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Inayat Hussain Bhatti (1928-1999) was a
multidimensional icon of Pakistan. His body
of work includes contributions as a singer,
actor, producer, director, script writer,
social worker, columnist, religious scholar
and a protagonist of the development of
Punjabi language and literature.
History
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was born in Gujrat on
12 January 1928, the son of Fazal Ellahi
Bhatti, a prominent social worker in Gujrat.
He attended public high school and later
graduated from Zamindar College, Gujrat.
During the early phases of his life, Inayat
hussain bhatti enjoyed his association with
two persons, both from Gujrat. they were Syed
Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a practising lawyer,
whose abrasive interest in fine arts,
especially music and drama, won him the
appreciation of a large number of music buffs
and connoisseurs, and Mr.Asghar Hayat Jaura,
a well known Kabbadi player from Gujrat with
whom Bhatti shared many common interests. The
late artiste from Mohalla Fattupura, Gujrat,
spend several formative years of his life in
the company of these individuals in Gujrat
and Lahore. He became interested in the lives
and works of the Sufi saints and the poetry
of Waris Shah, Bulleh Shah, Baba farid, Mian
Muhammad Bakhsh since his early college days,
Mainly because of his association with the
said two persons.
In December 1948 he came to Lahore with the
intention to study law and initially stayed
at MAO College hostel, Lahore. His destiny
however had different plans for him, A few
months after his arrival in Lahore, he made
his first performance on stage in the YMCA
Hall, Lahore, in a play produced by Syed Ijaz
Hussain Gilani, which focused on the freedom
struggle of the Kashmiri freedom fighters.
After his YMCA auditorium performance, Inayat
Hussain Bhatti accompanied Ijaz Gilani to
Radio Pakistan, Lahore, where he met and
became a formal pupil of Master Niaz Hussain
Shami, a composer then working for Radio
Pakistan in Lahore.It was his association
with and training under Master Niaz Hussain
Shami, which facilitated Bhatti's
participation in regular radio programmes as
a singer. He sometimes used to accept
character roles in plays broadcast by the
Lahore station of Radio Pakistan. once he was
memorizing some lines while having tea at the
radio canteen when Rafi Peer, a play writer,
overheard him. He went up to him and asked
whether he would acts as the Hero in his play
Akhian (Eyes). this was a Godsend for Bhatti
who readily accepted the offer and acted to
Peer's satisfaction. Rafi Peer wanted Bhatti
to speak Punjabi in the Sargodha dialect,
this he did excellently and Rafi Peer was
happy with his selection.
Bhatti was introduced to composer G.A. Chisti
by Master Shami in 1949, who offered Bhatti
an opportunity to record a few songs in
producer-director Nazir's film Phairey
(1949). the song "aakhiyan laanveen naan", a
duet with Munnawer Sultana for that film was
an instant hit. other songs of that movie,
includes the solo recorded in the voice of
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, also won wide
popularity, and are still remembered for
their lively compositions, which brimmed with
abundance sonic enchantment. Courtesy
G.A.Chisti and the movie Phairey, Inayat
Hussain Bhatti became an almost overnight
celebrity and fortune began to smile on him.
After his debut in the films as play back
singer, Inayat Hussain Bhatti's vocal
recourses were successfully employed by
several music directors. including Ghulam
Haider, Master Inayat Hussain and Rashid
Attrey, for recording their songs in a number
of films. Spotting his histrionic talent
producer-director Nazir offered Bhatti the
leading role in his Punjabi film Heer (1955)
against Sawaran lata, which he enacted
successfully and to the satisfaction of the
inveterate producer, director, actor Nazir.
The film did good business at the box office,
for several decades thereafter; it was a
complete success story for the late singer
and actor Bhatti.
He was the first superstar play back singer
of Pakistan after its independence in 1947.
His career spanned for almost five decades,
In 1997 he suffered an attack of paralysis,
which impaired his speech and kept him
bed-ridden for most of the time thereafter. A
few days before his death, the septuagenarian
artiste was taken to his native home Gujrat,
where, on 31 May 1999, He was plucked away
from our midst by the inexorable angel of
death and way laid to rest beside his late
parents.
Career in folk theatre
During the 1960s Inayat Hussain Bhatti also
took to folk theatre acting and singing, and
toured the rural hinterland of the Punjab
along with his theater group, where he
entertained a vast multitude of village folks
with his songs and recitation of the works of
the great Sufi poets like "Waris Shah, Bulleh
Shah, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh , Sultan Bahoo,
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai".
He possessed a strong but melodious voice,
particularly suited for the crooning of songs
derived from folk melodies of Punjab. he
could have prolonged his career in the
theaters , but for his acting stints, which
kept him away from theater.
In 1996 Bhatti was invited to attend a
cultural Mela in Mohali, India, by the then
Minister of East Punjab, Mr.Harnek Singh
Gharun, the Indian National Congress leader.
Inayat hussan bhatti enthralled the listeners
with immense depth and range of his voice.
