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Introduction

  • Majrooh Sultanpuri
    Majrooh Sultanpuri
     1919-2000  |   Mumbai, India

    Asrar ul Hassan Khan, better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks.His song "Chahunga mein tujhe sham savere" from "Dosti" won him the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award. For his lifetime contributions to the film industry, he was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1993 becoming the first lyricist to win the award. Some other awards that he received are Iqbal Samman, the highest literary award of the Madhya Pradesh government, the Film Journalist Award for his writing for films, the Film Writers Association Award for his contributions to the Indian film industry, the Uttar Pradesh Hindi-Urdu Sahitya Award for his contributions to the Hindi and Urdu literature, the All India Journalist Award for his overall writings and the Maharashtra State Urdu Academy award for his work titled 'Ghazals'.