Nashad was a film composer and music director of Indian and Pakistani film industry.
19 Facts About Nashad
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Nashad composed music for Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s, credited on-screen under the names Nashad and then later migrated to Pakistan in 1964.
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Nashad received his early academic education in a local high school in Delhi.
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Nashad composed under several names before finally settling for Nashad.
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Nashad made his music debut under the name Shaukat Dehalvi in the 1947 action film Dildaar.
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Nashad composed as Shaukat Ali for the 1948 film Jeene Do.
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Nashad used his real name Shaukat Ali to compose for the 1948 film Payal.
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In 1949, Nashad using the name Shaukat Ali Haideri composed songs for the film "Dada".
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When Naushad Ali refused, the irate director Nakshab Jarchavi then had Shaukat Ali change his name to Nashad, to make it sound like Naushad.
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Nashad then composed for Jarchavi's 1953 film Naghma, starring Nadira and Ashok Kumar.
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Nashad said that when he was hired as a film music composer, his 'first job' usually was to sit with the film director and determine the musical situations in the upcoming film.
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Nashad wrote and composed the song "Mohabbat Zindagi Hai" for the Pakistani film Tum Salamat Raho.
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Nashad migrated to Pakistan and debuted as a composer in the 1964 film Maikhana, directed by Nakhshab Jarachavi, its scriptwriter was Agha Nasir.
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Nashad had worked with Master Ghulam Haider, Nisar Bazmi, Naushad early in his film career as their assistant to learn from them.
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Nashad is given credit for first introducing Runa Laila to the Pakistani film industry from Karachi.
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Nashad married an Indian Muslim woman when he was living there.
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Nashad's oldest son, Wajid Ali Nashad, was a music composer in Pakistan who died in 2008.
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Lately, Ameer Ali Nashad has made his own Audio Studio.
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Nashad composed film music for over 60 films during his career.