Majrooh Sultanpuri

Majrooh Sultanpuri (Hindi: मजरूह सुल्तानपुरी; Urdu: اسرار الحسن خان مجروع سلطانپوری; 1919 - 24 May 2000), was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter. He was one of the dominating musical forces in Indian Cinema in the 1950s and early 1960s and was an important figure in the Progressive Writers' Movement., Screen .

In his career spanning six decades, he worked with music directors, from O.P.Nayyar, Usha Khanna, Laxmikant Pyarelal, R.D.Burman, Rajesh Roshan, Anand-Milind and Jatin-Lalit, to Leslie Lezz Lewis and AR Rahman. He won the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award in 1965 for "Chahunga Main Tujhe" in film Dosti, and the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement in 1993.

Early life

Majrooh Sultanpuri was born as Asrar ul Hassan Khan in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh Since his father was a police sub-inspector, he couldn't afford the expensive education for his son. Majrooh instead completed the seven year course of in and and went on to take the degree of becoming an ''''. He then joined 's Takmeel-ut-Tib College...
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