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Sardar Akhtar (1915-1984)

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INDIES TOP BOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES PER DECADE !

1910s TOP 10 :

1. .Kamlabai Gokhale

2. .Mandakini Phalke

3. .Gohar Mamajiwala

4. .Violet Berry

5. .Durgabai Kamat

6. .Mrs. Gaharjan

7. .Bhagirathibai

8. .Mrs. Savaria

9. .Violchana

  1920s TOP 60:

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Ruby Mayer

Talash

2

Sharifa

Shirin Farhad

3

Sakina

Sukanya Savitri

4

Ermeline

Draupadi

5

Tara Koregaonkar

Kalidas

6

Sushila Devi

Kalidas

7

Sabita Devi

Grama Kanya

8

Kamaladevi

Karna

9

Gulab

Janjir Ne Jankare

10

Umasashi

Anath Ashram

11

Tarabai

Gopal - Krishna

12

Kanan Devi

Haar Jeet

13

Anasuya

Malti Madhav

14

Kumari Kusum

Taruni

15

Rampiyari

Kaun Pardesi

16

Maya Devi

Nooran

17

Charubala

Didi

18

Gohar K. Mamajiwala

Akeli Mat Jaiyo

19

Miss Mani

Pitru Prem

20

Patience Cooper

Nala Damayanti

21

Enakashi Rama Rao

Jagran

22

Leela Devi

Bishabriksha

23

Rani Bala

Hasrat

24

Ansuyabai

Jaja Gawri

25

Zubeida

Heer Ranjha

26

Savita

Chandrahasa

27

Sultana

Bhola Shikar

28

Santi Gupta

Aparajito

29

Mrinalini Devi

Prem Sanyas

30

Shahzadi

Sinhal Dweep Ki Sundari

31

Panna Rani

Bambai Ki Sethani

32

Chanda

Suhaag

33

T.P. Rajalakshmi

Kalidas

34

Shantakumari

Shabnam

35

Saku

Gori Bala

36

Sundari Nirada

Barer Bazar

37

Lola

The Arcadians

38

Tara

Kalo Sawar

39

Moti

Kulin Kanta

40

Kamla

Diler Detective

41

Meera

Aurat

42

Menaka Devi

Mahakavi Kalidas

43

Walait Begum

Heer Ranjha

44

Rajkumari

Devdas

45

Usharani

Daulat

46

Mehtab

Jhansi Ki Rani

47

Nagendrabala

Bhagya Chakra

48

Padmadevi

Maharani

49

Devika Rani

Achhut Kanya

50

Durga Bai

Babanchi Bayko

51

Amir Banu

Aan

52

Jillo

Draupadi

53

Jamna

Lanka Ni Laadi

54

Binapani Mukherjee

Jamuna Puliney

55

Kesar

Kaun Dilan Diyan Jane

56

Fatma Begum

Mumbai Ni Mohini

57

Jamuna Alimiyan

Vishwamitra Menaka (I)

58

Dadibhai Sarkari

Themuras & Themuljee

59

Zebunissa

Pakeezah

60

Amodini

61

Sushilabala

Bilet Ferat

   1930s TOP 150 :

 1.    .Sulochana / Ruby Mayer 2. .Sharifa 3. .Jehanara Kajjan 4. .Gulab / Rose 5. .Patience Cooper 6. .Bibbo 7. .Sabita Devi 8. .Zubeida 9. .Gohar Mamajiwala 10. .Sushila Devi 11. .Shahzadi 12. .Sultana 13. .Purnima Shome 14. .Kesari 15. .Shishubala 16. .Miss Iqbal 17. .Mushtari 18. .J. Sushila 19. .Radharani 20. .Shehla 21. .Madhuri 22. .Mushtari 23. .Shanta Devi 24. .Jamuna 25. .Ratnaprabha 26. .Leela Chitnis 27. .Prabha Devi 28. .Anusuya 29. .Devbala 30. .Bela Rani 31. .Ila Devi 32. .Ameena 33. .Urmila 34. .Saqi 35. .Fatma Begum 36. .Menaka Devi 37. .Rohini 38. .Annapurna 39. .Brijmala 40. .Anasuya 41. .Mehar Banu 42. .Rampyari 43. .Tarabai 44. .Manjula 45. .Shanti 46. .Sakribai 47. .Rajani 48. .Devaki 49. .Durga Koregaonkar 50. .Lalita Devi 51. .Ashalata 52. .Miss Jena 53. .Satyavati 54. .Zohrajan 55. .Zebunissa 56. .Hansa Wadkar 57. .Najju Begum 58. .Sardar Akhtar 59. .Ramola 60. .Lalita Pawar 61. .Sitara Devi 62. .Mehar Sultana 63. .Sadhana Devi 64. .Yasmin 65. .Nurjahan 66. .Kanan Devi 67. .Jyotsana 68. .Manorama 69. .Pramila 70. .Panna 71. .Vimla Vashishta 72. .Vasanti 73. .Kumudini 74. .Miss Sylvia 75. .Fatma Jr 76. .Prem Kumari 77. .Durga Khote 78. .Kamlesh Kumari 79. .Damyanti 80. .Heera 81. .Ranibala 82. .Gulzar Bai / Miss Gulzar 83. .Seeta Devi 84. .Putli 85. .Baby Ila 86. .Mumtaz 87. .Khatoon 88. .Miss Pokhraj 89. .Khursheed 90. .Anupama 91. .Shirin 92. .Mohini 93. .Rattanbai 94. .Shanta Kumari 95. .Jilloo 96. .Brijrani 97. .Umasashi 98. .Shaila 99. .Miss Salu 100. .Kalyani Das 101. .Usha Rani 102. .Indira Devi 103. .Kamla Devi 104. .Sarla 105. .Prabhavati 106. .Neelam 107. .Baby Gabroo 108. .Leela Pendharkar 109. .Arti Devi 110. .Kishori Pathak 111. .Rupmati 112. .Shanti Gupta 113. .Jamshid Banu 114. .Romila 115. .Fatima 116. .Mukhtar Begum 117. .Padma Devi 118. .Veena Devi 119. .Dwarki 120. .Hira Dharwadkar 121. .Rajkumari 122. .Indubala 123. .Renubala 124. .Krishna Kumari 125. .Sharda 126. .Leela Desai 127. .Bhaduri 128. .Sakhu 129. .Manekbai 130. .Jenabai Pawar 131. .Chanda 132. .Snehlata 133. .Lakshmi 134. .Nirasha 135. .Mehtab 136. .Leelavati 137. .Shakuntala 138. .Sheelprabha 139. .Ermeline 140. .Noor Jehan 141. .Malka 142. .Miss Mani 143. .Indira Wadkar 144. .Baby Devi 145. .Purnima Shome 146. .Veena 147. .Rani Sundari 148. .Gangoobai 149. .Zohra Sehgal 150. .Miss Jones

  1940s TOP 50 :

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Kamini Kaushal

Arzoo

2

Hansa Wadkar

Nav Jeevan

3

Khurshid Begum

Tansen

4

Meena Kumari

Kaajal

5

Manju

Bawre Nain

6

Maya Banerjee

Seva Samaj

7

Nargis

Mother India

8

Leela Chitnis

Kangan

9

Madhubala

Mughal-E-Azam

10

Shahzadi

Sinhal Dweep Ki Sundari

11

Noor Jehan

Anmol Ghadi

12

Ruby Mayer

Talash

13

Sardar Akhtar

Hulchul

14

Sarita Devi

The Thief of Baghdad

15

Rose

Hamari Betiyan

16

Iqbal

Attention

17

Pratima Devi

Anokhi Ada

18

Sabita Devi

Grama Kanya

19

Veena

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

20

Ramola

Khazanchi

21

Mehtab

Jhansi Ki Rani

22

Shobhna Samarth

Do Diwane

23

Suraiya

Anmol Ghadi

24

Snehprabha Pradhan

Pahili Mangalagaur

25

Madhuri

Thokar

26

Padmadevi

Maharani

27

Panna Rani

Bambai Ki Sethani

28

Laxmi

Radha Krishna

29

Nirmala Devi

Piya Milan

30

Leelavati

Indira

31

Zebunissa

Pakeezah

32

Putli

Billi

33

Sultana

Gegen die Wand

34

Umasashi

Anath Ashram

35

Sunalini Devi

Zalzala

36

Durga Khote

Mughal-E-Azam

37

Meera

Aurat

38

Charubala

Didi

39

Sitara Devi

Devdas

40

Monica Desai

Chitralekha

41

Nalini Jaywant

Kala Pani

42

Lalita Pawar

Anari

43

Leela Mishra

Sholay

44

Kaushalya

Aaina

45

Sumitra Devi

Raja Harishchandra

46

Shakuntala Paranjpye

Ramshastri

47

Jehanara Kajjan

Shirin Farhad

48

Jyoti

Pratima

49

Sharifa

Shirin Farhad

50

Brijmala

Chabuk Sawar

 1950s TOP 10:

Position

Name

Known For

1

Madhubala

Mughal-E-Azam

2

Nargis

Mother India

3

Meena Kumari

Kaajal

4

Kamini Kaushal

Arzoo

5

Nalini Jaywant

Kala Pani

6

Nimmi

Arpan

7

Nutan

Seema

8

Anita Guha

Kan Kan Men Bhagwan

9

Bina Rai

Taj Mahal

10

Suchitra Sen

Aandhi

11

Mehtab

Jhansi Ki Rani

12

Nirupa Roy

Chhaya

13

Chand Usmani

Pehchan

 1960s TOP 30:

Position

Name

Known For

1

Meena Kumari

Kaajal

2

Waheeda Rehman

Guide

3

Mala Sinha

Jahan Ara

4

Nutan

Seema

5

Saira Banu

Hera Pheri

6

Anita Guha

Kan Kan Men Bhagwan

7

Nanda Karnataki

Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain

8

Mumtaz Askari

Khilona

9

Asha Parekh

Sajan

10

Sharmila Tagore

Apur Sansar

11

Vyjayanthimala

Devdas

12

Bina Rai

Taj Mahal

13

Kamini Kaushal

Kabir Singh

14

Sadhana Shivdasani

Woh Kaun Thi?

