What is the lyricist of "Ghar Ka Chirag" remembered as?
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Ghar Ka Chiraag (1967 film) Ghar Ka Chirag (The Lamp That Lights The Home) is a 1967 Hindi social family melodrama film of Indian cinema. It was produced and directed by Jagdev Bhambri, who also wrote the screenplay. The lyricist was Kaifi Azmi, with music composed by Madan Mohan. The ensemble cast included Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman, Biswajit, Balraj Sahni, Indrani Mukherjee and Abhi Bhattacharya.
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Kaifi Azmi Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, known as Kaifi Azmi (14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jon Elia and others he participated in the most memorable mushairas of the twentieth century.
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Kaak (cartoonist) Harish Chandra Shukla (born 1940), pen name Kaak, is an Indian cartoonist who works in the Hindi language. He is the foremost Hindi cartoonist, having worked with leading newspapers such as "Jansatta", "Navbharat Times", "Dainik Jagran", "Rajasthan Patrika", and a few others, in a career spanning several decades. 'Kaak' means crow (in Hindi), which according to a Hindi proverb, is the bird that raises its raucous voice when someone tells a lie.
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Vinayakrao Patwardhan Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan (Marathi: विनायक नारायण पटवर्धन ) (22 July 1898 – 23 August 1975), also known as Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan and Patwardhanbuwa, is an Indian vocalist of Gwaliar-genre of Hindustani classical music.
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Amir Khan (singer) Ustad Amir Khan (Hindi: अमीर ख़ान , ] ); 15 August 1912 – 13 February 1974) was a well-known Indian classical vocalist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hindustani classical music, and the founder of the Indore Gharana.
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Gangadhar V. Chittal Gangadhar Vithoba Chittal (1923–1987) was a Kannada poet and recipient of Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. He was the elder brother of Kannada writer Yashwant Vithoba Chittal.He held several administrative positions for the Government of India and audited several Indian Embassies and Consulates. During the Quit India struggle (1942), Chittal amongst several others was debarred from his college due to his participation in the Quit India movement.
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Ram Singh Thakuri Captain Ram Singh Thakuri (Nepali: कप्तान राम सिहँ ठकुरी 15 August 1914 – 15 April 2002) was an Indian Gorkha freedom fighter, musician and composer. He composed, while serving in the Indian National Army a number of patriotic songs including "Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja" and "Subh Sukh Chain".
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G. A. Kulkarni G. A. Kulkarni or simply "GA" ( 10 July 1923 - 11 December 1987 ) (Marathi: जी. ए. कुलकर्णी, "जीए"), was a legendary Sahitya Akademi Award winner Marathi writer of short stories.
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C. R. Vyas Chintaman Raghunath Vyas (Marathi: चिंतामण रघुनाथ व्यास ; 9 November 1924 – 10 January 2002), popularly known as C. R. Vyas, was an Indian classical singer. He was renowned for singing khyal style.
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K. C. Dey Krishna Chandra Dey (Bengali: কৃষ্ণ চন্দ্র দে ) (1893–1962), better known as K.C. Dey, was a Bengali actor, singer, music composer and teacher born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He was S.D. Burman's first musical teacher and mentor. In 1906, at the age of thirteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind. He worked for various theatre groups and finally went on to work for New Theatres in Kolkata until 1940. He is best remembered for his Kirtan songs. K.C. Dey recorded around 600 songs, mostly in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujurati and 8 Naats (Muslim religious songs).
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Krishan Mohan Krishan Mohan (November 28, 1922 – 2004) (Urdu:کرشن موہن) was an Urdu poet who gained prominence after India gained independence from the British Raj.
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Jagjit Kaur Jagjit Kaur is an Indian Hindi/Urdu singer and the spouse of the music director, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam. She sang fewer songs for films than her contemporaries like Lata and Asha, yet all of her songs have been described as memorable masterpieces.
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Mushtaq Hussain Khan Mushtaq Hussain Khan (1878–1964), popularly known as Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan, was an Hindustani Classical Music vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
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Gyan Dutt Gyan Dutt was one of the most prominent music directors in Bollywood in the 1940s. He was music director for films such as "Thokar" (1939), "Achhut" (1940), "Bhakta Surdas" (1942), "Sunehre Din" (1949) and "Ghayal" (1951). Many of his songs were sung by K. L. Saigal. In 1948 he composed seven songs for a young Geeta Dutt in the films "Chanda Ki Chandani" and "Hua Savera", although their most notable collaboration was "Dilruba" (1950) in which Dutt wrote eight songs, six of which were solos for Geeta Dutt.
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Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011), was an iconic Indian Ghazal singer, composer and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s. Their combination album comprising music from the films, "Arth" and "Saath Saath" is the HMV's largest selling combination album of all time. "Sajda (An Offering, 1991)", Jagjit Singh's magnum opus double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category. He sang in numerous languages. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003. In February 2014, Government of India released a postal stamp in his honour.
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Ali Sardar Jafri Ali Sardar Jafri (29 November 1913 – 1 August 2000) was a prolific and versatile Urdu writer from India. He was also a poet, critic and film lyricist.
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Jagmohan Kaur Jagmohan Kaur (16 April 1948–6 December 1997) was a Punjabi singer. She is known for her songs like "Bapu Ve Add Hunni Ain", "Ghara Wajjda, Gharoli Wajjdi". She also sang duets with her husband, singer K. Deep, and the duo is well known for their comedy characters "Mai Mohno" and "Posti". "Poodna" is another notable song by the duo. She acted in a Punjabi film "Daaj" and also sang as playback singer for many others, including "Sukhi Parwar" and "Do Jattiyan".
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Kaviraj (lyricist) Kaviraj () is an Indian lyricist, writer and film director. He is best known for writing lyrics for Kannada films since his debut in 2003 for the film "Kariya". He has written lyrics for over 1000 feature film songs and has won many awards including Filmfare Awards South and Suvarna Film Awards. He is considered one of the top lyricists of Kannada cinema in the present times.
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Tufail Niazi Tufail Niazi (Urdu: طفیل نیازی‎ ) (1916 – 21 September 1990) was a Pakistani folk singer whose songs include "Saada Chirryan Da Chamba Ae," "Akhiyaan Lagiyaan Jawaab Na Daindian," "Layee Beqadran Naal Yaari, Tay Tut Gai Tarak Karkey" and "Mein Nai Jana Kheriyan De Naal." He used to perform regularly on Pakistan Television (PTV) and Radio Pakistan.
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Gurmel Singh Dhillon Gurmel Singh Dhillon, also spelled Gurmail, was a noted Panjabi songwriter. As was the trend then, he wrote mostly duets. While many of the then well-known Panjabi singers sang his songs, the Muhammad Sadiq-Ranjit Kaur duo sung the most number of his songs.
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Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair (1 August 1929 – 10 January 1994) was a Malayalam lyricist from Kerala. He also served as a lecturer in Madras Presidency College. He penned the lyrics for around 30 Malayalam movies.
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Gopal Singh Nepali Gopal Singh Nepali (Nepali: गोपाल सिँह नेपाली ) (1902– 17 April1963) was an eminent Bihari Indian poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963. He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including ""Umang"" (published in 1933). He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, "Ratlam Times", "Chitrapat", "Sudha", and "Yogi".