Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain (15 April 1922 – 17 September 1999) was an

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poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He was also a renowned film lyricist in

Hindi films Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

, where he won the

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for Best Lyricist twice – in 1966 and then in 1972.Profile of Hasrat Jaipuri
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Retrieved 14 November 2022

Early life

Jaipuri was born Iqbal Husain in

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, where he studied English till medium level, and then acquired his ''taalim'' (education) in

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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from his maternal grandfather, the poet Fida Husain 'Fida'. He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years old. Around the same time, he fell in love with a neighborhood girl name Radha. Hasrat talked about a love letter he wrote to this girl, in an interview, later in his life, that love knows no religion. Hasrat Jaipuri was quoted as saying, "It is not at all necessary that a Muslim boy must fall in love only with a Muslim girl. My love was silent, but I wrote a poem for her, 'Yeh mera prem patra padh kar, ke tum naaraaz na hona." It is not known for sure whether the love letter was actually delivered to Radha. But veteran film producer

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liked it enough to include it in his

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and the song ended up becoming a 'hit' song in India.

Career in Bollywood

In 1940, Jaipuri came to Bombay (now

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), and started working as a bus conductor, earning a monthly salary of eleven rupees. He used to participate in

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s. At a ''mushaira'',

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noticed Jaipuri and recommended him to his son,

. Raj Kapoor was planning a musical love story, '' Barsaat'' (1949) with

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. Jaipuri wrote his first recorded song, ''Jiya Beqaraar Hai'' for the film. His second song (and first duet) was ''Chhor Gaye Baalam''. Along with Shailendra, Jaipuri wrote lyrics for all Raj Kapoor films till 1971. After the death of Jaikishan and failures of ''

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'' (1970) and ''

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'' (1971), however, Raj Kapoor turned to other lyricists and music directors. Raj Kapoor initially wanted to call him back for ''

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'' (1982), but later settled for another lyricist,

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'' (1985). Later, he also invited Hasrat to write three songs for the movie '' Henna'' (1991). Jaipuri alleges that after Raj Kapoor's death, the music composer

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"conspired" to "scrap" his lyrics and replace them with his own lyrics. When fellow lyricist Shailendra turned producer with ''

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'', he invited Jaipuri to write lyrics for the movie. He also wrote screenplay for the movie ''Hulchul'' (1951). His last film as a lyricist was ''Hatya: The Murder'' (2004).

Selected list of songs

Poetry

Jaipuri wrote several books of poetry, in Hindi and Urdu. He once said, "Hindi and Urdu are like two great and inseparable sisters." * ''Abshaar-E-Ghazal'' (compilation of Hasrat Jaipuri's poetry)

Personal life

Jaipuri invested his earnings in real estate or rental property, on his wife's advice. Thanks to earnings from these properties, his financial condition was sound, and therefore he could devote his time as a lyricist. He was survived by two sons and a daughter who live in Mumbai. His sister Bilqis Malik was married to music director

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and is the mother of composer

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. He has two sons & a daughter, Akhtar Hasrat Jaipuri and Asif Hasrat Jaipuri & Kishwar Jaipuri. Aadil, Amaan, Aamir & Faiz Jaipuri are his grandsons.

Awards

Filmfare Best Lyricist Award The Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The awards were first given in 1954; however, the Award for the best lyricist was first given in 1959. List of winners ...

- 1972 for ''

Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai" (translation: ''Life is a journey'') is a song from the Hindi film Andaz, composed by the duo of Shankar Jaikishan, written by Hasrat Jaipuri and sung by Kishore Kumar. The song topped the annual list of Binaca Geetmala f ...

'' ('' Andaz'', (1971)Filmfare Awards list - all years
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- 1967 for the song ''Baharo Phool Barsao'' 'Suraj_(1966_film)''.html" ;"title="Suraj_(1966_film).html" ;"title="'Suraj (1966 film)">'Suraj (1966 film)''">Suraj_(1966_film).html" ;"title="'Suraj (1966 film)">'Suraj (1966 film)''ref name=MySwar/> * Josh Malihabadi Award, from Urdu Conference * B. R. Ambedkar, Dr. Ambedkar Award, for ''Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya'' [''Mere Huzoor'' (1968)], a Brajbhasha song * Jaipuri was also awarded a doctorate degree from the World University Round Table.

References

External links

*
Ghazals and nazms by Hasrat Jaipuri

Complete list of works of Hasrat Jaipuri
(Hindi) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaipuri, Hasrat Indian male songwriters Urdu-language poets Hindi-language poets 1922 births 1999 deaths Indian Muslims Writers from Jaipur Indian lyricists 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century male musicians