15

Kalpana

Sharapanjara

16

Lalita Pawar

Anari

17

Sandhya

Navrang

18

Madhubala

Mughal-E-Azam

19

Tanuja Samarth

Paisa Ya Pyar

20

Sarika Thakur

Hamraaz

21

Nivedita

Jaan

22

Helen

Don

23

Nazima

Manchali

24

Rajshree

Suhaag Raat

25

Nargis

Mother India

26

Suchitra Sen

Aandhi

27

Indrani Mukherjee

Bharat Milap

28

Babita Kapoor

Haseena Maan Jayegi

  70s TOP 100:

Position

Name

Known For

1

Rakhee Gulzar

Daag: A Poem of Love

2

Mumtaz Askari

Khilona

3

Meena Kumari

Kaajal

4

Sulakshana Pandit

Sankalp

5

Nutan

Seema

6

Moushumi Chatterjee

Bollywood/Hollywood

7

Kanan Kaushal

Bidaai

8

Rehana Sultan

Dastak

9

Mala Sinha

Jahan Ara

10

Zaheera

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

11

Vidya Sinha

Bodyguard

12

Anita Guha

Kan Kan Men Bhagwan

13

Radha Saluja

Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam

14

Suchitra Sen

Aandhi

15

Zeenat Aman

Don

16

Simple Kapadia

Rudaali

17

Sharada

Samaj Ko Badal Dalo

18

Sandhya

Navrang

19

Waheeda Rehman

Guide

20

Nanda Karnataki

Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain

21

Asha Parekh

Sajan

22

Sadhana Shivdasani

Woh Kaun Thi?

23

Parveen Babi

Jaani Dost

24

Bhavana Bhatt

Angrejjan

25

Helen

Don

26

Sarika Thakur

Hamraaz

27

Nazima

Manchali

28

Ranjana

Jhanjaar

29

Padmini

Kaajal

30

Nadira

Josh

31

Yogeeta Bali

Zameen Aasmaan

32

Nirupa Roy

Chhaya

33

Naseem

Kabhie Kabhie

34

Saira Banu

Hera Pheri

35

Tina Ambani

Pukar

36

Zarina Wahab

My Name Is Khan

37

Kaajal Kiran

Muqaddar Ka Faisla

38

Archana

Buddha Mil Gaya

39

Dulari

Paying Guest

40

Asha Sachdev

Priyatama

41

Madhu Kapoor

Baadal

42

Rita Bhaduri

Raja

43

Seema Deo

Anand

44

Manorama

Caravan

45

Madhu Chanda

Beqasoor

46

Shoma Anand

Kal Ho Naa Ho

47

Kumud Chuggani

Shart

48

Rajni Sharma

Balika Badhu

49

Shelley Homick

Love in Canada

50

Rinku Jaiswal

Manzil Manzil

51

Kumari Naaz

Boot Polish

52

Pranoti Ghosh

Love Marriage

53

Zaheeda

Anokhi Raat

54

Lakshmi

Chattakkari

55

Jaya Prada

Sagara Sangamam

56

Alka

Dil Se..

57

Abha Dhulia

Karz

58

Vimi

Hamraaz

59

Sumita Sanyal

Anand

60

Tanuja Samarth

Paisa Ya Pyar

61

Laxmi Chhaya

Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati

62

Naina Sahu

Hare Kanch Ki Chooriyan

63

Reena Roy

Apnapan

64

Sridevi

English Vinglish

65

Sulochana Latkar

Gora Aur Kala

66

Priya Rajvansh

Heer Raanjha

67

Surekha

Cobra Girl

68

Anupama

Faraar

69

Nazneen

Mahabharat

70

Hema Malini

Baghban

71

Vijayalalitha

Haathkadi

72

Leela Chitnis

Kangan

73

Bharathi

Devasuram

74

Leena Chandavarkar

Rakhwala

75

Rekha

Koi... Mil Gaya

76

Nameeta Chandra

Itihaas

77

Leela Mishra

Sholay

78

Khyati

Geet Gaata Chal

79

Smita Patil

Bhumika

80

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Skazka o tsare Saltane

81

Bindiya Goswami

Dada

82

Sharmila Tagore

Apur Sansar

83

Padma Khanna

Dhuan

84

Anjana Choudhury

Deedar

85

Vyjayanthimala

Devdas

86

Ashoo

Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan?

87

Yashodra Katju

Talaaq

88

Meenaxi

Devata

89

Shashikala Jawalkar

Ayee Milan Ki Bela

90

Mridula Rani

Awara Badal

91

Babita Kapoor

Haseena Maan Jayegi

92

Ratnamala

Gehra Daag

93

Radhika Rani

Seeta Aur Geeta

94

Jasmin

Veerana

95

Purnima

Aurat

96

Manisha

Hulchul

97

Kamini Kaushal

Kabir Singh

98

Madhavi

Jawan Muhabat

99

Veena

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

100

Manju Singh

Gol Maal

101

Amrit Lakhanpal

Chakravyuha

102

Aditi

Raghuveer

103

Jyothi Lakshmi

Payal Ki Jhankar

104

Baby Pinky

Daag: A Poem of Love

105

Gouri Khurana

Nain Preeto De

106

Rameshwari

Seetamalakshmi

107

Sheetal

Baghavat

108

Saroja Devi B.

Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham

  80s TOP 80:

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Rekha

Koi... Mil Gaya

2

Tina Ambani

Pukar

3

Rita Bhaduri

Raja

4

Nutan

Seema

5

Reena Roy

Apnapan

6

Sulakshana Pandit

Sankalp

7

Nirupa Roy

Chhaya

8

Parveen Babi

Jaani Dost

9

Rakhee Gulzar

Daag: A Poem of Love

10

Sarika Thakur

Hamraaz

11

Farha Naaz

Fauji

12

Sadhana Singh

Super 30

13

Kimi Katkar

Sone Pe Suhaaga

14

Priya Rajvansh

Heer Raanjha

15

Jaya Prada

Sagara Sangamam

16

Rati Agnihotri

Ek Duuje Ke Liye

17

Anita Raj

24

18

Roma Manik

Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin

19

Vijayata Pandit

Kasam Dhande Ki

20

Moushumi Chatterjee

Bollywood/Hollywood

21

Vijaya Mehta

Pestonjee

22

Surinder Kaur

Parineeta

23

Mala Sinha

Jahan Ara

24

Zeenat Aman

Don

25

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Damini

26

Vidya Sinha

Bodyguard

27

Madhu Kapoor

Baadal

28

Rameshwari

Seetamalakshmi

29

Zarina Wahab

My Name Is Khan

30

Mandakini

Aag Aur Shola

31

Smita Patil

Bhumika

32

Pooja Bhatt

Zakhm

33

Madhuri Dixit

Devdas

34

Rinku Jaiswal

Manzil Manzil

35

Yogeeta Bali

Zameen Aasmaan

36

Sridevi

English Vinglish

37

Bindiya Goswami

Dada

38

Juhi Chawla

Darr

39

Rupini

Naaduvazhikal

40

Savita Prabhune

Pavitra Rishta

41

Gopi Desai

Bas Yaari Rakho

42

Bhanupriya

Swarnakamalam

43

Vijayshanti

Karthavyam

44

Simi Garewal

Karz

45

Amala Akkineni

Life Is Beautiful

46

Sumalatha

Nair Saab

47

Sudha Chopra

Raahee

48

Neelam Kothari

Hum Saath-Saath Hain

49

Radhika Sarathkumar

Sarfarosh

50

Ranjeeta Kaur

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se

51

Sharmila Tagore

Apur Sansar

52

Jasmin

Veerana

53

Padmini Kolhapure

Prem Rog

54

Tanuja Samarth

Paisa Ya Pyar

55

Salma Agha

Nikaah

56

Sudha Chandran

Naagin

57

Bhagyashree Patwardhan

Maine Pyar Kiya

58

Deepti Naval

Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki  Baarish

59

Shabana

Bhat Dey

60

Neetu Singh

Do Dooni Chaar

61

Shabana Azmi

Fire

62

Ashwini Bhave

Henna

63

Dimple Kapadia

Tenet

64

Rajni Sharma

Balika Badhu

65

Swaroop Sampat

Uri: The Surgical Strike

66

Shoma Anand

Kal Ho Naa Ho

67

Sonu Walia

Khoon Bhari Maang

68

Kamini Kaushal

Kabir Singh

69

Hema Malini

Baghban

70

Kim

Naseeb

71

Kiran Vairale

Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi

72

Poonam Dhillon

Ekk Nayi Pehchaan

73

Sonam

Ajooba

74

Debashree Roy

Unishe April

75

Madhavi

Ek Duuje Ke Liye

76

Preeti Sapru

Sardari

77

Kaajal Kiran

Muqaddar Ka Faisla

78

Amrita Singh

Badla

79

Sahila Chaddha

Africadalli Sheela

80

Reema Lagoo

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

81

Jaya Bachchan

Kal Ho Naa Ho

 90s TOP 50:

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Divya Bharti

Assembly Rowdy

2

Rekha

Koi... Mil Gaya

3

Manisha Koirala

Dil Se..

4

Rakhee Gulzar

Daag: A Poem of Love

5

Farha Naaz

Fauji

6

Preity Zinta

Veer-Zaara

7

Pooja Bhatt

Zakhm

8

Madhuri Dixit

Devdas

9

Reena Roy

Apnapan

10

Mahima Chaudhry

Pardes

11

Dimple Kapadia

Tenet

12

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Jodhaa Akbar

13

Priya Gill

Josh

14

Mandakini

Aag Aur Shola

15

Parveen Babi

Jaani Dost

16

Madhavi

Ek Duuje Ke Liye

17

Shabana Raza

Kareeb

18

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Damini

19

Ashwini Bhave

Henna

20

Madhoo

Roja

21

Mamta Kulkarni

Karan Arjun

22

Ayesha Jhulka

Chachi 420

23

Rambha

Bombay Priyudu

24

Sonali Bendre

Sarfarosh

25

Kimi Katkar

Sone Pe Suhaaga

26

Shefali Shah

Gandhi, My Father

27

Anu Agarwal

Thiruda Thiruda

28

Mayuri Kango

Jung

29

Salma Agha

Nikaah

30

Archana Puran Singh

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

31

Ramya Krishnan

Bãhubali: The Beginning

32

Rituparna Sengupta

Ahaa Re

33

Ritu Shivpuri

Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3

34

Neelam Kothari

Hum Saath-Saath Hain

35

Hema Malini

Baghban

36

Rani Mukerji

Black

37

Juhi Chawla

Darr

38

Kajol

Fanaa

39

Aruna Irani

Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand

40

Deepti Naval

Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki  Baarish

41

Kirti Singh

Jungle Love

42

Rinke Khanna

Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi...

