Tanvir Naqvi

Tanvir Naqvi (born Syed Khursheed Ali; 16 February 1919 – 1 November 1972), also spelled Tanveer Naqvi, was a Pakistani lyricist and poet. He wrote lyrics for 200 uncertain films, including Lollywood and Bollywood.[1] He made his debut in Indian cinema with Swami film directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar[2], and later remained active in Pakistani film industry for over fifteen years.[3] He earned recognition after writing "Aawaz De Kaha Hai" song for Anmol Ghadi film.

Tanvir Naqvi
Syed Khursheed Ali a.k.a. Tanvir Naqvi
Native name	تنویر نقوی
Born	Syed Khursheed Ali (1919-02-16)February 16, 1919 Lahore, British India
Died	November 1, 1972(1972-11-01) (aged 53) Lahore, Pakistan
Pen name	Tanvir Naqvi
Occupation	Lyricist, Poet
Language	Urdu, Punjabi
Nationality	Pakistani
Genres	Gazal, Nazm
Spouse	Eidan Bai
Musical career
Origin	Iran
Occupation(s)	Songwriter
Years active	1946–1972
Associated acts	Bollywood Lollywood

He was born in Lahore, British India (in modern-day Lahore, Pakistan). He originally belonged to a family of Persian writers from Iran, and married Noor Jehan's sister, Eidan Bai.

Career

As a lyricist, he started his career around 1946 at early age, but after moving to Pakistan, he wrote lyrics for Urdu and Punjabi language films, including Pakistan's first feature film Teri Yaad and the first film Noor Jehan was introduced as a playback singer, Salma (1960).[2] In 1933, he went to Bombay when a film director Abdur Rashid Kardar invited him there. Prior to his debut in films, he was writing gazals, but later used to wrote songs for Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi films. He is also credited for writing lyrics for Pakistan's patriotic song titled "Rang Laye Ga Shaheedon Ka Lahoo", sung by Noor Jehan. He wrote this song from one of his poems. During his career, he wrote two prominent naats such as "Shah-e-Madina Yasrab Ke Wali" and "Jo Na Hota Tera Jamal Hi".[4] Before the split of Indian subcontinent, Naqvi was recognized one of the greatest classical writers in Punjabi poetry and literature between 1950s and 1970s.[5]

After partition, the Pakistan film industry didn't produce much films, and by the end of 1952, it made only five films. Later, Khwaja Khurshid Anwar, a Pakistani filmmaker teamed up with severals other people, including Tanvir Naqvi as song writer. The team succeeded making some films between 1956 and 1958, focused on psychological issues experienced by actors due to multiple cultural conflicts.[6]

Filmography

Key

Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.

#	Title[2]	Year	Type/Credited as	Remarks
1	Anmol Ghadi	1946	Lyricist	N/A
2	Jugnu	1947	Lyricist	N/A
3	Teri Yaad	1948	Lyricist	N/A
4	Naata	1955	Lyricist	N/A
5	Jhoomar	1959	Lyricist	N/A
6	Neend	1959	Lyricist	N/A
7	Koel	1959	Lyricist	N/A
8	Salma	1960	Lyricist	N/A
9	Ghunghat	1962	Lyricist	N/A
10	Hamraaz	1967	Lyricist	N/A
11	Behan Bhai[7]	1969	Scriptwriter	N/A
12	Att Khuda Da Vair	1970	Lyricist	N/A

Death

He died on 1 November 1972 in Lahore, Pakistan.[3]

References

1. "Lyricist Tanvir Naqvi being remembered today | SAMAA". Samaa TV.
2. Kahlon, Sukhpreet (1 November 2017). "Remembering the progressive poet and thinker Tanveer Naqvi". Cinestaan. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
3. "Progressive Poet, Thinker Tanveer Naqvi Remembered". UrduPoint.
4. "Maestro of Indo-Pakistani Cinematic Poetry". 13 March 2020.
5. "Remembering the iconic music composer duo Bakhshi-Wazir". 16 March 2019.
6. "Revolutionary musician | Art & Culture | thenews.com.pk". www.thenews.com.pk.
7. "Classic film 'Behan Bhai' to be screened on March 18". 16 March 2017.

External links

• Tanvir Naqvi on IMDb
• Tanvir Naqvi on Rekhta Foundation