Saleem Iqbal
# Saleem Iqbal

Saleem Iqbal (1933 – 8 April 1996) was a Pakistani film music composers duo.

## Early life

This was a pair of brothers – the older brother Iqbal Hussain (1931 – 8 April 1996) and the younger brother Saleem Hussain (1933 – 2 April 1996) who composed music in over 30 films in Pakistan. Both brothers were born in the residential neighbourhood of Bhati Gate, Lahore, British India.

## Career

During the decade of the 1940s, both young teenagers then, used to stage the play Heer based on the epic love story of the 18th century Sufi poet Waris Shah in the narrow streets of the Walled City of Lahore. Brothers Saleem Hussain and Iqbal Hussain first got their training in the art of singing by their father Master Ilm Din who was also a local professional musician. Later, Saleem Hussain became associated with the film composer Feroz Nizami as his assistant, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

## Film songs

| Song title | Sung by | Lyrics by | Music by | Film notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyo Ni Mera Dil Dharkay | Zubaida Khanum | Iqbal Hussain | Saleem Iqbal | This was their first career breakthrough hit song from film Sheikh Chilli (1958) |
| Desaan Da Raja, Meray Babul Da Pyara, Veer Mera Ghori Charhia | Zubaida Khanum and Naseem Begum | Iqbal Hussain | Saleem Iqbal | Their second big hit song which became so popular that it is still sung at wedding events even today. Film Kartar Singh (1959), film producer Saifuddin Saif. |
| Peireen Beirrian Pazaiban Diyyan Paa Ke, Mahi Ne Teinun Lei Jana Ni | Naseem Begum and Nazir Begum | Waris Ludhianvi | Saleem Iqbal | Film Kartar Singh (1959) |
| Gori Gori Chandani Di Thandi Thandi Chhaan Ni | Zubaida Khanum | Waris Ludhianvi | Saleem Iqbal | Film Kartar Singh (1959) |
| Ajj Aakhan Waris Shah Nu, Kittay Qabaraan Vichon Bol | Inayat Hussain Bhatti and Zubaida Khanum | Amrita Pritam | Saleem Iqbal | Film Kartar Singh (1959) |
| Ajj Mukk Gai Ae Ghaman Wali Shaam, Teinun Sada Pehla Salam | Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Saleem Raza and Ali Bakhsh Zahoor | Saifuddin Saif | Saleem Iqbal | Film Kartar Singh (1959) |
| Piya Naa Hi Aaye, Sakhi | Ustad Amanat Ali Khan and Noor Jehan | Saifuddin Saif | Saleem Iqbal | Film Darwaza (1962) |