43

Poonam Dhillon

Ekk Nayi Pehchaan

44

Anjali Jathar

Gundaraj

45

Sridevi

English Vinglish

46

Nandita Das

Firaaq

47

Somy Ali

Andolan

48

Moushumi Chatterjee

Bollywood/Hollywood

49

Sharbani Mukherji

Border

50

Sonam

Ajooba

51

Mita Vashisht

Ghulam

52

Sahila Chaddha

Africadalli Sheela

53

Sadhika Randhawa

Shikaar

54

Baby Pinky

Daag: A Poem of Love

   2000s TOP 40:

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Preity Zinta

Veer-Zaara

2

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Jodhaa Akbar

3

Ameesha Patel

Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

4

Manisha Koirala

Dil Se..

5

Gracy Singh

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

6

Rani Mukerji

Black

7

Sandali Sinha

Tum Bin...: Love Will Find a Way

8

Mahima Chaudhry

Pardes

9

Kim Sharma

Mohabbatein

10

Rachel Shelley

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

11

Lara Dutta

Don 2

12

Rekha

Koi... Mil Gaya

13

Riya Sen

Noukadubi

14

Konkona Sen Sharma

Omkara

15

Tabu

Andhadhun

16

Revathi

2 States

17

Shobana

Manichitrathazhu

18

Celina Jaitly

Seasons Greeting

19

Hrishitaa Bhatt

Asoka

20

Shefali Shah

Gandhi, My Father

21

Vidya Balan

Kahaani

22

Kangana Ranaut

Queen

23

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Baywatch

24

Madhuri Dixit

Devdas

25

Heenee Kaushik

Love at Times Square

26

Rinke Khanna

Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi...

27

Ayesha Takia

Taarzan: The Wonder Car

28

Kirti Reddy

Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa

29

Asin Thottumkal

Ghajini

30

Tillotama Shome

Sir

31

Shilpi Sharma

Aakramana

32

Shabana Raza

Kareeb

33

Kajol

Fanaa

34

Karisma Kapoor

Dil To Pagal Hai

35

Waheeda Rehman

Guide

36

Raima Sen

Baishe Srabon

37

Katrina Kaif

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Main Hoon Na

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Swades: We, the People

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Kriti Kharbanda

Housefull 4

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Tillotama Shome

Sir

3

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Roam Rome Mein

4

Mahima Chaudhry

Pardes

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Sharmin Segal

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The Tashkent Files

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Today marks the 87th birth anniversary of Nadira, the very famous actress of Hindi cinema during 50's and 60's. The "Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh" actress Nadira reigned supreme in the 1950s and 1960s and was one of the busiest actresses of her time. She played princesses and vamps, and was supposedly the first Hindi film star to be chauffeured around in a Rolls-Royce. A Baghdadi Jew hailing from Nagpada in south Mumbai, Nadira was introduced to the film industry by Sardar Begum, wife of film director Mehboob Khan, in the film Aan (1952). She starred in Aan opposite Dilip Kumar, the reigning heart-throb of the times. Nadira rose to cinematic prominence with her role as a Rajput princess in Aan. She is best remembered for her performance in films such as Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972) and Julie (1975), which won her Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her role as the seductive temptress Maya in Raj Kapoor's classic Shree 420 where she wooed Kapoor with the evergreen club-dance number "Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh" is etched in the minds of millions of Hindi cinema lovers. The song "Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh" picturised on the trio of Nadira, Raaj Kumar and Meena Kumari in Dil Apna Preet Parayi continues to be popular even now. Nadira was a woman so much ahead of her time -- in fact, she was a woman for all time -- beautiful, bold, truthful. What today's woman strives to be, Nadira was 50 years ago.

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A VERY HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL!!! 

Today, 15th of August, exactly 73 years ago, we succeeded in defeating the British and getting our country back. It was not just our win - it was the win of democracy and freedom and liberty. Instead of bowing beneath the colonialist’s flag, we proudly raised up our own. This is a day that will be remembered by all Indians for time immemorial, as the time when we once again a country, and not just a colony.

However it is difficult to feel proud about our historical achievement in such turbulent times, when our country is increasingly becoming linear and extremist, where people vote in monsters, where each day crimes against women our increasing, and a million different other reasons.

LISTEN UP PEOPLE, they - 

and millions of other people didn’t sacrifice their lives so that we could turn this great country into aye stinking pile of hot mess.

Gandhi could have continued as a lawyer in England.

Bhagat Singh could have had a happy married life, instead of being martyred at the age of 23.

Chandrashekhar Azad could have been a landlord, instead of running away and shooting himself rather than being captured by the British forces.

Sarojini Naidu could have just been a poet like her contemporary Tagore, but she dedicated her life to this country’s freedom and uplifting women.

Both Matangini Hazra and Kanaklata Barua belonged to rich influential families, but instead chose to fight for this country, rather than be shackled inside the kitchen.

Annie Besant could have been another British woman living in India, enjoying the “exotic colony”. Instead she chose to improve healthcare, and call out her own government and her own people, fighting for people with whom she had no connection.

Jawaharlal Nehru could have enjoyed his father’s money. Instead, he chose to live most of his life behind bars while fighting for this country.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel could have been another peasant in Gujarat, but he chose to fight for this country and later unite it - as the Iron Man of India.

Rani Lakshmibai could have just been happy with her kingdom. Instead, she lit a fire which still inspires people and died fighting the British, for this country’s freedom.

Begum Hazrat Mahal could have kept out of all of this, but instead rallied troops and joined in the fight against the British, sacrificing her money, her kingdom, and her life.

Lala Lajpat Rai could have been a prosperous landlord from Punjab, but instead chose to die rather than suffer in silence under the British.

Balgangadhar Tilak could have operated his printing press in peace. Instead, he chose to light the fire of patriotism and freedom in the hearts of millions through his words.

Let us start today, all Indians, to make this country the dream our fighters saw, and not just shy away from our duty, and our country.

Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! Vande Mataram!

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En hommage à l'Afghanistan qui connaît actuellement des jours sombres 🇦🇫. L’Afghanistan ne fut pas toujours le pays tourmenté et rétrograde qu’il est aujourd’hui. Depuis le début du XXe siècle, il eût des monarques éduqués et éclairés qui œuvrèrent pour l’ancrer dans la modernité. Quelques figures manquantes. Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968) 1ère reine consort de 1919 à 1929.

Son père, l'intellectuel et chef afghan Mahmoud Tarzi, lui transmet une solide éducation. Son grand-père, Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi, s'étant opposé à l'émir Abdur Rahman Khan, la famille est déportée sur son ordre en Inde alors britannique ; plus tard, elle s'installe à Damas, alors territoire turc ottoman. À la suite du décès d'Abdur Rahman, elle revient à Kaboul en 1881. En 1912, Soraya Tarzi se marie avec Amanullah Khan, petit-fils d'Abdur Rahman Khan et troisième fils du roi Habibullah Khan. Amanullah devient roi en 1919, après l'assassinat de son père. Elle est, selon la plupart des sources, sa seule femme - Amanullah étant veuf -, ce qui va à l'encontre des traditions de l'époque. En 1928, elle reçoit un prix honoraire de l'université d'Oxford, qui n'est pas seulement honorifique car elle compte alors parmi les femmes les plus influentes de son temps. C'est une reine réformatrice, militante pour les droits et l'éducation des femmes afghanes entre 1921 et 1929, date à laquelle son époux abdique et l'emmène en exil en Inde d'abord, puis en Europe. Elle a notamment créé une école de filles où Eugénie Bazin-Foucher enseigna. Elle décède en 1968 à Rome, Italie. Nadir Shah (1883-1932) roi de 1929 à 1932.

Après une scolarité française et une carrière militaire, il crée le journal Islah qui deviendra l’organe officiel de l’État, puis il est nommé ambassadeur à Paris en 1924. Il accède enfin au trône en 1929 et dirige un gouvernement opposé aux oulémas. Il est assassiné le 8 novembre 1932 et sera commémoré comme « Ala-Hazrat Shahid », le roi martyre. Zaher Shah (1914-2007) roi de 1933 à 1973.

Comme son père, il suit un parcours académique français à Kaboul, puis à Paris. Après son accession au trône, il fait adhérer l’Afghanistan à la Société des Nations en 1934. En 1959, il encourage la scolarisation et l’émancipation des femmes et en particulier leur donne le droit de ne pas porter le voile. En 1964, il fait élaborer une nouvelle constitution qui transforme la monarchie constitutionnelle de 1931 en monarchie parlementaire inspirée de la constitution de la Ve République française. Le 17 Juillet 1973, il est déposé par son cousin l’ancien Premier ministre, Mohammad Daoud Khan, pendant qu’il est en voyage en Europe. Il abdique pour éviter le bain de sang le 24 août 1973. Entre 1963 et le coup d’État de 1973, eût lieu la « période constitutionnelle ». La liberté de parole devient une réalité et des partis d’opposition sont créés, en particulier des partis communistes et islamistes. Le roi vit en exil à Rome jusqu’à la chute des talibans en 2001, chute à laquelle il a puissamment contribué en fédérant tous les opposants. Il retourne en Afghanistan en 2002, refuse la couronne et se voit décerner le titre officiel de Père de la Nation le 15 juin 2002 et continue à exercer une influence évidente mais discrète sur la vie politique. Il meurt aimé et respecté le 23 juillet 2007 à Kaboul. Humaira Bégum (1918-2002) reine consort de 1933 à 1973.

