Renowned Music Composer Khayyam Passes Away.
Ashwani Jaitly/Lalit Berry
The sad demise of great music composer Khayyam has shaken the music lovers. Mohammad Zahur Khayyam Hashmi knowned as Khayyam in the bollywood took last breath today late evening at the age of 93. He was struggling for life in ICU of a Mumbai Hospital. Khayyam and Sahir gave a number of hit songs to bollywoid. His evergreen song Tum Apna Ranjo Gham Apni Pareshani Mujhe De Do was a big hit to which his wife Jagjit Kaur gave the voice. In 1977 Khayyam was conferred with Film Fare Award for best music for 'Kabhi Kabhi' and Umrao Jaan in 1982. His music compositions for Fir Subah Hogi, Noorie, Razia Sultan and many more other big hits will be rememberred for centuries by music lovers. Khayyam was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.