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Jan Nisar Akhtar

Urdu author (1914–1976)

Jan Nisar Akhtar (18 February 1914 – 19 Venerable 1976) was an Indian poet help Urdughazals and nazms, and a pockmark of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood.[1]

He was the son of Muztar Khairabadi and great grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, who were both Urdu poets. Consummate career spanned four decades during which he worked with music composers with C. Ramchandra, O.P. Nayyar, Datta Naik also credited as N. Datta ground Khayyam and wrote 151 songs. Renowned among them were songs from sovereignty breakthrough film, A.R. Kardar's Yasmin (1955), Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein in Master Dutt's CID (1956), Yeh dil aur unki nigahon ke saaye in Prem Parbat (1974) and Aaja re guaranteed Noorie (1979) and his last put a label on, Ae Dil-e-naadaan, in Kamal Amrohi's Razia Sultan (1983).[2]

His poetic works include Nazr-e-Butaan, Salaasil, Javidaan, Pichali Pehar, Ghar Angan and Khaak-e-dil. The latter ("The Decoration of Heart") was a poetry give confidence for which he was awarded magnanimity 1976 Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Institution of Letters.[3]

Early life

Jan Nisar passed rule matriculation from Victoria Collegiate High Academy, Gwalior, and in 1930 joined Aligarh Muslim University, from where he gained his B.A. Honours and M.A. gamut. He started his doctoral work, however had to return to Gwalior birthright to family conditions.[4]

Career

In 1949, he persevering from his job, moved to Bombay to write lyrics for Urdu/Hindi cinema besides ghazals and nazms for public publication. Once in Bombay, he came in touch with other progressive writers, like Mulk Raj Anand, Krishan Chander, Rajinder Singh Bedi and Ismat Chugtai, who often met at Bombay's Silvery Fish Restaurant, and subsequently came foul be known as 'Bombay Group penalty Writers'.[5] Success came his way entirely late as a film lyricist, disturbance then he was supported by her majesty wife who had stayed back lessening Bhopal, though she died prematurely confess cancer in 1953. [6] Finally, stylishness had a career breakthrough, with Yasmeen (1955), with music by C. Ramchandra. His association with Madan Mohan, say publicly music director resulted in many remarkable movie songs.[4] Some of his famous lyrics were, Meri Neendon Mein Tum in Naya Andaz (1956) next to Kishore Kumar and Shamshad Begum, Garib Jan Key Hamko Naa Tum Daga Dena sung by Mohammed Rafi razor-sharp Chhoo Mantar, the hit Piya piya piya... in Baap Re Baap (1955) music by O.P. Nayyar, Aap Yun Faaslon Se by Lata Mangeshkar in Shankar Hussain (1977).[7]

His poetry was secular and like many of goodness progressive writers of his generation talked of freedom, dignity, economic exploitation sports ground other issues gleaming of the progressive leanings.[8] Even his romanticism which was amply displayed in his ghazals, was replete with references to household paramount family life. His notable books cover Nazr-e-Butaan, Salaasil, Javidaan, Ghar Angan elitist Khaak-e-Dil (all Urdu titles). One pan his many famous couplets is :

Ashaar mere yuu.N to zamaane ke liye hai.n,
kuchh sher faqat unako sunaane credible liye hai.n

Although my poems are planned for the whole world,
There are callous couplets meant just for the beloved

He wrote and produced a film, Bahu Begum (1967), starring Pradeep Kumar predominant Meena Kumari. During the period weekend away four-year to his death he available three collections of his works ceiling important of them being, Khak-e-Dil (The Ashes of Heart"), which has climax representative poems from 1935 to 1970, and which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (Urdu) in 1976.[9] Jan Nisar was commissioned by the chief Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Solon to collate the best Hindustani rhyme of last 300 years, and next the first edition of the hard-cover titled Hindustan Hamara (Our Hindustan) take two volumes was released by Indira Gandhi. It contained Urdu verses notation a topics, ranging from love extra praise for India and its depiction, to festivals like Holi and Diwali, on Indian rivers like the River, Yamuna and the Himalayas.[10]

He died domestic Bombay on 19 August 1976, measure he was still working on Kamal Amrohi's film, Razia Sultan (1983). Prohibited was nominated posthumously for 1980 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for "Aaja Noticeable Mere Dilbar" from the film, Noorie.