Humaira est la fille du sardar Ahmad Shah Khan, ministre de la Cour et de sa première épouse Zarin Begum (elle-même fille du sardar Khushdel Khan Loynab et cousine du roi Amanullah Khan). Elle est issue de la branche des sardars princes-régnants de Peshawar et Kohat (régions appartenant à l'Afghanistan jusqu'au milieu du XIXème siècle) de la dynastie des Mohammadzai (appelée aussi Barakzai), comme le roi Mohammad Zaher Shah (son époux). Le 7 novembre 1931, elle épouse dans le palais royal son cousin germain (fils de sa tante paternelle), Mohammad Zaher Shah, alors prince-héritier. Le 8 novembre 1933, son beau-père, le roi Mohammad Nadir Shah, est assassiné par un jeune étudiant. Ainsi, son mari accède au trône sous le nom de « S. M. le roi Mohammad Zaher Shah ». Femme active, elle suit de près les réformes sociales et les activités de l'association des femmes afghanes. Elle est la mère de deux filles et six fils, dont l'aîné meurt à l'adolescence. Elle accompagne son époux lors des voyages officiels. Elle est décorée de l'ordre suprême d'Afghanistan « Almar-e-Ala » et de l'ordre de la Couronne précieuse du Japon. Le 17 juillet 1973, alors que le roi est en déplacement, leur cousin et beau-frère Mohammad Daoud Khan fait un coup d'État il renverse la monarchie et instaure la République. La reine et les siens sont dans un premier temps emprisonnés dans leurs appartements royaux, avant d'être exilés à Rome auprès du roi. En 2002, alors que l'Afghanistan retrouve la paix après des décennies de guerre, son époux, l'ancien roi, retourne en Afghanistan pour assister à l'instauration de la démocratie dans son ancien royaume. L'ancienne reine meurt peu de temps après à Rome le 26 juin 2002. Son corps est rapatrié dans son pays pour y être enterré auprès des siens, à Kaboul, au Tapa-e-Maranjan ». Le reste de l’histoire rude et tourmentée de ce pays et le rôle dévastateur de certaines superpuissances est connu de tous. Paix soit sur l’Afghanistan, aujourd’hui soumis à la cruauté et à la sauvagerie médiévale.

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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAKES

“FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE LOST, THERE WILL BE ALWAYS CITIES THAT FEELS LIKE HOME” – SIMON VAN BOOY

AND THIS CITY HAS THE POTENCY TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL LIKE SO.

The capital of Madhya Pradesh and home of about 1.8m people.  Habituated by Parmar king Bhoj who founded the city in the 11th century and named it Bhojpal. The princely rule was established by Sardar Dost Mohammad Khan who became the first Nawab of Bhopal.

This city is enriched with serene lakes, hillocks, parks, verdancy, wildlife, art, and culture. It has a distinct history replete with the stories of prince and princess. Remains of stone and copper ages in and around Bhopal are evidence that there was a lovable workplace for rules of Maurya, Shunga, Kushana and Gupta periods.

The placid lakes: upper and lower lakes of Bhopal have enhanced its splendor and magnificence giving it an individual identity. The anecdote of its beauty can be found in many poets’ poems like Allama Iqbal. Even the ruthless change of times was unable to put a stain on the physical beauty of Bhopal lakes.

The upper lake was constructed in 1011 AD by king Bhoj. It is 31.5 km long and 5km wide. The sunrise and sunset from the boat view is like a visual treat for eyes

 The lower lake in the southeast of the upper lake constructed by Nawab Hayat Muhammad khan’s diwan Chhote Khan. 

These lakes are indeed the nucleus of the city which is bordered along their shores stand silent custodian that testifies to the growth of the city.

Bhopal can boast of great historical happenings which have definitely left its mark on the art and culture. It speaks of a rich heritage and part of the region.

The city is also the hub of  some unique museums

BHARAT BHAWAN: Described as the ‘house of arts’ by the then prime minister Smt. Indira Gandhi, it came into being on February 13, 1982. It is a unique center of multi-arts and was constructed under the guidance of the world renowned architect Charles Correa. It is divided into four sections

·      Vagarth- it has a rich library of Indian language poetry and anthologies of world’s famous poets.

·      Rupankar – The museum of the tribal folk artist with a record room having rare books on tribal art.

·      Anhad-It displays the rich heritage of Indian classical, tribal and folk music.

·      Rangmandal- A full time repertory dedicated to the task of enlightening the young artist about technical aspects of theatre and drama.

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL MUSEUM-  National museum of man provides a mirror of the culture of various tribes of India. Models of their huts, gods, goddesses, shrines have been displayed here.

An insight of TRIBAL MUSEUM situated at a few distances from Indira Gandhi Manav sangrahalaya.

STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM-  This museum has galleries which preserve documents of the nawabi period; photos, bronze made idols of gods. The art gallery displays art pieces pots and images.

One of the most prominent features of Bhopal art and culture are its chowks lined with old mosques and havelis. The art of zari work is predominant here for more than 300 years. This industry has also seen the royal elite days of the great emperors.

Apart from all these, what makes Bhopal more special? What makes its culture and art so rich and distinguished from others ? It is the remarkable equilibrium it maintains between Hindu and Muslim cultures.

The temples and mosques of Bhopal are famous for their architecture and natural sites.

·      BIRLA MANDIR- Constructed in 1964 by Ganga Prasad Birla, it is one of the most famous temple here. Huge images of Lord Vishnu and goddess Laxmi are enshrined in sanctum of the temple.

·      GUFA MANDIR- It is situated near lalghati on a hill. Late Baba Narayandas discovered it in 1949.

·      The GURUDWARA along hamidia road is also very famous. It was constructed in 1983.

The mosques built up during princely rule have historic and archaeological importance.

·      The ‘Crown of mosques’ or popularly known as TAJ-UL-MASJID is the largest mosque in the country and it also happens to be second largest in Asia.

The foundation stone was laid by the princess Shahjehan begum in 1871 AD.

·      Out to one’s surprise, this fascinating city is also home to Asia’s smallest mosque –DHAI SEEDHI KI MASJID. Initially built as a make shaft mosque during the construction of the Fatehgarh fort started by Dost Mohammad Khan.

“FOOD IS THE SIMPLEST WAY FOR ME TO LEARN ABOUT ANOTHER CULTURE”- ANDREW ZIMMERN

INDEED!!!. The cultural fusion of the city is reflected in its cuisine too. With some of the best vegetarian dishes, it is also a pivot of mouthwatering biryani, seekh kabab, nalli nahari, machhi fry, etc.

The Bhopali paan is an integral part too as it reflects the relaxed and regal temperament of the local people.

The fascinating amalgam of scenic beauty, old historic stuff, and modern planning are what defines Bhopal. Modern Bhopal has embraced new ways of living life but has not neglected the old.

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With the compliments of, the Directorate General Public Relations,

Government of the Punjab, Lahore Ph: 99201390.

No.167/QU/ZA

HANDOUT (A)

SCCI PRESIDENT THANKS CM FOR APPROVING SDA

LAHORE, January 31:

President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry Qaisar Iqbal Baryar has thanked the Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar for approving the establishment of Sialkot Development Authority.

In a letter, SCCI president termed the establishment of SDA a revolutionary step to help in resolving city issues by improving management and development process. It will also help in solving sanitation and sewerage issues besides improving the roads infrastructure, he said. The business community appreciates the concrete role played by CM in setting up of SDA. In fact, Usman Buzdar has won the hearts of the people of the district by fulfilling the promise made during Sialkot visit of December 9. Meanwhile, the exporters will continue to strive for increasing exports, he maintained.

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No.168/QU/ZA

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GOVT TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE DIFFICULTIES- USMAN BUZDAR

LAHORE, January 31:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the futile PDM agitation has died down and opposition gained nothing except embarrassment and humiliation.

In a statement, the CM mentioned that politics of deceit and falsehoods do not continue long adding that the unnatural alliance of opposition parties is fast moving towards its logical end. These elements have, totally, ignored national interest while the people have also rejected all those who interrupted the development journey, he added.

The CM regretted that the opposition tried to block development journeys at every occasion adding that the government will continue to move forward despite difficult circumstances. The nation will never forget the irresponsible behaviour of opposition as the PDM has met its logical end, he added. The unnatural association of 11 heterogeneous parties could not last even for 11 months, he said. The PDM should reconsider its negative behaviour as it lacks perspicacity and statesmanship, he said. The opposition has no regard for public lives as it is following a dual policy, he deplored. Usman Buzdar maintained the PDM would continue to face defeats as looters have no significance before the immaculate character and statesmanship of Imran Khan who will move the country forward.

The CM declared the politics of development will continue adding that PDM's politics of resignations has been badly exposed. He advised the opposition to take rest till 2023 as every conspiracy against PTI government has been foiled by the people. The negative tactics of the opposition will not be tolerated in the journey of development while people have full trust over the leadership of PM Imran Khan, the CM concluded.

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No.169/QU/ZA

HANDOUT (A)

CM CONDOLES DEATH OF VETERAN ACTRESS NEELO BEGUM

LAHORE, January 31:

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has expressed a deep sense of grief and sorrow over the death of veteran actress Neelo Begum and extended sympathies to her son Shaan and other family members. The CM said Neelo Begum enjoyed a unique status in the field of acting and performed several memorable roles. Her performance in film 'Zarqa' was especially remarkable and her death has ended a golden era of the film industry, concluded the CM.

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INDIES TOP 100/360 ACTORS & ACTRESSES IN HISTORY OF BOLLYWOOD/HINDI CINEMA !

 NOTE: Positions 101-360 has only one male honoree, ie No.13 on Bollywood's All-Time Actors List, Vishnupant Pagnis (at No. 159 on this combined list), all other 259 names belonging to Bollywood Actresses from Nos. 90-368 of Bollywood's All-Time Actresses List (ie uptil Bindu ji ranked at No. 368) (accounting for 8 overlapping names of actresses finding a higher slot via the regional lists route) on Indies All-Time Bollywood Actresses List.

