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PM Modi, Lata Mangeshkar pay tributes to Khayyam

11:56 am August 20, 2019

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, filmmaker Muzaffar Ali among others have mourned the death of music composer Khayyam, calling his passing away an end of a musical era. The 92-year-old composer, best known for his music in classic films such as ‘Kabhi Kabhie’ and ‘Umrao Jaan’, passed away after prolonged illnesses […]

Khayyam – the composer with a poet’s heart

11:38 am August 20, 2019

Mumbai: Longing is how one would describe Khayyam’s music and the admirers of the veteran music composer, who breathed his last on Monday, will keep revisiting his melodies like patrons returned to listen to Umrao Jaan’s songs in the eponymous film. It was a different time and Khayyam, who passed away after a prolonged illness […]