An Indian communication agency has calligraphed Sahir’s kalaam on its walls; a company’s promoter has printed eight personal visiting cards across colours, each bottomlined with successive lines from ...

Yearning and love have long been poetry’s most enduring subjects, often finding their deepest resonance in what remains ...

Sahir Ludhianvi, the stalwart poet-lyricist, whose work in Hindi films and outside of it dazzled the world of Urdu/Hindi poetry, had passed away on October 25, 1980 in Mumbai. A day ahead of his 43rd ...

Sahir Ludhianvi’s hardhitting lucid words on the status accorded to women in our society rings true to this Women's Day. When Asha Bhosle and Mukesh sang Sahir Ludhianvi’s “Woh subah kabhi toh aayegi” ...

The poetry of Sahir Ludhianvi was deeply empathetic to women, and yet, Ludhianvi remained single and, as they say, unfulfilled throughout his life. His early poetry spoke of unrequited love, never ...

The climax of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa (1957) features the piece de resistance song of the film, Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaaye Toh Kya Hai. Filmed on the poet character Vijay (Guru Dutt), the song laments ...

Shah Rukh Khan To Play Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Sahir Ludhianvi Biopic? (Photo Credit –Shah Rukh Khan/Facebook/Sanjay Leela Bhansali/wikipedia/Sahir Ludhianvi/Imdb) Sahir Ludhianvi’s biopic has been ...

While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta ...

Before Sahir Ludhianvi used it as inspiration, the original poem was penned by Sufi poet Ameer Bakhsh Sabri and composed by ...

While Sahir Ludhianvi, the poet, was known for his poetry driven by pain, the lyricist Sahir has written romantic and fun songs that people sing even today Sahir Ludhianvi was known for his sad poetry ...

Sahir Ludhianvi is the pen name of Abdul Hayee, an Indian poet and film lyricist from Ludhiana known for his famed lyrics, ‘Janey kya tune kahi’, sung by Geeta Dutt and ‘Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye ...