World, Folk and Soundtrack
Salim Iqbal was a Two-Brothers-Team of Pakistani film music directors.The older brother Salim Hussain was born in 1931 at Lahore,Pakistan.Two years later,in 1933,the younger brother Iqbal Hussain was born in 1933 at Lahore.They were first trained in music by their musician father and later trained in classical music by Ustad Sardar Khan.The two brothers first worked with the renowned film music director Feroze Nizami for 10 years as his assistants before launching their own professional career in 1958 with their first Punjabi language film Sheikh Chilli (1958).Later they had musical mega-hit films like Kartar Singh (1959),Darwaza (1962),Baji (1963),Phanney Khan (1965),Aj Da Mahinwal (1973) and Pakeeza (1968).Their knowledge of classical & folk music of Pakistan enabled them to create popular super-hits in the Punjabi language films like Kartar Singh (1959)-one wedding song from this film became an often-played song at wedding parties for many years to come.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Yakke Wali / Sheikh Chilli | Salim Iqbal | 1980 | Single |
Baaji | Salim Iqbal | 1979 | Album |
Aj Da Mahinwal | Salim Iqbal | 1973 | Single |
Dulhan / Baji | Rashid Attre / Salim Iqbal | Single | |
Piya Milan Ki Aas | Salim Iqbal | Single |