Wajahat Attre

Wajahat Attre was born in Puna, Gujarat, British India in 1945. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, his family migrated to Pakistan. His father, Rasheed Attre (1919 – 1967) also was a noted film music composer of Pakistan and originally belonged to Amritsar, Punjab, British India. ==Career==

Wajahat composed music for over 200 films, among them Mukhra (1988 film), Chan Varyam (1981), Naukar Wohti Da (1974 film) and Ishq Khuda (2013 film) became musical hits. He churned out popular songs like Wagdi Nadi Da Paani, Vay Ik Tera Pyar Menu Mileya, Aanda Teray Layi Reshmi Rumal. He worked with singers like Noor Jehan, Humaira Channa, Saira Naseem, Shabnam Majeed and Azra Jehan. Wajahat Attre used to be his father's chief assistant for many years before his father's death on 18 December 1967. So he took up the same profession as his father and eventually became one of the most sought after film music composers in Pakistan in the 1970s and 1980s. Wajahat Attre worked with eminent film playback singers like Noor Jehan, Saira Naseem, Humaira Channa, Azra Jehan and Shreya Goshal during his long film career and composed music for more than 3,000 film songs in over 200 films. ==Popular songs==

• Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) award by the President of Pakistan in 2013. • Wajahat Attre won a total of 9 Nigar Awards as Best Music Director in 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990 and in 1997. ==Death==

Wajahat Attre died on 26 May 2017 at the age of 72. He was suffering from heart disease and paralysis after a stroke a month prior to his heart attack. ==References==