Veteran music director-composer Khayyam, who is best remembered for composing music for films like Kabhie Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, passed away on August 19. He was 92.

Legendary music composer #Khayyam no more.@mid_day

— Dharmendra Jore (@dharmendrajore) August 19, 2019

Fondly called as Khayyam Saab, the veteran was in a critical condition due to infection in lungs and had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Sujay Hospital, as was informed by BN Tiwari, president of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees Union.