• Jan Nisar Akhtar (18 February 1914 – 19 August 1976) was an Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who...
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    screenwriting duo, Angry Young Men. Javed Akhtar was born in 1947 in Gwalior. His father Jan Nisar Akhtar was a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet...
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    Khairabadi, granddaughter of poet Jan Nisar Akhtar, niece of Daisy Irani, and cousin of directors Farah Khan and Sajid Khan. Akhtar grew up in an atheist environment...
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    the grandson of Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar and great-grandson of Urdu poet Muztar Khairabadi. On his mother's side, Akhtar is the nephew of the child...
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  • was given by O. P. Nayyar and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri and Jan Nisar Akhtar. It was Waheeda Rehman's screen debut in Hindi films, and future directors...
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    lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar and grandfather of Javed Akhtar and Salman Akhtar. His great grandchildren include Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, and Kabir Akhtar. According...
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  • a special appearance. The film has music by Jaidev with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar and Padma Sachdev, and is remembered for its melodies, including Lata...
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  • Philadelphia. Salman Akhtar was born in Khairabad, Uttar Pradesh to Jan Nisar Akhtar, a Bollywood film songwriter and Urdu poet, and Safia Akhtar, a teacher and...
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  • Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet Jan Fishan Khan, Afghan warlord Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader Jan Mohammed...
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  • Puri and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Khayyam and the lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar. The film was a "Super-Hit" and the seventh highest-grossing film at...
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  • Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar are their children. Farah Khan and Sajid Khan are Honey Irani's niece and nephew, and hence Farhan and Zoya Akhtar's maternal...
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  • Shivdasani as Rai Bahadur Himmatchand The music was scored by G.S.Kohli . Lyrics were written by Jan Nisar Akhtar and Anjaan (lyricist) Mr. India at IMDb v t e...
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  • Hameed Akhtar as the secretary-general of the association. Prominent members of the movement have included: Mirza Adeeb Hameed Akhtar Jan Nisar Akhtar Ahmed...
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  • screenwriter Farhan Akhtar (born 1974), Indian film director Gulraiz Akhtar (1943-2021), Pakistani field hockey player Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914-1976), Indian...
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    Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 – 9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm...
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  • writer in Kannada Hassan Nisar, Pakistani columnist and analyst Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet and Bollywood lyricist Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistani politician...
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    Iftikar Hussain Akhtar, Indian Urdu poet from Gwalior Javed Akhtar, poet, lyricist and writer, born and brought up in Gwalior Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet...
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  • Patras Bokhari, Saadat Hasan Manto, Kaifi Azmi, Krishan Chander and Jan Nisar Akhtar. Pride of Performance Award in 2010 by the President of Pakistan Aashnaayian...
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  • received a Filmfare nomination for Best Music Director. Lyrics were by Jan Nisar Akhtar and two songs picturized on Dharmendra as Yakut Jamaluddin, Abyssinian...
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  • the film was composed by O. P. Nayyar, with the lyrics written by Jan Nisar Akhtar. Baap Re Baap, a musical comedy, was a great success and brought a...
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  • film's score was composed by C. Ramchandra, with lyrics provided by Jan Nisar Akhtar. The story is about Ahmad, who is in love with Yasmin. A powerful and...
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  • Lyrics were by Hasrat Jaipuri, Qamar Jalalabadi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan & Jan Nisar Akhtar. Widower Amar (Kumar) leads a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay along...
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    Safia and Hamida. Safia was the wife of poet Jan Nisar Akhtar. Thus, Majaz was the maternal uncle of Javed Akhtar. Majaz suffered from a hearing impairment...
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  • first cousin of film directors Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar. He is also the grandson of Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar, and the great-great-great-grandson...
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  • Akhtar Husain (1912-1992, Urdu: اختر حسین) also known as Dr Akhtar Husain Raipuri was a Pakistani scholar, journalist and lexicographer. He is also the...
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  • ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Grewal, Kairvy (18 February 2020). "Jan Nisar Akhtar — Bollywood lyricist who was 'poet in a real sense'". ThePrint. Retrieved...
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    Kaifi Azmi (category Akhtar-Azmi family)
    Roy strove to create the "New Cinema", writers like Sahir Ludhianvi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Majrooh Sultanpuri, and Kaifi changed the tenor and vocabulary of...
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    backdrop. Many eminent Urdu poets such as Kaifi Azmi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Gulzar, and Javed Akhtar have been residents of Mumbai. Maharashtra is a prominent...
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    organized Mehfils, inviting artists and poets such as Jagjit Singh and Jan Nisar Akhtar. This greatly influenced him to learn music from an early age. Aziz...
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    "Naya Daur". Nayyar also worked with developing lyricists such as Jan Nisar Akhtar, Qamar Jalalabadi, S. H. Bihari and Ahmed Wasi. He began the tradition...
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