Jan Nisar Akhtar

Birth : 1914-02-18, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Death : 1976-08-19

History

Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood

Profile

Movies

Prem Parbat

Lyricist

Tells a heart-rending saga of an orphan girl, whose body and soul are divided between her aged husband and a young forest officer she had fallen in love with. Being the wife of the old Choudhari has she any right to expect love from another man forms the crux of the story.