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Anwar Farrukhabadi
Anwar Farrukhabadi | |
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| Born | July 19, 1928[1] |
| Died | June 29, 2011 (aged 82)[2] |
| Pen name | Fana |
| Occupation | Sufi poet |
Anwar Farrukhabadi (Urdu: انور فرخ آبادی; Hindi: अनवर फर्रुखाबाद), also known as "Fana (فنا)", was a Sufi poet from Farrukhabad district in India.[3] He is known as a lyricist of Ghazal, songs, poems and Qawaali.
Work[edit]
He also wrote Marsiya (مرثیہ ) and Mashhoor Daastan Hai Shahadat Hussain Ki (مشہور داساتاں ہے شہادت حسینؑ کی ), sung by Shamshad Begum and Yusuf Ad.[citation needed] His ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai [4] has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.
The poet died in Farrukhabad on June 29, 2011.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2011/jun/30/yesteryear-lyricist-anwar-farrukhabadi-is-dead/e019fa3b439bc25d5627f3f57e11e503
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2149357.ece
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Chaturvedi, Vinita (17 February 2018). "Tejaswini Pandit has become a shayara". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
These lines do remind you of Sufi poet Anwar Farrukhabadi's famous ghazal… 'Yeh jo halka halka suroor hai, sab teri nazar ka kusoor hai ..
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead". news.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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