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{{short description|Film music director of India and Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Master Ghulam Haider
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Ghulam Haider
| alias = Master Ghulam Haidar
| birth_date = 1908
|birth_place =[[Hyderabad, Pakistan|Hyderabad]], [[Sind Division|Sind]], [[British India]]<ref name=hl/>
| death_date =9 November {{death year and age|1953|1908}}<ref name=hl/>
|death_place =[[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]<ref name=hl/>
| occupation = [[Film]] [[music composer]]
| years_active = 1932 – 1953
| awards = [[Tamgha-i-Imtiaz]] (Medal of Excellence) by the [[President of Pakistan]] (2011)<br/>[[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[President of Pakistan]] (2018)
}}
'''Ghulam Haider'''
(1908 – 9 November 1953), also known by the honorary title '''Master Ghulam Haider''', was a well-known [[music composer]]<ref name=hl>{{cite web |url= http://www.hindilyrics.net/profiles/ghulam-haider.html|title= Ghulam Haider|website=HindiLyrics.net|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> who worked both in [[India]] and later in [[Pakistan]] after [[Partition of India|independence]].

He changed the face of film songs by combining the popular [[Raga|Raags]] with the verve and rhythm of [[Punjabi music]],<ref name=us>{{cite web |url= https://www.upperstall.com/people/ghulam-haider|title= Ghulam Haider|website=Upperstall.com website|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> and also helped raise the status of film music directors. He is also known for giving a break to the well-known playback singer, [[Lata Mangeshkar]].<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/>

In an interview, Lata Mangeshkar herself disclosed on her 84th birthday in 2013, "Ghulam Haider is truly my Godfather. It was his confidence in me that he fought for me to tuck me into the Hindi Film Industry which otherwise had rejected me". Remembering her early rejection, Lata once said, "Ghulam Haider was the first music director who showed complete faith in my talent. He introduced me to many producers including ''S. Mukerji'', a big name in film production, but when he too declined me, Ghulam Haider was very furious. Hence, finally he convinced [[Bombay Talkies]], a banner bigger than S. Mukerji and introduced me through their movie Majboor (1948 film)".<ref name=TNI>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/568852-remembering-master-ghulam-haider |title=Remembering Master Ghulam Haider|author=Sarwat Ali|date=10 November 2019|newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref><ref>Who is Lata Mangeshkar's Godfather? glamsham.com website [https://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/13/sep/27-news-who-is-lata-mangeshkars-godfather-0913012.asp] Published 27 September 2013, Retrieved 25 March 2018</ref>

== Early life ==
According to one account, Ghulam Haider was born in 1908 in [[Narowal]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> (now in [[Pakistani Punjab]]). Another account says that he was born in Hyderabad, Sindh.<ref name=hl/> After passing his intermediate examination, he was admitted to a college of dentistry and completed his education as a dentist. Being curious about music, he started learning music from Babu Ganesh Lal.<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> His love for music made him leave his career as a dentist, facing the wrath of his family, he still found a job with Alfred Theatrical Company and Alexander Theatrical Company as a piano player in [[Calcutta]], and worked with Jenaphone (Genophone) Recording Company as a music composer as well. He composed music for the then famous singer, ''Umrao Zia Begum'', who was working for Pancholi Studios, [[Lahore]]. He later married her.

