Faaiz Anwar is an Indian poet and lyricist who has written songs for popular movies including

Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin ''Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film produced by Gulshan Kumar and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The film starred Bhatt's daughter Pooja Bhatt in her first major lead female role, while the lead male ...

Saajan ''Saajan'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and produced by Sudhakar Bokade. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan in lead roles, with Kader Khan, Reema Lagoo and Laxmikant Berde ...

Tum Bin ''Tum Bin'' (), also known as ''Tum Bin... Love Will Find a Way'', is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars Priyanshu Chatterjee, Sandali Sinha, Himanshu Malik and Raqesh Bapat. T ...

Jab We Met ''Jab We Met'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Dhilin Mehta under his banner Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. The film stars Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their f ...

Dabangg ''Dabangg'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. Kha ...

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Rowdy Rathore ''Rowdy Rathore'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala under the UTV Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions banners. A remake of the 2006 Telugu f ...

Career

Anwar entered the Hindi music industry by chance. In 1989, on a sightseeing visit to Bombay, he happened to meet

Roop Kumar Rathod Roop Kumar Rathod is an Indian music director and playback singer. He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films. Personal life Rathod is the sec ...

. Impressed by his Shayri, Roop Kumar Rathore introduced him to

Mahesh Bhatt Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. A stand-out film from his earlier period is ''Saaransh'' (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film F ...

. And, Mahesh Bhatt was so impressed by his Shayari that he asked to join the Film Industry and even promised to give the break. And Mahesh Bhatt kept his promise. Mahesh Bhatt was working on a subject and had the music ready for a song but wanted Shayri with a touch of sensibility and human feel. He tried many established lyricists but they could not satiate Mahesh Bhatt's demanding soul. He asked Faaiz Anwaar to write lyrics. In 40 min. what Faaiz Anwaar wrote, went to become musical milestone of Music Industry. This was the title song "

" which stayed on the top of the most popular Radio Programme Cibaca Geetmala for almost two years. Soon, followed musical hit film of the year "

Imtihaan ''Imtihan'' (translation: ''Examination'') is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action romance film directed by Harry Baweja, starring Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan and Raveena Tandon. Plot Vicky (Saif Ali Khan) is a popular singer, who meets and fal ...

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” which consolidated his place in the Film Industry. He was nominated for Best Lyricist for his debut song "Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahi" (Film: Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahin), "Is Tarah Aashiqui Ka Asar... (Film: Imtehan), and "Tere Mast Mast Do Nain" (Film: Dabangg) in Filmfare awards, Zee awards.

Filmography

Jaanam ''Jaanam'' is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language film directed by debutante Vikram Bhatt. It stars Rahul Roy and Pooja Bhatt. It has a critically and publicly acclaimed soundtrack by Anu Malik. This movie was a remake of cult classic ''Bobby (1973 fil ...

Aaja Meri Jaan (1993) ''Aaja Meri Jaan'' () is a 1993 Hindi-language romantic thriller film, written by Pawan Sethi and directed by Ketan Anand. It stars Krishan Kumar, Tanya Singh, along with Shammi Kapoor, Pran, Prem Chopra, Deven Verma. Plot A priest is stabbed ...

* Kasam Teri Kasam (1993) * Tum Karo Vaada (1993) * Do Dilon Ka Sangam (1993) *

Shabnam Jharna Basak (born 17 August 1946), known by her stage name Shabnam, is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film ''Samundar'' in 1 ...

* Tehquiqat * Karan (1994) * Kanoon (1994) *

Vijaypath ''Vijaypath'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Danny Denzongpa. Plot Justice Saxena's wife, the two children, and Rajesh Saxena leave the city. Dilawar Singh finds them and kills the Judge's w ...

* Naaraaz *

* Hum Hain Bemisaal * The Gambler * The Don * Haqeeqat * Surakshaa * Hulchul *

Ram Aur Shyam (1996) ''Ram Aur Shyam'' is a 1996 Hindi Action film of Bollywood directed and produced by Raju Mavani. This movie was released on 20 December 1996 under the banner of Jay Raj Productions. This is the debut film of actor Samrat Mukerji. Plot Scienti ...

* Dil Kitna Nadan Hai (1997) * Iski Topi Uske Sarr * Aakrosh * Humse Badhkar Kaun * Bade Dilwala (1999) * Hello Brother * Papa The Great (2000) * Baaghi *

Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar ''Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar'' () is a 2001 Bollywood romantic drama film, directed by Tanuja Chandra and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. The film stars Jimmy Sheirgill and Ameesha Patel. The film released on November 16, 2001. Synopsis 20-year-old S ...

(2001) *

Pyaasa ''Pyaasa'' (; ) is a 1957 Indian Hindi drama film directed and produced by Guru Dutt, who stars alongside Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman, and Johnny Walker. Set in Calcutta, it focuses on the disillusioned Urdu poet Vijay (Dutt), whose ...

* Gunaah *

Maine Dil Tujhko Diya ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya'' ('' en, I gave my heart to you'') is a 2002 Indian Hindi romantic action film, directed, produced, written by and starring Sohail Khan, who makes his acting debut along with another debutante, Sameera Reddy. The film ...

Khel – No Ordinary Game ''Khel – No Ordinary Game'' ( en, The game) is a 2003 Indian Hindi action film directed by Yusuf Khan. The film stars Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty and Celina Jaitly in lead roles. Former Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja makes his Bollywood debut. I ...

Khwahish ''Khwahish'' () is a 2003 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Govind Menon. The film stars Himanshu Malik and Mallika Sherawat. Plot Amar, rich, stubborn, and serious, meets Lekha in a shop. While Lekha is poor, (the daughter of a poultry fa ...

* Koi Mere Dil Mein * Chand Bujh Gaya * Saathi *

Zindagi Tere Naam ''Zindagi Tere Naam'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Ashu Trikha, starring Mithun Chakraborty and Ranjeeta. The film was completed in 2008, but released only in 2012 with limited prints. The film is based on the Amer ...

Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai ''Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai'' () is a dramatic love story, releasing in India and other countries on 3 August 2012. Cast * Aditya Samanta as Karan * Nazia Hussain as Karishma * Amita Nagia * Rati Agnihotri as Mamta * Farida Jalal * Mukesh Tiwa ...

* Anuradha *

Munde Kamaal De ''Munde Kamaal De'' is a 2015 Indian Punjabi-language comedy film directed by Amit Prasher and written by Naresh Kathooria The film is produced by Prem Parkash Gupta with Starring Amrinder Gill, Yuvraj Hans, Binnu Dhillon and Mandy Takhar in ...

Love Ke Funday Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love o ...

Veerey Ki Wedding ''Veerey Ki Wedding'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film that was released on 2 March 2018. It was directed by Ashu Trikha, and stars Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda and Jimmy Sheirgill. Cast * Pulkit Samrat as Veer Arora (V ...

Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha ''Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha'' () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical drama film written, produced and directed by Suneel Darshan and stars Shiv Darshan, Natasha Fernandez and Upen Patel in lead roles. The music was composed ...

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References

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