AMIT KUMAR

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 3 Amit kumar
Language- Hindi, Urdu & Persian
Discipline:
Ghazal, Nazm, Shayari & Vyang (Sattire)

Topics I’ll Cover:

Ancient-

Medieval-

Modern-

Speciality:
(Alliteration & Personification)
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4 Urdu as a Language (Relation with Hindi)
 India is the Birth Place of Urdu Language.
 Urdu is a Turkish Word which means “Camp” or “Army”
 Completely Dependent Language
 Mixture of Hindi, Arabic, Turkish & Persian
 There are only 112-120 words in Urdu Dictionary
 Rest of the words are taken from other Languages
 (70% from Hindi, 20% from Persian & rest other from Arabic,
Turkish etc.)
 Only Dicitionary who gives sher in reference of a meaning
 5 For Example

Urdu-Mohabbat
Persian-Ishq

Now, We use Ishq (Persian) in Urdu also.

Janaab is a Persian word that is widely used in Urdu.
 6 Beauty of Language
Remember the lines –

“ Yaar mera khusboo ki tarah, jiski zuban Urdu ki tarah”

from the song “Chhaiya Chhaiya” in Dil Se

(Yes, it is the same song where you see SRK and Malaika dancing top a train )
Roughly translated, the words mean –

“ My beloved is like a fragrance, a person whose language is like Urdu”

While, not discounting the sweetness of every language when spoken
or written to convey love, Urdu has its own special flavour.
7 Introduction to Ghazal

ग़जल का मतलब है “महबब

ू से बातें करना”

Ghazal in Arabic means “Flirting”

“हमने जब ये कहा, दिल है तम

ु पर फ़ििा,
ओढ़ ली उसने शमम-ओ-हया की ररिा”
-तादहर िराज़

(ररिा-ओढ़नी,चािर)
8 Introduction to Ghazal

Extremly Difficult format

Ghazal follows a very strict classical structure both in
form as well as rhythm and rhyme.
Ghazal is a collection of Sher’s/Couplets
Follows the rules of ‘Matla’/Opening Couplet,
‘Maqta’/Closing couplet, ‘Beher’/Meter,
‘Kaafiyaa’/Mono-rhyme word and ‘Radif’/Refrain.
 9 Origin of Ghazal

Ghazal originated in Iran in the 10th centuryA.D.

It came to India along with its Mughal conquerors
who brought Iranian culture and civilization,
including Iranian poetry and literature.
Urdu ghazal is said to have begun with Amir Khusro
(1253-1325) in Northern India, but Mirza Ghalib
(1797-1869) also known as the Chaucer of Urdu (and
remains to date)
 10

Parts of Ghazal
 11

Meaning of Some Legend

In Urdu Literature
 12

Ministers in Urdu
13 Introduction to Ghazal

Recitation,
Ancient Period
14 Introduction to Ghazal

Recitation,
Medieval Period
15 Introduction to Ghazal

Recitation,
Modern Period
16

Let’s Move to the Historical Legends of

Ghazal, Nazm
& Shayari
 17 Khaqani (1120-1190)
Persian poet.
Born in the historical region known
as Shirvan (located now in present
country of Azerbaijan).
Khaqani (real name, Afzaladdin
Badil (Ibrahim) ibn Ali Nadjar).
The poet himself had a remarkable
knowledge of Christianity, and his
poetry is profused with Christian
imagery and symbols.
 18 Khaqani (1120-1190)
 His master in poetry was the famous Abul Ala Ganjavi
who introduced him to the court of Khaqan Manuchehr
Shirvanshah and Khaqani got his penname from this king.
 Khaqani left a remarkable Persian language heritage which
includes some magnificent odesdistiches of as many as
three hundred lines with the same rhyme, melodious
ghazals, dramatic poems protesting against oppression and
glorifying reason and toil, and elegies lamenting the death
of his children, his wife and his relatives.
19 Khaqani (1120-1190)
 20 Amir Khusro (1253-1325)

 Persian and Hindvi Poet (Mixture

of Persian & Bhojpuri)
 Born in Patyali, Uttar Pradesh
 Father of Qawwali (Devotional
Music of Suffis)
 Originator of Khayal & Tarana
styles of music
 21 Amir Khusro (1253-1325)

 Khusro invented Tabla and Sitar.

 Enriched the Hindustani music by
introducing Persian and Arabic
elements into it.
 He wrote more than 4 lakh of
Couplets
 92 Books including Laila-Majnoo
22 Amir Khusro (1253-1325)
 23 Amir Khusro (1253-1325)

Beside Mastering in Turkish, Persian, Arabic and

Sanskrit languages, he acquired knowledge in

Khariboli, Brajbhasa and Awadhi in the multi

ethnic environment in Delhi
24 Sample:
 25 Kabir Das (1440-1518)
Born in Lahartara near Kashi
(present-day Varanasi)
Indian mystic poet and saint
Influenced Hinduism's Bhakti
movement.
Son of a Brahmin widow who had
left him by the side of a bank in
Benares.
 26 Kabir Das (1440-1518)
A Muslim weaver Niru and his wife
Nima picked up the baby and
brought him up & Kabir spent his
early life in the house of his Muslim
parents.
Known for being critical of
both Hinduism and Islam
Threatened by both Hindus and
Muslims for his views.
 27 Kabir Das (1440-1518)

Kabir spent much of

his time in the
company of Hindu
ascetics, saints and
Muslim sufis.
 28 Kabir Das (1440-1518)
First saint to reconcile Hinduism with Islam.
Kabir died at Maghar in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar
Pradesh in 1518 A.D. & both Hindus and Muslims he had
inspired claimed him as theirs.

Kabir spent his whole life in Banaras (Varanasi) and

written in praise of god “Rama” but before he died,
he crossed Ganges and gone to Maghar (approx 3
months before) & according to Hindu Mythology,
people who die in Maghar are sent in Heil (Nark)
 29 Kabir Das (1440-1518)

Entrance to the twin monuments The room where Kabir

(mazaar and samadhi) lived in Maghar
30 Kabir Das (1440-1518)

Kabir's Samadhi temple Kabir's samadhi

 31 Meera Bai (1498-1546)
These records suggest Meera was
a Rajput princess born in about 1500
(likely 1498) in Merta, Rajasthan in
northwest India.
Hindu Mystic poet devoted to Krishna
Poet of North Indian Hindu Tradition of
Bhakt Saints
Written more than 1000 devotional poems
in passionate praise
claimed by the North Indian Hindu
tradition of Bhakti saints.
 32 Meera Bai (1498-1546)
Scholars acknowledge that Meera was one of the central
poet-sants of the Bhakti movement, during a difficult
period in Indian history filled with Hindu-Muslim
religious conflicts.
Hindu temples, such as in Chittorgarh fort, are dedicated
to Mira Bai's memory. Legends about Meera's life, of
contested authenticity, have been the subject of movies,
comic strips and other popular literature in modern times.
 33 Meera Bai (1498-1546)

Meera's temple
to Krishna at
Chittorgarh Fort,
Rajasthan
 34 Khanzada Mirza Khan (Abdul Rahim Khan-I-
Khana, 1556-1627)
Abdul Rahim was born
in Lahore (now in Pakistan).
Lived during the rule
of Mughal emperor Akbar.
He was one of the nine important
ministers (dewan) in his court,
also known as the Navaratnas.
Known for his Hindi couplets and
his books on astrology.
 35 Khanzada Mirza Khan (Abdul Rahim Khan-I-
Khana, 1556-1627)
Abdul Rahim was the son of Bairam Khan, Akbar's trusted
guardian and mentor, who was of Turkic ancestry.
After Bairam Khan was murdered in Patan, Gujarat, his
first wife and young Rahim were brought safely from Delhi
to Ahmedabad and presented at the royal court of Akbar,
who gave him the title of 'Mirza Khan‘.
Muslim by birth, a devotee of hare Krishna and wrote
poetry dedicated to him.
 36 Khanzada Mirza Khan (Abdul Rahim Khan-I-
Khana, 1556-1627)
His two sons were killed by Akbar's son Jahangir because
they were not in favour of Jehangir's accession to the throne
at Akbar's death.
Apart from writing various dohas, Rahim translated Babar's
memoirs, Baburnama from Chagatai language to Persian
language, which was completed in 998 (1589–90) AD. He
had an excellent command over Sanskrit.
 37 Rahim (Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, 1556-1627)