Beginning with "Heer", he held the audience
spellbound for four hours with choicest
Punjabi folk songs, including some popular
hits from his own films, "Urdu ghazals",
"Maheeya", and ended with "Mirza" the most
powerful poetic legend of Punjab.
In 1997 he was invited to attend a musical
event at, Chandigarh, India. The event was
organized by "the Punjabi Aalam", a cultural
organization. Bhatti once again captivated
the audience for hours and received standing
ovation from the audience.
Career in the film industry
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was the only male
artist in Pakistan film industry who achieved
super stardom both as an actor and a singer
simultaneously. His first venture, as a film
producer was "Waris Shah" (1962), based upon
the life and works of the great Sufi poet of
Punjab, the film despite not being a
successful box office film, captured the
hearts of the entire literary circles. His
second film as a producer Moonh zoor (1965)
was also not successful, but then in 1967 his
third film Chan makhna in which he played the
lead role, proved to be a block buster at the
box office and received the Nigar award as
the best picture 1967. This was followed by a
string of hit movies such as Sajjan paira
(1968), Jind jan (1969), Duniya matlab di
(1970), Ishq diwana (1971), and Zulam da
badla (1972) which broke all the previous box
office records and transformed Bhatti, into a
superstar actor of the Punjabi movies. He
also produced, directed and acted in three
Saraiki language films simultaneously. The
themes of all movies produced by him, were
based on some social malady of the Punjabi
culture. Because of this, fact these films
were popular with the audience and have
become true classical Punjabi films. From the
late 1960s to the mid 1990s, the name of
Bhatti pictures was synonymous with success
and fame.
During his celluloid carrier, spanning almost
five decades, he produced 30 films under the
banner of "Bhatti pictures" and acted in more
then three hundred films. He rendered his
voice for approximately 500 films, recording
more then 2500 film and non-film songs in
Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali and Saraiki.
One of his na'at in "Arabic" is regularly
broad casted on Radio Pakistan Lahore, during
the holy month of "Ramadan" since the last
four decades.
Bhatti's patriotic song "Allah-O-Akbar" from
the film Ghengiz khan (1958) has become a
signature tune for the armed forces of
Pakistan.
His contribution to Pakistani melodic
culture, especially its folk varieties, had
been widely acknowledge. Late Inayat Hussain
Bhati, who also made significant
contributions to the development and
promotion of theatre and the Pakistani cinema
in its infancy, is remembered fondly by the
large number of people specially in the rural
areas of Pakistan, A number of his songs
recorded for Pakistani films are still
recalled with a great deal of nostalgia by
the senior music buffs in Pakistan.
A brief chronology of his songs:
aakhiyan laanveen naan - Phairay {1949)
suway chooray waliay - Shammi (1950)
Treekaan bugtan ge tere Mapay - Laarey
(1950),
Baghaan walayoo naam japho Moula naam -
Shehri Babu (1953)
Hoon Birian noo kar lay band ni - Heer (1955)
Sanoo Sajna de milne di tang ay - Heer (1955)
Doli chardian marian Heer cheekan - Heer
(1955)
Nikal kar teri Mehfil se - Ishq-e-laila (1957
Mohabbat ka jinaza ja raha hai - Ishq-e-laila
(1957)
Sadi nazraan toon hoian kahnu door das ja -
Zulfaan (1957)
Ajj muk gaiay a ghamaan wali shaam - Kartar
Singh (1959)
Ajj akhan Waris Shah nu - Kartar Singh (1959)
Kare na bhrosa koi Duniya de pyar da - Mitti
dian Moortan (1960)
Qadam barhao, Sathio - Saltanat (1960)
Aithe wage ne Ravi te Channa, Belia - Chacha
Khamkha (1963)
Tehray ishq nachaya kar kay thaeya thaeya -
Waris Shah (1964)
Taynu suttian jaag na aye - Hadd haram (1965)
Wah Moula, teri be-parwai - Monh Zor (1966)
Duniya chala chali ka Mela - Sham Sevayra
(1967)
Chan mayreh makhna - Chan Makhna (1968)
Sajjan pyara mile koi dukh pholiye - Sajjan
Paira (1968)
Jind aakhan ke Jan o sajana - Jind Jan (1969)
O tak, dilbariya, a dilbariya - Kochwan
(1969)
duniya matlab di o yar - Duniya Matlad di
(1970)
Main labhna wan us Yaar noo - Rab Di Shan
(1970)
Sada na bagheen Bulbul bole - Sajjan Beli
(1970)
Baliye, chal Pind noo chali - Duniya Paisay
Di (1971)
O marn zara naeen dared - Geo Jatta (1971)
Dushman mare te khushi na kariye - Ishq
Diwana (1971)
sucha souda pyar jhoot naeen bolna - Sucha
Souda (1971)
Zulf da Kundal khule na - Dhol Jawanian mane
(1972)
Dilbar milsi kayroo war - Dil naal Sajjan de
(1972)
Milay ga zulam da badla - Zulam Da badla
(1972)
Menda ishq vi toon iman vi toon - Dhian
Nimanian (1973)
Gum sum rehn layi - Challenge (1974)
Dharti sadi bhagan wali - Dharti Dey Lal
(1974)
O jinday, wah jind apni - Sohna Dakku (1974)
Jani raat reh poh gali kreasun - Rab Da Roop
(1975)
Nadde naal la ke yaari - Dankay Di Chot
(1976)
Chiti blor jeyi Naar - Jagga Gujjar (1976)
Ki haal sunawan dil da - Haider Dalair (1978)
Nashe diye botlay na eini att chukk ni -
Maula Jatt (1979)
Tera torhan ga gharoor main Zaroor ni --
Jernail singh (1987)
Ranjhan yaara wai -- Jat Majah da (1988)
Inayat Hussain Bhatti's immense talent as a
singer was employed by two generations of
music directors. In the 1950s, Rasheed Attre
and in the 1970s and 1980s, his son, Wajahat
Attre, composed many super hit songs by using
his vocal talent.