Perspective: The next male honoree appears only at No. 361. The one after him incidentally only at No. 883 on this combined list, & the one after that (ie No. 16 on All-Time Bollywood Actor's List) beyond 1200 here!

 Position

Name

Known For

1

Rajesh Khanna

Anand

2

Ashok Kumar

Mahal

3

Dilip Kumar

Gunga Jumna

4

Dev Anand

Kala Bazar

5

Meena Kumari

Kaajal

6

Shashi Kapoor

Deewaar

7

Shammi Kapoor

Vidhaata

8

Rajendra Kumar Tuli

Jurrat

9

Madhubala

Mughal-E-Azam

10

Dharmendra

Sholay

11

Nargis

Mother India

12

Kamini Kaushal

Kabir Singh

13

Nutan

Seema

14

Mala Sinha

Jahan Ara

15

Waheeda Rehman

Guide

16

Mumtaz Askari

Khilona

17

Rekha

Koi... Mil Gaya

18

Rakhee Gulzar

Daag: A Poem of Love

19

Ruby Mayer

Talash

20

Rose

Hamari Betiyan

21

Anita Guha

Kan Kan Men Bhagwan

22

Bibbo

Manmohan

23

Nimmi

Arpan

24

Nalini Jaywant

Kala Pani

25

Bina Rai

Taj Mahal

26

Sushila Devi

Kalidas

27

Chandraprabha

Jawani Ki Hawa

28

Sushila

Hatimtai

29

Gulab

Janjir Ne Jankare

30

Paro

Ustad 420

31

Madhuri

Thokar

32

Sakina

Sukanya Savitri

33

Vanamala

Parbat Pe Apna Dera

34

Mandakini Phalke

Kaliya Mardan

35

Sabita Devi

Grama Kanya

36

Ranjana

Didi

37

Meera

Aurat

38

Sardar Akhtar

Hulchul

39

Umasashi

Anath Ashram

40

Mohini

Anun Naam Te Bairi

41

Maya Banerjee

Seva Samaj

42

Nanda Karnataki

Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain

43

Indrani Mukherjee

Bharat Milap

44

Ansuya

Delhi Ka Thug

45

Miss Feroze

Bharat Ka Lal

46

Swaroop Rani

Kamroo Desh Ki Kamini

47

Chand Usmani

Pehchan

48

Miss Devangana

Bharat Ka Lal

49

Sumitra Devi

Raja Harishchandra

50

Kanan Devi

Haar Jeet

51

Sophia

Neel Kamal

52

Sushilabala

Bilet Ferat

53

Patience Cooper

Nala Damayanti

54

Rattan Bai

Bhikharan

55

Gohar K. Mamajiwala

Akeli Mat Jaiyo

56

Rani Bala

Hasrat

57

Sharifa

Shirin Farhad

58

Bimla Kumari

Baghban

59

Pramila

Bhikharan

60

Snehprabha

Khilona

61

Asha Parekh

Sajan

62

Sulakshana Pandit

Sankalp

63

Moti

Kulin Kanta

64

Laxmi

Radha Krishna

65

Chanda

Suhaag

66

Leela Chitnis

Kangan

67

Zubeida

Heer Ranjha

68

Jehanara Kajjan

Shirin Farhad

69

Hansa Wadkar

Nav Jeevan

70

Moushumi Chatterjee

Bollywood/Hollywood

71

Baby Mayuri

Do Ghadi Ki Mouj

72

Lola

The Arcadians

73

Sultana

Bhola Shikar

74

Balraj Sahni

Baazi

75

Sundari Nirada

Barer Bazar

76

Khurshid Begum

Tansen

77

Panna Rani

Bambai Ki Sethani

78

Govinda

Holiday

79

Vimala Devi

The Daughters of India

80

Saku

Gori Bala

81

Alaknanda

Lal Haveli

82

Indira Wadkar

Duniya Kya Hai

83

Meena Shorey

Aag Ka Dariya

84

Padmadevi

Maharani

85

Noor Jehan

Anmol Ghadi

86

Tara

Kalo Sawar

87

Santi Gupta

Aparajito

88

Naseeruddin Shah

A Wednesday

89

Amir Banu

Aan

90

Maya Devi

Nooran

91

Chhayadevi

Daner Maryada

92

Charubala

Didi

93

Rama Sharma

Pensioner

94

Kanta

Hurricane Special

95

Zeenat Aman

Don

96

Suchitra Sen

Aandhi

97

Nirupa Roy

Chhaya

98

Sadhana Shivdasani

Woh Kaun Thi?

99

Vidya Sinha

Bodyguard

100

Sunil Dutt

Mujhe Jeene Do

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Tributes to the illustrious Urdu poet and versatile Hindi film lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi on his 16th death anniversary today. Qamar Jalalabadi was a famous Hindi film lyricist and writer who wrote more than 700 songs for nearly 160 films, from 1940 to 1980. Qamar Jalalabadi wrote some rare, beautiful lyrics of undying flavor. Qamar Jalalabadi was also an acclaimed writer for films. Some of the films for which he wrote either the script or dialogues were "Munimji" (1955), "Phagun" (1958), "Ujala" (1959), "Maya" (1961) and "Taj Mahal" (1963). Qamar Jalalabadi was born as Om Prakash Bhandari in a Punjabi family in 1917 in the Jalalabad town near Amritsar. Right from the age of seven he starting writing poetry in Urdu. There was no encouragement from home, but a wandering minstrel poet named Amar met him in his hometown and encouraged him to write, recognizing his immense talent and potential. He also gave him the pen name of Qamar which means moon, and Jalalabadi was added for his native town. After completing his matriculation from Amritsar, he embarked on his journalistic career journey by writing for Lahore based newspapers like Daily Milap, DailyPratap, Nirala, Star Sahakar. Qamar Jalalabadi came to Pune in the early 1940s. In 1942, he wrote lyrics for his first film Zamindar which was a Pancholi Pictures production and the songs of this film were very well received, especially the song sung by Shamshad Begum “Duniya me garibonko aaraam nahi milta, Rotey hain to hansne ka paigham nahin milta”. The songs were a big hit, and he found himself inundated with offers. This was the beginning of a career that was to span four decades. He worked with S D Burman in 1946 in the film "Eight Days" where the comic song "O Babu Babu Re" became quite popular. He went on to work with music director Sardar Malik on many films. One of their hits was "Sunti Nahi Duniya" ("Renuka", 1947). However, the 1958 film ‘Howrah Bridge” propelled Qamar Jalalabadi to unparalleled heights of success. Set to OP Nayyar's foot-tapping score, its ongs like "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" and "Aayiye Meherbaan", were runaway hits. His other notable songs include “Ik Dil Ke Tukde Hazaar Hue” (Pyar Ki Jeet, 1948), “Ik Pardesi Mera Dil Le Gaya” (Phagun, 1958), "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu” (Howrah Bridge, 1958), “Dum Dum Diga Diga” (Chhalia, 1960) and “Main To Ik Khwaab Hoon Is Khwaab Se Tu Pyaar Na Kar” (Himalay Ki God Mein,1965).

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All you need to know about Rs 2,664 crore Rampur royal family dispute

NEW DELHI: Rs 2,664 crore – that’s the amount at stake for the Rampur royal family which has been locked in a court battle that has dragged on for nearly half a century. Last week, in their submissions to the district and sessions judge of Rampur, court-appointed commissioners filed their estimates of assets that belonged to the last Nawab of Rampur. The court will now hold daily hearings to meet the December deadline the Supreme Court had set for the division of property among claimants. Here’s a brief history of the royal family and the dispute Warring clan to Rampur royals The state of Rampur was founded by Nawab Ali Muhammad Khan, the adopted son and successor of Sardar Daud Khan, chief of the Rohillas in Northern India. At the time of his death in the late 18th century, he divided his territories equally among his many sons with Faizu’llah Khan, his second son, receiving those around Rampur and Chachait. Over the next two centuries, the Rampur royals, earlier a warring clan, struck deep roots, and with the blessings of the British, began to build one of the richest principalities in the country. Accession to India Raza Ali Khan, who became Nawab in 1930, inherited his father’s energetic and modern-thinking Dewan, Colonel Zaidi. Together, they expanded industrialisation at breathtaking speed. Within ten years of the Nawab’s succession, the canal system was vastly expanded, electrification projects completed, roads, sanitation systems and schools constructed, and factories and industrial concerns had sprung up everywhere. The Nawab was also the first to accede to India after Independence in 1949 on the condition that two things would not change — ownership of property and the right of primogeniture. When Raza Ali Khan died in 1966, he had three wives, three sons and six daughters. His eldest son, Murtaza Ali Khan, succeeded him, and the government recognised him as the sole inheritor of all his father’s private properties and issued a certificate to this effect. The dispute Murtaza’s brother Zulfiquar Ali Khan, married to former Lok Sabha member Noor Bano Begum, challenged this in court. This was the genesis of the property dispute in which the courts were asked to decide if inheritance should be based on Muslim personal law or the unique gaddi system the royal family followed before joining the Indian Union. The case has entered its 48th year. New claimants In July 2019, the Supreme Court decided in favour of Muslim personal law which recognised all sons and daughters as legal heirs. This totted up to 16 descendants. The SC set a deadline of December 2020 to resolve the dispute. But even as a government monitored audit of the palaces, guns, vehicles and jewellery is taking place, there are five new claimants — descendants of the Nawab’s youngest sister Nawabzadi Kulsoom Begum or Nanhi Begum. Harsh Gupta, the lawyer of the late Zulfiquar Ali Khan’s side of the family, says nobody except the legal heirs of Nawab Raza Ali Khan have claim to the property.

source https://bbcbreakingnews.com/2020/11/23/all-you-need-to-know-about-rs-2664-crore-rampur-royal-family-dispute/

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ishqbaaz 17.10.17 lb

heyyyyy, palindrome date! ^^^ 

also, is2g there better be a lot of rikara today to make up for yesterday’s fuckery or imma flip. 😣😣😣

ugh what is this fuckery???? like flying coach isn’t unbearable enough already without a bunch of obnoxious qawwals and their ghissi pitti shayari. I JUST WANT SILENCE AND LEG SPACE TILL I REACH MY DESTINATION OK?!?!?!

the most unrealistic thing about this set here is the amount of leg space between the seats btw. the only person who i know who flies coach comfortably is my mom, and she’s barely 5 feet tall on a good day. 

shivaay be like “economy class. never again. in fact commercial air travel never again. never not taking the private jet. i’m not meant for this peasantry.” 

