Editing Naushad (section)

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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Naushad Ali
| image            = Naushadsaab1.jpg
| caption          = Naushad Ali in 2005
| image_size       = 
| background       = non_performing_personnel
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|12|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2006|05|05|1919|12|25}}
| death_place      = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| instrument       = {{hlist|Harmonium | sitar | piano | tabla | flute | clarinet | accordion | mandolin}}
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Hindustani classical music]] | [[Filmi|Indian film music]]}}
| occupation       = Composer, music director, film producer, writer, poet, producer
| years_active     = 1940–2005
| honorific_suffix = [[Padma Bhushan|PB]]
}}
'''Naushad Ali''' (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for [[Hindi film]]s.<ref name=Britannica/><ref name=upperstall/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ| title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad | author=Bharatan, Raju | year=2013 | page=352|publisher=Hay House|isbn=9789381398630}}</ref> He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.arabnews.com/naushad-ali-india%E2%80%99s-foremost-music-director|title=Naushad Ali: India's foremost music director|date=3 August 2012|work=Arab News|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref> He is particularly known for popularising the use of [[Hindustani classical music|classical music]] in films.<ref name="Bharatan2013">{{cite book|author=Raju Bharatan|title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT48|access-date=26 January 2015|date=1 August 2013|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-63-0|pages=48–|chapter=Preface}}</ref><ref name=rediff>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/08sl1.htm |title=Naushad: Composer of the century |author=Raju Bharatan |website=rediff.com website|date=8 May 2006|access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref>

His first film as an independent music director was ''Prem Nagar'' in 1940.<ref name="Anantharaman2008">{{cite book|author=Ganesh Anantharaman|title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&pg=PA31|access-date=26 January 2015|date=January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306340-7|pages=31–}}</ref> His first musically successful film was ''[[Rattan (film)|Rattan]]'' (1944), followed by 35 silver jubilee hits, 12 golden jubilee and 3 diamond jubilee mega successes. Naushad was conferred the [[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]] and the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1981 and 1992 respectively for his contribution to the Hindi film industry.<ref>{{cite web|last=CHOPRA|first=SATISH|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article3388728.ece|title=The man, his music (Naushad)|website=The Hindu|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref>