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Anwar Farrukhabadi
Born(1928-07-19)19 July 1928
Died29 June 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 82)
Pen nameFana
OccupationSufi poet

Anwar Farrukhabadi (Urdu: انور فرخ آبادی; Hindi: अनवर फर्रुखाबाद), also known as "Fana (فنا)", was a Sufi poet from Farrukhabad district in India. He is known as a lyricist of Ghazal, songs, poems and Qawaali.

Work

He also wrote Marsiya (مرثیہ ) and Mashhoor Daastan Hai Shahadat Hussain Ki (مشہور داساتاں ہے شہادت حسینؑ کی ), sung by Shamshad Begum and Yusuf Ad. His ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.

Farrukhabadi died in Farrukhabad on 29 June 2011.

Filmography

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Year Title Credited as
1982 Dil Hi Dil Mein Lyricist
1963 Holiday in Bombay Lyricist
1961 Room No.17 Lyricist
1959 Bank Manager Lyricist

References

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  2. "MODERN". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. Chaturvedi, Vinita (17 February 2018). "Tejaswini Pandit has become a shayara". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 8 August 2018. These lines do remind you of Sufi poet Anwar Farrukhabadi's famous ghazal… 'Yeh jo halka halka suroor hai, sab teri nazar ka kusoor hai ..
  4. "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead". news.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "Anwar Farrukhabadi". IMDb.


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