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Memories of the people’s poet

By: Eastern Eye Staff

HOW LYRICAL LEGEND SAHIR LUDHIANVI CAST SPELL ON CINEMA WITH HIS MAGICAL WORDS by ASJAD NAZIR BIG musical numbers have given Bollywood a unique identity. Although legendary singers and producers have gained iconic status for delivering superb songs across the generations, the lyricists played a key role and Sahir Ludhianvi is regarded by most as the greatest in Indian cinema’s history. Born on March 8 in 1921, the man affectionately known as the people’s poet rose from an impoverished childhood and left an incredible body of work before his premature death on October 25, 1980. Such was his stature that…

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