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O. P. Nayyar

1926–2007

O. P. Nayyar never once used Lata Mangeshkar, which in the 1950s and 1960s was less a choice than a declaration, and he had hits anyway. His music swings - the rhythm is Punjabi, the tempo is faster than anyone else's, and the horse-hooves beat is his signature.

Naya Daur, Howrah Bridge, Kashmir Ki Kali, Mere Sanam, Phagun. Asha Bhosle sang most of it, and their partnership and its ending are a large part of the period's gossip. He is the only composer to win the Filmfare award without a Lata song in the film.

Dates and credits from Wikidata.

Songs

26 recordings in this catalogue.

Meraa Naam Chin Chin Chu — music · Howrah Bridge (1958)
Dekh Ke Teri Nazar, Bekrar Ho Gaye — music · Howrah Bridge (1958)
Ye Kya Kar Dala Tune — music · Howrah Bridge (1958)
Mai Jaan Gayi Tujhe Saiya — music · Howrah Bridge (1958)
Diwana Hua Badal — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Ye Chand Sa Roshan Chehra — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein Dil Lene Wale — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Hai Duniya Usi Ki Zamana Usi Ka — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Subhanallah Haseen Chehra — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Kahin Na Kahin Dil Lagana Padega — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Haye Re Haye Ye Mere Hath Tera Haath — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Balma Khuli Hawa Mein — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Phir Thes Lagi Dil Ko — music · Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
Zulfon Ko Hata Le Chehre Se — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Honton Pe Hansi, Aankhon Mein Nasha — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Meri Jaan Tum Pe Sadke — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Zara Haule Haule Chalo — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Aaj Koi Pyar Se — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Jo Dil Ki Tadap Na Jane — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Khuda Huzoor Ko Bhi Meri Zindagi De De — music · Sawan Ki Ghata (1966)
Tumsa Nahin Dekha — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Chhupnewale Samne Aa — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Jawanian Yeh Mast Mast — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Sar Par Topi Lal — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Dekho Kasam Se — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Aaye Hai Door Se — music · Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)

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Worked with

Lata Mangeshkar
A relationship defined by its absence: in a career of forty years O. P. Nayyar never recorded Lata Mangeshkar once. Asha Bhosle sings six of the eight songs in Sawan Ki Ghata and most of the nine in Mere Sanam, and that is the shape of every Nayyar soundtrack here.