{{short description|Pakistani film music composer (1942-2005)}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=March 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Amjad Bobby |native_name = |native_name_lang = |image = |caption = |image_size = |birth_name = Amjad Hussain<ref name=cineplot/> |other_names = Amjad Bobby |birth_date = {{Birth date text|1942}} |birth_place = Amritsar, Punjab, British India |death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|04|14|1942|df=y}} |death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |occupation = Film composer, music Director |years_active = 1969–2005<ref name=cineplot>{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/amjad-bobby/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015102824/http://cineplot.com/amjad-bobby/|title= Profile of music composer Amjad Bobby|website=Cineplot.com website|date=17 July 2010|archive-date=15 October 2011|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> |awards = Won 4 Nigar Awards }}
'''Amjad Bobby''' (Punjabi, {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|امجد بوبی}}}}; 1942 {{endash}} 15 April 2005) was an acclaimed Pakistani music composer and director.<ref name=urduwire/><ref>{{cite web| title=Remembering Amjad Bobby!| website=The News International (newspaper)| date=2017-04-15 | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/198772-Remembering-Amjad-Bobby |access-date=2022-04-20}}</ref>
==Early life and career== He was born in Amritsar, British India in 1942. His father wanted him to be a clerk but he preferred to become a film music composer. His first film as a music director was ''Aik Nagina'' (1969), whose song "Dil nahi toe koi sheesha koi pathar hi milay" in Ahmed Rushdi's voice gained him some recognition.<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=cineplot/>
"Initially, like all musicians, he achieved fame after struggling and assisted renowned musicians like A. Hameed, Nashad, Nisar Bazmi, Khwaja Khurshid Anwar and Rasheed Attre."<ref name=cineplot/> Amjad Bobby had little success in the 1970s. His first hit song was "Kajra lagana chor do, sawan ka rukh badal jaye ga", sung by great singer Mehdi Hassan for movie ''Ansoo Aur Sholay''. Later he composed music of movie ''Aik Nagina'' with two super hit songs "Beena tera naam" and "Tere bin raha jaye naa". The decade of the 1980s brought luck for Amjad Bobby and he gave many great songs to the Pakistani film industry. His success continued till his death in 2005.<ref name=cineplot/>
===Death=== Amjad Bobby died of cardiac arrest on 15 April 2005 in Lahore.<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=cineplot/> His death was a big loss for Pakistani film music industry because Amjad Bobby was a composer who almost singlehandedly gave film music a new direction and brought much freshness into the film music in the 1990s, when it most needed it in Pakistan.<ref name=cineplot/>
==Awards and recognition== * Nigar Award for Best Music Director in film 'Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna' (1983)<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=hot>{{cite web|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171619/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ | title=Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards|website=Film Reviews on The Hot Spot Online website|date=24 November 2017|archive-date=13 June 2020|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> * Nigar Award for film Ghunghat (1996)<ref name=hot/> * Nigar Award for film Deewane Tere Pyar Ke (1997)<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=hot/> * Nigar Award for film Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa (2002)<ref name=hot/> * He also received the 'Bolan Award' for best Music Composer for film Mujhe Jeene Do (1999).
==Worked with many film playback singers== He had worked with singers from both Pakistan and India. He composed music for Ahmed Rushdi, Salma Agha, Akhlaq Ahmed, Ghulam Abbas, A Nayyar, Waris Baig, Shazia Manzoor, Humera Channa, Arshad Mehmood, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Kavita, Saira Nasim, Jaspinder Narula.<ref name=pakfilms>{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/musicians/AmjadBobby.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409111233/http://pakfilms.net/musicians/AmjadBobby.php |archive-date=9 April 2017|date=3 March 2016|title=110 songs in 56 films - Amjad Bobby|website=Pakistan Film Magazine website|access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=urduwire/>
===Special appearances as a live singer=== At the Nigar Awards presentation, he sang a song from his movie 'Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa'. The song was originally sung by Arshad Mehmood, but due to his busy schedule, he could not come so Amjad Bobby sang in his place. He also sang in Javed Sheikh's movie Mushkil, and performed this song on stage several times.
