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Ghulam Mohammed is a Actor, Story and Sound Indian born on 1 january 1903 at Bikaner (Inde)

Ghulam Mohammed

Ghulam Mohammed
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Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1903 at Bikaner (Inde)
Death 17 march 1968 (at 65 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Ghulam Mohammed was an Indian film score composer, who is most remembered for his work in Hindi musical hits films like, Mirza Ghalib (1954), Shama (1961) and Pakeezah (1972).

He received National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his film Mirza Ghalib (1954). His last film, Pakeezah was held up for many years, and was released after his death.

Biography

Ghulam Mohammed was born in Bikaner, Rajasthan, into a family of musicians. His father, Nabi Baksh, was an accomplished tabla player.

He started his career as a child actor at age six with the Punjab-based New Albert Theatrical Company, he soon became popular and eventually became the Dance-Director of the company.

In 1924, he came to Bombay, where after a struggle of eight years, in 1932 he got the chance of playing tabla in Saroj Movietone's Productions' "Raja Bharthari".

In music composition, he first became an assistant, to noted music director, Naushad in Kargar Productions, and worked with him and Anil Biswas, for over 12 years, before giving music independently, in the film 'Tiger Queen' (1947). He went on to give music in many memorable films and even won the 1955 National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his film Mirza Ghalib (1954). His score for Pakeezah is still considered one of the all time great music scores in Indian Cinema. He also gave music to some regional films, including Bhojpuri films like "Saiyan se neha lagaibe"(1965).

He died on 17 March 1968, much before his magnum opus, Pakeezah was released.

In 1997, he was honoured, in the 'Keep Alive' music show series in Mumbai, that honours all-time film music composers of India.

An extensive audio - visual programme on Ghulam Mohammed was presented by Mumbai based music troupe MUSICOLOR in 2010 where music lovers cherished the composers gems.

Usually with

Mehboob Khan
Mehboob Khan
(3 films)
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan
(5 films)
Naushad Ali
Naushad Ali
(5 films)
Suraiya
Suraiya
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ghulam Mohammed (19 films)

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Actor

Kartar Singh
Origin Pakistan
Actors Sudhir, Musarrat Nazir, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Ghulam Mohammed
Rating70% 3.5175153.5175153.5175153.5175153.517515
This film is set in village in Punjab, India where Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs are living peacefully. Prem Nath Zarif is most respected in the village. Sudhir, is renowned World War II veteran who has fought in Burma and lives in the village. Kartar Singh is the main villain who is petty criminal and a trouble maker. When Partition of India happens, the Muslims of the village including the hero Umer and his love lady Mussarat Nazir wants to migrate to Pakistan. They are leaving when there is hostility and violence everywhere. During this time, Umer Din's sister (Laila) is abducted by the Sikhs but she is protected by an elderly Sikh who gives her shelter and looks after her. When his son tries to force himself on her, the old man kills him. The old man sends Umer Din a letter that his sister is safe and unviolated and sends her safely to Pakistan. Kartar Singh on one of his raids has a scuffle with Umer Din, who works with the Border Police, at the border. Umer shoots him but just wounds him and lets him go. His life saved, Kartar Singh has a change of heart. In order to redeem himself, he takes Umer's younger brother, sheltered by Prem Nath, back to him in Pakistan. But he is killed at the border as Umer feels he has come on one of his raids again and shoots him down.
Mela
Mela (1948)

Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Rehman, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Jeevan, Noor Jehan
Rating67% 3.3719153.3719153.3719153.3719153.371915
Manju lives in the village with her father a school teacher and step mother. Mohan (Dilip Kumar) and Manju (Nargis) live in the same village and are friends since childhood. The friendship develops into love and they are both excited about their wedding. Mohan decides to go into town to buy jewelry for the marriage. On the way he is robbed and becomes unconscious with his injuries landing him in a hospital.
Jugnu
Jugnu (1947)

Actors Noor Jehan, Dilip Kumar, Sulochana, Shashikala, Mohammed Rafi, Ghulam Mohammed
Rating74% 3.7323953.7323953.7323953.7323953.732395
Sooraj is from a wealthy household. He meets Jugnu when he's tried to commit suicide by jumpung off a cliff and jugnu tries to stop him. In reality it was a ply conceived by sooraj and his friends to distract jugnu and all the girls so that they can steal the food prepared by the girls. All of them study in the same college and live in hostel. And thus slowly on meeting few times Jugnu and Sooraj fall in love with each other. Jugnu is orphaned when she was young and is taken care of by a friend of her father's who wishes for her to be married to his son Dilip. Sooraj's parents come to know about his love for jugnu and oppose the match as jugnu is poor. One day in conversation with his father sooraj comes to know that they are not rich as all the assets (bungalow, things etc) owned by his father are mortgaged under heavy loan and so he plans to arrange marriage of Sooraj to a rich household so that the dowry received will help them pay off loan and continue living a wealthy life. Sooraj is surprised to hear this but he nevertheless is happy as now he can marry Jugnu as both are poor. But Sooraj's mother goes to jugnu and pleads for her son's life explaining her predicament and jugnu promises her that she will get out of sooraj's life. What happens next is the central plot of the story.
Anmol Ghadi, 2h2
Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Suraiya, Noor Jehan, Surendra, Leela Mishra, Ghulam Mohammed
Rating72% 3.6130953.6130953.6130953.6130953.613095
Chander and Lata were good kid friends in Jahanabad, Lata being the daughter of a rich family whereas Chander was the son of a poor, widow mother. Lata's parents didn't like Renu being friends with Chander. Renu's family gets transferred to Bombay. At the time of departure Renu gifts her watch to Chander as a memento.
Ek Din Ka Sultan, 2h27
Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Mehtab, Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Ghulam Mohammed
Roles Sardar Sher-e-Koh (as Ghulam Mohomed)