His music directors include: G.A. Chisti,
Master Inayat Hussain, Ghulam Haider, Asghar
Ali, Mohammad Hussain, Rasheed Attre, Safdar
Ali, Gul Haider, Mehnu, Tufail Farooqi,
Akhtar Hussain, Rehman Verma, Aashiq Hussain,
Qadir Faridi, Rafiq Ali, Shad Amrohi, Taalib
Hussain, Kamal Ahmed, Salim Iqbal, Tasudduq
Hussain, Mohammad Ali Shabir, Wazir Ali, M.
Ashraf, Tafoo, Bhagg Gee, Master Abdullah,
Nazir Ali, Bakshi Wazir and Wajahat Attre.
Beside his solo career as a singer, he is
credited with hundreds of film duet songs,
from Noor jehan and malika pukhraj to Mala,
Irene parveen, Zubaida khanam, Munawar
Sultana, Kousar Perveen, Naseem Begum, Naheed
Niazi, Tasawur Khanum and Afshan.
Filmography
Jalan (1949)
Shehri Babu (1953)
Heer (1955)
Morni (1956)
Kartar Singh (1959)
Waris Shah (1964)
Mun Zor (1966)
Sham Savera (1967)
Chan Makhna (1968)
SajjanPaira (1968)
Danke di chot (1968)
Jind Jan (1969)
Kochwan (1969)
Duniya Matlab Di (1970)
Sajjan Beli (1970)
Sucha Souda (1971)
Ishq Diwana (1971)
Dhol Jawanian Mane (1972)
Sajjan Dushman (1972)
Dil Nal Sajjan Dey (1972)
Zulam Da Badla (1972)
Dhian Nimanian (1973)
Rano (1974)
Saza-a-mout (1974)
Dharti Dey Lal (1974)
Paishaver Badmash (1975)
Rabb Da Roop (1975)
Jagga Gugar (1976)
Altimatum (1976)
Danke di Chot (1976)
Sadkey Teri Mout Toon (1977)
Haider Delair (1978)
Takht da takhta (1979)
Lahu Dey Rishtey (1980)
Mile ga zulm da badla (1981)
Taqat (1984)
Jatt Majay da (1989)
Ishq Roug (1991)
His female co-stars include: Suran lata,
Zeenat, Nigar sultana, Bahar, Meena, sherin,
Yasmeen, Sabira Sultana, Rani, Firdous,
Saloni, Husna, neelo and Khannum.
Television career
Despite his busy schedules he also gave time
to television and did numerous programs. In
the early 1970s he did Bhatti da dayreh, a
musical cum talk show every week for a year.
In the 1990s, Bhatti compered a series of TV
programmes entitled Ujala on the Sufi saints
of Pakistan, and wrote the scripts. The
series provided the viewers a look in his
Sufistic bent mind, and enlightened them
about the lives and works of the Sufi poets.
It was a great success and eagerly watched by
audience of all description and ages for
almost three years. It earned its producer,
Qaisar ali shah, the Ptv Award for best
religious program.
As a columnist
Mr. Bhatti was at ease in the company of
scholars, his keen eye and kind heart made
him venture into the realms of journalism as
well. For years his column "Challenge" graced
the Urdu newspaper Daily Pakistan. In this
column he pointed out the maladies of
Pakistani society without any fear. It was a
well read column.
As a social worker
Although a movie star, he was God fearing and
a philanthropist by nature. He always took
time to help the poor and distressed. In 1971
he built and donated a "Complete Tuberculosis
treatment Ward" for poor and needy patients
in "Gulab devi hospital Lahore" in the name
of his mother Barkat bibi. Until his death
(1999), he supported it financially and with
other services.
He was against sectarianism and was respected
by religious scholars of all shades; the
Government of Punjab had on numerous
occasions sought his help in creating
religious harmony by way of appointing him as
a member of "Ittihad banul muslimeen" and a
member of the Peace committee.
Politics
Mr.Bhatti also dabbled in politics by joining
Pakistan Peoples Party of Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto, in 1975. He surprised everyone with
his speeches and turned out to be an
excellent orator, during the elections
champagnes of 1977 and 1988, he energetically
campaigned for his party, often attending and
addressing several different rallies in a
day. During the late 1980s. He was appointed
"secretary of party's cultural wing", a
position which he held for a year and then
resigned because of his various other
commitments. His contribution for "PPP" is
fondly remembered and discussed by the senior
party members and supporters.
