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	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		Nayyar had no formal training in music and there was none in his family with a musical bent up of mind.
		Nayyar put his foot down and even at the risk of losing the film told Chopra that it was either Asha and OP or Lata Mangeshkar.
		Nayyar was a strict disciplinarian who would brook no interference and laxity on the part of an artiste.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2007/20070204/spectrum/main6.htm (882 words)

	Music director O P Nayyar dead
		Rani Nakhwa, with whose kin Nayyar was living for over 10 years after being estranged from his family, said, "He was perfectly alright until 3.30 pm, when he went to the toilet and collapsed inside.
		As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on Bollywood, where Nayyar was regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time even though he had not been in the limelight for close to three decades.
		TV star and actress Tabassum said, "O P Nayyar's death is yet another shock for us.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2007/jan/28nayyar.htm (504 words)

	The stubborn note of O P Nayyar
		Ironically, O P Nayyar is remembered by history as much for what he did not do (record a song with Lata Mangeshkar), as for what he did (compose music for hit films over two decades).
		The stubbornly individualistic Omkar Prasad Nayyar was the only major composer from the golden age of Hindi film music to eschew the siren call of Lata's honeyed vocals.
		Nayyar became one of the earliest music directors to command a lakh for a film.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2003/feb/04dinesh.htm (841 words)

	O.P. Nayyar, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Celebrated as Asia's "rhythm king," OP Nayyar was among the premier composers of Bollywood's golden age, enjoying a long and prolific collaboration with superstar vocalist Asha Bhosle that yielded countless classics of Indian film music.
		Nayyar later admitted the dissolution of their collaboration heralded the tipping point of his career, and following 1994's Jai Bhavani he retired from film altogether, although he remained in the public eye thanks to infrequent television appearances.
		Nayyar died January 28, 2007, less than two weeks past his 81st birthday.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11641/11641962.html (418 words)

	Bollywood mourns O P Nayyar's death : Happenings News : ApunKaChoice.Com
		Bollywood Sunday mourned the death of music director O P Nayyar describing him as a composer with a distinctive style whose work was always original.
		As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on the film industry, where Nayyar was regarded as one of the greatest composers of all times even though he had not been in the limelight for close to three decades.
		Nayyar -- whose quiet dignity and poise made him a striking picture of elegance calm -- was perhaps the only music director whose name appeared on billboards over the cast and crew of films.
	www.apunkachoice.com /happenings/20070129-0.html (1130 words)

	Renowned Indian lyricist O.P. Nayyar dies of heart attack
		Nayyar was a legend in the Hindi movie industry and had written lyrics that are remembered by several generations of Indian movie lovers.
		Nayyar's songs were a mixture of peppy beats fused with folk tunes.
		His fans, colleagues from the Indian movie industry and Indian politicians paid their last respects to Nayyar before he was cremated Sunday.
	thestar.com.my /news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/29/apworld/20070129134907&sec=apworld (317 words)

	O.P.Nayyar - Hindi - India - World/Reggae - Music - www.real.com
		Nayyar was born in pre-Partition Lahore in 1926.
		From the '60s on Nayyar composed just a handful of soundtracks, though many of them were considered gems.
		In all those years, Nayyar famously never recorded Lata Mangehskar because he considered her "thread-like" voice too thin for his compositions.
	uk.real.com /music/artist/OPNayyar (200 words)

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	The stubborn note of O P Nayyar
		The stubbornly individualistic Omkar Prasad Nayyar was the only major composer from the golden age of Hindi film music to eschew the siren call of Lata's honeyed vocals.
		Nayyar became one of the earliest music directors to command a lakh for a film.
		Nayyar's luck had begun to run out when it came to the box-office.
	in.rediff.com /movies/2003/feb/04dinesh.htm (841 words)

	OP Nayyar
		Omkar Prasad Nayyar was born in Patiala in Punjab, India.
		As success followed success, OP Nayyar along with Naushad was among the earliest music directors to charge a lakh per film.
		OP Nayyar developed the side of Geeta Dutt which had emerged with Baazi (1951) thanks to SD Burman.
	www.upperstall.com /people/opnayyar.html (1286 words)

	MSN INDIA - Bollywood mourns O P Nayyar's death (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bollywood Sunday mourned the death of music director O P Nayyar describing him as a composer with a distinctive style whose work was always original.
		As news of his death spread, a pall of gloom descended on the film industry, where Nayyar was regarded as one of the greatest composers of all times even though he had not been in the limelight for close to three decades.
		Nayyar -- whose quiet dignity and poise made him a striking picture of elegance calm -- was perhaps the only music director whose name appeared on billboards over the cast and crew of films.
	content.msn.co.in /Entertainment/Bollywood/entertainmentAKC_290107_1144.htm (1043 words)

	rediff.com: Nayyar's nine nuggets
		Veteran music composer O P Nayyar passed away into the ages on Sunday, January 28.
		This Guru Dutt film was O P Nayyar's breakthrough hit, coming two years after the music director had made his movie debut with Aasman.
		Nayyar liked full-throated voices: so while the wonderful Shamshad Begum held her own in the title song, Geeta sang her heart out in a string of glittering gems for heroine Shyama (Yeh lo main haari) as well as vamp Shakila (the superhit Babuji dheere chalna).
	specials.rediff.com /movies/2007/jan/29sld1.htm (300 words)

