A lot has been written on Urdu Poetry. Urdu poetry has its origination
in India and Pakistan although it has its popularity worldwide. People
even from Non-Urdu back ground like Urdu ghazals/Nazams etc. Poetry be
in any language are liked and touched the hearts of millions. It’s
perhaps the most beautiful way of expressing emotions and feelings of
mankind. The above mentioned two countries are proud to have a
glorious past. Legendary poets Mir, Daag, Hasrat, Iqbal, Ghalib, Momin, Jigar, Shad, Kaifi, Aatish, Sauda, Dard, Sahir, and Mira Ji etc were from respective countries. So many Kulliyat, Majmua etc have been written by them which are considered classics and are read worldwide by Urdu poetry lovers. One of the prominent Urdu and Hindi poets’ film lyricists, Hasrat Jaipuri was born on 15th April, 1922 in Jaipur. He acquired his taalim in Urdu and Persian from his paternal grandfather Fida Husain. He began writing ghazlein when he was just twenty. He fell in love with a Hindu girl and started wring sad poetry for her. ‘Yeh mera prem patar…’ the popular lyrics used in Sangam movie was penned by him for the girl which was later used in movie.
In 1940 he came to Mumbai and started working as a bus conductor. Once at a mushaira he came across Prithviraj Kapoor who later introduced him to his son and famous filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was planning a film called Barsaat at that time and he was looking for a Urdu poet who can write lyrics and urdu poetry for his upcoming film called Barsat. He was so impressed by his literary and poetic skill that he instantly told him to write songs for the same. This association continued for a long time. Hasrat worked along with Shankar Jaikishan for a long time and wrote so many songs for Rajkapoor films. He had won so many awards for his works including the best lyricist award by Film Fare in 1966 & 1972, Josh Malihabadi award and Ambedkar award. Jaipuri has written several books of poetry, in Hindi and Urdu like Abshaar-E-Ghazal (compilation) etc. He had attended several mushairas and poetic mahfil. His poetry was simple yet deeply rooted and touchy. The noted lyricist died on September 17th 1999 in Mumbai. The void left by him perhaps will never be filled. It was not only a loss to the film industry but to Urdu poetry as well. The world of Urdu poetry will always remember him and his poetry.
glorious past. Legendary poets Mir, Daag, Hasrat, Iqbal, Ghalib, Momin, Jigar, Shad, Kaifi, Aatish, Sauda, Dard, Sahir, and Mira Ji etc were from respective countries. So many Kulliyat, Majmua etc have been written by them which are considered classics and are read worldwide by Urdu poetry lovers. One of the prominent Urdu and Hindi poets’ film lyricists, Hasrat Jaipuri was born on 15th April, 1922 in Jaipur. He acquired his taalim in Urdu and Persian from his paternal grandfather Fida Husain. He began writing ghazlein when he was just twenty. He fell in love with a Hindu girl and started wring sad poetry for her. ‘Yeh mera prem patar…’ the popular lyrics used in Sangam movie was penned by him for the girl which was later used in movie.
In 1940 he came to Mumbai and started working as a bus conductor. Once at a mushaira he came across Prithviraj Kapoor who later introduced him to his son and famous filmmaker Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was planning a film called Barsaat at that time and he was looking for a Urdu poet who can write lyrics and urdu poetry for his upcoming film called Barsat. He was so impressed by his literary and poetic skill that he instantly told him to write songs for the same. This association continued for a long time. Hasrat worked along with Shankar Jaikishan for a long time and wrote so many songs for Rajkapoor films. He had won so many awards for his works including the best lyricist award by Film Fare in 1966 & 1972, Josh Malihabadi award and Ambedkar award. Jaipuri has written several books of poetry, in Hindi and Urdu like Abshaar-E-Ghazal (compilation) etc. He had attended several mushairas and poetic mahfil. His poetry was simple yet deeply rooted and touchy. The noted lyricist died on September 17th 1999 in Mumbai. The void left by him perhaps will never be filled. It was not only a loss to the film industry but to Urdu poetry as well. The world of Urdu poetry will always remember him and his poetry.
