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    Veteran Music Composer Khayyam, 92, Passes Away After A Cardiac Arrest

    Darpan News Desk IANS, 19 Aug, 2019 05:19 PM

      Veteran music composer Mohammed Zahoor Khayyam Hashmi, better know as Khayyam, passed away in Mumbai at 9.30 pm on Monday. He was 92.


      He was in the ICU at a Mumbai hospital since July 28.


      "Khayyam Saab is no more. He breathed his last at Sujoy Hospital, Juhu, Mumbai at 9.30 pm," Pritam Sharma, a spokesperson for Khayyamji’s Trust, said.


      Ghazal singer Talat Aziz said, “He passed away at 9:30 PM of cardiac arrest, but the factors were bilateral lung infection and he fought bravely for more than 21 days. I am at the hospital right now.”


      The composer had been hospitalised due to lung infection on July 28 after he collapsed in his house. The 92-year-old artiste was admitted to Sujoy Hospital in Juhu.


      Some of his most popular songs include, “Dikhayii Diye Yun” from Bazaar, “Aaja Re” from Noorie, “Tere Chehre Se” from Kabhi Kabhi, “In Aankhon Ki” from Umrao Jaan among many others. He first gained fame for composing music for the 1961 film Shola Aur Shabnam.

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