Hasrat Jaipuri

Hasrat Jaipuri (April 15, 1922 - September 17, 1999) was a Hindi and Urdu poet and film lyricist.

Initial Days

Hasrat was born Iqbal Husain in Jaipur, where he studied English till medium level, and then acquired his "taalim" in Urdu and Persian from his grandfather, Fida Husain.cite web
title=Hasrat Jaipuri
url=http://www.urdupoetry.com/profile/hjaipuri.html
accessdate=2006-11-19] He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years old. Around same time, he fell in love with a Hindu girl named Radha. He wrote a poem for her, "Yeh mera prem patra padh kar, ke tum naaraaz na hona". Later, the poem was used as a song in Raj Kapoor's film, "Sangam" (1964).

Career in Bollywood

In 1940, Hasrat came to Bombay (now Mumbai), and worked as a bus conductor, earning a monthly salary of eleven rupees. [cite web
title=Hasrat Jaipuri
url=http://www.hindilyrix.com/lyricists/lyricist-hasrat-jaipuri.html
accessdate=2006-11-19] He used to participate in mushairas. At a "mushaira", Prithviraj Kapoor noticed Hasrat and recommended him to his son, Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was planning a musical love story, "Barsaat" (1951) with Shankar-Jaikishan. Hasrat wrote his first recorded song, "Jiya Beqaraar Hai" for the film. His second song (and first duet) was "Chhod Gaye Baalam".

Along with Shailendra, Hasrat wrote lyrics for all Raj Kapoor films till 1971. But after the death of Jaikishan, and failures of "Mera Naam Joker" and "Kal Aaj Aur Kal", Raj Kapoor turned to other lyricists and music directors. Kapoor initially wanted to call him back for "Prem Rog", but later settled for another lyricist, Amir Qazalbash. Kapoor finally asked him to write lyrics for the film, "Ram Teri Ganga Maili". Later, he also invited him to write three songs for the movie "Henna". Hasrat alleges that after Raj Kapoor's death, the music composer Ravindra Jain "conspired" to "scrap" his lyrics and replace them with his own lyrics.

When fellow lyricist Shailendra turned producer with "Teesri Kasam", he invited Hasrat to write lyrics for the movie. He also wrote screenplay for the movie "Hulchul" (1951). His last film as a lyricist was "Hatya: The Murder" (2004).

ome of His Famous Songs

* "Zindagi ek safar hai suhana" (Andaz)
* "Teri pyari pyari soorat ko" (Sasural)
* '"Pankh hote to ud aati re" (Sehra)
* "Tere khayalon meinhum" (Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne)
* "Ehsan tera hoga mujh par" (Junglee)
* "Tum mujhe yoon bhula na paaoge" (Pagla Kahin Ka)
* "Sayonara sayonara" (Love In Tokyo)
* "Aao twist karen" (Bhoot Bangla)
* "Ajhoon na aaye baalma" (Sanjh Aur Savera)
* "Duniya bananewale" (Teesri Kasam)
* "Sun Sahiba Sun" (Ram Teri Ganga Maili)
* "Unke Khayal Aaye To" (Lal Patthar)

Poetry

Hasrat has written several books of poetry, in Hindi and Urdu. He once said, "Hindi and Urdu are like two great and inseparable sisters".

Personal life

Hasrat Jaipuri invested his earnings in property, on his wife's advice. Thanks to earnings from these properties, his financial condition was sound, and therefore he was not much active as a lyricist. He was survived by two sons and a daughter.

Awards

* Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 1972 for "Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana" ("Andaz")
* Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 1966 for "Baharon Phool Barsao" ("Suraj")
* Josh Malihabadi Award, from Urdu Conference
* Dr. Ambedkar Award, for "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya" ("Mere Huzoor"), a Brajbhasha song

Hasrat was also awarded a doctorate from the World University Round Table.

References

External links

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* [http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/lyrics/hasrat_jaipuri.html Songs of Hasrat Jaipuri]
* [http://www.urdupoetry.com/hjaipuri.html Ghazals and nazms by Hasrat Jaipuri]