The Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi launched the book “101 Melody Makers” by Sultan Arshad Khan based on the services of music teachers, composers, and instrumentalists at the Arts Council Auditorium.
Leading intellectual and writer Javed Jabbar, President Hum Network Sultana Siddiqui, President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah, Arshad Mahmood, SM Shahid, and actress Bushra Ansari expressed their views at the unveiling ceremony.
While a large number of different literary and social personalities were present on the occasion. Talking about Sultan Arshad’s book, President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah said that the author has spent 14 years preparing this book. There are many books on wars in the libraries of Pakistan but unfortunately, they are not on the arts.
I congratulate Sultan Arshad for writing on the creators of melody. President Arts Council Muhammad Ahmad Shah while offering the author said that if Sultan Arshad wants then Arts Council Karachi is ready to take the responsibility of publishing Urdu translation of this book because we want this book to reach as many people as possible.
Expressing his views, intellectual and writer Javed Jabbar said that the Arts Council under the leadership of Ahmad Shah has changed itself in the past months and years, the Arts Council is seeing tremendous progress.
This book by Sultan Arshad Khan is a complete encyclopedia, people don’t remember melody makers who create music, the song is not only complete with singer, and it is director, producer, cinematographer, lightman, instrument and many others. It is accomplished by the cooperation of these people.
