Career
He penned some memorable songs such as the famous ghazal Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo and Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah sake gi. The latter made the singer Talat Mahmood famous in India and was instrumental in introducing him to the Calcutta film industry. Born in Calcutta in 1920, Fayyaz Hashmi was employed as the resident lyricist by the British-owned Gramophone Company of India from age 20.
Soon after the Partition of India in 1947 he was transferred to Lahore to organise the music scene in Pakistan.
There he promoted many talented artists including Farida Khanum, Saeen Marna, Saeen Akhtar and Saeen Budha. He turned to writing of film songs in 1956.
Kunwari Bewa was the first Pakistani film with his songs. He wrote more than 2000 songs for films and the Gramophone Recording Company.
He also wrote stories, dialogues and scripts of many hit films, and received numerous awards during his career.
