Anwar Farrukhabadi

Anwar Farrukhabadi
Born(1928-07-19)19 July 1928[1]
Died29 June 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 82)[1]
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.[2] 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.

Farrukhabadi died in Farrukhabad on 29 June 2011.[3]

Filmography

Caption text
Year[4] Title Credited as
1982 Dil Hi Dil Mein Lyricist
1963 Holiday in Bombay Lyricist
1961 Room No.17 Lyricist
1959 Bank Manager Lyricist

References

  1. ^ a b "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead".
  2. ^ "MODERN". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead". news.rediff.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Anwar Farrukhabadi". IMDb.