Biography

Bashir Ahmad (1940-2014) was a film-maker in Bangladesh and Pakistan. He was also a music composer and a film playback singer who reached his peak of success in the 1960s. He is known in Pakistan for making Darshan (1967) which was a hit musical film. He had worked in both Bengali language and Urdu language films. Film Darshan (1967) had a memorable hit song by Mala, " Yeh Samaan Pyaara Pyaara, Yeh Hawaain Thandi Thandi", by composer Bashir Ahmad that became a super-hit film song in 1967 and is still fondly remembered and listened to in 2016 by the people.
- IMDb mini biography by: Nisar Ahmad Grewal

Moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1960 from his birthplace Calcutta, India.

Interested in classical music at the age of 15.

When he moved to Bombay in his youth, he was tutored by the renowned classical musician, 'Bade Ghulam Ali Khan'.