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Jan Nisar was commissioned by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru to collate the best Hindustani poetry of last 300 years, and later the first edition of the book titled Hindustan Hamara (Our Hindustan) in two volumes was released by Indira Gandhi. It contained Urdu verses on a topics, ranging from love and praise for India and its history, to festivals like Holi and Diwali, on Indian rivers like the Ganges, Yamuna and the Himalayas.
Jan Nisar Akhtar collection of poetry, ghazal, Nazm in Urdu, Hindi & English. Read more about Jan Nisar Akhtar and access their famous audio, video, and ebooks.”.
Seven collections of his poetry have been published. Akhtar lived in Bombay and wrote songs for movies. He passed away on August 18, 1976 in Mumbai, following a heart attack. In recognition of his poetical accomplishments, he received many awards like M.P. Sahitya Akademi, Soviet Land Nehru Award, etc.
During the period of four year to his death he published three collections of his works most important of them being, Khak-e-Dil (The Ashes of Heart"), which has his representative poems from 1935 to 1970, and which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (Urdu) in 1976.
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Jan Nisar passed his matriculation from Victoria Collegiate High School, Gwalior, and in 1930 joined Aligarh Muslim University, from where he gained his B.A. Honours and M.A. degrees. He started his doctoral work, but had to return to Gwalior due to family conditions.
On his return, he joined Victoria College, Gwalior, as an Urdu Lecturer.[citation needed] Meanwhile, in 1943, he married Safiya Siraj-ul Haq, also an alumnus of AMU, and the sister of poet Majaz Luckknawi, their two sons, Javed and Salman were born in 1945 and 1946 respectively. Post-independence riots in Gwalior forced him to shift base to Bhopal,...
In 1943, he married Safia, sister of the poet Majaz. Safia worked as a school teacher at an Urdu-medium madarsa (Muslim school). She was meeting a practical necessity, to work outside her home, because Jan Nisar's income was at best sporadic, and it was necessary for her to work to support her children. Thus, when Jan Nisar moved to Mumbai to try h...
Lyricist
1. Baap Re Baap(1955) 2. Yasmin(1955) 3. CID(1956) 4. Naya_Andaz(1956) 5. Black Cat(1956) 6. Rustom Sohrab(1963) 7. Prem Parvat(1974) 8. Shankar Hussain(1977) 9. Noorie(1979) 10. Razia Sultan(1983)
Producer
1. Bahu Begum(1967)
Khamosh AwazKhak-e-dil, Publisher: Nagara Tabaat, 1973.Hindustan Hamara, Volume 1 & 2. 1965, 1974.Pichhle Peher.Jan Nisar Akhtarby Kishwar Sultan. Publisher: Nasim Book Depot, 1977.Intikhab-i Kalam: Majaz, Jazbi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, by Majaz. Sahitya Akademi Publications. ISBN 81-260-0165-8.Tumhare Naam. Rajkamal Publications, 2004.Exclusive innings, Biography at ScreenJan Nisar Akhtar on IMDbFeb 18, 2023 · For a poet who was part of the Progressive Writers’ Movement, Jan Nisar Akhtar’s lyrics for Hindi film songs were delicately shaded with the disparate colours of romance, writes Anuradha Warrier.
His poetry works include Nazr-e-Butaan, Salaasil, Javidaan, Pichali Pehar, Ghar Angan and Khaak-e-dil. The latter ("The Ashes of Heart") was a poetry collection for which he was awarded in the year 1976, Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu language by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters. Early life of Jan Nisar Akhtar.
