and Hindi films, Feroz received his training in classical music from the classical music teacher Abdul Wahid Khan of the Kirana gharana. After completing his training, he left midway working for the All India Radio and went to Mumbai in bollywood film industry. He composed different types of music throughout his career, and used classical, semi-classical, thumris and western music in India (before partition) and in Pakistan (after partition). He originally started his career in 1943 with Vishwas film, in which he worked with Chhelalal, Indian music director. He then composed music in 1946 for Neik Parveen film, a flop film of that time, but some of its compositions were good. Later in 1947, Noor Jehan and her husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi's production company Shaukat Art Productions (SAP) in Mumbai recruited him to score the music for SAP's first film Jugnu, a music blockbuster film of 1940s. After the partition, he migrated to Lahore and started working as a music director in Pakistani film industry with his first film Hamri Basti (1949), a flopped film. However, four years later, Noor Jehan produced the Pakistani film, Chann Vey, his compositions for the film were praised in the Indian subcontinent. In 1952, he scored music for Dopatta film, the only high-grossed Pakistani film of the 1950s. Later work During the late 1950s, he used to teach classical music at the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore, Pakistan. Filmography Literary work In addition to composing music, he also wrote books on art and music, including English-language books entitled ABC of Music and History and Development of Music, the only writings on the subject that were first written after the country became a sovereign state. In the later years, he wrote more books on the subject such as Ramooz e Moseeqi and Israr e Moseeqi. A book he wrote on spiritualism was Sarchashma e Hayat, comprising his autobiography. Death Feroze Nizami died on 15 November 1975 in Lahore, Pakistan. His death anniversary is observed by the Pakistanis every year, particularly in Lahore. Bibliography References External links 1910 births 1975 deaths Hindi film score composers Pakistani film score composers Pakistani classical singers Musicians from Lahore