Web Desk (May 26, 2018): First Death Anniversary of famous Pakistani Music Composer Wajahat Attre is being observed today. He died last year at the age of 68.
Attre had been facing medical complications for few months, and was suffering from paralysis and heart problems. He was admitted to the Jinnah Hospital where he died. He left behind three sons and a daughter.
Wajahat Attre was a son of renowned music composer Rasheed Attre. He was born in Puna, India in 1945. After Partition, his family migrated to Pakistan. He has composed music for over 200 films.
Attre has several popular film songs to his credit such as ‘Wagdi nadi da paani’, ‘Vay ik tera pyar menu mileya’, ‘Anda teray layi reshmi rumal’ among other hits. Overall, he has composed for 3,000 film and non-film songs. The films that became popular due to their music composed by Attre were Mukhra, Chan Varyam, Naukar Woti Da and Ishq Khuda. Many a singer has sung songs composed by the eminent music director, including Madam Noor Jehan, Humera Channa, Saira Naseem, Shabnam Majeed, Saima Mumtaz and Azra Jahan.
During last five years of his life, Attre worked with Radio Pakistan Lahore on contractual basis.
Singers, actors and producers have all expressed grief on Attre’s death.
A number of personalities from the world of entertainment attended Attre’s funeral, including singers Shaukat Ali, Anwar Ali, Ustad Ghulam Haider Khan and Qadir Ali Shagan, film director Shehzad Rafique, music composer Wazir Afzal, Radio Pakistan Sargodha Station Director Saleem Bazmi, film writer Pervaiz Kalim and poet Altaf Bajwa.
He was laid to rest at Miani Sahib graveyard.
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