== Career ==
Haider broke into films with the father-son duo Roshan Lal Shorey and Roop Kumar Shorey, and then [[A.R. Kardar]] gave him the opportunity to compose music for the 1935 film, ''Swarg Ki Seerhi''. But he got his first big breakthrough with D.M. Pancholi's [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film, ''Gul-E-Bakavali'' (1939) starring [[Noor Jehan]].<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> This was followed by film [[Yamla Jat]] (1940). His first big hit song came with [[Khazanchi (1941 film)|Khazanchi]] in 1941,<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> which helped cause a revolution in the music industry. The music of the film ''Khazanchi (1941)'', in particular, the song ''Sawan Ke Nazare Hain'' sung by [[Shamshad Begum]] and Ghulam Haider himself caused a revolution in music composing. By then Music Directors of the 1930s, who had composed film songs set in classical ragas, were beginning to sound commonplace. ''Khazanchi's'' refreshingly 'free wheeling music' not only took the audiences by storm but also made other film music directors sit up and take notice. With this film, Ghulam Haider ensured that the Indian film song would never be the same again. [[Khandan (1942 film)|Khandan]] (1942), the first film of [[Noor Jehan]] as lead actress, was also a big hit<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> and established him as a top film composer. Film [[Poonji]] (1943) was also successful. Then Haider moved to [[Bombay]] and composed music for many films including [[Humayun]] (1945) and Majboor (1948 film), the first major breakthrough film for [[Lata Mangeshkar]] in Hindi films.<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/> Films [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] (1948) and [[Kaneez (1949 film)|Kaneez]] are his other big hits.<ref name=hl/><ref name=TNI/>

===Pioneering work===
He introduced [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Sudha Malhotra]] and [[Surinder Kaur]] to the [[Indian Film Industry]].<ref name=hl/> Besides them, as a film song composer, he played a key role in giving first breakthrough popularity to [[Noor Jehan]] in film [[Khandan (1942 film)|Khandan]]. Master Ghulam Haider also gets major credit for introducing the Punjabi folk music and instruments like [[dholak]] in the film music.<ref name=hl/> His pioneering work in music later inspired many Punjabi film music directors like [[Hansraj Behl]], Shyam Sunder, [[Husnlal Bhagatram]] and Feroz Nizami.<ref name=hl/> His assistants in [[Mumbai]] were film music composers [[Madan Mohan]] and [[Nashad]]. Later in Pakistan, film music director A. Hameed worked as his assistant.

==Death==
After [[Partition of India|independence]] in 1947, he returned to [[Lahore]] and his first [[Pakistani]] film was [[Shahida (film)|Shahida]] (1949). He composed music for many other [[Pakistani]] films like ''Beqarar'' (1950), ''Akeli'' (1951) and ''Bheegi Palken'' (1952) but the films flopped. He died just a few days after the release of Pakistani film Gulnar (1953).<ref name=hl/><ref name=us/>

==Awards and recognition==
* [[Tamgha-i-Imtiaz]] (Medal of Distinction) by the [[President of Pakistan]] in 2011.<ref name=BR>{{cite news|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2010/08/201008151091762/ |newspaper=Business Recorder (newspaper)|date=15 August 2010|access-date=6 June 2021|title=President confers civil awards on Independence Day}}</ref>
*[[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[Government of Pakistan]] in 2018.<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/1397075 President Mamnoon confers civil awards on Yaum-i-Pakistan (Pakistan Day - 23 March 2018)] Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 March 2018, Retrieved 6 June 2021</ref>

== Filmography ==
His major films are:
*Gulnar (1953)<ref name=TNI/>
*Aabshar (1953)
*Beqarar (1950)
*Do Saudagar (1950)
*Putli (1950)
*[[Shahida (film)|Shahida]] (1949)<ref name=TNI/>
*[[Kaneez (1949 film)|Kaneez]] (1949)
*Majboor (1948)
*[[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] (1948)
*Shama (1948)
*Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1948)
*Patjhad (1948)
*Jag Beeti (1947)
*[[Manjhdhar (1947 film)|Manjhdhar]] (1947)
*But Tarash (1947)
*Mehndi (1947)
*Jag Beeti (1946)
*Bairam Khan (1946)
*[[Humayun]] (1945)<ref name=hl/>
*Phool (1945)
*[[Chal Chal Re Naujawan]] (1944)
*Bhai (1944)
*[[Poonji]] (1943)
*[[Khandan (1942 film)|Khandan]] (1942)<ref name=TNI/>
*Zamindar (1942)
*Chaudhry 1941
*[[Khazanchi (1941 film)|Khazanchi]] (1941)
*[[Yamla Jat]] (1940)
*Gul-E-Bakawali (1939)<ref name=TNI/>
*Majnu (1935)
*Swarg Ki Seerhi (1935)
*Thief of Iraq (1934)