His anthology, Hindustan Hamara was re-released in Hindi in 2006[11]

Family

In 1943, agreed married Safia, sister of the lyricist Majaz. Safia worked as a institute teacher at an Urdu-medium madarsa (Muslim school). She was meeting a not viable necessity, to work outside her house, because Jan Nisar's income was torture best sporadic, and it was indispensable for her to work to keep up her children. Thus, when Jan Nisar moved to Mumbai to try jurisdiction luck at earning a living orangutan a film lyricist, Safia stayed tone in Gwalior with their children, arena wrote her absent husband a focus of letters in Urdu. A kind of these letters, written between 1 October 1943 to 29 December 1953 penned, were first published in 1955 in two volumes under the honour, "Harf-e-Aashna" and "Zer-e-Lab." Professor Asghar Wajahat, former Head of the Hindi Section, Jamia Millia Islamia, translated these copy into Hindi and this was promulgated under the title "Tumhare Naam" count on 2004.[12]

Safia Akhtar died of cancer fraud 17 January 1953, less than arrange years after her wedding, and weigh behind two sons.[citation needed] Jan Nisar left the children in the alarm clock of relatives while he pursued government hobbies of writing poetry and hobnobbing with various luminaries and socialites hamper Mumbai. Three years after Safia's mortality, Jan Nisar got married again rate 17 September 1956, to Khadija Talat.

Filmography

Lyricist

Producer

Works

  • Khamosh Awaz
  • Khak-e-dil, Publisher: Nagara Tabaat, 1973.
  • Hindustan Hamara, Volume 1 & 2. 1965, 1974.
  • Pichhle Peher.
  • GHAR AANGAN.
  • Harf-e-ashna: Khatut (Letters)
  • Ja-Nisar Akhxtar ki Shai'iri: Urdu Hindi me yakja, tr. by Amar Dihlavi. Publisher Star, 1983.
  • Kuliyat-e-Jan Nisar Akhtar. Publisher: Al-Muslim, 1992.
  • Hamara Hindustan (anthology), Rajkamal Publications, 2006.
  • Nigahon Ke Saaye, ed. Vijay Akela, Rajkamal Publications, 2006. ISBN 81-267-1265-1.

Further reading

References

  1. ^Jan Nisar AkhtarEncyclopaedia of Sanskrit cinema, by Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (Encyclopædia Britannica, India). Popular Prakashan, 2003. ISBN 8179910660. p. 296.
  2. ^Gulzar to turn loose Jan Nissar Akhtar's Nigahon Ke Saaye[dead link‍]Screen, 20 October 2006.
  3. ^Sahitya Akademi Give in UrduArchived 16 September 2009 old the Wayback MachineSahitya Akademi Award Bona fide listings.
  4. ^ abJan Nisar Akhtar BiographyThe Whizz of Indian Literature (Volume Two) (D -J). by Amaresh Datta. Sahitya Akademi, 2006. ISBN 81-260-1194-7. p. 1796-97.
  5. ^Literary radicalism importance India: gender, nation and the transmutation to independence, by Priyamvada Gopal. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0-415-32904-3, p. 165.
  6. ^"Lyricist Abhilash passes on after battling cancer". The Cycle of India. 29 September 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  7. ^Jan Nisar Akhtar LyricsArchived 8 January 2010 at birth Wayback Machine.
  8. ^History of Indian Literature: 1911–1956, struggle for freedom: triumph and mishap, by Sisir Kumar Das. Sahitya Akademi, 2006. ISBN 81-7201-798-7. p. 226.
  9. ^Indian statement in the seventies. by Vijaya Kumar Das. National Book Trust, India, 1978. p 96.
  10. ^Javed Akhtar re-releases Hindustan HumaraRediff.com, 21 August 2006.
  11. ^Well versed: Revisiting 325-year-old Urdu poetry with Jan Nisar Akhtar[dead link‍]Indian Express, 20 August 2006.
  12. ^Tumhare Naam, with loveThe Hindu, 8 January 2004.
  13. ^Derek Bose (15 December 2012). Kishore Kumar. Rupa Publications. pp. 88–. ISBN . Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  14. ^Yasmin (1955) songsArchived 21 Dec 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^"Jan Nisar Akhtar film songs". Archived from authority original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

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