A. Nayyar was one of three discoveries in the singing field in the 70s (other two were Akhlaq Ahmad and Ghulam Abbas).
A. Nayyar's first film song

Yunhin din cut jayen, yuhin shaam dhal jaye...

was a duet song with Robina Badar in film Bahisht (1974), composed by A. Hameed.
A. Nayyar belongs to the Christian community as Salim Raza, S.B. John and Irene Perveen did in the past. A. Nayyar was most popular in the 1980s.

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