Tomb of Abdul Rahim

Khan-I-Khana
(खानों का खान)

Nizamuddin
East Delhi, India
 38 Wali Deccani (Wali Muhammad Ali, 1668-1742)
 Born in Aurangabad
 Known as First Urdu Poet & Father of
Urdu poetry
 Wrote 473 Ghazals
 Known as Wali Gujrati & Wali
Aurangabadi
 His visit to Delhi had given boost to
Urdu Poetry in North India.
 First established poet to have
composed Ghazals in Urdu language.
 39 Wali Deccani (Wali Muhammad Ali, 1668-1742)
 Before Wali, South Asian Ghazals were composed
in Persian.
 Before that, preferred language for ghazals was Persian.
 Variety of verse forms including
the masnavi, qasida, mukhammas, and the rubai &
the Ghazal is his speciality.
 His memorial tomb in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad was
attacked by the Hindu mob during riots in 2002 and
replaced with makeshift Hanuman temple.
 Died in Ahmedabad, Gujrat in 1707 (Age 40)
40 Some Ghazals of Wali Deccan
Yaad karna har ghari us yaar ka Jise ishq ka tir kaari lage,
Hai wazifa mujh dil-e-bimaar ka. Use zindagi kyon na bhaari lage.
Aarzoo-e-chasma-e-kausar nahin Na chhore mahabbat dam-e-marg lag,
Tishna-lab hun sharbat-e-didaar ka. Jise yaar jaani son yaari lage.
Aakbat kya howega maalum nahin
Dil hua hai mubtla dildaar ka. Na hoe use jag mein hargiz qaraar,
Jise ishq ki beqaraari lage.
Kya kahe tarif dil, hai be nazir,
Harf harf us makhzan-e-israar ka. Har ik waqt mujh aashq-e-paak kon,
Gar hua hai taalib-e-aazadgi, Piare teri baat piari lage.
Band mat ho subba-o-zunnaar ka.
Wali kon kahe tu agar ek bachan,
Masnad-e-gul manzil-e-shabanam hui, Raqibaan ke dil mein kataari lage.
Dekh rutba dida-e-bedaar ka.
Ai Wali hona srijan par nisaar,
Mudda hai chashm-e-gohar baar ka.
 41 Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnavi (1764-1846)

 Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish Lakhnawi

is one of the giants of Urdu Literature.
 Aatish and Imam Baksh Nasikh were
contemporary poets.
 The era of Aatish-Nasikh was a
golden era for Urdu poetry in
Lucknow.
 His Parents migrated from Delhi to
Lucknow.
 42 Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II, 1775-1862)
 His full name was Mirza Abu Zafar
Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur
Shah Zafar.
 Bahadur Shah Zafar was a noted
Urdu poet.
 Written a number of Urdu ghazals.
While some part of his opus was lost
or destroyed during the Indian
Rebellion of 1857, a large collection
did survive, and was compiled into
the Kulliyyat-i-Zafar.
 43 Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II, 1775-1862)
 The court that he maintained
was home to several prolific
 Urdu writers, including Mirza
Ghalib, Dagh, Momin, and
Zauq.
 Zafar Mahal is one of the last
remains of Mughal rule is the
history of Zafar Mahal in
Mehrauli, a locality in Delhi.
 44 Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah II, 1775-1862)

Zafar Mahal
Mehrauli, Delhi.
 45 Zauq (Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, 1789-1854)

Zauq was born at Delhi in 1789.

Urdu poet and scholar of literature,
poetry and religion.
He was given the title of 'Khaqani-e-
Hind‘ (The Khaqani of India) by the
last Mughal emperor and his disciple
Bahadur Shah Zafar .
 46 Zauq (Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, 1789-1854)

Zauq was a prominent

Contemporary of Mirza Ghalib
During his lifetime Zauq was more
popular than Ghalib for the critical
values in those days were mainly
confined to judging a piece of poetry
on the basis of usage of words,
phrases and idioms.
47 Zauq (Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, 1789-1854)
48 The two LEGENDARY Shayar of Indian History

Mirza Ghalib and Mir Taqi Mir

49 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)
 50 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)
Born on 27th December, 1797 in Agra
Urdu & Persian Poet
Chaucer of Urdu Poetry
He migrated to Delhi in 1812
He replaced Ibrahim Zauq,
(Prominent Contemporary of Mirza
Ghalib)
Known as the Biggest Shayar of
Indian History
51 Ghalib ki Haveli

Gali Qasim Jaan, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk,

(Now Ghalib ki Haveli, Delhi, India)
52 Important things of Mirza Ghalib

Dewan-e-Ghalib Ghalib’s Grave Ghalib’s Real Clothes

53 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)
54 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)

Meharaban- ियाल,ु दहतकर, कृपालु

55 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)

Arzoo is a word originally from Dari-Persian, also used in

Turkish, Urdu and Hindi, meaning desire or wish.
56 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)

Ragon-nerve qaail- agree, convience

 57 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)

Visaal-e-yaar (विसाल-ए-यार) - meeting with friend, meeting with lover.

58 Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah khan Ghalib,1797-1869)

मअ
ु य्यन- established, fixed, appointed, certified; definite
59 Famous lines used in this Generation

-Mirza Ghalib
60

Some famous Ghazal of Mirza Ghalib

61 बर-At, Bear Fruit Land

मअ
ु य्यन- established, fixed,
appointed, certified;
definite

सवाब-ए-ता'अत-ओ-ज़हि-
blessings by obeisance
and devout

Obeisance-श्रद्धा
Devout-सच्चा
62

चारागर- one who cures; healer, doctor, physician, one who cures
बू- smell, odour
 63

Arzoo is a word originally from Dari-Persian, also used in Turkish,

Urdu and Hindi, meaning desire or wish.
ख़बर- news
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मश्ु ताक़ = Eager, Ardent

बेज़ार = Angry, Disgusted
इलाही = Lord, divine, celestial, of God
माजरा = state, incident, condition, happening
66

ननसार = scattering, throwing, sacrifice, offerings

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बाज़ीचा-ए-अतिाल = children's playground,

शब-ओ-रोज़ = night and day, always, all the time
औरं ग-ए-सल
ु ेमााँ = throne of Solomon-illusion, Solomon= peace (Suleiman)
ऐजाज़-ए-मसीहा = miracle of Massiah
सरू त-ए-आलम = appearance of the world
हस्ती-ए-अशशया=life of things
69

ननहााँ = hidden गिम = dust सहरा = desert जबीं = forehead

ख़ि
ु -बीन = proud, self-conceited, vain, arrogant
ख़ि
ु -आरा = self adorer
बुत-ए-आइना-सीमा = silvery mirror idol
70

अंिाज़-ए-गुल-अफ़्शानी-ए-गुफ़्तार = flowery style of conversation

पैमाना-ए-सहबा = glass of wine
गुमााँ = doubt, suspicion, distrust
रश्क = jealously, envy, malice, spite; envy
कुफ़्र = disbelief, paganism, heathenism, covering Up
कलीसा = church
71

माशक़ू -िरे बी = deception of the beloved

वस्ल = meeting, connection, union
शब-ए-दहज्ााँ = the night of separation
मौजज़न = tumultuous, stormy, exciting
क़ुल्ज़मु -ए-ख़ूाँ = river of blood
72

जम्ु बबश = motion, agitation, vibration, jerk

साग़र-ओ-मीना = glass and goblet
हम-पेशा = of the same trade or profession
हम-मशरब = of the same disposition or habits, a fellow boozer
हमराज़ = confidant, secret holder
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अंिाज़-ए-गुफ़्तुगू = way of conversation

बक़म = lightning, electricity
शोख़-ए-तुंि-ख़ू = fast mischievous
रश्क = jealously
हम-सुख़न = to speak together
ख़ौि-ए-बि-आमोज़ी-ए-अि ू = fear of bad learning of enemy
75

पैराहन = dress
जैब = collar of a garment
हाजत-ए-रिू = requirement of darning
जस्
ु तुजू = search/ quest/ pursuit
क़ाइल = agree, convince
76

बदहश्त = heaven
अज़ीज़ = favourite
बािा-ए-गल
ु िाम-ए-मश्ु क-बू = rose coloured wine with musky fragrance
ख़ुम = a large jar, a pot of wine, Wine Barrel
क़िह = bowl
कूज़ा =an earthern water pot, a jug, Wine Pitcher
सबु ू = goblet
77

ताक़त-ए-गफ़्
ु तार = strength for conversation
मस
ु ादहब = companion, comrade, friend, associate
आबरू = dignity
78 Khwaja Mir Dard (1721-1785)
 79 Khwaja Mir Dard (1721-1785)
 He is one of the three major poets of the Delhi School -
the other two being Mir Taqi Mir and Mirza Sauda who
are considered the pillars of the classical Urdu ghazal.