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		O.P. Nayyar was born in undivided India in Lahore in 1926.
		In the late 1960s, Nayyar fell out with his favourite Mohammad Rafi but managed to conjure memorable songs even with Mukesh (Chal akela), Mahendra Kapoor (Lakhon hai yahan dilwale) and Kishore Kumar (Tu auron ki kyon ho gayee).
		Nayyar was so involved with Asha Bhosle that he neglected other great singers like Geeta Dutt and Lata Mangeshkar.
	www.hindilyrix.com /musicians/musician-nayyar.html (454 words)

	» O.P.Nayyar’s immortal relationship with Mohammad Rafi » Blog Archive Rafians tribute to a true ...
		Omkar Prasad Nayyar (better known as O.P.Nayyar) is known to be one of the trend-breakers of the traditional music in the Golden Age of Indian film music, in the 50s and 60s.
		OP Nayyar’s songs in Mere Sanam, 1965, sung by Rafi, were all superhits including, pukarta chala hoon mai, humdum mere maan bhi jayo, hue hai tumpe ashiq hum, bhala mano bura mano.
		OPN saab and Rafi saab had the deadly combo which took the 50s n 60s by a different storm.
	www.mohdrafi.com /meri-awaaz-suno/o-p-nayyar-immortal-relationship-with-mohammad-rafi.html (2361 words)

	Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - India
		MUMBAI: Music director O P Nayyar, who composed some of Bollywood’s most memorable tunes of the 1950s and 60s, died yesterday after a heart attack at his home outside Mumbai.
		Nayyar, 81, was famous for the use of Punjabi rhythms in his music and is credited with making stars of several leading singers, including Asha Bhonsle.
		Nayyar, who always dressed in white and was never seen without his distinctive fl felt hat, was born in Lahore in what is now Pakistan in 1926.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=129945&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 (613 words)

	Asha Bhonsle, Singer Asha Bhonsle, Indian playback singer Asha Bhonsle, Bollywood playback singer, Sister of Lata ...
		O. Nayyar gave Asha Bhosle a big break in C.I.D. She first achieved success in B. Chopra's Naya Daur (1957), composed by O. Nayyar.
		O P Nayyar and Asha Bhosle had a professional and personal parting of the ways in the 1970s.
		The parting of Asha Bhosle and O. Nayyar was bitter, and probably therefore she has hesitated to give Nayyar his due.
	www.4to40.com /legends/print.asp?id=801 (5478 words)

	IndianExpress.com :: O P Nayyar, the maestro, dies at 81
		O P Nayyar, the maestro, dies at 81
		But O P Nayyar, the reclusive maestro, won’t be there to enjoy that moment of glory.
		Nayyar died, aged 81, at the house of Rani Nakhwa, with whose family he had been living with since his estrangement from his own family, on Sunday afternoon.
	www.indianexpress.com /story/22040.html (737 words)

	O.P. NAYYAR : Encyclopedia Entry
		Omkar Prasad Nayyar (January 16, 1926 - January 28, 2007) was a famous Indian film music director and composer born in Lahore, in modern day Pakistan.
		Nayyar ("Opee") started his film music with the background score for the film Kaneez (1949), followed by Aasman (1952).
		O P Nayyar was referred to as Opee by the film industry in Mumbai and his specialty was rhythm.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/O.P._Nayyar (2200 words)

	O P Nayyar: An Intoxicating Composer - Bollywood Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com
		O P Nayyar, the mellifluous music composer of classics such as ‘Aaiye Meherbaan’ was born in
		Nayyar was the man responsible for Asha’s rise as a singer in the 1950s and 60s.
		Nayyar introduced several Punjabi rhythms, especially from the Bhangra folk dances, into Hindi films as well as producing ‘light popular music with rock overtones for Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle’s early hits.
	www.indiaglitz.com /channels/hindi/article/28839.html (931 words)

	The last days of Music Legend- O.P.NAYYAR/ NAKHWA FAMILY - विनोद विप्लव
		She informed her mother about O.P.N. and took him to their house.The fabled Indian hospitality played its part here.The Nakhwas invited him to be part of their family.
		The general public would believe that OPN was out- of- work' after ther 70's and that he became a pauper due to his lifestyle and his extravagant spendings - which is not exactly true.
		O.P.N. was a person who would call a spade a spade a spade; and hence was often unpopular in the industry with certain sections of influential people.
	vinodviplav.bloghi.com /2007/03/12/the-last-days-of-music-legend-o-p-nayyar-nakhwa-family.html (1410 words)

