Google doodle celebrates 101st birth anniversary of Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi is said to have introduced urdu poetry to Indian cinema, and along with Sahir Ludhianvi and Jan Nisar Akhtar, changed the tenor of hindi lyric writing.
He wrote his first ghazal at age 11, and also another one, to a challenge, which became a rage, after being sung by Begum Akhtar. Which one, I couldn't find. His best work includes 'ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyon', 'waqt ne kia, kya haseen sitam', 'yeh duniya, yeh mehfil', 'tum itna jo muskura rahe ho', 'koi yeh kaise bataye', 'ya dil ki sunoh' and 'kuch dil ne kaha'. He wrote the lines for Heer Ranjha, where the entire dialogue was in verse.
He was a full-time Marxist, and was called the last of the comrade songwriters.
He wrote his first ghazal at age 11, and also another one, to a challenge, which became a rage, after being sung by Begum Akhtar. Which one, I couldn't find. His best work includes 'ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyon', 'waqt ne kia, kya haseen sitam', 'yeh duniya, yeh mehfil', 'tum itna jo muskura rahe ho', 'koi yeh kaise bataye', 'ya dil ki sunoh' and 'kuch dil ne kaha'. He wrote the lines for Heer Ranjha, where the entire dialogue was in verse.
He was a full-time Marxist, and was called the last of the comrade songwriters.
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