Anwar Farrukhabadi

Anwar Farrukhabadi
Born (1928-07-19)July 19, 1928
Died June 29, 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 82)[1]
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.[2] He is known as a lyricist of Ghazal, songs, poems and Qawaali.

Life

Born on 19 July 1928 in Farrukhabad, Farrukhabadi left for Mumbai in 1945, in search of a better future. He remained there for 40 years and died on 29 June 2011.

Work

He wrote lyrics for the films Al Hilal, MerePiya and Pardesi Sajan.

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. His ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai [3] has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2149357.ece
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. ↑ 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 ..


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