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|birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age |2008|2|19 |1934||df=yes}} <br />
|death_place = Jalandhar, [[Punjab, India]]<br />
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'''Sudarshan Faakir''' (1934 – 19 February 2008), better known by his [[takhallus]] '''Faakir''', was an [[India]]n poet and lyricist.<ref name=rekhta/> His [[ghazal]]s and [[nazm]]s were sung by [[Begum Akhtar]] and [[Jagjit Singh]]. He has his son [[Manav Faakir]] as a Bollywood lyricist.<br />
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==Early life ==<br />
Sudarshan Faakir was born in [[Jalandhar]] in [[British Punjab]] in 1934.<ref name=rekhta>{{cite web|title=Sudarshan Kamra / Faakir|url=https://www.rekhta.org/poets/sudarshan-fakir/profile|website=rekhta.org|publisher=Rekhta|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref> <br />
After completing high school, he moved to Jalandhar and completed B.A. from DAV College. During college, he was very active in dramatics and poetry. As per Ghalib Chhuti Sharaab and an interview given by Sudarshan to Tribune, a failed love affair in Ferozpur made him leave his birthplace forever and caused him to shift his base to Jalandhar where he initially lived as a bachelor in a dingy room. This room was also the meeting place for some of his poet friends. It is said that during this period, he dressed like a Majnu, wandered like a faqir (perhaps the inspiration for his pen name) and got addicted to alcohol. His ghazals and nazms written during this period reflected mostly his anguish in the aftermath of his failed love affair.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kalia|first1=Ravindra|title=Ghalib Chhuti Sharaab|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mujik-magic/NvlKlBBjdxc/QT1QE0gifsgJ|publisher=Vani Prakashan|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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He studied MA in [[political science]] and [[English language|English]] from [[DAV College]], [[Jalandhar]]. Active in dramatics and poetry right from his college days, he directed [[Mohan Rakesh]]’s play "[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]" in his youth.<ref>{{cite news|title=An Interview with Sudarshan Faakir|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/mujik-magic/NvlKlBBjdxc/QT1QE0gifsgJ|accessdate=9 June 2014|publisher=The Tribune (Chandigarh)|date=9 August 2005}}</ref><br />
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He lent his voice to [[All India Radio|AIR]], Jalandhar before he left for Bombay where he later wrote for music director[[Jaidev]]. His song ‘Zindagi, zindagi, mere ghar aana zindagi' from [[Bhim Sen]]’s ‘[[Dooriyan]]’ as well as dialogues for the film ‘Yalgaar’ are popular till date. It is also claimed that the song, "Hum sab Bhartiya hain", which is sung at the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] camps across the country, was penned by him.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}<br />
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==Career==<br />
Faakir belonged to the small and diminishing tribe of non-Muslim Urdu poets from East Punjab. Sudarshan Faakir is the first lyricist to have won a [[Filmfare Award]] for his very first song. Apart from the hits like ''Woh Kagaz Ki Kashti'', he was famous for a religious number - ''Hey Ram... Hey Ram''. He is the Writer of National [[National Cadet Corps (India)|NCC]] Song of India- ''Hum Sab Bhartiya Hain''. Apart from Non-Film Music, Sudarshan Faakir has Penned Songs from various films also.<ref>{{cite book|title=Music, Books on Music, and Sound Recordings, Volume 2|date=30 Jan 2008|publisher=Library of Congress|location=Washington|pages=157, 158|isbn=9780520045026|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQVXAAAAMAAJ&q=sudarshan+faakir+book|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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Sudarshan ‘Faakir’ was the favourite poet of ‘Mallika-e-ghazal’ Begum Akhtar in her last phase, She sang five of his ghazals. He was also the co-traveller of Jagjit Singh, an association that began with ‘Woh kagaz ki kishti, woh barish ka pani’ in 1982.<br />
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A perfectionist to the core, he laboured hard over his poetry. Faakir is perhaps one of the last of the tribe of vanishing poets who lived for poetry and it is noteworthy that he put together his poetry in an anthology and published his first ‘[[Diwan (poetry)|diwan]]’ only after he became a much-celebrated poet.<br />
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Sudarshan died on 18 February 2008, at a hospital in Jalandhar, at the age of 73, after a prolonged illness. He was cremated at Model town.<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|last1=Banerji|first1=Aparna|title=Lyricist Sudarshan Fakir dead|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080220/punjab1.htm|accessdate=9 June 2014|agency=Tribune News Service|work=The Tribune|date=19 February 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jewels of Jalandhar - Sudarshan Fakir|url=http://www.jalandhari.com/Jewels/sudarshan-fakir|website=Jalandhari|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life and death==<br />
Sudarshan was married to Sudesh. The couple have a son.<ref name="tribune" /> He died in Jalandhar on 19 February 2008.<ref name=rekhta/><br />
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== Compositions ==<br />
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# Agar ham kahe aur vo muskuraa<ref name=wisconsin>{{cite web|title=Songs of Sudarshan Faakir|url=http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/lyrics/sudarshan_faakir.html|website=pages.cs.wisc.edu|publisher=Navin - University of Wisconsin|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref><br />
# Gam bade aate hain kaatil kii nigaahon kii tarah<ref name="wisconsin" /><br />
# Mere dukh kii koiii davaa na karo<ref name="wisconsin" /><br />
# Shaayad main zindagii kii sahar leke aa gayaa<ref name="wisconsin" /><br />
# Ye daulat bhi le lo, ye shoharat bhii le lo (used in the 1987 Hindi film Aaj)<ref name="wisconsin" /><br />
# Zindagii zindagii mere ghar aanaa, aanaa zindagi (used in the 1979 Hindi film Dooriyan)<ref name="wisconsin" /><br />
# Ho jaata hai kaise pyaar, na jaane koi (used in the 1992 Hindi film Yalgaar)<ref name=geetmala>{{cite web|title=Songs of Sudarshan Kaafir|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/lyricist/sudarshan_faakir.php|website=Hindi Geet Mala|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=9 June 2014}}</ref><br />
# Bezubaani Zubaan Na Ho Jaaye (non-film)<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Phir Aaj Mujhe Tumko Bas Itna Batana Hai (used in the 1987 Hindi film Aaj)<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Zindagi Men Jab Tumhaare Gam Nahin The (used in the 1979 Hindi film Dooriyan)<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Zindagi tujhko jiya hai koi afsos nahin, zahar khud maine piya hai koi afsos nahin<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Shaayad Main Zindagi Ki Sahar Leke Aa Gayaa<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Patthar ke khuda, patthar ke sanam Apanon Ke Sitam Ham Se Bataae Nahin Jaate<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# Aaj Ke Daur Me Ae Dost Ye Manzar Kyu Hai<ref name="geetmala" /><br />
# "Barsaat Ke Mausam Mein" from Naajayaz[1995]<ref><br />
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{{Citation|last=Tips Official|title=Barsaat Ke Mausam Mein - Naajayaz {{!}} Naseeruddin Shah & Ajay Devgn {{!}} Kumar Sanu & Roop Kumar Rathod|date=2011-07-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE9FCDyOcjM|accessdate=2017-05-20}}</ref><br />
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