The 10th death anniversary of renowned actor, singer and producer Inayat Hussain Bhatti was observed here on Sunday especially among his admirers and fun lovers alike. According to a private TV channel, born in Gujrat on 12 January 1928, Inayat Hussain Bhatti 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.
Inayat Hussain Bhatti was the first superstar play back singer of Pakistan after independence in 1947. In a career spanned for almost five decades, he sang 282 songs in 150 released films from 1949-90. 56 songs in 38 Urdu films, and 222 songs in 114 Punjabi films, and 6 songs in 2 Saraiki films.
One of his na'at in "Arabic" is regularly broadcast on Radio Pakistan Lahore, during the holy month of "Ramadan" since the last four decades. Inayat Hussain Bhatti's patriotic song "Allah-O-Akbar" from the film Ghengiz khan (1958) has become a signature tune for the armed forces of Pakistan.
He possessed a strong but melodious voice, particularly suited for the crooning of songs derived from folk melodies of Punjab. 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.
Inayat Hussain Bhatti got married in 1953. Bhatti's progeny includes two sons and three daughters. 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 younger brother Kaifi, was a popular actor and director from mid 1960s till the late 1990s. In 1997, he suffered an attack of paralysis, which impaired his speech and kept him bed-ridden for most of the time thereafter. He died on May 31, 1999 (aged 71).
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