Nayyar, O(mkar) P(rasad)

▪ 2008

      Indian composer and music director

born Jan. 16, 1926 , Lahore, Punjab, British India [now in Pakistan]

died Jan. 28, 2007 , Thana, Maharashtra, India

made extensive use of vibrant Punjabi rhythms in scores of Bollywood motion pictures, especially during the 1950s and '60s. He worked on dozens of films with the legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle, who owed much of her success to his sensual rhythms. Nayyar's biggest hit, “Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo,” was first sung by Geeta Dutt in Howrah Bridge (1958) and later became a popular dance tune.

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