ANIKA STOP DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOURSELF YOU IDIOT

damn this lady qawwal be forward af. give me her confidence. 

“i’m not majnu. i’m shivaay singh oberoi.” pffffffffffffffft. 

ok shivaay, literally no one gives a fuck about your philosophy about love rn when you haven’t even bothered telling your wife where you’re going. excuse me if i’m not swooooning, even if your dumbass wife is in the background there. 

ANIKA PUT THE NIQAB BACK ON YOU IDIOT 

lmao her pride on “her asar” on him tho. 

“mere majnu hai!” haha awwwwwwwwww

jennifer is me. i am jennifer. i wish i drank - it would make it so much easier to get through the day. 

jenny’s pissed at shivaay for walking up and down the aisles like it’s his baap ka plane and i don’t blame her one bit. 

bua - don nonsense. 

aaaaaaaaand anika’s seen bua. 

and bua’s seen anika. oufffff. 

lol anika’s switching seats as though this be a local bus. 

OUFF MORE BUA DON. CAN WE NOTTTTTTTTTTT!??! 

hahaha shivaay sits down to discover begumjaan as seatmate. 

“aap se seedha tum pe utar aaaya miyaan? ajnabi potti ke saath aisa tu-tadaa kaiko hona???” “ajnabiii???? realllllly????? 😒😒😒” 

one - surbhi really honing the hyderabadi urdu she got from bobby jasoos waala tiny role. and two - hubs bhi chodne waale nahi hai now that he’s gotten her cornered. 

snorttttt, she’s sooooo annoying and doing fulllll on ungli. 

“tumhare chauffeur.... SHOHAR allow karte hai kya?” 

lol like she needs YOU to allow her to do anything. 

“enough anika!” “aniSa begum! aniSAAAA!” “naam badalna hi tha toh kuch aur rakh leti, apna hi naam ulta karne se kya hota hai?” “jaldi jaldi mein aisa hi hota hai. 😣😣😣”

pfffffffffffffffft, anikaaaaaaaaaaaa. 

lmao shivaay is so fucking doneeeeeee with this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day already. and it’s jusssssssssssst getting started. 

ooooh challenge. he’s gonna make her admit it’s her. this is gonna be funnnnnnnnnnn. and she’s like I’LL NEVER ADMIT IT. 

god nakuul looks so exhausted in the close ups. someone give the man some b6/b12 or something. 

i knewwwwwwwwww it. i knew she’d be terrified at take off! 

haaye. babies. warming my cold dead heart. 😭😭😭😭💖💖💖

YAS. DILPREET. MY BABY. I HAVE REASON TO LIVE.

ok omki’s purana waala socialist-communist side is coming out. 

but alsooooooo violent oberoi side. yikes.

“tussi vi nahi jande main kaun hoon ji.” 

more like mera bhai kaun hai but ok. 

so this “sardar naal panga” thing is a recurring thing here to stay huh? 

LMAO I RELATE WITH JENNIFER’S FRUSTRATION LEVEL SO MUCH, IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY. 

ok fwding this bua nonsense. FUCKING GIMME MORE SHIVIKA/RIKARA IN THAT TIME. UGH. 

patidev ke dimaag ke phurze ghooming to make wife admit.  

ooooooh. tobasco. he’s allergic, remember? 

why do i know this shit????? i barely know what *i’m* allergic to. wtf is my life even, lord. 

god these two idiots are so ridiculoussss. ek hai ki he’s willing to ingest an allergen to break her, and doosri hai ki she’s gonna do something extra af to stop him without breaking. 

this maaaaaaaa is so fucking useless. i hate her so much. i need her to DIE. now. 

oh omkiiiiii you’re such a bad liar. and you talk waaaaaaaaaay too much as dilpreet. 

but you’re so stinking cute i can’t even. ugh. so cute. *pulls your cheeks* 

since when is omki suchhhhhhhhhhh a believer in god? matlab, itna drastic change from naastik, so quickly?? 

girl you’re staring at his face and... like... i just can’t. IT’S THE SAME FACE AS YOUR HUSBAND!?!? IT’S NOT EVEN LIKE AWAIII KE IDHAR UDHAR KE SIMILARITIES. IT’S THE EXACT SAME FACE. 

LMAO HIS PANICKED YELLING AT THINKING IT’S A RAKHI HAHAHAHA

ok based on whattttt is this “sabse achcha dost” - you’ve known him 48 hours. 48 hours. it takes me more time than that to decide on whether i should buy a pair of shoes i saw at the mall. 

ok but then gauri always moves on fast fwd. omki ko pati bhi maan liya tha, in like 3.43 minutes. yeh toh at least 2 din le liye dosti ke liye. 

awwwww he’s all weepy and emotional at being considered a friend. ouff, this man and his redemptionnnnn. my hearttttttttttttt. i wanted to hate him some moreeeeeeeeeee. 

meanwhile this fucker is about to kill himself... 

great. don bhi ghus gaya in dono ke beech mein. bas iski kami thi. 

“she’s my wife ok, she’s anika!” “ya allah, yeh daadi waala pottta mere peeche hi pad gaya!”

lololololol

ummmmmmmmm why did anika just randomly attack sundari bua? what the fuck even. ouffffff. 

ok dilpreet calm the f down with the gauri praise, you looking hella thirsty. 

ugly has put nazar on gauri and omki’s pati waale ghanti are ringinggggggg. 

DAT JAW CLENCH THO. 

oh ugly is ladke ka bhai. 

may we all be blessed with a man like dilpreet in our lives who fucks up men who leer at women with luchi tuchi gandiiii nazarein. 

WHY IS BHAVYA STILL STANDING???? DID HE NOT BUY HER A SEAT???? YOU’RE REQUIRED TO BUY HER A SEAT, RUDRA!!!!!

“babyyyyy i need some actionnnn.” 

may we all have baby’s confidence in demanding action when we want it. 😉😉😉

oufff nonsense naach gaana. fwding. 

OK WTF SHE JUST FELL DANCING INTO THE COCKPIT AND PRESSED SOME RANDOMASS LEVER WHAT EVEN IS THIS SHOW MY GOD I ACTUALLY FEEL MY BRAIN CELLS DYING WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF

*DEEEEEEEEEEEEP BREATHS AND VISUALIZES OMKI AND ABHAY’S FACES TO REMIND MYSELF WHY I DO THIS* 

where’s abhay today? i miss his cuteass face.

gauri’s more dressed up than the bride. why does richa look so pheeeeki??? 

ugly ko kya aitraaz hai ab? 

pffffffffft. cheap tactics. dafaaaa ho, ugly. 

UGH UGLY YOU’RE SO CREEPY. I HATE YOU. 

LET GOOOOOO OF HER CREEEEEEP. 

also sardar ka sar ghoooom raha hai. ab dangal hoga! 

aaaaaand those weirdass diamond teeth of bua’s are in... shivaay’s pockets???? great. he’s gonna be caught for fucking smuggling now. GOD. 

lmao whut, india doesn’t even have an air marshal system!!!!!!!! 

WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS THIS PLANE WAAALA PLOT MAN I CAN’T EVEN ISSE ACHCHA TOH ABHAY AUR TANYA KA CHUTIYAAPA DIKHAATE

every time they show maaaaaaaa, my bp goes up by 10 points. i hate her so much. useless woman. 

isn’t this golden dupatta gauri’s wearing pilfered from anika’s ghatiya shaadi waala wardrobe?? 

OK HANDS OFF, UGLY!!!! 

lol omkiii’s sidelines waala glaring. 

wow, ugly has the power to undo dori by just staring. like joey could undo a bra by just looking at it! amaze! 

justtttt like in ipkknd, i don’t even get why this is such HAWWWWWWW waala issue. waise saara ka saara outfit is backless, yeh choti si dori kaunsi izzat bacha rahi thi??? awaiii ke “sanskaari” chonchle.

wow omki, that was not smoooth at alllllllllll. like, you coulda done that with some more finesse???

but fuck me over my trash heart loves this trope to the high heavens. i do i do i do. give me allllllllllllll the dori scenes! 😫😫😫😫

mental note: go read @vishwaspur ka seskkkky waala fic again. 

LMAO HIS ANGRY SHOULDER SHIMMYING IN THE BG WHILE GLARING AT UGLY 😂😂😂😂😂

oh boyyyyyy is it about to be a dance off???? #teamDilpreet

HAHAHA HE ACTUALLY GAVE HIM THE I’M WATCHING YOU GESTURE. PFFFFT SUCH ALPHA MALE NONSENSE. 

WHAT NEXT OM, YOU GOING TO PEE AROUND HER? 🙄🙄🙄

oh. back to murder foursome and shukla. 

lmaoooo how conveniently shukla slipped back into a coma to avoid answering abhay’s questions. amazing tactic. i should try this sometime. 

ugh. ugly’s cornering gauri again and fucking maaaaaaaaaaaaa just dragged omki away. 

fuck you maaaa, you can’t do anything right!!!!! 

HEY UGLY, CAN YOU NOT SEE HER MANGALSUTRA???? LIKE???? 

wait??? he knows???? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU, FREAK???? WHY IS EVERYONE IN THIS SHOW TOTALLY COOL WITH POLYGAMY?????? 

god this is suchhhh a nonsensical situation. as is all of this stupid show and alllllllll the plotlines right now. but you know me.... 