	O. P. Nayyar
		A compilation of tributes to the maestro released recently at the hands of the maestro’s idol, Bal Thackeray, reveals a life sketch that is as interesting as it is inspiring...
		At present involved deeply in performing his karma, as OP Nayyar himself simply puts it, the handsome, elegantly attired music wizard is performing miracles with his homeopathic medicines at Thane, Mumbai.
		Thirty years of committed and diligent study and work in the field of homeopathic medicine have given a new life to the celebrated maestro who now spends his waking hours alleviating the sufferings of chronically ill rich and poor patients who knock at his door when all doors have been shut on them.
	www.screenindia.com /dec03/film6.htm (1170 words)

	Legendary Music Director O P Nayyar passes away
		Legendary music composer O P Nayyar, who made a mark for himself in the Hindi film industry with his distinctive style and melody, died of cardiac arrest in Thane, near here, this afternoon.
		Nayyar lived as a paying guest with Naqva family in Thane for the last 13 years and had severed ties with his own family in Mumbai.
		Nayyar's lawyer Prashant Pankashree told UNI that the Naqva family looked after Nayyar well and he considered Naqvas' daughter Rani as his own.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20070129/577054.html (351 words)

	Homage to O P Nayyar « Vani’s Musings
		12 Responses to “Homage to O P Nayyar”
		Nayyar was famous for the use of Punjabi rhythms in his music.
		Nayyar can be credited with advancing the careers of many great playback singers in Bollywood like Shamshad Begum, Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi, but he never worked with Lata Mangeshkar, saying her voice never matched his tunes.
	whitephosphorous.wordpress.com /2007/01/29/homage-to-o-p-nayyar (849 words)

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		O P. Nayyar’s composing, at this make-or-break stage in this career, had a swinging rhythm that was best captured by mood specialist Geeta Dutt.
		Yet Asha Bhonsle, as a human being first and a imputative being after, will be the first, I know, to spare a Thandi thandi hawa poochche unka pata thought for a Geeta who hid her light under a bushel so that her husband’s might shine the brighter.
		A husband who, when he went back to O.P. Nayyar for "Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi", knew it had to be Asha it could not be his wife even for a tune right up Geeta’s, alley like Koyi keh de keh de kehde zamane se jaa ke ki hum ghabra ke mohabbat kar baithe....
	www.geocities.com /~sm0e/R-geetaDutt.txt (2899 words)

	Aar Paar: A noir comedy
		O P Nayyar's hit songs are snugly encrusted in the film.
		In the title song, the director establishes the hero's fascination with the heroine with the aid of a perky number sung by a clued-in construction worker (Kum Kum).
		Geeta Dutt invests a lot of soul in Shakila's cabaret number Hoon abhi main jawan and animates the light numbers with her abundant vivacity.
	www.rediff.com /entertai/2003/jun/05dinesh.htm (976 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Music maestro O.P. Nayyar dead
		Described by his contemporaries as a powerhouse of talent, Nayyar enthralled generations of Indians with his lilting romantic numbers featuring a distinctive sound created by the innovative use of the piano, saxophone and rhythms.
		And his songs continue to be heard even today, garnering new fans with their unique sound, especially the rhythms that mimicked the clippety-clop of horses.
		Nayyar can be credited with advancing the careers of many playback singers in Bollywood such as Geeta Dutt, Asha Bhonsle and Mohammed Rafi, but he never worked with Lata Mangeshkar.
	www.hindu.com /2007/01/29/stories/2007012914870100.htm (329 words)

	Melody maker O.P. Nayyar is no more
		Born as Om Prakash Nayyar Jan 16, 1926 in Lahore, he started his career as an assistant with the All India Radio in Jalandhar, Punjab.
		Nayyar gained popularity for his experimentations and introductions of new sounds.
		Some of the common characteristics of his music compositions were clip-clop sound and fusion of folk music and modern instruments.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=9342 (407 words)

	O P Nayyar dies of heart attack
		Mumbai, January 28: Music director O P Nayyar, best known for classic songs like Jhumka Gira Re and Pukarta Chala Hoon Mein, died of cardiac arrest at his home in Thane.
		Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt described Nayyar -- who was always seen in public in white attire and a hat -- as "an audacious man who was a king in his time".
		O P Nayyer's music was the most youthful, optimist...
	www.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=80423 (442 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Article
		O.P. Nayyar moulded her voice and gave her a distinct style.
		For the first time in her career Asha sang all the songs for the heroine in a film.
		Listen to the twaif in Navrang singing Aa dil se dil mila lein o rasiya man basiya and then to the lisping teenager in Pooccho na yaar kiya hua move on thereafter to incredible opening lines of Man anand anand chhayo.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000604/spectrum/main2.htm (931 words)

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	www.rediff.com /telugu/2000/apr/07nayyar.htm (813 words)

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