In 1985 elections, during General Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq's regime, he contested for a seat
in the National Assembly from NA 95, and lost
by a narrow margin. During the evening of his
life, he joined "All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim
Conference" of Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum
Khan, with whom he shared a cordial
relationship.
He was a protagonist of the development of
Punjabi language and literature. In the
1970s, along with two other like minded
personalities, Mr. Zia Shahid (now chief
editor of daily newspaper, Khabrain), and Mr.
Masood khaderposh (a retired bureaucrat), he
started the publication of a weekly magazine
Kahani (story) for the endorsement of Punjabi
language and literature. Bhatti was also the
chairman of "Punjab workers movement",
founded in the 1980s for the same objectives.
He was also an outstanding speaker on
different themes of Islam, addressed hundreds
of "majalis" and participated in Muharram
congregations regularly.
Achievements
Inayat hussain Bhatti`s efforts did not go
unrewarded, some of the honors bestowed by
the society at large are:
Pakistan
In recognition of his social services, the
Pakistan medical association on 2 January
1974 awarded him with Medical college color,
the ceremony was held at Nishtar medical
college Multan. He is the first and to date
the only non-medical person in the
subcontinent to receive this honor.
After Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and the late
prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he became
the third person to be given honorary life
membership of the Punjab press club during
the mid 1970s.
Gold medal from the chief minister of Sind
for his patriotic song "Allah-o-akbar".
Gold Medal from Pakistan Peoples Party
(1976).
Lifetime achievement award from Nigar Awards.
Life time achievement award from Bolan
Academy.
Honorary life membership of the Pakistan
producers' association.
Life chairman of Pakistan singers'
association.
Chairman of rehabilitation council of Gulab
devi hospital Lahore.
Shields and trophies presented to him by
Lions Clubs International and Rotary club
Multan on 2 January 1974, for his services to
promote Saraiki culture through his Saraiki
films and songs.
EMI recording company awarded him a silver
disc for his 25th year of association with
the company (7 December 1976).
Golden Jubilee film award from Jung group of
newspapers on 4 July 1996.
numerous other awards, medals, shields and
commendation certificates from various
literary Punjabi committees and associations.
For his patriotic songs, Bhatti was bestowed
with the following honors by the Pakistan
armed forces:
He was the honorary member of numerous army
units.
Shields of honor from:
12 Medium Regiment, Artillery [on the eve of
32nd raising day].
Officers of 43 Baluch Regiment.
48 Signal Battalion [7 January 1993].
The Century six Artillery unit.
India
He was equally popular across the border in
East Punjab (India) and was bestowed with the
following honors.
Awarded with a shield and a trophy by Rotary
club Amritsar south [23 July 1980]
Awarded with a medallion and a trophy on the
occasion of 11nd international Punjabi
cultural festival at Mohali [26-27 November
1996]
Awarded a shield by Chandigarh press club,
Chandigarh India, presented to him by the
honorable Mr. Justice Amarjit Chaudry acting
chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high
court [22 October 1997].
Awarded a shield by the Punjabi intellectual
forum Chandigarh [25 October 1997]
shield and a medallion by Sur layamunch
Jalandhar [24 December 1997]
shield and medallion by Prof. Mohan Singh
Foundation Amritsar [1997]
After his demise in 1999, Prof. Mohan Singh
Foundation Amritsar, announced the "Inayat
Hussain Bhatti Memorial Award" as a tribute
to him. The first award under this category
was awarded to "Jasbir Jassi Gurdaspuria of
Kudi Kudi fame, in 2001 at Ludhiana.
Descendants
Inayat Hussain Bhatti got married in 1953
with Mohtarma Shahida Banoo, the daughter of
Mr.Ahmed Din Butt, a retired superintendent
of the Indian Railways, she passed away on 12
March 1997. Bhatti's progeny includes two
sons, three daughters, eleven grandsons and
five granddaughters. His elder son Nadeem
abbas bhatti a film producer, played a lead
role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then
shifted his focus to film distribution. His
youngest son Waseem Abbas bhatti is a well
known film, TV and stage artist.
Inayat hussain bhatti's youger brother Kaifi,
was a popular actor and director from mid
1960s till the late 1990s.
References
Encyclopedia First in Pakistan [Pakistan mayn
Awal Awal] by Zahid Hussain Anjum, published
in 1992.Page 286,287.
[Special editions on Inayat hussain bhatti
after his demise on 31 may 1999].
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 11th june 1999.
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 31st may 2000.
Daily newspaper Jang, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Din, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Pakistan, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Nawa-i-waqt, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Awaz, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Dawn, Lahore. 15th March
1997.
Daily newspaper The Tribune, Chandigarh,
India. 16th October, 1997.
Online edition Ludhiana Tribune Chandigarh,
India. October 22, 2001.
