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.
Mahan sangeetkar Aur bahut nek dil insan Khayyam sahab aaj humare bich nahi rahe. Ye sunkar mujhe itna dukh hua hai jo main bayaa’n nahi kar sakti.Khayyam sahab ke saath sangeet ke ek yug ka anth hua hai.Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun. pic.twitter.com/8d1iAM2BPd
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 19, 2019
Majrooh was a composer's poet.#Khayyam was a poet's composer#RIPKhayyam
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) August 19, 2019
What a legacy he leaves behind. Thank you for the music Khayyam saab.. https://t.co/YnPgIZUT6l
— Harneet Singh (@Harneetsin) August 19, 2019