Nashad (11 July 1923 – 14 January 1981) composed music for Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s, He composed under several names. He made his music debut under the name Shaukat Dehalvi in the 1947 action film Dildaar. He composed as Shaukat Ali for the 1948 film Jeene Do. and Toote Taare (1948) as Shaukat Dehalvi.IFrom1949 onwards he composed music for actor-director Yakub's film, Aiye. as Shaukat Ali Haideri In 1953, film director, Nakshab Jarachavi, changed Shaukat Ali's name to Nashad, which he retained for the rest of his life. He migrated to Pakistan and debuted as a composer in the 1964 film Maikhana,
As Nashad his first song ' Badee Mushkil Se Dil Kee Bekaraaree Ko from Naghma 1953 sung by Shamshad Begum became a hit 'Baradari(1955) remains one of his memorable films. This film had some hit songs "Bhula Nahin Dena Ji Bhula Nahin Dena, Zamana Kharab Hai" by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, and "Tasveer Banata Hoon Tasveer Nahin Banti" by Talat Mehmood. Nashad himself sang a song in this film.
He introduced singer Suman Kalyanpur for the first time in the film. 'Sabse Bada Rupaiya', director: P. L. Santoshi, cast: Shashi Kala and Sundar, music: Nashad and O. P. Nayyar. 'Shehzada' (1955), director: Mohan Sinha, cast: Shela Ramani and Ajeet, music: Nashad and S. Mohinder. 'Jawab'.
Maikhana (1964) was his first film in Pakistan, he was awarded Nigar Award for Best Music Composer for this film. Nashad had worked with Master Ghulam Haider, Nisar Bazmi, Naushad early in his film career as their assistant to learn from them. He is given credit for first introducing Runa Laila to the Pakistani film industry from Karachi
Nashad died on 14 January 1981 at 57 years of age after composing film music for over thirty films in Bollywood and over 60 films in Pakistan
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