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| Duniya Matlab Di (1970) (Inayat Hussain Bhatti) |
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Inayat Hussain Bhatti (1928-1999) was a
multidimensional icon of Pakistan. His body
of work includes contributions as a singer,
actor, producer, director, script writer,
social worker, columnist, religious scholar
and a protagonist of the development of
Punjabi language and literature.
History
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was born in Gujrat on
12 January 1928, the son of Fazal Ellahi
Bhatti, a prominent social worker in Gujrat.
He attended public high school and later
graduated from Zamindar College, Gujrat.
During the early phases of his life, Inayat
hussain bhatti enjoyed his association with
two persons, both from Gujrat. they were Syed
Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a practising lawyer,
whose abrasive interest in fine arts,
especially music and drama, won him the
appreciation of a large number of music buffs
and connoisseurs, and Mr.Asghar Hayat Jaura,
a well known Kabbadi player from Gujrat with
whom Bhatti shared many common interests. The
late artiste from Mohalla Fattupura, Gujrat,
spend several formative years of his life in
the company of these individuals in Gujrat
and Lahore. He became interested in the lives
and works of the Sufi saints and the poetry
of Waris Shah, Bulleh Shah, Baba farid, Mian
Muhammad Bakhsh since his early college days,
Mainly because of his association with the
said two persons.
In December 1948 he came to Lahore with the
intention to study law and initially stayed
at MAO College hostel, Lahore. His destiny
however had different plans for him, A few
months after his arrival in Lahore, he made
his first performance on stage in the YMCA
Hall, Lahore, in a play produced by Syed Ijaz
Hussain Gilani, which focused on the freedom
struggle of the Kashmiri freedom fighters.
After his YMCA auditorium performance, Inayat
Hussain Bhatti accompanied Ijaz Gilani to
Radio Pakistan, Lahore, where he met and
became a formal pupil of Master Niaz Hussain
Shami, a composer then working for Radio
Pakistan in Lahore.It was his association
with and training under Master Niaz Hussain
Shami, which facilitated Bhatti's
participation in regular radio programmes as
a singer. He sometimes used to accept
character roles in plays broadcast by the
Lahore station of Radio Pakistan. once he was
memorizing some lines while having tea at the
radio canteen when Rafi Peer, a play writer,
overheard him. He went up to him and asked
whether he would acts as the Hero in his play
Akhian (Eyes). this was a Godsend for Bhatti
who readily accepted the offer and acted to
Peer's satisfaction. Rafi Peer wanted Bhatti
to speak Punjabi in the Sargodha dialect,
this he did excellently and Rafi Peer was
happy with his selection.
Bhatti was introduced to composer G.A. Chisti
by Master Shami in 1949, who offered Bhatti
an opportunity to record a few songs in
producer-director Nazir's film Phairey
(1949). the song "aakhiyan laanveen naan", a
duet with Munnawer Sultana for that film was
an instant hit. other songs of that movie,
includes the solo recorded in the voice of
Inayat Hussain Bhatti, also won wide
popularity, and are still remembered for
their lively compositions, which brimmed with
abundance sonic enchantment. Courtesy
G.A.Chisti and the movie Phairey, Inayat
Hussain Bhatti became an almost overnight
celebrity and fortune began to smile on him.
After his debut in the films as play back
singer, Inayat Hussain Bhatti's vocal
recourses were successfully employed by
several music directors. including Ghulam
Haider, Master Inayat Hussain and Rashid
Attrey, for recording their songs in a number
of films. Spotting his histrionic talent
producer-director Nazir offered Bhatti the
leading role in his Punjabi film Heer (1955)
against Sawaran lata, which he enacted
successfully and to the satisfaction of the
inveterate producer, director, actor Nazir.
The film did good business at the box office,
for several decades thereafter; it was a
complete success story for the late singer
and actor Bhatti.
He was the first superstar play back singer
of Pakistan after its independence in 1947.
His career spanned for almost five decades,
In 1997 he suffered an attack of paralysis,
which impaired his speech and kept him
bed-ridden for most of the time thereafter. A
few days before his death, the septuagenarian
artiste was taken to his native home Gujrat,
where, on 31 May 1999, He was plucked away
from our midst by the inexorable angel of
death and way laid to rest beside his late
parents.
Career in folk theatre
During the 1960s Inayat Hussain Bhatti also
took to folk theatre acting and singing, and
toured the rural hinterland of the Punjab
along with his theater group, where he
entertained a vast multitude of village folks
with his songs and recitation of the works of
the great Sufi poets like "Waris Shah, Bulleh
Shah, Mian Muhammad Bakhsh , Sultan Bahoo,
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai".
He possessed a strong but melodious voice,
particularly suited for the crooning of songs
derived from folk melodies of Punjab. he
could have prolonged his career in the
theaters , but for his acting stints, which
kept him away from theater.
In 1996 Bhatti was invited to attend a
cultural Mela in Mohali, India, by the then
Minister of East Punjab, Mr.Harnek Singh
Gharun, the Indian National Congress leader.
Inayat hussan bhatti enthralled the listeners
with immense depth and range of his voice.
Beginning with "Heer", he held the audience
spellbound for four hours with choicest
Punjabi folk songs, including some popular
hits from his own films, "Urdu ghazals",
"Maheeya", and ended with "Mirza" the most
powerful poetic legend of Punjab.
