Anwar Farrukhabadi

Anwar Farrukhabadi
Born(1928-07-19)19 July 1928[1]
Died29 June 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 82)[1]
Pen nameFana
OccupationSufi 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.

Work

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[3] has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.

Farrukhabadi died in Farrukhabad on 29 June 2011.[4]

Filmography

Caption text
Year[5] Title Credited as
1982 Dil Hi Dil Mein Lyricist
1963 Holiday in Bombay Lyricist
1961 Room No.17 Lyricist
1959 Bank Manager Lyricist

References

  1. ^ a b "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead".
  2. ^ "MODERN". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  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 ..
  4. ^ "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead". news.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Anwar Farrukhabadi". IMDb.


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