Majrooh Sultanpuri

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Majrooh Sultanpuri was a celebrated Indian Urdu poet and prolific film lyricist whose songs became classics of Hindi cinema from the 1940s onward.

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instanceOf Indian Urdu poet
film lyricist
person
activeFrom 1940s
activeIn Hindi film industry NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Majrooh NERFINISHED
awardReceived Dadasaheb Phalke Award NERFINISHED
basedIn Mumbai NERFINISHED
birthName Asrar ul Hassan Khan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1919
dateOfDeath 1999
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Indian Muslim
familyName Khan NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Urdu poetry
film lyrics
genre Ghazal
film song
givenName Asrar NERFINISHED
hasOccupation screen lyricist
influenced Hindi film music
Urdu popular poetry
language Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
movement Progressive Writers' Movement NERFINISHED
name Majrooh Sultanpuri NERFINISHED
nationality Indian
notableFor lyrics for Hindi cinema songs
notablePeriod 1940s to 1990s
notableWork classic Hindi film songs from the 1940s onward
occupation lyricist
poet
songwriter
placeOfBirth Sultanpur NERFINISHED
United Provinces of British India NERFINISHED
present-day Uttar Pradesh, India
placeOfDeath India
Maharashtra NERFINISHED
Mumbai NERFINISHED
pseudonym Majrooh Sultanpuri NERFINISHED
religion Islam
style progressive poetry
romantic poetry
workedIn Bollywood NERFINISHED
writingSystem Urdu script
wroteFor Hindi films

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