In 1997 he was invited to attend a musical
event at, Chandigarh, India. The event was
organized by "the Punjabi Aalam", a cultural
organization. Bhatti once again captivated
the audience for hours and received standing
ovation from the audience.
Career in the film industry
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was the only male
artist in Pakistan film industry who achieved
super stardom both as an actor and a singer
simultaneously. His first venture, as a film
producer was "Waris Shah" (1962), based upon
the life and works of the great Sufi poet of
Punjab, the film despite not being a
successful box office film, captured the
hearts of the entire literary circles. His
second film as a producer Moonh zoor (1965)
was also not successful, but then in 1967 his
third film Chan makhna in which he played the
lead role, proved to be a block buster at the
box office and received the Nigar award as
the best picture 1967. This was followed by a
string of hit movies such as Sajjan paira
(1968), Jind jan (1969), Duniya matlab di
(1970), Ishq diwana (1971), and Zulam da
badla (1972) which broke all the previous box
office records and transformed Bhatti, into a
superstar actor of the Punjabi movies. He
also produced, directed and acted in three
Saraiki language films simultaneously. The
themes of all movies produced by him, were
based on some social malady of the Punjabi
culture. Because of this, fact these films
were popular with the audience and have
become true classical Punjabi films. From the
late 1960s to the mid 1990s, the name of
Bhatti pictures was synonymous with success
and fame.
During his celluloid carrier, spanning almost
five decades, he produced 30 films under the
banner of "Bhatti pictures" and acted in more
then three hundred films. He rendered his
voice for approximately 500 films, recording
more then 2500 film and non-film songs in
Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali and Saraiki.
One of his na'at in "Arabic" is regularly
broad casted on Radio Pakistan Lahore, during
the holy month of "Ramadan" since the last
four decades.
Bhatti's patriotic song "Allah-O-Akbar" from
the film Ghengiz khan (1958) has become a
signature tune for the armed forces of
Pakistan.
His contribution to Pakistani melodic
culture, especially its folk varieties, had
been widely acknowledge. Late Inayat Hussain
Bhati, who also made significant
contributions to the development and
promotion of theatre and the Pakistani cinema
in its infancy, is remembered fondly by the
large number of people specially in the rural
areas of Pakistan, A number of his songs
recorded for Pakistani films are still
recalled with a great deal of nostalgia by
the senior music buffs in Pakistan.
A brief chronology of his songs:
aakhiyan laanveen naan - Phairay {1949)
suway chooray waliay - Shammi (1950)
Treekaan bugtan ge tere Mapay - Laarey
(1950),
Baghaan walayoo naam japho Moula naam -
Shehri Babu (1953)
Hoon Birian noo kar lay band ni - Heer (1955)
Sanoo Sajna de milne di tang ay - Heer (1955)
Doli chardian marian Heer cheekan - Heer
(1955)
Nikal kar teri Mehfil se - Ishq-e-laila (1957
Mohabbat ka jinaza ja raha hai - Ishq-e-laila
(1957)
Sadi nazraan toon hoian kahnu door das ja -
Zulfaan (1957)
Ajj muk gaiay a ghamaan wali shaam - Kartar
Singh (1959)
Ajj akhan Waris Shah nu - Kartar Singh (1959)
Kare na bhrosa koi Duniya de pyar da - Mitti
dian Moortan (1960)
Qadam barhao, Sathio - Saltanat (1960)
Aithe wage ne Ravi te Channa, Belia - Chacha
Khamkha (1963)
Tehray ishq nachaya kar kay thaeya thaeya -
Waris Shah (1964)
Taynu suttian jaag na aye - Hadd haram (1965)
Wah Moula, teri be-parwai - Monh Zor (1966)
Duniya chala chali ka Mela - Sham Sevayra
(1967)
Chan mayreh makhna - Chan Makhna (1968)
Sajjan pyara mile koi dukh pholiye - Sajjan
Paira (1968)
Jind aakhan ke Jan o sajana - Jind Jan (1969)
O tak, dilbariya, a dilbariya - Kochwan
(1969)
duniya matlab di o yar - Duniya Matlad di
(1970)
Main labhna wan us Yaar noo - Rab Di Shan
(1970)
Sada na bagheen Bulbul bole - Sajjan Beli
(1970)
Baliye, chal Pind noo chali - Duniya Paisay
Di (1971)
O marn zara naeen dared - Geo Jatta (1971)
Dushman mare te khushi na kariye - Ishq
Diwana (1971)
sucha souda pyar jhoot naeen bolna - Sucha
Souda (1971)
Zulf da Kundal khule na - Dhol Jawanian mane
(1972)
Dilbar milsi kayroo war - Dil naal Sajjan de
(1972)
Milay ga zulam da badla - Zulam Da badla
(1972)
Menda ishq vi toon iman vi toon - Dhian
Nimanian (1973)
Gum sum rehn layi - Challenge (1974)
Dharti sadi bhagan wali - Dharti Dey Lal
(1974)
O jinday, wah jind apni - Sohna Dakku (1974)
Jani raat reh poh gali kreasun - Rab Da Roop
(1975)
Nadde naal la ke yaari - Dankay Di Chot
(1976)
Chiti blor jeyi Naar - Jagga Gujjar (1976)
Ki haal sunawan dil da - Haider Dalair (1978)
Nashe diye botlay na eini att chukk ni -
Maula Jatt (1979)
Tera torhan ga gharoor main Zaroor ni --
Jernail singh (1987)
Ranjhan yaara wai -- Jat Majah da (1988)
Inayat Hussain Bhatti's immense talent as a
singer was employed by two generations of
music directors. In the 1950s, Rasheed Attre
and in the 1970s and 1980s, his son, Wajahat
Attre, composed many super hit songs by using
his vocal talent.
