Mumbai: Director
Muzaffar Ali's creative partnership with
Khayyam gave rise to magical compositions in four films, 'Umrao Jaan', 'Anjuman', 'Zooni' and 'Daaman'. Ali expressed the hope that the unreleased film 'Anjuman' as well as the recorded songs of 'Zooni' and 'Daaman' will be released soon.
"Khayyam has been a substantial part of my cinematic journey. I had worked with Jaidev in my first film 'Gaman' and approached him for 'Umrao Jaan'. But I began to feel that his compositions did not have the "oomph factor"! So I went to
Naushad Sahab as well but found him rigid. Khayyam was my third choice, and in him, I found an apt composer for not just 'Umrao Jaan' but all my future films as well."
The 'Umrao Jaan' team including lyricist Shahryar and
Asha Bhosle went on to create film music history. Ali said, "During Anjuman, I heard
Shabana Azmi humming one of the song, and she was tuneful, so I thought why not get her to sing! Luckily, Khayyam approved -- and she did. But do notice the last song, Kab haath mein tera haath nahin. That is sung by Khayyam and
Jagjit Kaur
. It is perhaps the only time they sang together. It was even replicated by singer
Tina Sani
in Pakistan who gave credit to us all."
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