 Dard's Persian prose works are extensive, consisting of

the Ilm ul Kitab, a 600+ page metaphysical work on the
philosophy of the Muhammadi path, and the Chahar
Risalat, collections of more than a thousand mystical
aphorisms and sayings.
80 Khwaja Mir Dard (1721-1785)
 81 Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810)
 God of Urdu Ghazal
 Gave Shape to the Urdu Language
 Known as Khuda-e-sukhan (God of
Poetry) Sukhan- Poem, Shukhanwar-
Poet)
 Autobiography (Zikr-e-Mir)
 Born in Akbarabad (Ancient name of
Agra)
 82 Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810)
 He Migrated from Delhi at the age of
10
 After attack of Nadir shah, he left
Delhi
 Mirza Rafi Sauda was the
contemporary of Mir
 13,585 couplets comprising all kinds
of poetic
forms: ghazal, masnavi, qasida,
rubai, mustezaad, satire, etc.
83 Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810)
84 Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810)
85 Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810)
 86 Mirza Ghalib’s opinion about Mir Taqi Mir

-Mirza Ghalib
Rekhta- Old name of the Urdu language/ mixed
dialect i.e. Hindustani language and Urdu.
87

“Subah hoti hai shaam hoti hai,

umr yoon hi tamaam hoti hai..”

-Mir Taqi Mir

(tamaam = entire)
88

“Bekhudi le gai kahaan humko,

Der se intezaar hai apna..”
-Mir Taqi Mir
(Bekhudi = selflessness)
89

“Laga na dil ko kya suna nahi tune,

jo kuch Meer ka aashiqui ne haal kiya..”
-Mir Taqi Mir
(आशशक़ी = love, state of being in love courtship)
90

“Yaaro mujhe maaf karo main nashe mein hun,

Ab do tu jaam khali hi do main nashe mein hun..”

-Mir Taqi Mir

(Smoking is injurious to health)
91

“Kya kahun tum se main ke kya hai ishq,

Jaan ka rog hai bala hai ishq..”
-Mir Taqi Mir
(Bala = evil/calamity)
92

“Ashk aankh mein kab nahi aata,

Lahu aata hai jab nahi aata..”
-Mir Taqi Mir
(Ashk = tears)
93

Some famous Ghazal of Mir Taqi Mir

94

“Ibtada-e-ishq hai, rota hai kya”

95 Ibtada-e-ishq hai rota hai kya,
Aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya.

Qafile mein subah ke ek shor hai,

Yaani ghaafil ham chale sota hai kya.

Sabz hoti hi nahin yeh sar zamin,

Tukhm-e-khwahish dil mein tu bota hai kya.

इम्ततिा= Biginning क़ाफ़िले = caravans ग़ाफ़िल = negligent, neglectful

सतज़ = green colour सरज़मीं = country, region, territory
तुख़्म-ए-ख़्वादहश = seed of desire बोता = saw, plant
96 Yeh nishaan-e-ishq hain jaate nahin,
Daagh chhaati ke abas dhota hai kya.

Ghairat-e-Yousaf hai yeh waqt-e-aziz,

Mir isko raigaan khota hai kya.

ननशान-ए-इश्क़ = mark of love

छाती = chest
अबस = futile, profitless, purposeless
ग़ैरत-ए-यस
ू ि
ु = self respect of prophet Joseph
वक़्त-ए-अज़ीज़ = dear time
राएगााँ = useless, fruitless, in vain
97

Kya kahun tum se main ke,

“kya hai ishq”
98 Kya kahun tum se main ke kya hai ishq,
Jaan ka rog hai, bala hai ishq.

Ishq hi ishq hai jahaan dekho,

Saare aalam mein bhar raha hai ishq.

Ishq maashuq ishq aashiq hai,

Yaani apna hi mubtala hai ishq.

आलम = The Universe, World

माशूक़ = beloved, sweetheart
मतु तला = afflicted, distressed
 Ishq hai tarz-o-taur ishq ke taeen,
99
Kahin banda kahin Khuda hai ishq.

Koi khwaahan nahin mahabbat ka,

Tu kahe jins-e-narawa hai ishq.

Mir ji zarad hote jaate hain,

Kya kahin tum ne bhi kiya hai ishq?
तज़म =Fashion
तौर = manner, condition
तईं = for, towards;
ख़्वाहााँ = wishing, desiring
म्जंस-ए-ना-रवा = a commodity which is not allowed,
ज़िम = yellow, pale
100

“Patta patta, boota boota,

haal hamaaraa jaane hai”
101
Patta patta, boota boota, haal hamaaraa jaane hai,
Jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane, baagh to saaraa jaane hai.

Aage us mutkabbar ke ham Khuda Khuda kiya karte hain,

Kab maujud Khuda ko woh maghrur khud-aara jaane hai.

Aashiq saa to saada koi aur na hoga dunya mein,

Ji ke zian ko ishq mein uske apna waara jaane hai..

मत ु कम्तबर = proud, arrogant, haughty;

मग़रूर-ए-ख़ुि-आरा = proud, self-revealing;
सािा = simple, plain,
म्ज़यााँ = loss, damage,
वारा = benefit/ worth
102 Nazeer Akbarabadi (Wali Muhammad, 1735-1830)

 Known as "Father of Urdu Nazm“.

 His father was Muhammad Farooq
and his mother was the daughter
of Nawab Sultan Khan who was
the governor of Agra Fort. Agra,
the Indian city, was known as
Akbarabad after Mughal emperor
Akbar at that time.
103 Nazeer Akbarabadi (Wali Muhammad, 1735-1830)

 In 1739, Nazeer was still a child when Nadir Shah attacked

Delhi and Muhammad Shah Rangeela was arrested. He
was later released but countless people were mercilessly
killed in Delhi. The horrors of this plunder were still fresh
in the minds of people when 18 years later, in 1757 AD,
Ahmad Shah Abdali attacked Delhi. People left Delhi for
safer cities. Nazeer along with his mother and grandmother
also abandoned Delhi and migrated to Akbarabad.
 104 Nazeer Akbarabadi (Wali Muhammad, 1735-1830)
 Nazeer's poetic treasure consisted of about 200,000 verses
but unfortunately a bigger portion of it is destroyed and
only 6000 verses are available in printed form.
 No other Urdu poet used as many words as Nazeer did.
 Nazeer's growing popularity is due to his nazms. He was
purely a "People's poet" and his nazms reflected various
aspects of the daily life of his age.
 Nazeer Akbarabadi's contemporaries were Mirza
Muhammad Rafi Sauda & Mir Taqi Mir.
105 Nazeer Akbarabadi (Wali Muhammad, 1735-1830)
106 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)

Contemporary of
“Mirza Ghalib & Zauq”
 107 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
 Mughal era poet known for his Urdu ghazals and used
"Momin" as his takhalluṣ.
Today his grave lies near the parking area near Maulana
Azad Medical College, Delhi.
He was also called "Hakeem Khan" because he was himself
a physician, Hakeem being the Urdu word for physician.
Mirza Ghalib (his contemporary and also a rival) offered
Momin his entire diwan (collection of poetry) in exchange
for a particular verse of Momin. However most modern poet
believe this claim as sarcasm rather than respect.
 108 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)

