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name: "Ustad Vilayat Khan"
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imdb_id: "nm0451336"
tmdb_id: 12162
wikidata_id: "Q1395417"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "28 August 1928"
died: "13 March 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:48.373097+00:00"
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# Ustad Vilayat Khan

## Identity

Ustad Vilayat Khan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ustad-vilayat-khan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ustad-vilayat-khan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0451336
- **TMDB ID:** 12162
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1395417
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayat_Khan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451336/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12162

Composer. Born 28 August 1928 in Gouripur, India [now Bangladesh]. Died 13 March 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 28 August 1928, Gouripur, India [now Bangladesh]
- **Died:** 13 March 2004
- **Also known as:** Vilayat Hussain Khan, Khan Saheb Vilayat Khan, Ustad Vilayat H. Khan, Ustaad Vilayat Khan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayat_Khan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395417, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451336/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12162

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Music Room*](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md) (88)

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## Biography

Ustad Vilayat Khan (1928–2004) was an Indian classical sitar player and composer. Born in Gouripur, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), he belonged to the sixth generation of musicians in the Imdadkhani gharana and developed the gayaki ang style of sitar playing that emulates vocal music.

He composed the score for Satyajit Ray's *The Music Room* (1958), for which he received a silver medal at the first Moscow International Film Festival in 1959. He also composed music for *The Guru* (1969) and *Kadambari* (1976). Khan performed internationally from the 1950s and received titles including Aftab-e-Sitar and Bharat Sitar Samrat.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, criterion.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Room* (1958), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love* (1997), as Playback Singer
- *Kadambari* (1976), Music
- *The Guru* (1969), Original Music Composer
- *The Delhi Way* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Music Room* (1958), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Gallery

- ![Indian musician Vilayat Khan (1928 - 2004) plays sitar during a performance at the World Music Institute 'Music of North India' concert in Lincoln Center's Alic (1989)](https://film.one/media/person/3876157/gallery-8271557edc44.jpg) Indian musician Vilayat Khan (1928 - 2004) plays sitar during a performance at the World Music Institute 'Music of North India' concert in Lincoln Center's Alic (1989) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Vilayat_Khan.jpg/1280px-Vilayat_Khan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ustad Vilayat Khan(Aug 8, 1928 - March 13, 2004) c1958. Photo by: Mitter Bedi, Merewether Road Bombay-1Photo Ref No. 1094-F](https://film.one/media/person/3876157/gallery-02e21da17366.jpg) Ustad Vilayat Khan(Aug 8, 1928 - March 13, 2004) c1958. Photo by: Mitter Bedi, Merewether Road Bombay-1Photo Ref No. 1094-F — Amarjit Chandan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Vilayat_Khan%2C_Sitarvadak.jpg/1280px-Vilayat_Khan%2C_Sitarvadak.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Padma Vibhushan 2000: Padma Vibhushan (won)
- Padma Bhushan 1968: Padma Bhushan (won)
- Padma Shri in arts 1964: Padma Shri in arts (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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