Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hain" in ''Love in Simla'', sung by Rafi and starring the then new actor Joy Mukherjee, was hummed for years to come.<ref name="Dutt"/><ref name=Dev/>

The following year he composed music for the film ''Umar Qaid'', which included the sad [[ghazal]] "Mujhe raat din ye khayaal hai, o nazar se mujhko gira na de", written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri|Hasrat]] and sung by Mukesh.<ref name=Premchand2018/>

In 1963 Qureshi produced the music for the song "Hamen Dam Dai Ke" sung by [[Mubarak Begum]] and [[Asha Bhosle]], for the film ''[[Yeh Dil Kisko Doon]]'',<ref name=Arunachalam/><ref name=Ranade>{{Cite book|last=Ranade|first=Ashok Damodar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA365&dq=%22Iqbal+qureshi%22+music&hl=en|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|date=2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=978-81-85002-64-4|language=en}}</ref> which saw the debut of [[Shashi Kapoor]].<ref name="Dutt"/>

He composed and directed the music for Chandrashekhar's 1964 film ''[[Cha Cha Cha (1964 film)|Cha Cha Cha]]'', which featured [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] in her first leading role and was the first Indian film to feature Western dance.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT215|title=Hero Vol.1|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|page=215}}</ref> The film included the song "Subah Na Aayi Shaam Na Aayi", written by the then new song writer [[Gopaldas Neeraj|Neeraj]], and sung by Rafi.<ref name=Arunachalam/><ref name=Dev>{{Cite book|last=Dev|first=Sujata|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noAyCwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT74&dq=%22Iqbal+qureshi%22+rafi&hl=en|title=Mohammed Rafi Voice Of A Nation|date=2015|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80070-97-1|language=en|chapter=The versatile singer conquers hearts}}</ref><ref name="Mahaan">{{Cite news|last=Mahaan|first=Deepak|date=28 July 2016|title=Poetic justice!|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Poetic-justice/article14513218.ece|access-date=28 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> From that film, he became best known for composing the music to Makhdoom Mohiuddin's poem "Chara Gar", depicted in the song "Ek Chameli Ke Mandve Tale", which tells the story of two lovers who can never be together.<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name=VSCH>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlxuAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ek+Chameli+Ke+Mandve+Tale&q=Ek+Chameli+Ke+Mandve+Tale&hl=en|title=Hyderabad, the Power of Glory|date=1998|publisher=Deccan Books|language=en}}</ref> The music was described by Indian film music historian [[Manek Premchand]] as Qureshi's "best efforts".<ref name=Premchand2018/>

After 1964, the films he contributed to were not as successful.<ref name=Premchand2018/> He composed the music in [[Alam Ara (1973 film)|''Alam Ara'']] (1973), the remake of the first Indian talkie film ''[[Alam Ara]]'' (1931).<ref name="Dutt" /> By 1986, he had directed the music for 25 [[Bollywood|Hindi films]].<ref name="2Premchand2018">{{cite book|last=Premchand|first=Manek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2xlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65|title=The Hindi Music Jukebox: Exploring Unforgettable Songs|publisher=Notion Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-64324-760-1|location=Chennai|page=65}}</ref><ref name=Arunachalam/>

==Death==
Qureshi died at home in [[Vile Parle]], Mumbai, on 21 March 1998, weeks after giving a television interview.<ref name="Premchand2018" />

==Selected filmography==
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! scope=col| Year
! scope=col| Film/album
! scope=col| Song/music
! scope=col| Notes
! scope=col class=unsortable| Reference
|-
|rowspan="3"|1958 ||rowspan=3|''Panchayat'' || "Tha thaiya karte aana" ||Sung by Lata and Geeta. ||<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Aaye aaye bahar aaj re karke solah sringar"||
| <ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Haal ye kah kar diya zalim, tere tadpane ne"||
|<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|1960 ||rowspan=3|''[[Bindiya (1960 film)|Bindiya]]'' || "Itna na sata ki koi jaane o deewaane" || Sung by Lata||<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Main apne aap se ghabra gaya hoon" ||Sung by Rafi
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Nasha sa chha gaya sanam tere pyaar ka"||Sung by Lata
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="6"|1960 ||rowspan=6|''[[Love in Simla]]'' ||"Dar pe aaye hain kasam le"|| ||<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Love ka matlab hai pyaar" ||Sung by Asha/Rafi
| <ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Yoon zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" ||Sung by Rafi
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
||"Ae baby ae jee idhar aao, aa gaya||
|<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
||"Kiya hai dilruba pyaar kabhi"||
|<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
||"Gaal gulabi kiske hain"||
|<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|1961 ||rowspan=3|''Umar Qaid'' ||"Dil ka fasana koi na jana" ||Sung by [[Mahendra Kapoor]]/Asha ||<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Mujhe raat din ye khayaal hai, o nazar se mujhko gira na de" ||Sung by Mukesh
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "O piya jaana na" ||Asha
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="4"|1962 ||rowspan=4|''[[Banarsi Thug]]'' || "Ik baat poochhta hoon"||Sung by Mukesh, [[Usha Mangeshkar]]||<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Yaad suhaani teri bani zindagaani meri" ||Sung by Lata
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Aaj mausam ki masti mein gaaye pawan" ||Sung by Lata/Rafi
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Ab mohabbat mein jo pehli thi wo taasir nahi"|| Sung by Rafi
|<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|rowspan="4"|1963 ||rowspan=4|''[[Yeh Dil Kisko Doon]]'' || "Hamen dam dai ke" || Sung by [[Mubarak Begum]]/[[Asha Bhosle]] ||<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Kitni haseen ho tum" ||Sung by Asha/Rafi
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Phir aane laga yaad wohi"||Sung by Rafi/[[Usha Khanna]]
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Jab tak duniya rahi rahega" || Sung by Asha/Rafi
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="4"|1964 ||rowspan=4|''[[Cha Cha Cha (1964 film)|Cha Cha Cha]]'' || "Ek chameli ke mandve tale"|| Lyrics by Mohiuddin and sung by Asha/Rafi||<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name=VSCH/>
|-
|| "Wo hum na the woh tum na the" ||Sung by Rafi
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Subah na aayi sham na aayi" ||Sung by Rafi
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| Cha Cha Cha dance competition || Instrumental
|<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1964 ||rowspan=2|''Qawwali Ki Raat'' || "Jaate jaate ek nazar bhar dekh lo"|| ||<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|| "Husn wale husn ka anjaam dekh " ||Sung by Asha/Rafi
| <ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="1"|1967 ||rowspan=1|''Pyar Bana Afsaana'' || "Mere jahan mein tum pyar leke aaye" || ||<ref name=Premchand2018/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|1973 ||rowspan=2|''[[Alam Ara (1973 film)|Alam Ara]]'' || "Parvardigara" || ||<ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|| "Suno fariyaad tum meri moinuddin Azmeri"||
| <ref name="Dutt"/>
|-
|}

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