This couplet's beauty is in its succinctness and multiple layers

of meaning. One of the meanings is When you're with me(on
my mind), no-one else is and a second meaning/interpretation
is You are with me (on my side), when no-one else is. The two
meanings emerge by the use of words gōyā and jab (when)."
109 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
110 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
111 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
112 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
113 Momin Khan Momin (1800-1851)
 114 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
Famous for his Urdu ghazals and
belonged to the old Delhi school of
Urdu poetry.
 He wrote romantic and sensuous poems
and ghazals in simple and chaste Urdu,
minimising usage of Persian words.
Daagh Dehlvi (the meanings of Daagh,
an Urdu noun, include stain, grief and
taint while Dehlvi means belonging to
or from Dehli or Delhi).
 115 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
 Daagh was a respected poet in his own day and was
considered the best romantic poet.
 Daagh had the privileged education at the Red Fort, There he
received best of education and was later under tutelage of
poet laureate, Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq. Later, He also took
advise from Ghalib on Urdu literature and poetry.
In 1856, Daagh along with his mother left Delhi for Rampur
State and came under the aegis of Nawab of Rampur, Yusuf
Ali Khan Bahadur. He went into government service there
and lived well for 24 years.
116 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
 Hyderabad at the time was a cradle to many prominent
Urdu poets of that period following the fall of Mughals
in Delhi.
 Daagh visited Hyderabad in 1888 and was there for
several months and became very popular during the
time.
 The popular poet from Lucknow, Amir Minai, whose
qasidas were favoured by the Nizam, stayed with Daagh.
Amir had a very close personal friendship—and a fierce
poetic rivalry—with his great contemporary.
 Last poet to represent the classic Delhi School of Poetry.
117 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
118 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
119 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
120 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
121 Dagh Dehlvi (Nawab Mirza Khan,1831-1905)
 122 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
 Urdu poet of eminence was born in
1828 at Lucknow.
 Contemporary poets like Ghalib and
Daagh Dehalvi.
 He was also greatly admired by the
great Urdu poet, Muhammad Iqbal.
 He has been described as "a polymath.
He was a poet, prose writer,
lexicographer, linguist, Sufi and
musicologist.
123 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
 He knew many languages quite well and wrote in
three: Urdu, Persian and Arabic.
 His father, Maulvi Karam Muhammad Minai, was a
wellknown religious scholar in Lucknow. The family
was descended from the famous Sufi saint from
Lucknow, Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Mina, whose tomb
in Lucknow is still a major attraction for devotees.
The Minai family had lived in Lucknow for centuries
in the area around Shah Mina's tomb, known as
"Mina Bazaar" or "Mohallae Minaian"
124 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
 He had studied logic, law, geography, mathematics,
medicine, history, religion, music, philosophy and wrote
some 50 books in Urdu and Persian—many of which
remain unpublished.
 British attack on Lucknow in 1856 and the subsequent
War of Independence in 1857, the family's homes were
all destroyed and Ameer was forced to flee with his
family.
125 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)

 Ameer lived in Rampur until 1900 when he decided to go

to Hyderabad Deccan to seek financial support for the
publication of his beloved Urdu dictionary, "Ameer-ul-
Lughaat“ - but that was not to be, and he died there on 13
October 1900, barely a month after his arrival & He is
buried in Hyderabad.
126 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
127 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
128 Ameer Ahmad Menai (1828-1900)
 129 Jaleel Manikpuri (1865-1946)
One of the most popular post-classical
poets and disciple of Ameer Minai and
succeeded Dagh as court poet of
Hyderabad.
After basic studies at home, he came to
Lucknow where he spent most of his time
in education. He had an aptitude for
poetry and at the age of 20 Jaleel became a
disciple of Ameer Minai.
When Minai established an office in
Rampur for ‘Ameer-ul-Lughat’, Jaleel was
appointed his secretary.
130 Jaleel Manikpuri (1865-1946)
131 Jaleel Manikpuri (1865-1946)
132 Jaleel Manikpuri (1865-1946)
133 Jaleel Manikpuri (1865-1946)
 134 Akbar Allahabadi (Akbar Hussain Rizvi, 1846-1921)

 Born at Allahabad (Also Known as Prayag,

Dev Bhumi, Place of Sangam)
 Went to College to Study Law.
 Ended up retiring as a Sessions Judge
from Allahabd High Court.
 Used Satire and Sarcasm in is poems
without loosing the humorous touch.
135 Some Famous lines of Akbar Allahabadi

“Hungama hai kyun Barpa, Thodi si jo pi li hai”

Superhit song sunged by the Famous Ghazal Singer
Ghulam Ali

“Bas jaan Gaya main, teri pehchan yahi hai

Tu dil main to aata hai, Samajh me nahin aata”
A song (in praised of God sung by Mehdi Hassan)
(Famous lines used in Movie Kick by Salman Khan)
136 Akbar Allahabadi (Akbar Hussain Rizvi, 1846-1921)
 137 Allahabad (An Important place in Indian Culture)

 Original name “Prayag”

 Renamed Ilahabad in 1575.
 Prayag in Sanskrit means “Place of Sacrifice” and
Originally Prayaga means “Place of the Confluences”.
 It is the second-oldest city in India, and plays a central role
in Hindu scriptures.
 Allahabad has been called the "literary capital of Uttar
Pradesh“.
 Known as the Oxford of the East.
138 Allahabad (An Important place in Indian Culture)

Sangam (confluence) of the Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati rivers.

139 Allahabad (An Important place in Indian Culture)

New Yamuna Bridge, longest cable-stayed bridge in India.

 140 Literary Past of Allahabad
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Hindi literature was modernised
by authors such as Mahadevi Varma, Sumitranandan Pant, Suryakant
Tripathi 'Nirala' and Harivansh Rai Bachchan. A noted poet was
Raghupati Sahay, better known as Firaq Gorakhpuri.
Firaq Gorakhpuri and Varma have received Jnanpith Awards.
Allahabad is a publication centre for Hindi literature, including the
Lok Bharti, Rajkamal and Neelabh. Persian and Urdu literature are
also studied in the city.Akbar Allahabadi is a noted modern Urdu
poet, and Nooh Narwi, Tegh Allahabadi, Shabnam Naqvi and Rashid
Allahabadi hail from Allahabad.
141 Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951)
 142 Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951)
 Indian activist in the Indian
Independence Movement, and a
noted poet of the Urdu language.
 'Inquilab Zindabad' was coined by
the Maulana Hasarat Mohani in 1921.
 The real name of Hasrat Mohani was
Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan.
 He was born in 1875 at Mohan (town)
in the Unnao district of United
Province in British India.
 143 Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951)
 he studied in Aligarh Muslim
University.
 Hasrat Mohani participated in the
struggle for Indian Independence (end
of British Raj); and was jailed for many
years by British authorities. He was the
first person in Indian History who
demanded 'Complete Independence'
(Azadi-e-Kaamil) in 1921 as he
presided over an annual session of All
India Muslim League.
144 Maulana Hasrat Mohani (1875-1951)
 145 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)