==Popular compositions==
*Yasrib ko janey waley, mara salaam le ja - a [[Naat]] song, (singer: Umra-o-Zia Begum)
*Aashiyaane Ko Mere Jab (film: Thief of Iraq 1934)
*Paigham saba lai hai gulzar-e-nabi se, aaya hai bulawa mujhe darbar-e-nabi se - a [[Naat]] song, (singer: [[Shamshad Begum]], lyrics by Wali Sahib), a Radio Lahore Production (1938)
*Shala jawania maney, aakha na morin, pee lai (singer: Baby [[Noor Jehan]], film: Gul-E-Bakawali 1939)<ref name=TNI/>
*Pinjare De Vich Kaid Jawanee Mastanee (singer: Baby [[Noor Jehan]], film: Gul-E-Bakawali 1939)
*Kankan dian pakkian faslaan ne (singer: [[Noor Jehan]], film: [[Yamla Jat]] 1940)
*Bas bas we dholna, tere naal ki bolna (singer: [[Noor Jehan]], film: [[Yamla Jat]] 1940)
*Sawan ke nazarey hain, ha ha ha (singer: [[Shamshad Begum]], film: [[Khazanchi (1941 film)|Khazanchi]] 1941)
*Ek Kalee Naazon Ki Palee (film: [[Khazanchi (1941 film)|Khazanchi]] 1941)
*Tu koun si Badli mein, mere Chand hay aa ja (singer: [[Noor Jehan]], film: [[Khandan (1942 film)|Khandan]] (1942)
*Mere liye jehan mein chain hay na qarar hay (singer: [[Noor Jehan]], film: [[Khandan (1942 film)|Khandan]] (1942)
*Sajan Aa Ja, Rajan Aa Ja (film: Bhai 1944)
*Chamko Chamko Bijaliya, Han Bijaliya (film: [[Chal Chal Re Naujawan]] 1944)
*Mujhe Madhur Lagata Hai Unsey (film: [[Chal Chal Re Naujawan]] 1944)
*Ai Chand Tu Bata De (film: [[Humayun]] 1945)
*Data Toree Daya Se Abb Des Hamara (film: [[Humayun]] 1945)
*Ho Chand Chamaka Andhere Me Aaj Hai: (film: [[Humayun]] 1945)
*Ashkon Pe Huwa Khatam Mere Gham Kaa Fasana: film: Bairam Khan (1946)
*Gulshan Pe Hai Bahar, Koyal Kee Hai Pukar (film: Jag Beeti (1947)
*Ham Hain Dukhiya Iss Duneeya Me (film: Jag Beeti (1947)
*Aaj Mohe Sajan Ghar Jana (film: [[Majhdhaar]] 1947)
*Aa Jao Beedeshi Baalama (film: Padmini (1948)
*Aajaa Bedardi Baalama (film: [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] 1948)
*Aana Hai Toh Aa Jao Gar (film: [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] 1948)
*Ab JiKe Koyi Kyaa Kare (film: Majboor (1948))
*Watan ki rah mein, watan ke no-jawan shaheed ho (singer: [[Mohammed Rafi]], film: [[Shaheed (1948 film)|Shaheed]] 1948)
*{{lang|hi|Lo, chal diye woh ham ko tasalli diye baghair}} - singer: [[Noor Jehan]] - film ''Gulnar'' (1953 film)<ref name=hl/>
*Bachpan Ki Yadgaro, Mein Tumko Dhundhatee Huun - film ''Gulnar (1953 film)''

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name| id=0354048 | name = Ghulam Haider Filmography }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141625/http://www.citwf.com/person204191.htm Ghulam Haider's filmography on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website]

{{Pride of Performance for Arts}}

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