Khandan
Khandan (1942)

Genres Drama
Actors Noor Jehan, Pran Krishan Sikand, Ghulam Mohammed, Manorama
Rating59% 2.978322.978322.978322.978322.97832
This was mainly a Noor Jehan musical about a man seduced by a gold-digging woman, who then kills her and her lover is jailed. When he is released, he finds employment as a gardener and becomes a father-figure to his employer's son Anwar and to Anwar's fiancee Zeenat (Noor Jehan). This allows him to prevent Anwar from perpetuating precisely the same crime for which he had been jailed as history repeats itself because, so the film alleges, men are constantly threatened by women and only paternal wisdom can save them from the untoward desires of women. Future directors Ramesh Saigal and S. K. Ojha assisted on this film.
Kisan Kanya, 2h17
Actors Ghulam Mohammed
Rating60% 3.010853.010853.010853.010853.01085
Kisan Kanya was based on a novel by Saadat Hasan Manto and focussed on the plight of poor farmers. The story revolved on the life of a poor peasant Ram (Nisar) who was being ill-treated by his landlord Ghani. Eventually, Ghani is murdered and Ram becomes the prime suspect in the eyes of the public. The film performed moderately at the box-office.
Yahudi Ki Ladki, 2h17
Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Pahari Sanyal, Rattan Bai, Ghulam Mohammed

Prince Ezra (Nawab) is a Jewish merchant persecuted by the Romans, especially the Roman Priest Brutus. Ezra lives with his seven-year-old son Yameen. One day while playing with his catapult, Yameen manages to unintentionally hit the Priest Brutus as he’s walking past. The boy is taken prisoner and no imploring can change Brutus’ punishment. He has the boy thrown to the animals. Elias, Ezra’s devoted slave kidnaps Brutus’ young daughter Decia and brings her to a grief-stricken Ezra for revenge. Unable to harm her and missing Yameen, Ezra brings Decia up as his daughter and names her Hannah.

Scriptwriter

Taqdeer
Taqdeer (1943)

Directed by Mehboob Khan
Genres Comedy
Actors Chandra Mohan, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Motilal, Nargis
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.1466553.1466553.1466553.1466553.146655

Sound

Pakeezah
Pakeezah (1972)
, 2h6
Directed by Kamal Amrohi (Amrohvi)
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood, Erotic thriller films
Actors Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Florence Ezekiel Nadira, Sapru, Kamal Kapoor
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating71% 3.592733.592733.592733.592733.59273
This movie is about the tawaif Sahibjaan (Meena Kumari), who is born to a courtesan, Nargis (also Meena Kumari). After being spurned by her lover Shahabuddin's (Ashok Kumar) family, Nargis is driven to a graveyard where she gives birth to Sahibjaan secretly. Nargis dies during childbirth and her sister Nawabjaan (Veena)- a brothel madam - brings her up as her own. Unable to break away from the vicious circle, Sahibjaan grows up to be a beautiful and popular dancer/singer. Forest ranger Salim Ahmed Khan (Raaj Kumar), enthralled by her beauty and innocence, eventually convinces her to elope with him, which she does. But trials and tribulations await Sahibjaan as she is recognized by men wherever she goes in the company of Salim. When Salim renames her Pakeezah (pure of heart) and takes her to a cleric to be legally married, she refuses and returns to the brothel. Salim eventually decides to marry someone else and invites Sahibjaan to dance at his wedding; she agrees. During this event, Nawabjaan recognises Shahabuddin and calls him to witness the irony of the situation: It is his own daughter dancing and entertaining his family.
Kundan
Kundan (1955)
, 2h1
Directed by Sohrab Merwanji Modi
Genres Drama
Actors Sohrab Merwanji Modi, Nimmi, Sunil Dutt, Pran Krishan Sikand, Manorama, Kumkum
Rating66% 3.3299053.3299053.3299053.3299053.329905
The film starts with Kundan (Sohrab Modi) stealing a loaf of bread from a kitchen and running home with it to feed his young niece Radha, and ailing mother. He is arrested and in court he says he had tried to find work, begged, and in the end was forced to steal. The judge sentences him to two years in prison. His niece visits him in jail telling him of his mother’s death. Kundan bends the iron rods and escapes but is caught. He is imprisoned for a further five years for trying to escape. The second time he tries to do so he gets an additional seven years. Kundan spends a total of fourteen years in prison doing hard labour. Radha (Nimmi) is married to Gopal (Pran) and they have a baby girl Uma. Gopal, who is in bad company and a crook gets her to part with all her jewellery and disappears with it. Radha and her baby find refuge with a tea-stall owner (Om Prakash) and his wife (Manorama)) who employ her to work for them for minimal wages. Kundan on release from jail sets out to find Radha. He has been told by the jail authorities including Inspector Sher Singh (Ulhas), a devout policeman, to keep them informed about his whereabouts and to present himself regularly at the police station. When he returns to his locality he is unable to find Radha and the neighbours drive him away, calling him a dacoit.