Attia Sharara
Attia Sharara (Arabic: عطية شرارة; born 18 November 1922 in Cairo, Egypt, died 15 June 2014; first name also spelled Atiyya, Atiya, Atteya, Ateya, Atia, or Atya) is an Egyptian composer, arranger, violinist, and conductor. He is a member of that nation's second generation of classical composers.
He studied traditional Egyptian music at the Fuad I Institute for Traditional Music, where he also studied Western classical music for four years. He has had a career as a virtuoso violinist performing in traditional Arabic styles, and played for a time in the orchestras that accompanied Mohamed Abdel-Wahab and Umm Kulthum.
He began composing monodic music in 1950, and gradually adopted more Western musical techniques. He has composed vocal, chamber, and orchestral music, and one operetta, The Crystal Ball. He has conducted the Broadcasting Oriental Orchestra in Cairo. In addition, in the 1950s he traveled to many Arab countries, forming Middle Eastern traditional ensembles and founding music institutes. Among his compositions are two Arab concertos for violin, composed in 1970 and 1977, which are light works quoting several popular and folk tunes. He has also composed several concertos for nay (Egyptian cane flute), a concerto for 'ud, and another for cello.
Sharara (film)
Sharara is a 1984 Hindi-language Indian film directed by Rajendra Singh Babu, starring Raaj Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Hema Malini, Shakti Kapoor, Ranjeet, Kader Khan and Vijayendra Ghatge
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Sharara is an action film starring Raaj Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty in the lead roles, well supported by Zeenat Aman, Kajal Kiran, Amjad Khan, Danny Denzongpa and Ranjeet. Actress Hema Malini is understood to have produced the film. The title song of the film was very popular when released.
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Jeet
Jeet is a Hindi term meaning "victory" or "win". It may refer to:
Jeet (1949 film)
Jeet is a 1949 Hindi drama film directed by Mohan Sinha and produced by Pratap A. Rana.
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Jeet Gannguli
Jeet Gannguli (born Chandrajeet Ganguly, Bengali: চন্দ্রজিৎ গাঙ্গুলী), popularly known as Jeet, is a music composer and singer of Bengali and Hindi movies. Gannguli was initiated into the world of music at the age of three. He was a student of Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School from where he completed his schooling. Later he graduated from the University of Calcutta. He is trained in Indian classical music under the guidance of his father Kali Ganguly and his pisima (father's sister) Shibani Roychowdhury. He studied western classical music, jazz and rock with jazz guitarist Karlton Kitto. Gannguli is a music director in Bollywood, scoring music for films.
Gannguli got his first break when Sanjay Gadhvi was signed on to direct Tere Liye and he, in turn, signed on his friends Jeet Gannguli and Pritam as music composers. In 2002 Yash Raj Films signed Gadhvi up to direct Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai, for which the Gannguli-Pritam duo composed the music.
After the duo parted ways, Jeet has started scoring music for Hindi and Bengali films, TV serials and jingles. Jeet Gannguli is currently managed by Tarsame Mittal Talent Management. Jeet Ganguly has also composed music for a single track sung by well known singer Sonu Nigam,'aa bhi ja tu kahin se'.
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