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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 by admin
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Kaifi Azmi

Amongst the greatest Urdu poets of the 20th century, Kaifi Azmi also penned lyrics and scripts for some of Hindi cinema’s masterworks. His cinematic work, though not voluminous, is regarded as timeless for its touching simplicity, eternal optimism, and lyrical grace. Azmi was born Athar Husain Rizvi in Mijwan, a village in the Azamgarh district ...

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Saturday, June 5th, 2010 by admin
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Shailendra

While the constant composition of songs based on the fragile conundrums of love reduced most lyricists to retail merchants of words, Shailendra’s songs always dazzled with their lyrical lustre. In more than 170 films, he wrote warm souled poetry. Like the straight-from-the-heart `Aaja re pardesi … main toh kab se khadi is paar’, Shailendra’s songs ...

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Saturday, June 5th, 2010 by admin
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Sahir Ludhianvi

When Sahir Ludhianvi spotted his estranged lady love, Sudha Malhotra, at a party, emotion drove him to spontaneously vent his feelings into words: ‘Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabee ban jaaye hum dono’. The plaint was immortalized by B R Chopra in his film, Gumraah (’63). Born Abdul Hayee, this Punjabi-Urdu poet remained a bachelor ...

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