His music directors include: G.A. Chisti,
Master Inayat Hussain, Ghulam Haider, Asghar
Ali, Mohammad Hussain, Rasheed Attre, Safdar
Ali, Gul Haider, Mehnu, Tufail Farooqi,
Akhtar Hussain, Rehman Verma, Aashiq Hussain,
Qadir Faridi, Rafiq Ali, Shad Amrohi, Taalib
Hussain, Kamal Ahmed, Salim Iqbal, Tasudduq
Hussain, Mohammad Ali Shabir, Wazir Ali, M.
Ashraf, Tafoo, Bhagg Gee, Master Abdullah,
Nazir Ali, Bakshi Wazir and Wajahat Attre.
Beside his solo career as a singer, he is
credited with hundreds of film duet songs,
from Noor jehan and malika pukhraj to Mala,
Irene parveen, Zubaida khanam, Munawar
Sultana, Kousar Perveen, Naseem Begum, Naheed
Niazi, Tasawur Khanum and Afshan.
Filmography
Jalan (1949)
Shehri Babu (1953)
Heer (1955)
Morni (1956)
Kartar Singh (1959)
Waris Shah (1964)
Mun Zor (1966)
Sham Savera (1967)
Chan Makhna (1968)
SajjanPaira (1968)
Danke di chot (1968)
Jind Jan (1969)
Kochwan (1969)
Duniya Matlab Di (1970)
Sajjan Beli (1970)
Sucha Souda (1971)
Ishq Diwana (1971)
Dhol Jawanian Mane (1972)
Sajjan Dushman (1972)
Dil Nal Sajjan Dey (1972)
Zulam Da Badla (1972)
Dhian Nimanian (1973)
Rano (1974)
Saza-a-mout (1974)
Dharti Dey Lal (1974)
Paishaver Badmash (1975)
Rabb Da Roop (1975)
Jagga Gugar (1976)
Altimatum (1976)
Danke di Chot (1976)
Sadkey Teri Mout Toon (1977)
Haider Delair (1978)
Takht da takhta (1979)
Lahu Dey Rishtey (1980)
Mile ga zulm da badla (1981)
Taqat (1984)
Jatt Majay da (1989)
Ishq Roug (1991)
His female co-stars include: Suran lata,
Zeenat, Nigar sultana, Bahar, Meena, sherin,
Yasmeen, Sabira Sultana, Rani, Firdous,
Saloni, Husna, neelo and Khannum.
Television career
Despite his busy schedules he also gave time
to television and did numerous programs. In
the early 1970s he did Bhatti da dayreh, a
musical cum talk show every week for a year.
In the 1990s, Bhatti compered a series of TV
programmes entitled Ujala on the Sufi saints
of Pakistan, and wrote the scripts. The
series provided the viewers a look in his
Sufistic bent mind, and enlightened them
about the lives and works of the Sufi poets.
It was a great success and eagerly watched by
audience of all description and ages for
almost three years. It earned its producer,
Qaisar ali shah, the Ptv Award for best
religious program.
As a columnist
Mr. Bhatti was at ease in the company of
scholars, his keen eye and kind heart made
him venture into the realms of journalism as
well. For years his column "Challenge" graced
the Urdu newspaper Daily Pakistan. In this
column he pointed out the maladies of
Pakistani society without any fear. It was a
well read column.
As a social worker
Although a movie star, he was God fearing and
a philanthropist by nature. He always took
time to help the poor and distressed. In 1971
he built and donated a "Complete Tuberculosis
treatment Ward" for poor and needy patients
in "Gulab devi hospital Lahore" in the name
of his mother Barkat bibi. Until his death
(1999), he supported it financially and with
other services.
He was against sectarianism and was respected
by religious scholars of all shades; the
Government of Punjab had on numerous
occasions sought his help in creating
religious harmony by way of appointing him as
a member of "Ittihad banul muslimeen" and a
member of the Peace committee.
Politics
Mr.Bhatti also dabbled in politics by joining
Pakistan Peoples Party of Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto, in 1975. He surprised everyone with
his speeches and turned out to be an
excellent orator, during the elections
champagnes of 1977 and 1988, he energetically
campaigned for his party, often attending and
addressing several different rallies in a
day. During the late 1980s. He was appointed
"secretary of party's cultural wing", a
position which he held for a year and then
resigned because of his various other
commitments. His contribution for "PPP" is
fondly remembered and discussed by the senior
party members and supporters.
