S. H. Bihari

Shamshul Huda Bihari (S. H. Bihari) was a songwriter and poet whose work was widely recorded and used in Bollywood movies during the latter half of the 20th century.

Biographical Note

S.H. Bihari was born in the district of Ara in the East Indian state of Bihar and died on 25 Feb 1987. He wrote love poems and songs in Urdu and Hindi, though he was fluent in Bengali as well. His brother Huda Bihari was a director and producer.

In 1947, he moved to Bombay from Calcutta, where he'd been living and studying. For the rest of his life, he wrote songs for the commercial Hindi/Urdu film industry. In the late fifties and sixties, the product of his partnership with composer O.P. Nayyar and the singer Asha Bhosle was very popular. With the decline in romantic movies during the Amitabh era in the seventies, his recorded work was limited. He enjoyed a brief resurgence during the 1980s with songs for movies like Pyar Jhukta Nahin and Love 86, but this was cut short by his death.

Most Popular Songs

* dekho woh chaand chhupke karta hai kya ishaare (Shart, 1953) ("See the gestures the moon makes after hiding")
* na yeh chaand hoga na taare rahenge magar ham hamesha tumhaare rahenge (Shart, 1953) ("Neither will the moon, nor the stars stay, but I will always be yours")
* yeh hansta hua karvaan zindagi ka na poochho chala hai kidhar (Ek Jhalak, 1956) ("Don't ask where this laughing journey of life may go")
* bahut shukriya badi mehrbaani meri zindagi mein huzoor aap aaye (Ek Musafir Ek Hasina, 1962) ("Thank you very much and accept my gratitude that you came into my life")
* taarif karoon kya uski jisne tujhe banaya (Kashmir Ki Kali, 1964) ("How do I praise the One that made you")
* zara haule haule chalo more saajna ham bhi peechhe hain tumhaare (Sawan Ki Ghata, 1966) ("Walk a little slower my love for I am behind you as well")
* yehi woh jagah hai yehi woh fiza hai jahaan par (Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi, 1966) ("This is the place this is the atmosphere in the world")
* kajra mohabbatwaala ankhiyon mein aisa daala kajre ne le lee meri jaan (Kismat, 1968) ("The kohl of love put thus in my eyes the kohl will take my life")

External links

* [http://www.shbihari.com/ shbihari.com] contains a more complete listing of his songs