abdul halim jaffer khan (february 15, 1927 – january 4, 2017) was an indian "sitar" player and composer. khan was born in madhya pradesh, india. he won the national awards padma shri (1970) and padma bhushan (2006) and was awarded the sangeet natak akademi award for 1987. he composed musical movie scores for "goonj uthi shehnai" (1959), "kohinoor" (1960) and "jhanak jhanak payal baaje" (1971).