 Pakistan government officially

named him a “National poet”.
 Urdu and Persian Poet, Philosopher
& Politicianas well as an academic,
barrister and scholar.
 Studied law and philosophy in
England.
 His birthday or Iqbal Day, is
a public holiday in Pakistan.
 146 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)
Iqbal is regarded as
• Spiritual father of Pakistan
• Shair-e-Mashriq (Poet of the East)
• Mufakkir-e-Pakistan (The Thinker
of Pakistan)
• Musawar-e-Pakistan (Artist of
Pakistan)
• Hakeem-ul-Ummat (The Sage of
the Ummah)
147 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)
148 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)
149 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)
150 Allama Iqbal (Allama Muhammad Iqbal, 1877-1938)
 151 Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan, 1879-1961)
 Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni was
born in Islamnagar, Badaun, Uttar
Pradesh.
 Fani started composing poetry around
twenty years of age. He translated works
of Shakespeare and Milton in Urdu.
 He practiced law in Bareilly and
Lucknow and later at Civil courts in
Agra, but could not make much success.
152 Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan, 1879-1961)
 He was schooled at Government Height School and
graduated from Barreilly College in 1901, studied law at
Aligarh Muslim University, earning L.L.B.degree in
1906.
 He migrated to Hyderabad Deccan after The Nizam's
Diwan Maharaja Kishan Prasad 'Shad', an Urdu lover
and poet, got Fani appointed in the department of
Education.
 Famous for his Ghazal & Nazm
153 Fani Badayuni (Shaukat Ali Khan, 1879-1961)
 154 Chakbast (Brij Narayan Chakbast, 1882-1926)
 Chakbast was born in Faizabad (near
Lucknow) in 1882.
 His father Pandit Udit Narayan
Chakbast, was born at Lucknow in,
circa 1843, and he was also a poet.
Pandit Udit Narayan was deputy
collector, the highest post that any
Indian could have at that time.
Chakbast was educated in Lucknow,
and he became a successful lawyer.
 155 Chakbast (Brij Narayan Chakbast, 1882-1926)
Kulliyat-e-Chakbast and Maqalaat-e-Chakbast is the
complete collection of Chakbast's works in poetry and prose
that was published posthumously on the birth centenary of
the poet, compiled by Kalidas Gupta 'Raza‘ around 1983.

“Zindagi kya hai anasir mein zahure tarteeb,

Maut kya hai ini ajza ka pareshan hona

Zarra Zarra hai mere Kashmir ka mehmaan nawaaz,

raah mein pathar ke tukdoon ne diya pani mujhe”
 156 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
 Most famous Urdu poets of the 20th
century and a celebrated Urdu ghazal
writer.
 He received the Sahitya Akademi
Award in 1958 for his highly
acclaimed poetry collection "Atish-i-
Gul".
 Jigar, as he came to be known
universally, moved to Gonda, near
Lucknow.
 157 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
 He befriended Asghar Gondvi, who later also emerged as
a notable Urdu poet.
 Gondvi's influence over Jigar, and the significant role he
played in his life, should not be underestimated. He was
his mentor, a father figure, an older brother, a teacher, a
friend and a fellow poet, all rolled into one. Jigar even
married a sister of Gondvi's wife. He made Gonda his
permanent home and Gonda acquired one of the most
famous literary figures to have ever lived there.
 158 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
 Jigar Moradabadi belonged to the classical school of ghazal
writing and was a mentor to Majrooh Sultanpuri.
 Jigar died on September 9, 1960 in Gonda. A small
residential colony in Gonda city called Jigar Ganj is named
after him. It is close to his original residence. An
intermediate school in the city is also named after him the
Jigar Memorial Inter College. Mazar-e-Jigar Moradabadi is
in Topkhana, Gonda.
 Faiz Ahmad Faiz, the distinguished Urdu poet and academic,
regarded Jigar Moradabadi as a master craftsman in his field.
159 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
160 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
161 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
162 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
163 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
164 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
165 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
166 Jigar Moradabadi (Ali Sikandar, 1890-1960)
 167 Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay, 1896-1982)
 Renowned Urdu Poet of India.
 Raghupati Sahay was born into a
Hindu Kayasth family in
Gorakhpur in 1896.
 Selected for the Provincial Civil
Service (P.C.S.) and the Indian Civil
Service (I.C.S.), but he resigned to
follow Mahatma Gandhi's Non-
cooperation movement, for which
hewent to jail.
 168 Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay, 1896-1982)
 He was a Poet, writer, critic, scholar, Lecturer & Orator.
 Joined Allahabad University as a lecturer in English
literature.
 Highest literary award of India, Padma Bhushan (1968),the
Jnanpith Award, and also the 1960 Sahitya Akademi
Award in Urdu.
 Given the positions of Research Professor at the
University Grants Commission and Producer Emeritus by
All India Radio.
 His biography, Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain &
Ecstasy.
169 Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay, 1896-1982)
170 Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay, 1896-1982)
171 Firaq Gorakhpuri (Raghupati Sahay, 1896-1982)
 172 Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hasan Khan,1898-1982)
 He was honoured with the Padma
Bhushan in 1954.
 He studied at St Peter's College, Agra
and passed his Senior Cambridge
examination in 1914. Subsequently, he
studied Arabic and Persian and, in
1918, spent six months at Tagore's
university at Shantiniketan. The death
of his father, Bashir Ahmed Khan, in
1916, prevented him from undertaking
a college education.
173 Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hasan Khan, 1898-1982)
 In 1925, Josh started to supervise translation work at
Osmania University in the princely state of Hyderabad.
 Josh migrated to Pakistan in 1958 despite Jawaharlal
Nehru's insistence against it over what is generally
believed to be his concern regarding the future of Josh
and Urdu language in India.
 He was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to
Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen.
 He remained in Islamabad ,Pakistan until he died & Faiz
Ahmad Faiz and Syed Fakhruddin Balley both were the
closest companions and friends of Josh.
174 Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hasan Khan, 1898-1982)
175 Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hasan Khan,1898-1982)
176 Josh Malihabadi (Shabbir Hasan Khan, 1898-1982)
 177 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
 Born in a Srivastava Kayastha family, in
the village of Babupatti (Raniganj) in the
district of Pratapgarh
 followed the family tradition of
attending Kayastha Paathshaalas
(कायस्थ पाठशाला) to learn Urdu as the
first step to a career in law
 He later studied at the Allahabad
University and BHU. In this period, he
came under the influence of the
Independence movement
 178 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
 However, from 1941 to 1952 he taught in the English
Department at the Allahabad University and after that
he spent the next two years at Cambridge University
doing his doctoral thesis on W.B.Yeats
 He is the second Indian to get his doctorate in English
literature from Cambridge
 He Married Teji Bachhan, in 1941. They had two sons,
Amitabh and Ajitabh.
 179 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
 In 1955, Harivansh rai shifted to Delhi to join the
External Affairs Ministry as an officer on Special duty
and during the period of 10 years that he served he was
also associated with the evolution of Hindi as the
official language
 In 1976 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan for
his immense contribution to Hindi literature.
180 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
 181 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
 He is best known for his early work Madhushala
(मधुशाला)
 He is also the father of the legendary bollywood actor,
Amitabh bachhan
 He shared a great relationship with the gandhi family
 His autobiography written in four parts(Kya Bhooloon
Kya Yaad Karoon, Need Ka Nirman Phir, Basere Se
Door and Dashdwar se Sopan Tak) was deeply appreciated
in the literary circles
182 Harvansh Rai Bachhan, 1907-2003)
183 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974)
 184 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974)
Born in simariya ghat, begusarai, Bihar.
As a student he was interested in history, politics and
philosophy
Saw poverty too closely during his childhood, and it deeply
influenced his poetry.
Dinkar was greatly influenced by Tagore, Iqbal and
Milton and translated works of Rabindranath Tagore from
Bengali to Hindi
Dinkar's first poem was published in 1924 in a paper
called Chhatra Sahodar (Brother of Students)
 185 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974)
• his poems had become a frequent feature of the
magazine Desh, published from Patna and of Pratibha,
which was published from Kannauj
• His works are mostly of 'Veer Rasa', or the 'brave mode',
although Urvashi is an exception to this
• He got the Sahitya Academy Award in 1959 for his
work Sanskriti ke Char Adhyay,Padma Bhushan in 1959 by
the Government of India and was awarded the Jnanpith
Award in 1972 for Urvashi.
 186 Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908-1974)
• His Kurukshetra is a narrative poem based on the Santi
Parva of the Mahabharat. It was written at a time when the
memories of the Second world war were fresh in the mind
of the poet.
• Krishna Ki Chaetavani is another poem composed on events
that led to the Kurukshetra war in the Mahabharata
• Samdheni is a collection of poems reflecting the poet's social
concern transcending the boundaries of the nation
• His Rashmirathi is considered as one of the best version of
Hindu epic Mahabharata.
 187 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
One of the most celebrated writers of
the Urdu language & Journalist.
Nominated four times for the Nobel
Prize for literature.
His work remains influential in
Pakistan literature and arts.
Faiz's literary work was posthumously
publicly honoured when the Pakistan
Government conferred upon him the
nation's highest civil award, Nishan-e-
Imtiaz, in 1990.
188 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
Faiz served as the secretary of the Pakistan Arts Council.
same year, Faiz became the vice president of Pakistan
Arts Council in 1964.
In 1947, he became editor of the Pakistan Times and in
1948, Faiz became vice president of the Pakistan Trade
Union Federation.
Faiz led the PTUF's delegation in Geneva, and became an
active member of World Peace Council.
Faiz was the first Asian poet to receive the Lenin Peace
Prize, awarded by the Soviet Union in 1962.
189 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
190 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
191 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
192 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
193 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
194 Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984)
 195 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter
in Hindi films.
His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed
Sokhta Qadiri,wanted him to have a good
career, thus he arranged Arabic,Urdu,
Persian, and Hindi tuition for Shakeel at
home.
When he joined Aligarh Muslim
University in 1936, he started participating
in intercollege, interuniversity mushairas
and won frequently.
196 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
The Indian government had
honoured him with the title Geet Kar-
e-Azam.
Shakeel penned numbers for around
89 films. In addition, he wrote many
popular ghazals sung by Begum
Akhtar, and which are still sung by
vocalists like Pankaj Udhas and
others.
197 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
198 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
199 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
200 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
201 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
202 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
203 Shakeel Badayuni (1916-1970)
 204 Kaif Bhopali (1917-1991)
 Famous for Ghazal & Urdu poetry.
 His subject was Love & philosophy.
 Indian Urdu poet and lyricist. He
was a well known poet in the Urdu
mushaira circles, he is most known
as the writer of songs like Chalo
Dildar Chalo sung by Mohd. Rafi, in
Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic,
Pakeezah.
 205 Kaifi Azmi (Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, 1918-2002)
Azmi was born into a shia Muslim
family in the village of Mizwaa(n) in
Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh,
India.
Brought Urdu literature to Indian
motion pictures. Together with
Pirzada Qasim, Jon Elia and others he
participated in the most memorable
mushairas of the twentieth century.
 206 Kaifi Azmi (Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, 1918-2002)
 Azmi began as a ghazal writer, cramming his poetry with
the repeated themes of love and romance.
 Azmi's first collection of poems, Jhankar was published
in 1943.
 His best known poems are Aurat, Makaan,Daaera,Saanp,
and Bahuroopni.
 His daughter Shabana Azmi married to Javed Akhtar.
 In 2000, he was conferred the first Millennium Award by
the Government of Delhi and the Delhi Urdu Academy.
He has also been honoured with a doctorate from Vishva
Bharati University, Santiniketan.
207 Kaifi Azmi (Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, 1918-2002)
He was the recipient of Padma Shri, India's fourth highest
civilian award. Besides he was awarded the Uttar
Pradesh Urdu Academy Award and the Sahitya Akademi
Award for Urdu for his collection Awaara Sajde,
Special Award of Maharashtra Urdu Academy, Soviet Land
Nehru Award, Lotus Award from the Afro Asian
Writers' Association, and President's Award for national
integration. In 1998, Government of Maharashtra
conferred the Jyaneshwara Award on him. He was also
honoured with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi
Fellowship for lifetime achievement.
208 Kaifi Azmi (Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, 1918-2002)

