Mushir Kazmi (1915 – 8 December 1975) was a film songs lyricist and a poet from Pakistan and India.
Early life and career
Mushir Kazmi was born in
Banoor,
Punjab, British India
Punjab was a province of British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the East India Company in 2 April 1849, and declared a province of British Rule, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British co ...
in 1915.
[ Breakthrough film song of his career has a fascinating story behind it – ''Chandani Raatein'' of Dopatta (1952 film). He was hired by the film producer Sibtain Fazli to write the film songs. He tried and wrote many songs but they failed to get his approval. Finally he was given one more day to come up with a film song or be fired from his job. Dejected and feeling down, he went to the roof top of a Lahore building in the evening and laid down on a bed to stare at the night sky above him. At that moment, the words of this highly popular film song were born.][
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Death
Mushir Kazmi died on 8 December 1975 in Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
and was buried at Mominpura Graveyard
The Mominpura Graveyard is a Shia cemetery in Lahore, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest graveyards in Lahore, and contains over 10,000 burials according to its records. Many graves are hundreds of years old. Established by the Qizilbash family, t ...
, Lahore, Pakistan.[
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Popular film songs
References
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1915 births
1975 deaths
People from Ambala
Pakistani male songwriters
Pakistani songwriters
Pakistani poets
Pakistani screenwriters
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