Badaun
Budaun is commonly pronounced Badayun is a city and a seat of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located near the Ganges river in the centre of Western Uttar Pradesh. Budaun was the capital of Delhi Sultanate for four years from 1210 C ...
, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadiri, wanted him to have a successful career, thus he arranged
Arabic
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Hindi
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tuition for Shakeel at home. His inclination towards poetry was not hereditary like other . One of his distant relatives, Zia-ul-Qadiri Badayuni, was a religious . Shakeel Masoodi was influenced by him and the contemporary environment of Badayun led him to poetry.
When he joined
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...
in 1936, he started participating in inter-college, inter-university '' mushairas'' and won frequently. In 1940, he married Salma, who was his distant relative and had been living in a common house with him since childhood, however, the '' purdah'' system was vogue in their family and they were not close. After completing his BA, he moved to
Delhi
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as a supply officer, but continued participating in ''mushairas'', earning fame nationwide. Those were the days of who wrote about the downtrodden sections of society, their upliftment, the betterment of society and all. But Shakeel had an altogether different taste – his poetry was romantic and close to the heart. Shakeel used to say:
:''Main Shakeel Dil Ka Hoon Tarjuman''
:''Keh Mohabbaton Ka Hoon Raazdaan''
:''Mujhe Fakhr Hai Meri Shayari''
:''Meri Zindagi Se Juda Nahin''
During his Aligarh days, Badauni also started learning Urdu poetry formally from Hakim Abdul Waheed 'Ashk' Bijnori.
Career
Shakeel moved to
Bombay
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in 1944, to write songs for films. He met film producer,
A.R. Kardar
Abdur Rashid Kardar (1904–1989) was an Indian film actor, director and producer. He is credited with establishing the film industry in the Bhati Gate locality of Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan).Naushad Ali, who asked him to sum up his poetic skills in one line. Shakeel wrote, ''Hum Dard Ka Afsana Duniya Ko Suna Denge, Har Dil Main Mohabbat Ki Ek Aag Laga Dengey''. Naushad immediately retained him for Kardar's film, ''Dard'' (1947). The songs of ''Dard'' proved to be very successful, especially
Uma Devi
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Together, he and Naushad became one of the most sought after composer/lyricist duos in the industry. Among the scores they churned out together, are those of " Deedar" (1951), '' Baiju Bawra'' (1952), '' Mother India'' (1957), and '' Mughal-e-Azam'' (1960), that stand out. Other films they scored together include '' Dulari'' (1949), '' Shabab'' (1954), '' Ganga Jamuna'' (1961), and '' Mere Mehboob'' (1963). Although Shakeel Badayuni worked most extensively with Naushad, he also collaborated with Ravi and Hemant Kumar as well. His lyrics for the song ''Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin'' and Ravi's music score both won
Filmfare Award
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s for the hit film '' Gharana''. His other notable film with Ravi is ''
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'' () is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language Muslim social film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. This film was a super-hit at box-office, and became one of the top-grossing films of 1960. A production of Guru Dutt, the film centers on a ...
'' (1960), while ''
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
''Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'' () is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language drama film that was directed by Abrar Alvi and produced by Guru Dutt, who also co-stars in it alongside Meena Kumari, Rehman, and Waheeda Rehman. The film, which is based on Bimal M ...
'' (1962) is his biggest hit with Hemant Kumar. The title song from ''Chaudhvin Ka Chand'', rendered by
Mohammed Rafi
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, won Badayuni the
Filmfare Award
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for Best Lyricist in 1961.
Shakeel penned numbers for around 89 films. In addition, he wrote many popular ''ghazals'' sung by Begum Akhtar, and which are still sung by vocalists like Pankaj Udhas and others.
The Indian government had honoured him with the title ''Geet Kar-e-Azam''.
;Association with Naushad
Shakeel shared a close friendship with Naushad, Ravi and Naushad's former assistant, Ghulam Mohammed, with whom he enjoyed his life to the fullest. Naushad used Shakeel as the lyricist for his tunes for most of his films for a period of 24 years. Baiju Bawra, which was a milestone in both of their careers, was supposed to go to Kavi
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* Kavi Pradeep
* Vidya Pradeep
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.
Vijay Bhatt
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, the director of the movie was insistent on using Kavi Pradeep as lyricist, since the film was supposed to have many devotional songs. Naushad requested Vijay Bhatt to hear the lyrics written by Shakeel. Vijay Bhatt agreed.
When Shakeel Badayuni was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was put up in a sanatorium in Panchgani for treatment. Naushad knowing that his financial condition was not well, took 3 films to him, getting the lyrics written in the sanatorium, and got him a payment of nearly 10 times more than his normal fees.
;Association with Ravi
Shakeel also wrote a substantial chunk of his songs for music director Ravi Sharma. Prominent amongst those were Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Gharana (1961), Ghunghat, ''
Grahasti
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Phool Aur Patthar
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and Do Badan (both released in 1966).
;Association with Hemant Kumar
Shakeel wrote for Hemant Kumar for movies like Bees Saal Baad (1962), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Bin Badal Barsaat.
;Association with S.D. Burman
Shakeel penned lyrics for the tunes of S.D. Burman for movies Kaise Kahoon & Benazir.
;Others
C.Ramachandra – Zindagi Aur Maut, Wahan Ke Log.
Roshan – Bedaag, Noorjahan.
Personal life
Shakeel Badayuni succumbed to diabetes complications at the age of fifty-three, on 20 April 1970, at Bombay Hospital leaving behind his wife, two sons and two daughters. One daughter, Najma, died soon afterwards, while still a college student. His elder son Javed and grandson Zeeshan work in the travel and tourism industry. His other son's name is Tariq. Shakeel's friends Ahmed Zakaria and Rangoonwala formed a trust called ''Yaad-e-Shakeel'' after his death and this trust became the source of some income to his bereaved family.
Shakeel loved to play badminton, go on picnics and hunting trips and fly kites with his friends from the industry, Naushad and
Mohammed Rafi
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. Sometimes Johnny Walker would join them in kite-flying competitions.
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, writers
Wajahat Mirza
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, Khumar Barabankvi and Azm Bazidpuri were among Shakeel's other close friends within the industry.
His 20 best songs
Badayuni penned several memorable songs in his career. Some of his popular works include the musical '' Baiju Bawra'' (1952), historical epic '' Mughal-e-Azam'' (1960) and social ''
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
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Dil Diya Dard Liya
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Gehra Daag
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Chaudhvin Ka Chand
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