“Kar chale hum fida janotansathion

ab tumhare hawale watan sathio
zinda rahne ki mausam bahut hai magar
jan dene ki rut roz ati nahi
husn aur ishq dono ko ruswa kare
wo jawani jo khume nahati nahi
aaj dharti bani hai dulhan sathio
Kar Chale hum Fida Jano Tan Sathio”
209 Kaifi Azmi (Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, 1918-2002)
 210 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)

Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki,

Uttar Pradesh, India. His real name
was Mohammed Haidar Khan, The
word comes from the Arabic root
'Khum' which means a jar of wine.
 211 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)
 He got his work published as ‘Hadees-e-Deegaraan’,
‘Aatish-e-Tar’ and Raqs-e-Mai’.
 Khumar was an intelligent student and passed his high
school from Government College Barabanki with
distinction in many subjects. He then moved to Lucknow
for his Intermediate classes where a romantic turn in his
life made him to quit education and start poetry.
 212 Khumar Barabankavi & Jigar Moradabadi
 Khumar Barabankvi had a melodious voice and soon
became popular in Mushairas. He also got acquainted
with Jigar Moradabadi and remained in association with
him for a long period. His ghazals and voice made him
favorites in Mushairas and became a shayar of world
fame. Jigar Moradabadi and Khumar Barabankvi were
known to guarantee for the success of any mushaira with
their poetry as well as their melodious voice and style of
recitation. Khumar was an ardent supporter of classical
ghazal like Jigar Moradabadi.
213 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)

Grave of Khumar
Barabankvi, Karbala Civil
Lines, Lucknow-Faizabad
Road, Barabankavi City
 214 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)

Khumar Memorial
Academy
(Library), K.D.Singh Babu
Marg, Barabanki
215 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)

“bujh gayaa dil hayaat baaqii hai ;

chhup gayaa chaand raat baaqii hai
hal-e-dil un se kah chuke sau baar ;
ab bhii kahane kii baat baaqii hai
raat baaqii thii jab vo bichhade the ;
kat gaii umr raat baaqii hai
ishq main ham nibhaa chuke sab se ai 'Khumar';
bas ek zaalim hayaat baaqii hai”
216 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)
217 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)
218 Khumar Barabankavi (1919-1999)
219 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)
 220 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)

 Known for his work as an Urdu poet, and as a lyricist and

songwriter in the Hindi language Bollywood film
industry.
 Awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1993. He was
the first lyricist to win the prestigious award named after
Dadasaheb Phalke.
 He also wrote timeless classics with Jatin Lalit for films
like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (including the song Pehla
Nasha) and Yaara Dildara (including the song Bin Tere
Sanam), which are still heard to this day on the airwaves.
221 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)
In 1945, Majrooh visited Bombay to attend a mushaira at the
Saboo Siddique Institute. Here his ghazals and poetry were
highly appreciated by the audience. One of the impressed
listeners was film producer A.R. Kardar. He contacted Jigar
Moradabadi who helped him to meet Majrooh. Majrooh was
signed on as the lyricist of the film Shah Jehan (1946).The
songs of the film became so immensely popular that K.L.
Saigal wanted Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya to be played at his
funeral.The harsh Bombay weather made him leave the city
and return to his hometown in the North.
222 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)
223 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)
224 Majrooh Sultanpuri (Asrar ul Hassan Khan, 1919-2000)
 225 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
 Qateel Shifai was born as
Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in
British India (now Pakistan).
 Due to his father's early death, Qateel
was forced to quit his education.
 He adopted Qateel Shifai as his pen
name in 1938, under which he was
known in the world of Urdu poetry.
 226 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)

