Date of Birth
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18-February-1927
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Place of Birth
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Rahon
(India, Punjab, India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Khayyam, Khayyaam, Khaiyyaam, Khaiyyam, Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi, Sa’aadat Hussain, खयà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®, मोहमà¥à¤®à¤¦ ज़हà¥à¤° "खयà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®" हाशà¥à¤®à¥€, खयà¥à¤¯à¤®, शाहदत हà¥à¤¸à¥ˆà¤¨, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, मोहमà¥à¤®à¤¦ ज़हà¥à¤° "खयà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®" हाशमी, मोहमà¥à¤®à¤¦ ज़हà¥à¤° खयà¥à¤¯à¤®
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Profession
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Composer, Film Score Composer
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Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi, better known as Khayyam, is an Indian music composer whose career spanned four decades.
He has 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. He has been awarded the third-highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for 2011.
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