Wajahat Attre

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==Career== ==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]].<ref name=a>[https://images.dawn.com/news/1177677 Music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68] Images magazine (Dawn Group of Newspapers), Published 27 May 2017, Retrieved 4 June 2022</ref><ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1497890 |newspaper=Dawn newspaper|author=Sultan Arshad Khan|title=SOUNDSCAPE: THREE GENERATIONS OF SONGMAKERS (Rasheed Attre, Wajahat Attre plus sons and grandsons)|date=4 August 2019|access-date=17 April 2026|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814123739/https://www.dawn.com/news/1497890}}</ref><ref name=NewsNation>{{cite web|url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/bollywood/pakistani-music-composer-wajahat-attre-passes-away-at-68-on-saturday-was-suffering-from-paralysis-and-heart-problems-172445.html|title=Pakistani music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68 on Saturday|author=Nabanita Chakorborty|date=27 May 2017|archive-date=6 May 2021|access-date=14 April 2026|newspaper=NewsNationTV.com website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506091031/https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/bollywood/pakistani-music-composer-wajahat-attre-passes-away-at-68-on-saturday-was-suffering-from-paralysis-and-heart-problems-172445.html}}</ref><ref name=uae>[https://theuaenews.com/2017/05/26/pakistani-musician-wajahat-attre-dies/amp/ Pakistani musician Wajahat Attre dies] The UAE News website,</ref> 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]].<ref name=a>[https://images.dawn.com/news/1177677 Music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68] Images magazine (Dawn Group of Newspapers), Published 27 May 2017, Retrieved 4 June 2022</ref><ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1497890 |newspaper=Dawn newspaper|author=Sultan Arshad Khan|title=SOUNDSCAPE: THREE GENERATIONS OF SONGMAKERS (Rasheed Attre, Wajahat Attre plus sons and grandsons)|date=4 August 2019|access-date=17 April 2026|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814123739/https://www.dawn.com/news/1497890}}</ref><ref name=NewsNation>{{cite web|url=https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/bollywood/pakistani-music-composer-wajahat-attre-passes-away-at-68-on-saturday-was-suffering-from-paralysis-and-heart-problems-172445.html|title=Pakistani music composer Wajahat Attre passes away at 68 on Saturday|author=Nabanita Chakorborty|date=27 May 2017|archive-date=6 May 2021|access-date=14 April 2026|newspaper=NewsNationTV.com website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506091031/https://english.newsnationtv.com/entertainment/bollywood/pakistani-music-composer-wajahat-attre-passes-away-at-68-on-saturday-was-suffering-from-paralysis-and-heart-problems-172445.html}}</ref>

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.<ref name=Dawn/> 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.<ref name=Dawn/> Line 40: Line 40: |''Wagdi nadi da paani, ainj jaa ke murr nahin aanda''<ref name=NewsNation/><ref name=a/><ref name=Dawn/><ref name=pakmag/> ||Noor Jehan || Hazin Qadri || Wajahat Attre ||''Ishq Na Puchhay Zaat'' (1969)<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=pakmag/> |''Wagdi nadi da paani, ainj jaa ke murr nahin aanda''<ref name=NewsNation/><ref name=a/><ref name=Dawn/><ref name=pakmag/> ||Noor Jehan || Hazin Qadri || Wajahat Attre ||''Ishq Na Puchhay Zaat'' (1969)<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=pakmag/> |- |- |''Toonba wajda eei na taar bina'' ||Noor Jehan ||Khawaja Pervaiz ||Wajahat Attre || [[Naukar Wohti Da]] (1974 film)<ref name=a/><ref name=uae/> |''Toonba wajda eei na taar bina'' ||Noor Jehan ||Khawaja Pervaiz ||Wajahat Attre || [[Naukar Wohti Da]] (1974 film)<ref name=a/> |- |- | ''Zindagi Tamasha Bani, Dunya Da Hasa Bani, Kittay Vi Na Pyar Milia''<ref name=pakmag/>||Afshan ||Khawaja Pervaiz ||Wajahat Attre || ''Naukar Wohti Da'' (1974) | ''Zindagi Tamasha Bani, Dunya Da Hasa Bani, Kittay Vi Na Pyar Milia''<ref name=pakmag/>||Afshan ||Khawaja Pervaiz ||Wajahat Attre || ''Naukar Wohti Da'' (1974) Line 75: Line 75:

==Death== ==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.<ref name=Tribune/><ref name=NewsNation/> He was laid to rest at [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]] in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name=a/><ref name=NewsNation/><ref name=uae/><ref name=Tribune>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1419989/industry-mourns-loss-lollywood-composer-wajahat-attray/|url-status=dead|title=Industry mourns loss of Lollywood composer Wajahat Attray|author=Adnan Lodhi|date=26 May 2017|access-date=17 April 2026|archive-date=26 May 2017|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526142815/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1419989/industry-mourns-loss-lollywood-composer-wajahat-attray/}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Tribune/><ref name=NewsNation/> He was laid to rest at [[Miani Sahib Graveyard]] in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name=a/><ref name=NewsNation/><ref name=Tribune>{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1419989/industry-mourns-loss-lollywood-composer-wajahat-attray/|url-status=dead|title=Industry mourns loss of Lollywood composer Wajahat Attray|author=Adnan Lodhi|date=26 May 2017|access-date=17 April 2026|archive-date=26 May 2017|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526142815/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1419989/industry-mourns-loss-lollywood-composer-wajahat-attray/}}</ref>

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