 "Qateel" was his "takhallus" and "Shifai" was in honour of

his ustaad(master) Hakeem Mohammed Yahya Khan Shifa,
whom he considered his mentor.
 He decided to move from his small town to Rawalpindi,
where he started working for a transport company and
earned about 60 Rupees a month.
 In 1946, he was called to Lahore by Nazir Ahmed to work as
the assistant editor of the monthly 'Adab-e-Latif', a literary
magazine published since 1936.
 227 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
Over 20 collections of verse and over 2,500 film songs for
Pakistani and Indian films were published. He wrotesongs
for 201 Pakistani and Indian films. His talent crossed the
borders. His poetry has been translated into numerous
languages including Hindi, Gujarati, English, Russian and
Chinese.
 Qateel Shifai received the 'Pride of Performance Award' in
1994 for his contribution to literature by the Government of
Pakistan, 'Adamjee Award', 'Naqoosh Award', 'Abbasin Arts
Council Award' were all given to him in Pakistan, and then
the much coveted 'Amir Khusro Award' was given in India.
228 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
229 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
230 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
231 Qateel Shifai (Muhammad Aurangzeb, 1919-2001)
 232 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
Indian poet and film lyricist who
wrote in the Hindi and Urdu
languages.
His work influenced Indian cinema,
in particular Bollywood film.
Awarded the Padma Shri in 1971.
Sahir was popular for his ghazals and
nazms.
Sahir's partners were Amrita Pritam, a
poet, novelist and essayist and later
Sudha Malhotra, a singer and actress.
 233 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
Although there were also other women in his life, he did not
marry.
In 1943, Sahir settled in Lahore. When he made controversial
statements promoting communism, a warrant for his arrest
was issued by the Government of Pakistan. In 1949, after
partition, Sahir fled from Lahore to Delhi.
After eight weeks, Sahir moved to Bombay & He later lived
in Andheri, a suburb of Mumbai. There, his neighbours
included Gulzar, a poet and lyricist and Krishan Chander, an
Urdu litterateur.
234 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
235 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
236 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
237 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
238 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
239 Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee, 1921-1980)
 240 Asad Bhopali (Asadullah Khan, 1921-1990)
 Born in Bhopal, Central India Agency,
British India.
 Poet and Bollywood Lyricist.
 Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist, 35th
Filmfare Awards (1990) for the song Dil
Deewana from Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989).
 He wrote about 400 songs for over a
hundred films.
 Died on 9 June 1990 (aged 68) Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India.
241 Asad Bhopali (Asadullah Khan, 1921-1990)
 242 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)

Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher,

biographer, and scholar.
Jaun Elia was born on 14 December
1931 in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.
During his young age, Pakistan became
an independence Muslim state.
 243 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)

He migrated to Pakistan in 1957, and decided to live

in Karachi.
He was the brother of Rais Amrohvi.
He was married to columnist Zahida Hina, but separated
from her.
Not just a poet but was also an editor and a translator,
especially of old Sufi Mutazili and Ismaili treatises.
Introduced several new words in Urdu language.
244 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)

He was fluent in Urdu, Arabic,

English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew.
He acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic
history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious
sciences, Western literature,and Kabbala.
Awarded Presidential Award for Pride of Performance
from the Government of Pakistan for his magnificent
services in Urdu Literature.
245 Some famous lines of Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
246 Some famous lines of Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
247 Some famous lines of Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
248 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
249 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
250 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
251 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
252 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
253 Jaun Elia (1921-2003)
 254 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ….)
Atal ji was born on 25 December 1924
in Gwalior.
 Vajpayee attended Gwalior's Victoria
College (now Laxmi Bai College) and
graduated with distinction in Hindi,
English and Sanskrit.
Right from his childhood he wrote
nationalistic poems and was deeply
influenced by jawaharlal Nehru.
 255 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ….)
 Vajpayee has said about his poetry, "My poetry is a
declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the
defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting
warrior's will to win. It is not the despirited voice of
dejection but the stirring shout of victory.
 It is often said that the leader in Vajpayee took a toll over
the poet in him yet the master orator wrote some of the
masterpieces on the agony of partition and on the excesses
of emergency
 256 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ….)
 During emergency his poems had a great influence on
the inmates who were jailed with him
 It was the emotions of a poet and the firmness of a
leader which when combined gave India a statesman of
his stature
 He was described as the Bhisma pitamah of Indian
politics by PM Manmohan singh.
 257 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ….)
 POETRY:-
1.Twenty-One Poems. (2003).
2.Kya khoya kya paya:
3.Meri Ikyavan Kavitayein. (1995)..
4.Shrestha kavita. (1997).
 On 25 December 2014 the office
of President Of India announced
the Bharat Ratna award, India's
highest civilian honour, to
Vajpayee.
258 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924 - ….)
 259 Munir Niazi (Munir Ahmad, 1928-2006)
Urdu and Punjabi poet from Pakistan.
 Munir Ahmed used to call
himself Punjabi as Punjabi definition
is cultural and geographical and most
of his poetry also reflected the culture
of Punjab.
After the independence of Pakistan in
1947, he migrated and settled
in Sahiwal, where
hepassedhis matriculation examination
 260 Munir Niazi (Munir Ahmad, 1928-2006)
 He earned an intermediate degree from
S.E.College, Bahawalpur and a B.A. degree from Dayal Singh
College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in
1992.
Sitara-e-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan in 2005.
He also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio.
 He was later associated with Pakistan
Television, Lahore and lived in Lahore till his death.
261 Munir Niazi (Munir Ahmad, 1928-2006)
 262 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
Pakistani Urdu poet.
He studied in famous Edwardes
College, Peshawar and received
Masters in Urdu and Persian from
Peshawar University.
During his college life, the progressive
poets Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Ali Sardar
Jafri were his best friends.
He later became a lecturer at the
Peshawar University.
 263 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
 Ahmad Faraz served as Chairman, National Book
Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan.
 Faraz has been compared with Faiz Ahmad Faiz.
 He stayed for 6 years in Britain, Canada and Europe before
returning to Pakistan, where he was initially appointed
Chairman, Pakistan Academy of Letters and later
chairperson of the Islamabad based National Book
Foundation for several years.
 He mentioned his current writings and said: "I now only
write when I am forced to, from the inside."
264 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
265 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
266 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
267 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
268 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
269 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
270 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
271 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
272 Ahmed Faraz (Syed Ahmed Shah, 1931-2008)
 273 Qabil Ajmeri (1931-1962)
 Qabil Ajmeri was born on August
27, 1931, as Abdul Rahim in Churli,
a town located near Ajmer,
Rajastan.
 He received his early education in
Ajmer.
 In January 1948, Ajmeri migrated to
Pakistan with his brother without
any provisions. They then settled in
Hyderabad, Sindh.
 274 Qabil Ajmeri (1931-1962)
 Ajmeri began writing poetry at an early age, and became
famous in his locality for his poetry by age 14.
 In Pakistan, he became popular at mushairas and was
recognized as a senior Urdu poet by the age of 21.
Ajmeri wrote both ghazals and nazms.
He published compilations of Urdu poetry and a volume
on philosophy, named the "Deeda-e-Bedaar".
he met Nargis Susan, a nurse who was impressed with his
poetry and who later converted to Islam. Afterwards, they
married and had one son. Ajmeri died of tuberculosis in
Hyderabad, Pakistan on October 3, 1962.
275 Qabil Ajmeri (1931-1962)
276 Qabil Ajmeri (1931-1962)
277 Qabil Ajmeri (1931-1962)
 278 Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1933-1975)
Poet of modern Hindi literature.
He is known as the first Hindi Ghazal
writer of India.
He was also a dramatist and litterateur.
He earned his MA with Hindi as his
core subject from Allahabad University.
Corruption was a major theme in his
writings & His poetry has become an
inspiration for an whole generation of
emerging poets.
 279 Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1933-1975)
 Contemporary of Dr. Harivanshrai Bachchan.
 A museum dedicated to Dushyant Kumar (Dushyant
Kumar Smarak Pandulipi Sangrahalaya exists in C.T.T.
nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh).
 "Sirf hungaama khada karna mera maqsad nahin, saari
koshish hai, ki yeh soorat badalni chahiye" in promos for
its show Satyameva Jayate.
The poem "Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si
was sung often by Arvind Kejriwal during the Anti
Corruption Movement (2011–2012) in India.
 280 Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1933-1975)
The poem "Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai" was used as a song in the
critically acclaimed movie Masaan.
281 Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1933-1975)
 282 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
Badr was born in Ayodhya, India.
He is an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim
University.
Received the Sahitya Akademi Award
in Urdu for his poetry collection "Aas"
in 1999.
Received the Padma Shri award in 1999.
Famous for Ghazals.
Worked as a chairman of the Urdu
Akademi.
283 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)

