Veteran music composer Khayyam passed into the ages on August 19, and several film personalities visited his home in Juhu, a north west suburb of Mumbai, to pay their last respects.
His music was loved by film personalities and political leaders alike, and they took to social media to offer their condolences.
'Laxmikant-Pyarelal called upon Abba to ask him to sing this ghazal. "Please sing this ghazal for us. The producer is keen that only you should sing this ghazal, so that it will have the desired effect. But he doesn't have money enough to pay you".' Abba's heart was bound to melt on hearing this. He consented immediately. His daughter-in-law Yasmin K Rafi remembers the legendary Mohammed Rafi who would have been 91 today.
