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Majrooh Sultanpuri (October 1, 1919
- May 24, 2000), was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter. He ruled Indian
Cinema in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Majrooh Sultanpuri was born as Asrar Hussain Khan in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh on
October 1, 1919. Since his father was a police sub-inspector, he couldn't afford
the expensive English education for his son. Majrooh instead completed the seven
year course of Dars-e-Nizami in Arabic and Persian and went on to take the
degree of becoming an Alim. He then joined Lucknow's Takmeel-ut-Tib College of
the Unani System of Medicine. He was an established Hakim when he happened to
recite one of his ghazals at a mushaira in Sultanpur. The ghazal became famous
with the audience and Majrooh saw his calling. He dropped his properous medical
practice and began writing poetry seriously. Soon he became a fixture at
mushairas and became great friends with the renowned Urdu poet, Jigar Moradabadi.
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