He lived in Aligarh university area during student time

and teaching time. He also lived in Meerut, U.P When
his house was burnt in riot then he shifted to Delhi
after that Bhopal . Now he is living in Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh.
 His Subject was Love & Philosophy.
284 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
285 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
286 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
287 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
288 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
289 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
290 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
291 Bashir Badr (Syed Muhammad Bashir,1935-Continue)
 292 Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra, 1936- Continue..)
 Indian poet, lyricist and film director,
screenwriter, producer, author & also
wrote poetry, dialogues and scripts.
 He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the
third highest civilian award in India,
the Sahitya Akademi Award and the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the
highest award in Indian cinema.
Pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later
simply Gulzar.
293 Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra, 1936- Continue..)
294 Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra, 1936- Continue..)
 295 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)

 Indian academician, and a Urdu poet

of India.
 known for his lyrics in Gaman (1978)
and Umrao Jaan (1981).
 296 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)
 He retired as the head of Urdu Department at the Aligarh
Muslim University, and thereafter he remained sought after
name in mushairas or poetic gatherings, and also co-edited
the literary magazine Sher-o-Hikmat.
 Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for Khwab
Ka Dar Band Hai (1987), and in 2008 he won the Jnanpith
Award.
 he became the fourth Urdu writer to win the Jnanpith
Award, after Firaq, Ali Sardar Jafri, and Qurratulain Hyder.
297 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)
298 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)
299 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)
300 Shahryr (Akhlaq Mohammed Khan,1936-2012)
 301 Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
 Prominent Indian Hindi and Urdu
poet, lyricist and dialogue writer.
 Awarded the Padma Shri in 2013 by
the government of India for his
contribution to literature.
 Born in Delhi, India into
a Kashmiri family, Nida Fazli grew
up in Gwalior, where he attended
school and subsequently studied
English literature.
 302 Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
 During the partitioning of India, his parents migrated to
Pakistan, but Fazli decided to stay in India.
 Awards:

• 1998 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu for “Khoya Hua Sa Kuch”

2003 Star Screen Award for Best Lyricist for Sur.
• 2003 Bollywood Movie Award - Best Lyricist for Aa Bhi Ja from Sur
• 2013 Padma Shri, the Government of India.
303 Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
304 Nida Fazli (1938-2016)
 305 Waseem Barelvi (1940-Continue)

Waseem Barelvi was born in Bareilly

Uttar Pradesh
Completed his M.A. in Urdu literature
from Agra University in 1958
306 Waseem Barelvi (1940-Continue)
Started his career as an Assistant Professor and later
became an Associate Professor & Head of Urdu Dept
Bareilly college, Bareilly.
Served as Vice Chairman, National Council for Promotion
of Urdu Language, Ministry of Human Resource
Development, (Department of Higher Education), Govt.
of India.
307 Waseem Barelvi (1940- Continue)
308 Waseem Barelvi (1940- Continue)
309 Waseem Barelvi (1940- Continue)
310 Waseem Barelvi (1940- Continue)
311 Ghulam Mohammad Qasir (Pakistan,1944-99)
312 Ghulam Mohammad Qasir (Pakistan, 1944-99)
 Qasir was born in Paharpur, Dera
Ismail Khan,Pakistan.
 Considered to be one of the finest
modern poets from Pakistan.
 Awarded with the Presidential Pride
of performance award by the
Government of Pakistan in 2006-07.
 Written more than 70 dramas and
programmes for PTV Peshawar and
Radio Pakistan
313 Ghulam Mohammad Qasir (Pakistan, 1944-99)
314 Ghulam Mohammad Qasir (1944-99)
 315 Javed Akhtar (1945-Continue)

Hindustani poet, Bollywood lyricist and

screenwriter.
Graduated from Saifiya College in Bhopal.
Recipient of the Padma Shri (1999), Padma
Bhushan (2007) the Sahitya Akademi
Award as well as thirteen Filmfare
Awards.
 316 Javed Akhtar (1945-Continue)
 Awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri by the Government
of India in 1999, followed by the Padma Bhushan in 2007. In
2013, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, India's
second highest literary honour, for his poetry collection Lava.
 Akhtar was married to Honey Irani but Javed divorced Irani and
later married Shabana Azmi, the daughter of another Urdu
poet, Kaifi Azmi.
 In 2013, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu,
India's second highest literary honour, for his poetry
collection Lava.
317 Javed Akhtar (1945-Continue)
318 Javed Akhtar (1945-Continue)
319 Javed Akhtar (1945-Continue)
 320 Dr. Rahat Indori (1950-Continue)

 Urdu poet and bollywood lyricist

 Prior, He was pedagogist of Urdu
literature at Indore University.
 Passed his MA in Urdu literature
from Barkatullah University Bhopal
(Madhya Pradesh) in 1975.
 321 Dr. Rahat Indori (1950-Continue)

 Awarded a PhD in Urdu literature

from the Bhoj University of Madhya
Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis
titled Urdu Main Mushaira.
 He has travelled widely
internationally to recite poetry.
 Contributed a lot to Bollywood
Industry from 1990 onwards.
322 Dr. Rahat Indori (1950-Continue)
323 Dr. Rahat Indori (1950-Continue)
 324 Munawwar Rana (1952-Continue)

 Modern Hindi and Urdu poet.

 Born in Rae Bareli in Uttar
Pradesh in 1952.
 Spent most of his life in Kolkata.
 Munnawar Rana published his
poetry not only in Urdu but also
in Hindi and Bengali.
 325 Munawwar Rana (1952-Continue)

Most of his close relatives, including his aunts and

grandmother, had moved across the border to Pakistan during
the Partition. But his father, out of love for India, preferred to
remain here. His family later moved to Kolkata where the
young Munawwar had his schooling.

Muhazirnama was the most famous book of Munawwar Rana

 326 Munawwar Rana (1952-Continue)
 Most of his Shers have Mother as the centre point of his love.
 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu Literature 2014. (But like
many other Sahitya Akademi award winners, he returned
this award on 18 October 2015 on a live TV show, (ABP
News).
List of Awards:

Ameer Khusro Award 2006, Itawa

Mir Taqi Mir Award 2005
Shahood Alam Afkui Award 2005, Kolkata
Ghalib Award 2005, Udaipur
Maulana Abul Hasan Nadvi Award
Ustad Bismillah khan Award
Kabir Award
327 Munawwar Rana (1952-Continue)
328 Munawwar Rana (1952-Continue)
 329 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)

 Urdu poet, teacher and a civil servant

of the Government of Pakistan.
 Her first volume of poetry, Khushbu in
1976.
 Her marriage did not last long and
ended in a divorce.
330 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
 Shakir was highly educated. She received two
undergraduate degrees, one in English literature and the
other in linguistics, and obtained MA degrees in the same
subjects from the University of Karachi. She also held a
PhD, and another MA degree in Bank Administration.
 In 1982, Shakir qualified for the Central Superior
Services Examination. In 1991, she obtained an MA
degree in Public Administration from Oxford
University America
 331 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
 Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the
concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and
heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and
personifications.
 She was awarded the Pride of Performance, one
of Pakistan's highest honours in 1976.
 332 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
On 26 December 1994,
Shakir's car collided with a
bus while she was on her way
to work in Islamabad. The
accident resulted in her death,
a great loss to the Urdu poetry
world.The road on which the
accident took place is named
after her now (Parveen Shakir
Road).
333 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
334 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
335 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
336 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
337 Parveen Shakir (Pakistan, 1952-1994)
 338 Tahir Faraz (1953-Continue)

Urdu and Hindi language poet

known for his emotional and romantic
poems.
Represented India in USA, UK, UAE,
KSA, Canada, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar,
Pakistan, and Nepal.
 339 Tahir Faraz (1953-Continue)
Disappointed by the present Bollywood songs & its lyrics.
Belongs to Rampur District of Uttar pradesh, which is
another Urdu school after Lucknow & Delhi.
known for his romantic poems and his inspiring voice
Need of Urdu Mushaira's presently.
His albums are released by the most prominent Music
companies like T.Series ,Sony & hungama.
 340 Tahir Faraz (1953-Continue)
Till now he has got several offers for Bollywood movies
but according to him, he can't work on the direction of
others, he believes when he himself will see a project of
his type.
Largely known for his two famous ghazals, including one
on mothers ”MAAI” and another one on love called ”Bahot
Khoobsurat Ho Tum”.
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