A. Nayyar
Pakistani playback singer (1950-2016)
Arthur Nayyar (14 April 1955– 11 November 2016), commonly known as A. Nayyar, was a Pakistani film playback singer.
He started his career in 1974 with a duet song. Nayyar always claimed famous singer Ahmed Rushdi as an important contributor to his career as he learned film playback singing from Rushdi and the noted singer Mehdi Hassan helped him improve his voice quality.
Nayyar and Akhlaq Ahmed remained dominant playback singers of the Pakistani film industry in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
Early life
Nayyar was born in Chak No.148/9.L, Ranson Abad, a small village in the Sahiwal District, to a Christian family. His childhood was spent in Arifwala, Punjab, Pakistan and later he shifted to Lahore. He completed his matriculation from St Francis High School, Lahore and was admitted to Forman Christian College. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from the Government Central Training College in 1975. Nayyar spent his childhood watching both Indian and Pakistani films. Film playback singers like Muhammad Rafi, Talat Mehmood, and Saleem Raza inspired him.
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