Khumār Barabankvi (15 September 1919 – 19 February 1999) was the pen name of a

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and lyricist from

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. His real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan.Profile of Khumar Barabankvi on Urdupoint.com website (scroll down for English version)
Retrieved 5 November 2020 The word comes from the

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root 'Khum' which means a jar of wine. His ghazals are sung by many famous singers such as

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, Ghulam Ali,

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and many other singers.Khumār Barabankvi poetry on urdupoetry.com website
Retrieved 5 November 2020

Early life

Khumar Barabankvi's real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan, but he wrote under the ''

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'' (pen name/ nom de plume) of ''Khumār'', which means intoxication. The word comes from the

root 'Khum' which means a jar of wine. He was born on 15 September 1919 in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He found poetic environment in his family during his childhood. His father, Dr. Ghulam Haider, wrote salaams and marsiyas under pen name ‘Bahar’. His uncle ‘Qaraar Barabnkvi’ was a well-known poet of Barabanki who guided Khumar in young age and did Islah (corrections) to his poetry. His brother Kazim Haider ‘Nigar’, who died in early age, was also a poet. Khumar completed his high school from Government College, Barabanki. He then moved to

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for his Intermediate classes where a romantic turn in his life made him quit education and start writing love poetry. Khumar Barabankvi had a melodious voice and soon became popular in Mushairas (poetry reading live events). He also got acquainted with the poet

Jigar Moradabadi Ali Sikandar (6 April 1890 – 9 September 1960), known by his pen name as Jigar Moradabadi, was an Indian Urdu poet and ''ghazal'' writer. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958 for his poetry collection "Atish-e-Gul", and was the secon ...

and remained in association with him for a long period. His ghazals and voice made him a favorite in Mushairas. Jigar Muradabadi and Khumar Barabankvi were known to guarantee for the success of any mushaira with their poetry as well as their melodious voice and style of recitation. Khumar was an ardent supporter of classical ghazal like Jigar Moradabadi. Khumar has written some famous songs for Hindi films like Shahjehan (1946 film),Khumar Barabankvi film songs on hindigeetmala.net website
Retrieved 5 November 2020 Baradari (1955 film), 'Saaz aur Awaaz', '' Love And God'' (1986) directed by K. Asif etc. He worked closely with noted composers like

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and

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among others. He wrote all the songs for the film 'Saaz Aur Awaaz' produced by

in 1966 and wrote some songs again for the film Love and God (1986 film) for which

again composed music.

Death

Khumār Barabankvi died on 19 February 1999.Filmography of Khumar Barabankvi on MuVyz.com website
Retrieved 5 November 2020

Published work

He got his work published as: * ‘Hadees-e-Deegaraan’ * ‘Aatish-e-Tar’ * 'Raqs-e-Mai’ * " Shab-e- Tab" * Aahang e Khumar (1995)

References.

External links

Poems of Khumar Barabankvi

-Urdu shayari of Khumar on rekhta.org website

Khumar Barabankvi on IMDb website
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Early life

Death

Published work

See also

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