In 1985 elections, during General Muhammad
Zia-ul-Haq's regime, he contested for a seat
in the National Assembly from NA 95, and lost
by a narrow margin. During the evening of his
life, he joined "All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim
Conference" of Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum
Khan, with whom he shared a cordial
relationship.
He was a protagonist of the development of
Punjabi language and literature. In the
1970s, along with two other like minded
personalities, Mr. Zia Shahid (now chief
editor of daily newspaper, Khabrain), and Mr.
Masood khaderposh (a retired bureaucrat), he
started the publication of a weekly magazine
Kahani (story) for the endorsement of Punjabi
language and literature. Bhatti was also the
chairman of "Punjab workers movement",
founded in the 1980s for the same objectives.
He was also an outstanding speaker on
different themes of Islam, addressed hundreds
of "majalis" and participated in Muharram
congregations regularly.
Achievements
Inayat hussain Bhatti`s efforts did not go
unrewarded, some of the honors bestowed by
the society at large are:
Pakistan
In recognition of his social services, the
Pakistan medical association on 2 January
1974 awarded him with Medical college color,
the ceremony was held at Nishtar medical
college Multan. He is the first and to date
the only non-medical person in the
subcontinent to receive this honor.
After Prince Karim Aga Khan IV and the late
prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he became
the third person to be given honorary life
membership of the Punjab press club during
the mid 1970s.
Gold medal from the chief minister of Sind
for his patriotic song "Allah-o-akbar".
Gold Medal from Pakistan Peoples Party
(1976).
Lifetime achievement award from Nigar Awards.
Life time achievement award from Bolan
Academy.
Honorary life membership of the Pakistan
producers' association.
Life chairman of Pakistan singers'
association.
Chairman of rehabilitation council of Gulab
devi hospital Lahore.
Shields and trophies presented to him by
Lions Clubs International and Rotary club
Multan on 2 January 1974, for his services to
promote Saraiki culture through his Saraiki
films and songs.
EMI recording company awarded him a silver
disc for his 25th year of association with
the company (7 December 1976).
Golden Jubilee film award from Jung group of
newspapers on 4 July 1996.
numerous other awards, medals, shields and
commendation certificates from various
literary Punjabi committees and associations.
For his patriotic songs, Bhatti was bestowed
with the following honors by the Pakistan
armed forces:
He was the honorary member of numerous army
units.
Shields of honor from:
12 Medium Regiment, Artillery [on the eve of
32nd raising day].
Officers of 43 Baluch Regiment.
48 Signal Battalion [7 January 1993].
The Century six Artillery unit.
India
He was equally popular across the border in
East Punjab (India) and was bestowed with the
following honors.
Awarded with a shield and a trophy by Rotary
club Amritsar south [23 July 1980]
Awarded with a medallion and a trophy on the
occasion of 11nd international Punjabi
cultural festival at Mohali [26-27 November
1996]
Awarded a shield by Chandigarh press club,
Chandigarh India, presented to him by the
honorable Mr. Justice Amarjit Chaudry acting
chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high
court [22 October 1997].
Awarded a shield by the Punjabi intellectual
forum Chandigarh [25 October 1997]
shield and a medallion by Sur layamunch
Jalandhar [24 December 1997]
shield and medallion by Prof. Mohan Singh
Foundation Amritsar [1997]
After his demise in 1999, Prof. Mohan Singh
Foundation Amritsar, announced the "Inayat
Hussain Bhatti Memorial Award" as a tribute
to him. The first award under this category
was awarded to "Jasbir Jassi Gurdaspuria of
Kudi Kudi fame, in 2001 at Ludhiana.
Descendants
Inayat Hussain Bhatti got married in 1953
with Mohtarma Shahida Banoo, the daughter of
Mr.Ahmed Din Butt, a retired superintendent
of the Indian Railways, she passed away on 12
March 1997. Bhatti's progeny includes two
sons, three daughters, eleven grandsons and
five granddaughters. His elder son Nadeem
abbas bhatti a film producer, played a lead
role in the movie Ishq roug (1991) but then
shifted his focus to film distribution. His
youngest son Waseem Abbas bhatti is a well
known film, TV and stage artist.
Inayat hussain bhatti's youger brother Kaifi,
was a popular actor and director from mid
1960s till the late 1990s.
References
Encyclopedia First in Pakistan [Pakistan mayn
Awal Awal] by Zahid Hussain Anjum, published
in 1992.Page 286,287.
[Special editions on Inayat hussain bhatti
after his demise on 31 may 1999].
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 11th june 1999.
Daily newspaper Khabrain, 31st may 2000.
Daily newspaper Jang, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Din, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Pakistan, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Nawa-i-waqt, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Awaz, 2nd june 1999.
Daily newspaper Dawn, Lahore. 15th March
1997.
Daily newspaper The Tribune, Chandigarh,
India. 16th October, 1997.
Online edition Ludhiana Tribune Chandigarh,
India. October 22, 2001.
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