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5000 Muslim freedom fighters in British Records, India Office Library, London

MORE THEN 5000 INDIAN MUSLIM FREDOM FIGHTER NAMES.. Can any one please let me know the details of the Freedom Fighters of India who took part in Independence of INDIA, because mostly we Muslims dont know about there work and names so we think that only non-muslim leaders took part in this movement and got independence. If possible give there names with there short biography so it will be easy for ourself to remember them and also we can say that no Our brothers also took par... Continue Reading MORE THEN 5000 INDIAN MUSLIM FREDOM FIGHTER NAMES.. Can any one please let me know the details of the Freedom Fighters of India who took part in Independence of INDIA, because mostly we Muslims dont know about there work and names so we think that only non-muslim leaders took part in this movement and got independence. If possible give there names with there short biography so it will be easy for ourself to remember them and also we can say that no Our brothers also took part in Independence. British snatched Indian govt from Muslims & Islamic clerics issued fatwas of jihad againstBritish Empire FORCED on India. So, large number of Muslim ulemas(clerics)were killed from Delhi to Khyber. Some of 5,00,000 names of of Muslim freedom fighters are: Hyder Ali, Shaheed Fateh Ali(Tipu Sultan), Sh. Sirajuddaulah, Sh Mir Qasim, Sh Yusuf Khan, Sh. Waali Khan, Sh Teetu Miyan, Maulana Shah Waliullah Mohaddis Dehlvi, Shah Abdul Aziz Mohaddis Dehlvi, Syed Ahmed Shaheed, Maulana Vilayat Ali Sadikpuri,Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Bahadur Shah Zafar, Fazle Haq Khairabadi (originator of 'Inqilaab Zindabad'), Sh Muhammed Husain,Sh Ahmed Yaar Khan,ShNizam Ali Khan, Sh Gulam Ghaus, Sh Khuda Bakhsh, Ejaz Ali Khan, Pir Ali Khan, Haidar Ali Khan Gaya, Subedar Ali Bakhsh of Hamirpur U P, Waris Ali, Sh Burhanuddin, Mujahid Gul Muhammed, Sh Shekhu Khan Pahalwan, Sh Pir Ali, Sh Syed Hasan Askari, Sh Begum Shah Zamani, Azimullah Khan, ShAbdullah, Sh Sher Ali NWFP, Sh Rahmat Ali, Sh Rasoolullah, Sh Imtiyaz, Ahmedullah Azeemabadi, Sh Ali Ahmed Siddiqui, Sh Gulzar Ali Khan, Sh Israel Allah Rakkha Of Malegaon, Sh Abdul Ghafoor Khan, Dr. ZakirHusain, Miyan Hamid Khan, Syed Fida Husain, Syed Geenu Babu, Sh Tajammul Husain of Sonpur Bihar, Sh Mir Abdullah & Sh Abdushshakoor Samastipur, Sh ShaikhulHaq of Dhamdaaha, Sh Hatim Tai of Shahabad, Sh Jumrati of Bhagalpur, Sh Akram Ali, Sh Mohd Abdul Qadir, Sh Abdurrashid Peshawar, Abid Husain, Sh Altaf Husain, Sh Allah Daad, Sh Ayub Khan, Sh Ikhtiyar Ali, Sh Abdul Khaliq, Sh Basheer Muhammed, Sh Badruddin, Sh A B Mirza, Sh Babu Khan, Sh Chiragh Khan, Sh Dilawar Khan, Sh Fateh Khan of INA, Sh Feroz Khan,Sh Fazal Karim, Sh Fazal Mohd, Sh Farzand Ali, Sh Gulab Noor, Sh Ghulam Khan, Sh Ghulam Mohammed, Sh Gore Khan, Sh Ghulam Isa Khan, Sh Ghulam Nabi, Sh Gulzar Khan, Sh Hatim Ali, Sh Husain Ali, Sh Hidayatullah & Inayatullah, Sh Ibrahim, Sh Ismail Khan, Sh Imamuddin, Sh Arshad, Sh Jalali Khan, Sh Jalaluddin, Sh Khushi Muhammed, Sh Khan Baig, Sh Khan Muhammed, Sh Khan Baas, Sh Laal Khan, Sh Mohammed Banaras, Sh Muhammed Din, ShMuhammed Akbar, Sh Mohd Yusuf, Sh Yusuf Bhatti, Sh Mohd Ghulam, Sh Mohd Aslam, Sh Maal Khan, Sh Mohd Ilahi, Sh Mumtaz Ali, Sh Mubarak Ali, Sh Majnun Husain, Sh Mahboob Shafi, Sh Muhammed Yaamil, Sh Muhammed Akbar, Sh Mohd Bakhsh, Sh Mohd Yaqoob, Sh Mir Gul, Sh Noor Mohd, Sh Nasir Ahmed, Sh Nannhe Khan, Shaheed Muhammeduddin, Sh Nek Mohd, Sh Nabi Bakhsh, Sh Nizamuddin, Sh Noor Muhammed, Sh Noor Husain, Sh Rahim, Sh Shubrati Khan, Shaheed Syed Alvi, Shaheed Syed Rahman, Shaheed Shadullah Khan, Sh Sharbat Khan, Sh Syed Ghafoor, Sh Shah Zameer, Sh Sher Mohammed, Sh Sargand Ali, Sh Saeedullah Khan, Sh Sayyad, Sh Zaman, Sh. Sadiq Muhammed, Sh Sultan, Sh Momin Khan, Sh Taj Muhammed, Sh Umar Muhammed, Sh Vilayat Shah, Sh Waris Khan, Sh Zaheer Ahmed, Mirza Jassu Baig, M S Khan, Maulana Abdul Aziz Banglauri, Qudratullah Khan, Maulana Sant Singh, Ghaus Mohammed Khan, Chacha Jaan Muhammed, Khwaja Abdul Majeed, Mohd Husain Zaidi, Shah Mohd Ishaaq, Haji Fazal Wahid, Muhammed Yasin Ansari, Chaudhari Islamuddin, Chaudhari Hakim Khaziq, Maqsood Ali, Pir Mohd Monis Ansari, Nijat Husain Ansari, Jannat Husain Ansari, Amanat Ali Ansari, Haji Abdullah Sardar, Shaikh Bhikari, Hafiz Deen Muhammed Ansari, Batakh Miyan Ansari, Sharfuddin Ahmed Qadri Ansari, Hafiz Tabarak Husain, Husain Mian Ansari, Abdul Ghani Ansari, Alaqat Mian, Wali Muhammed Quddus Mian Ansari, Dr Mukhtar Ansari, Prince Feroz Shah, Maulvi Mohd Baqar, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Maulana Ahmed Ali, Maulana Ahmedullah Shah, Nawab Khan Bahadur Khan, Azizan Bai, Maulvi Liaqat Ali Ilahabadi, Haji Imdadullah Mahajir Makki, Maulana Qasim Nanutvi, Maulana Rahmatullah Keranvi, Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmood Hasan, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi, Maulana Rashid Ganguhi, Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali, Maulana Kifayatullah, Subhanul Hind Maulana Ahmed Saeed Dehlvi, Maulana Husain Ahmed Madni, Sayyadul Ahraar Maulana Muhammed Ali Jauhar, Maulana Shaukat Ali

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Pakistan: PML-N mulls over new party chief

Shahbaz Sharif will continue as Punjab chief minister as leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are mulling over options, who would replace former prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the party chief, in regard to a notice from election commision, following Sharif's disqualification from office.

"We did discuss all available options for a new party chief but could not arrive at a decision...we decided to hold huddles for a couple of more days keeping in view various legal and political sensitivities involved with the issue," the Dawn quoted Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana as saying.

The leaders, at a consultative meeting chaired by Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence, however, decided to continue with the party's "mass-contact drive," in the wake of a "positive" response from supporters, along the former Prime Minister's rally on GT Road.

The meeting was attended by National assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Punjab Governor Rafiq Rajwana, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, MNA Hamza Shahbaz, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Anushe Rehman, former law minister Zahid Hamid and ex-IG Rana Maqbool.

The Election Commission asked the PML-N on August 7 to elect a new chief as election laws do not permit a person to serve as an office-bearer of a political entity, who have been disqualified from holding office.

Earlier, party chairman Raja Zafarul Haq had said that Shahbaz Sharif had been finalised as the new PML-N president and a formal announcement to the effect would be made within two days.

The former prime minister of Pakistan had earlier wished that his younger brother Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif should succeed him as prime minister (after contesting from NA-120 to become a National Assembly member).

Former first lady Begum Kulsoom might be the next party president and that her nomination was pending clearance of her candidature for NA-120 by-polls with the Election Commission. She is to appear before the returning officer on Wednesday (today) as her rival candidates have raised objections to her nomination papers.

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[urduclassic]

Sahir Ludhianvi

Sahir Ludhianvi (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980) was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist, who worked extensively in Hindi films. Sahir Ludhianvi is his pseudonym. He won the Filmfare Award twice, in 1964 and 1977, and in 1971 was awarded the Padma Shri.[1][2] The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on his birth anniversary on 8 March 2013 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.[3] His biography, Sahir Ludhianvi: The People's Poet, is being published by HarperCollins

Early life

Sahir Ludhianvi was born as Abdul Hayee on 10 March 1921 in Ludhiana, Punjab in India.[5] His mother's name was Sardar Begum. Sahir's parents had a very loose and estranged relationship. In 1934, when he was thirteen years old, his father married for the second time. At that time, his mother decided to take the bold step of leaving her husband, forfeiting all claims to the financial assets. Sahir's father then sued his mother for child custody but lost. He threatened to make sure Sahir did not live with his mother very long, even if that meant taking the child's life.[6] Sahir's mother then found friends who kept a close watch on him and didn't let him out of sight. Fear and financial deprivation surrounded the formative years of this young man. His parents' divorce brought him and his mother face to face with poverty and struggle in life.[7]

 The house where Sahir was born, a red sandstone haveli, stands in Karimpura, a Muslim neighbourhood of Ludhiana, with a small plaque announcing its importance upon the arched mughal darwaaza – the only effort by the city to remember him. The auditorium in in Govt. college Ludhiyana, Sahir's alma mater is named after him. Sahir studied at and graduated from Khalsa High School in Ludhiana. Upon matriculation, he joined the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College For Boys, Ludhiana. He was quite popular for his ghazals and nazms in the college. He was famously expelled from the college within the year 'for sitting in the Principal's lawn with a female class-mate'.[8][9] About his expulsion, some accounts erroneously mention Amrita Pritam as the girl, but she never lived in Ludhiana. They met after the partition of India, when she arrived in Delhi from Lahore in 1949.

