A M Turaz (Aas Mohammed Turaz) is an Indian poet, lyricist, and script writer. He has worked in television, music albums and films. He has written the lyrics for a number of

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films including ''Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana'' of 2007, ''The Unforgettable'' of 2009 and '' Guzaarish'' of 2010, with the songs " Aayat", "

Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse () is a Hindi song from the 2013 Bollywood film, ''Jackpot''. Composed by Sharib– Toshi, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics by A. M. Turaz and Azeem Shirazi. The music video of the track features actors S ...

", " Tera Zikr", "Udi" and "Tere Liye Mere Kareem" being the most well known. The musical album "We Indians - Sare Jahan se Achchha Hindustan Hamara" is directed by him. The songs "

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", "Binte Dil" and "Khalibali" from

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and ''Tum Na Aaye'' from '' Badla'' are written by him.

Early life

A. M. Turaz was born on 19 September 1974 at Sambhaleheda village in Miranpur

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. After completing his studies, he came to

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to become a writer.

Career

Turaz started his career by writing for television in 2005. After writing scripts for soaps as assistant writer, his first assignment in

was writing lyrics for film ''

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'' in 2006. This was followed by ''

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'', '' Guzarish'', '' Chakravyuh'' and ''

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''. His songs like "Udi.." and "Kabhi Jo Badal Barse" got lot of attention. Turaz written '' Chakravyuh'' song "Tata, Birla, Ambani". On this song producer

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got legal notice from

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and

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. He was criticised due to his lyrics in film ''Chakravyuh''.

Filmography

The following films feature lyrics by A. M. Turaz:

Albums

Awards

* Radio Mirchi Award 2015 * Radio Mirchi Award 2017

Member

*Central Board Of Film Certification * Grameen Mukt Vidhyalayi Shiksha Sansthan(GMVSS),Delhi

Books

* Lamhe (लम्हे), an anthology of

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was published by Poets Corner Group.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turaz, A.M. Living people Hindi-language writers Hindi-language lyricists Indian male songwriters Indian songwriters Hindi-language poets 1981 births