Bollywood celebrities mourn the loss of legendary music director Khayyam

20 Aug 2019

One of the legendary music directors of all time, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam, passed away yesterday at a Mumbai hospital at the age of 92. The legendary music composer died after suffering from a lung ailment at Sujay Hospital at 9:30 pm. A few days ago, he was admitted to the hospital owing to breathing issues and other age-related problems. Khayyam began his career in music at the early age of 17. He was also felicitated with Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan. He was also awarded National Award and several Filmfare Awards. Khayyams notable work included music direction in Kabhi Kabhie, Umrao Jaan Trishul , Noorie and Shola Aur Shabnam.Bollywood celebrities, as well as politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mourned the demise of the legendary music director who left behind a grand legacy. Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayaal aata hai Ki jaise tujhko banaya gaya hai mere liye Ki jaise tujhko banaya gaya hai mere liye Tu abse pehle sitaaron mein bas rahi thi kahin Tu abse pehle sitaaron mein bas rahi thi kahin Tujhe zameen pe bulaya gaya hai mere liye https://t.co/rNmEeIurc8 https://t.co/rNmEeIurc8 Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) https://twitter.com/sonamakapoor/status/1163522397133299713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 India will remain grateful to Khayyam Sahab for giving us some of the most memorable compositions, which will be remembered forever. He will also be remembered for his humanitarian gestures to support upcoming artists. His demise is extremely saddening. Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1163505596223709186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 Khayyam saheb the great music director has passed away.He has given many all time great song but to make him immortal only one was enough voh subah kabhi to aayehi Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/1163507532863811584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 RIP Khayyam saab. ???????? Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) https://twitter.com/ayushmannk/status/1163517909794267136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 Mahan sangeetkar Aur bahut nek dil insan Khayyam sahab aaj humare bich nahi rahe. Ye sunkar mujhe itna dukh hua hai jo main bayaan nahi kar sakti.Khayyam sahab ke saath sangeet ke ek yug ka anth hua hai.Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun. https://t.co/8d1iAM2BPd pic.twitter.com/8d1iAM2BPd Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) https://twitter.com/mangeshkarlata/status/1163497775662845952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 Im extremely saddened to learn of the demise of our Legendary Music Composer Khayyam Sahib. He is credited with some of the most iconic film soundtracks. Umrao Jaan, Kabhi Kabhi, Razia Sultana to name a few. God bless his soul.???? ???? https://t.co/jp1OpDKJw8 pic.twitter.com/jp1OpDKJw8 Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) https://twitter.com/AdnanSamiLive/status/1163530297876590592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 Alvida Khayyam saab. https://t.co/x1bqRJaEh0 https://t.co/x1bqRJaEh0 Your music, like all great music, helped us make sense of this unexplainable universe and our desperate lives. Shukriya. (@varungrover) https://twitter.com/varungrover/status/1163506590093176832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 We will miss you Khayyam Saheb ???? https://t.co/uniV9P5PGm pic.twitter.com/uniV9P5PGm salim merchant (@salim_merchant) https://twitter.com/salim_merchant/status/1163514543441661953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 A True Patriot and a Master SongwriterMohammed Zahur Khayyam Wikipedia https://t.co/p7HwldOVIp https://t.co/p7HwldOVIp A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) https://twitter.com/arrahman/status/1163589020254740480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw August 19, 2019 View this post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WwHG2H6ds/ Feels like music lost a note today. #Khayyam Saab, thank you for your music and for your kindness each time we met. Wish it could have been more often, but Im glad I was able to thank you in person for the wonderful music you gave us. The songs from Kabhie Kabhi, Umrao Jaan and Noorie will never fade, and neither will you. A post shared by https://www.instagram.com/vishaldadlani/ VISHAL (@vishaldadlani) on Aug 19, 2019 at 11:23am PDT