Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
| Khwaja Khurshid Anwar خواجہ خُورشِيدانور ख़्वाजा खुर्शीद अनवर |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Khurshid Anwar |
| Also known as | Khwaja Sahib |
| Born | 21 March 1912 Mianwali, Punjab, British India (Now in Pakistan) |
| Died | 30 October 1984 (Aged 72) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Genres |
Classical Indian film music, Pakistani film music |
| Occupation(s) | Music Director, Screenwriter, Film Director, Film Producer |
| Years active | 1941–1982 |
| Labels | Select Pictures (name of his film production company) |
Khwaja Khurshid Anwar (21 March 1912 − 30 October 1984) (Urdu: خواجہ خُورشِيدانور, Hindi: ख़्वाजा खुर्शीद अनवर) was a filmmaker, writer, director and music composer who gained tremendous popularity both in India and Pakistan. He is widely credited as being one of the most original and inventive music directors of his generation. He was the Programme Producer (Music) at (AIR), All India Radio or (Akashvani (radio broadcaster)), Delhi in 1939.
Khwaja Khurshid Anwar was born on 21 March 1912 in Mianwali, Punjab (now in Pakistan) where his maternal grandfather Khan Bahadur Dr.Sheikh Atta Mohammad (whose eldest daughter was married to philosopher-poet Muhammad Iqbal, to whom he was thus a nephew) was serving as civil surgeon. His father Khwaja Ferozuddin Ahmad was a well-known Barrister settled in Lahore, Pakistan. The ace jurist had a love for music so much so that he had a huge collection of gramophone records of Indian classical and neo-classical music and his precocious son had an unhindered access to them all. Moreover, in the weekly music performances held in the lawyer's home, renowned music masters used to perform, and it was here that the young Khurshid Anwar developed a taste for classical music.Considering Khrshid Anwar's keen interest, Khansahib Tawakkal Hussain agreed to take him as his disciple and train him in 1934.
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