Hassan Latif Explained

Birth Date:1916
Nationality:Pakistani
Occupation:Music director of films and at Radio Pakistan, Lahore
Years Active:1950  - 1975

Hassan Latif (1916  - 9 November 1979) was a Pakistani film and radio music director known for composing popular film songs like, "Ja apni hasraton pe aanson baha ke sou ja" (Film: Susral 1962) and "Gaadi ko chalana babu zara halkay halkay" (Film: Anokhi 1956). Latif composed a Naʽat for the film Noor-e-Islam (1957), "Shah-e-Madina Yathrib Ke Waali", that is still regarded as a classic.[1]

Early life and career

Hassan was born in 1916 in Sahiwal, Punjab, British India. When he was only 12 years old, he got associated with Patiala gharana's Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan's household. He would even run daily errands for that household as a boy. He was later asked to learn to play harmonium and accompanied Ashiq Ali Khan for a short time. Then veteran film song writer D. N. Madhok encouraged him in Bombay, when he went there to try his luck to get into the Indian film industry in British India.

He started his career as a music director in Pakistan with an Urdu film "Judai" that was released in 1950. He composed only one song, Gaari ko chalana babu for the movie "Anokhi" (1956) that became very popular, while rest of the songs of the movie were composed by a visiting Indian musician Timar Barn. Hassan's first breakthrough was a religious-themed movie, Noor-e-Islam (1957). He composed an Urdu naat for the movie, "Shah-e-Madina Yathrib Ke Waali Saray Nabi Teray Dar Ke Sawaali" that is popular till date and is an often used nasheed for Mawlid observations. It was originally vocalized by Saleem Raza, but many other singers also sang it in the later decades.[2]

Hassan composed a Punjabi chorus song for film producer Wali Sahib's movie, "Lukan Meeti" (1959), "Kokla chhupa ke jumeraat ayi jay" that became a favorite play song for kids in Punjab. It was sung by Zubaida Khanum and others in 1962, he gave music for an Urdu movie, Susral that eventually turned out to be the climax of his film career. The film was a musical hit with songs like, "Ja apni hasraton pe aanson baha ke sou ja" (Singer: Noor Jehan) and "Jis ne meray dil ko dard diya" (Singer: Mehdi Hassan).

Hassan composed 165 songs in 28 Urdu and Punjabi movies. His last film as a music director was "Balwant Kaur" that was filmed in 1975 but released 13 years later in 1988, many years after his own death in 1979.[3] [4]

Popular compositions

Death

Hassan Latif died on 9 November 1979, in Lahore, Pakistan.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 - Hasan Latif music composer (page 247). Mushtaq Gazdar. Oxford University Press, 1997 - University of Michigan Library (digitized 21 May 2008) via Google Books website. 0195778170.
  2. Web site: مشہورِ‌ زمانہ نعت اور حسن لطیف . ARY TV News . 29 March 2021. 3 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230418044508/https://urdu.arynews.tv/hassan-latif-musician/. 18 April 2023. dead.
  3. News: Pervaiz . Amjad . Living for a week with Hassan Latif’s music . 26 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230325205356/https://dailytimes.com.pk/646781/living-for-a-week-with-hassan-latifs-music/. 25 March 2023. dead . Daily Times newspaper . 28 July 2020.
  4. News: Afaqi . Ali Sufiyan . فلمی و ادبی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز۔ ۔ ۔قسط نمبر,578, 580, 581 . Roznama Pakistan (Daily Pakistan newspaper) . 3 August 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230927040020/https://dailypakistan.com.pk/28-Dec-2018/903239. dead. 27 September 2023.
  5. News: Munir Niazi as I knew him. dead. 11 February 2022. 3 August 2024. Daily Times newspaper. https://web.archive.org/web/20220211083459/https://dailytimes.com.pk/883775/munir-niazi-as-i-knew-him/. Amjad Parvez.

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