Fayyaz Hashmi ( ur, ; 1920 2011) was a Pakistani

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and screenwriter who worked both in the

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and

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. He penned some memorable songs such as the famous nazm

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and ''Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah sakegi''. The latter made the singer

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famous in India back in 1944 and was instrumental in introducing him to the Calcutta film industry. A little known fact about him is that he wrote the famous 'Na tum mere na dil mera', that was sung by Kamla Jharia, among many others. One of the couplets from this ghazal became popular that reads: 'aye bas naadaniyon par apni naaz karte hain, abhi dekhi kahan hain aapne naadaniyan meri' and then "Yeh Raatein, Yeh Mausam, Yeh Hansana Hansaana, Mujhe Bhool Jana, Inhein Na Bhulana" sung by

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(a non-film song).Fayyaz Hashmi songs on hindigeetmala.net website
Retrieved 16 January 2022

Early life

Fayyaz Hashmi was born in

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in 1920. His father, Muhammad Hussain Hashmi, was also a poet with pen name 'Dilgeer' as well as a writer of stage drama. His father also worked for

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as a writer and director. The family lived next door to the veteran stage director

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who regularly attended the literary gatherings at his father's home. Fayyaz Hashmi was employed as the resident lyricist by the British-owned

Gramophone Company of India Saregama India Ltd. (Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale); formerly known as The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. is India's oldest music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company i ...

from 1943 to 1948. "Fayyaz Hashmi wrote his first verse, 'Chaman mein ghuncha-o-gul ka tabassum dekhne walo - Kabhi tum ne haseen kalyon ka murjhana bhi dekha hai', when he was in 7th class." He wrote his very first full songs that

sang in 1941 (''Sab din ek samaan nahin tha'') and the runaway hit ''Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sakay gi'' with music composed by

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Career in Pakistan

In 1951, he was transferred by his employer, Gramophone Company of India, to

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to organise the music scene in Pakistan. There he promoted many talented artists including

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, singer Munawwar Sultana, Saeen Marna, Saeen Akhtar and Saeen Budha.Profile of poet Fayyaz Hashmi
Retrieved 13 July 2021 He turned to writing of film songs in 1956. ''Kunwari Bewa'' was the first Pakistani film with his songs. He wrote more than 2000 songs for films and the Gramophone Recording Company in his lifetime. He also wrote the stories, dialogues and scripts of many hit films, and received numerous awards during his career.

Awards and recognition

* Fayyaz Hashmi was awarded the 'Graduate Award' 3 times (A

award) *

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for 'Best Film Song Lyricist' in 1967 for ''Chalo Achha Hua Tum Bhool Gaye'' in film ''

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'' (1967) *

for 'Best Screenplay Writer' in film ''Gharibon Ka Badshah'' (1988)

Filmography

Fayyaz Hashmi worked as a film song lyricist for the following movies: * Kunwari Bewa (1956) *

Bedari (1957 film) ''Bedari'', a Pakistani Urdu black and white film, was a classic melodious film of 1956. This film had an identical plot and the songs like Indian film Jagriti (1954), with replacement of some words, and music was taken directly from Jagriti as ...

* Savera (1959) * Saheli (1960)Fayyaz Hashmi profile on Pakistan Film Magazine website
Retrieved 16 January 2022 * Raat Ke Rahi (1960 film) * Aulad (1962) * Paisey (1964) *

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(1964) * Tauba (1964) * Sartaj (1965) * Ashiana (1965) *

(1967) * ''

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'' (1966) *

Diya Aur Toofan (1969 film) Diya Aur Toofan (Urdu: ) is a 1969 Pakistani, Urdu romantic comedy film which is Produced & Directed by Rangeela It also stars Munawar Zarif, Naghma, Ejaz Durrani, Nadeem Baig and Agha Talish It tells a story of a woman who marries the man ...

* Ilzaam (1972) * Badal Aur Bijli (1973)Straight from the heart
The Hindu (newspaper), Published 25 August 2016, Retrieved 16 January 2022Finally a reason to watch Coke Studio (Pakistan): Farida Khanum sings 'Aaj Jane Ki Zidd Na Karo'
ARY TV News website, Published 3 October 2015, Retrieved 16 January 2022 *

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(1997) He also worked as a writer and director in the following movies: * Hum Ek Hain (1961) - Director * Pehchan (1975) - Screenplay Writer * Gharibon Ka Badshah (1988) - Screenplay Writer

References

External links

All poems of Fayyaz Hashmi
PoemHunter.com website * 1920 births 2011 deaths Muhajir people Pakistani lyricists Pakistani songwriters 20th-century Pakistani poets Pakistani male poets 20th-century male writers Indian emigrants to Pakistan Nigar Award winners {{Pakistan-writer-stub