==Filmography as music composer== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Year !scope="col"| Film |- | 2008 !scope="row"| ''Khulay Aasman Ke Neechay''<ref name=cineplot/> |- | 2008 !scope="row"| ''Kabhi Pyar Na Karna''<ref name=cineplot/> |- | 2005 !scope="row"| ''Koi Tujh Sa Kahan''<ref name=cineplot/> |- | 2003 !scope="row"| ''Laaj''<ref name=cineplot/> |- | 2002 !scope="row"| ''Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa''<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakfilms/> |- | 2000 !scope="row"| ''Tere Pyar Mein''<ref name=urduwire/> |- | 2000 !scope="row"| ''Ghar Kab Aao Gay''<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakfilms/> |- | 2000 !scope="row"| ''Mujhe Jeene Do''<ref name=pakfilms/> |- | 1999 !scope="row"| ''Inteha'' |- | 1998 !scope="row"| ''Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jae'' |- | 1998 !scope="row"| ''Karz'' |- | 1997 !scope="row"| ''Muhabbat Hai Kya Cheez'' |- | 1997 !scope="row"| ''Chupke Chupke'' |- | 1997 !scope="row"| ''Deewarein'' |- | 1997 !scope="row"| ''Yes Boss'' |- | 1997 !scope="row"| ''Deewane Tere Pyar Ke''<ref name=urduwire/><ref name=pakfilms/> |- | 1997 ! scope="row" | ''Sangam''<ref name="urduwire" /> |- | 1996 !scope="row"| ''Ghunghat''<ref name=urduwire/> |- | 1996 !scope="row"| ''Chief Sahib''<ref name=cineplot/><ref name=pakfilms/> |- | 1995 !scope="row"| ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' |- | 1995 !scope="row"| ''Dharkan'' |- | 1994 !scope="row"| ''Khoobsoorat Jahan'' |- | 1994 ! scope="row" | ''Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naan'' |- | 1994 !scope="row"| ''Mushkil''<ref name=urduwire/> |- | 1993 !scope="row"| ''Qasam'' |- | 1989 !scope="row"| ''Barood Ki Chaon'' |- | 1985 !scope="row"| ''Aag Ka Samandar'' |- | 1985 !scope="row"| ''Benazir Qurbani'' |- | 1984 !scope="row"| ''Bobby''<ref name=urduwire/> |- | 1984 !scope="row"| ''Lazawal'' |- | 1983 !scope="row"| ''Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna'' |- | 1978 !scope="row"| ''Baraat'' |- | 1977 !scope="row"| ''Meri Bhabhi'' |- | 1976 !scope="row"| ''Raja Jani'' |- | 1969 |scope="row"| ''Nagina''<ref name=urduwire>{{cite web|url=http://urduwire.com/people/Amjad-Bobby_374.aspx |date=13 April 2012|archive-date=23 October 2012|title=Profile of Amjad Bobby|access-date=20 April 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023154741/http://urduwire.com/people/Amjad-Bobby_374.aspx |website=Urduwire.com website}}</ref> |- |}
==Film songs== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Song name !scope="col"| Film !scope="col"| Year |- | Dil Nahin Tau Koi Sheesha<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Aik Nagina'' |1969 |- | Lehra Kay Pee Gaye !scope="row"| ''Raja Jani'' | 1976 |- | Kajra Lagana Chorr Dou !scope="row" | '' Ansoo Aur Sholay'' |- | Beena Tera Naam<ref name=cineplot/> !scope="row"| ''Naqsh-e-Qadam'' |1970s |- | Tere bin raha jaye na !scope="row"| ''Naqsh-e-Qadam'' |- | Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna !scope="row"| ''Kabhi Alwida Na Kehna'' | 1983 |- | Mera Pyar Bhi Tu !scope="row"| ''Lazawal'' | 1984 |- | Mil gai Mil gai Mujhko Pyar Ki Woh Manzil !scope="row"| ''Aik Nagina'' | |- | Aap Apni Misal Hota Hae !scope="row"| ''Lazawal'' | 1984 |- | Ik Bar Milo Humse Tau<ref name=cineplot/> !scope="row"| ''Bobby'' | 1984 |- | Jabse Tu Zindagi Me Aya !scope="row"| ''Nadia'' | 1985 |- | Mushkil Hae Bada Mushkil Hae<ref name=cineplot/> !scope="row"| ''Mushkil'' | 1994 |- | Dil Ho Gaya Hae Tera Diwana !scope="row"| ''Mushkil'' | 1994 |- | Khoobsoorat Jahan !scope="row"| ''Khoobsorat Jahan'' | |- | Aa Pyar Dil Mein Jaga<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Sangam'' | 1996 |- | Surmai Baadlon Kay Peechhe !scope="row"| ''Sangam'' | 1996 |- | Dekha Jo Chehra Tera, Mausam Pyara Laga<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Ghunghat'' | 1996 |- | Choodian Chanakti Haen !scope="row"| ''Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman'' | 1996 |- | Haseenon se Nazneeno se !scope="row"| ''Chief Sahib'' | 1996 |- | Ik Karz Muhabbat hae gin gin k !scope="row"| ''Karz'' | 1998 |- | Deewane Tere Pyar Kay !scope="row"| ''Deewane Tere Pyar Ke'' | 1997 |- | Dil Kay Badle Dil !scope="row"| ''Ghar Kab Aao Gay'' | 2000 |- | Haath Se Haath Kya Gaya !scope="row"| ''Tere Pyar Mein'' | 2000 |- | Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa'' | 2002 |- | Falak Se Sitara !scope="row"| ''Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa'' | 2002 |- | Mun Chali Re Aai<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Laaj'' | 2003 |- | Koi Tujh Sa Kahan<ref name=pakfilms/> !scope="row"| ''Koi Tujh Sa Kahan'' | 2005 |- |}
==See also== *Javed Sheikh, directed "Mushkil", its music was composed by Amjad Bobby *Kabhi Pyar Na Karna, (2008) film, Amjad Bobby is the music composer
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0090320}} ;Reviews *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080217201855/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/reviews/xyz/YDAKH.htm Review of "Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua" on The Hot Spot online Archived] music composed by Amjad Bobby
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