 In 1943, after being expelled from college, Sahir settled in Lahore. Here, he completed the writing of his first Urdu work, Talkhiyaan (Bitterness). He then began searching for a publisher and, after two years, he found one in 1945. After his work was published, he began editing four Urdu magazines, Adab-e-Lateef, Shahkaar, Prithlari, and Savera; these magazines became very successful.[7] He then became a member of the Progressive Writers' Association. However, inflammatory writings (communist views and ideology) in Savera resulted in the issuing of a warrant for his arrest by the Government of Pakistan. So, in 1949, Sahir fled from Lahore to Delhi. After a couple of months in Delhi, he moved to and settled in Bombay. A friend of his recalls Sahir telling him "Bombay needs me!".[7]

 His most famous love affair, however, was with Amrita Pritam, who became his most ardent fan. She has openly acknowledged her love for Sahir in interviews and her books.[10] Apart from Amrita, several other women too came in his life but he could never decide on accepting any of those as his life partner. He remained a bachelor all his life.[11In recent years there have been many attempts to chronicle his life and times. Many books about him were published both in India and Pakistan. In 2010 Danish Iqbal wrote a Stage Play 'Sahir' about his life which was directed by NRI Director Pramila Le Hunt. This Play became a commercial success and had a dream run in Delhi. For perhaps first time, in the history of Indian Theatre, songs were used as narrative to recreate the life and struggles of Sahir. Many of his misty eyed contemporaries, Ramesh Chand Charlie, Kuldeep Nayyar and few others, thronged the performance with nostalgic ache in their heart.

 According to writer Niilesh A Raje, While in college Sahir had established his reputation for being a good writer, wrote fiery speeches and was equally popular for his ghazals and nazms. Sahir was a restless person and could not sit in one place for long. It was evident he had the literary talent but that could not give him stability so he decided to contribute his work for Bollywood in a way to give him financial stability. Attempts are being made to convert this Play into a film on Sahir. Because the Play Sahir had characters like Guru Dutt, Yash Chopra and Amrita Pritam, it would be a tough task for the casting and depiction but it would be a nostalgic journey down the memory lane both for the public and his friends and admirers.

Lyrics and Bollywood

Sahir lived on the first floor of the main building of an Andheri outhouse. His famous neighbours included the poet, Gulzar and Urdu litterateur, Krishan Chander. In the 1970s, he constructed Parchaiyaan (Shadows), a posh bungalow, and lived there till his death. Journalist Ali Peter John, who knew the poet personally, says real-estate sharks have been eyeing Sahir's abode after the death of his sister. His belongings and trophies are in a state of ruin, according to the journalist.[citation needed]

Sahir Ludhianvi made his debut in films writing lyrics for the film Azadi Ki Raah Par (1949). The film had four songs written by him and his first song was Badal Rahi Hai Zindagi... Both the film and its songs went unnoticed. However, with Naujawaan (1951), he gained recognition. S.D. Burman composed the music for Naujawaan. Even today, the film's lilting song, "ठंडी हवाएँ लहराके आएँ...," remains popular. His first major success came the same year with Guru Dutt's directorial debut, Baazi (1951), again pairing him with Burman. Thus he became part of the Guru Dutt team, and after the success of Naujawaan and Baazi, the combination of Sahir Ludhianvi and S.D. Burman came out with many more everlasting songs.

 Sahir worked with many music composers, including Ravi, S.D. Burman, Roshan and Khayyam, and has left behind many unforgettable songs for fans of the Indian film industry and its music. Pyaasa marked an end to his successful partnership with S.D. Burman over what is reported to be S.D. Burman's displeasure at Sahir receiving more admiration (and thus credit for the success) from audiences for the words of the lyrics than S.D. Burman did for his memorable tunes.[citation needed] Later, Sahir Ludhianvi teamed up with composer Datta Naik in several films. Datta, a Goan, was a great admirer of Sahir's revolutionary poetry. They had already worked together to produce the music for Milaap (1955). Sahir wrote many unforgettable gems for Datta. From the time B.R. Chopra started producing and directing films under his banner 'B.R.Films' around 1950, Sahir Ludhiyanvi remained the preferred songwriter for his films.

 This association continued till Sahir Ludhiyanvi died, with his last composition for B.R.Films being for Insaaf Ka Tarazu. It was only after Sahir died that B.R. Chopra decided to use a new lyricist Hassan Kamaal for his films, starting with films like Nikaah. The association between Sahir and B.R. Chopra's family continued for so long that despite B.R. Chopra using different music directors in his movies, Sahir always remained the lyricist for his movies. Not just this, but even Yash Chopra, who broke away from B.R. Chopra's films and became an independent director and then producer of Hindi films, also used only Sahir Ludhiyanvi as the lyricist in all his movies, again an association which lasted till Sahir's death.

 In 1958, Sahir wrote the lyrics for Ramesh Saigal's film Phir Subah Hogi, which was based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. The male lead was Raj Kapoor and it was presumed that Shankar-Jaikishan would be the music composers. However, Sahir insisted that only someone who had read the novel could provide the right score. Thus, Khayyam ended up as the music composer for the film, and the song Woh Subah Kabhi Toh Aayegi with minimal background music remains an all-time hit. Khayyam went on to work with Sahir in many films including Kabhie Kabhie and Trishul. Admirers and critics rate Sahir's work in Guru Dutt's Pyaasa as his finest. Pyaasa, some say, bears resemblance to Sahir's early years as a poet. The onscreen poet, Vijay played by Guru Dutt, bears a strong likeness to the man whose poetry gave the film its soul.

 With success, Sahir started displaying arrogance. He insisted on writing the lyrics first and then having them set to music unlike his other contemporaries who would be happy penning their verses to the tunes. His other insistence of being paid 1 Rupee more than Lata Mangeshkar created a rift between him and S D Burman and Lata. His attempt at promoting a new singer Sudha Malhotra who was also his love interest was another example.[12]Sahir Ludhianvi's work in the 1970s was restricted to films mainly directed by Yash Chopra. Though his output in terms of number of films had thinned out, the quality of his writing commanded immense respect. Kabhie Kabhie (1976) saw him return to sparkling form. These songs won him his second Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist, the first being for Taj Mahal (1963).

Last days

On 25 October 1980, at the age of fifty-nine, Sahir Ludhianvi suffered a massive heart attack and died in the arms of his friend Dr R.P. Kapoor. He was buried at the Juhu Muslim cemetery. His tomb was demolished in 2010 to make space for new bodies.[13]Sahir's final works were released for the Hindi film Lakshmi (1982). He will always be remembered along with Kaifi Azmi as the poet who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. More than 30 years after Sahir's death, his poetry and lyrics remain an inspiration for lyricists of the day. Composers and singers of Sahir's time swear by the depth, intensity and purity in his poetry. As singer, Mahendra Kapoor said in a Vividh Bharati interview, "I don't think a writer like Sahir Ludhianvi will be born again." Sahir also wrote songs for Laila Majnu and Daag

The person

Personality

While Sahir's heart bled for others, he apparently never paid enough attention to his own life. His friend Prakash Pandit once recalled how, after the Partition of India, Sahir was unhappy without the company of his Hindu and Sikh friends (they had all fled to India). A secular India was Sahir's preference to an Islamic Pakistan.[14]Late in his life, people who knew him say, the poet became moody and suspicious. He fought for, and became, the first lyricist to get royalties from music companies. Sahir insisted on writing the songs before the song was composed, against the Bollywood norm. However, some of his songs were written after the tunes were ready. For example, मांग के साथ तुम्हारा (Naya Daur 1957 – music by O.P. Nayyar). At the height of his popularity, Sahir is said to have demanded a rupee more for his songs than what was paid to Lata Mangeshkar for singing them. It was on Sahir's insistence that All India Radio began crediting lyricists along with singers and music composers for songs it aired.

Poetry

"मै पल दो पल का शायर हूँ, पल दो पल मेरी कहानी है

पल दो पल मेरी हस्ती है, पल दो पल मेरी जवानी है

मुझसे पहले कितने शायर, आए और आकर चले गए,

कुछ आहें भरकर लौट गए, कुछ नग़मे गाकर चले गए

वो भी एक पल का किस्सा थे, मै भी एक पल का किस्सा हूँ

कल तुमसे जुदा हो जाऊँगा, जो आज तुम्हारा हिस्सा हूँ"

A colossus amongst film lyricists, Sahir Ludhianvi was slightly different from his contemporaries. A poet unable to praise Khuda (God), Husn (Beauty) or Jaam (Wine), his pen was, at its best, pouring out bitter but sensitive lyrics over the declining values of society, the senselessness of war and politics, and the domination of consumerism over love. Whenever he wrote any love songs, they were tinged with sorrow, due to realisation that there were other, starker concepts more important than love. He could be called the underdog's bard; close to his heart were the farmer crushed by debt, the soldier gone to fight someone else's war, the woman forced to sell her body, the youth frustrated by unemployment, the family living on the street and other victims of society. His lyric from Pyaasa when lead actor Guru Dutt (Vijay) was passing through a red light area by singing this song, moved even Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Honourable Prime minister of India that time.

"ये कूचे, ये नीलामघर दिलकशी के,

ये लुटते हुए कारवां ज़िंदगी के,

कहाँ है कहाँ है मुहाफ़िज़ खुदी के?

जि��्हें नाज़ है हिंद पर,वो कहाँ हैं?"

Sahir Ludhianvi's poetry had a "Faizian" quality. Like Faiz Ahmed Faiz, he too gave Urdu poetry an intellectual element that caught the imagination of the youth of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He helped them discover their spine. Sahir asked questions and was not afraid of calling a spade, a spade; he roused people from an independence-induced smugness. He would pick on the self-appointed custodian of religion, the self-serving politician, the exploitative capitalist, and the war-mongering super-powers.

 Sahir's poetry reflected the mood of the age. Whether it was the arrest of progressive writers in Pakistan, the launch of the satellite Sputnik or the discovery of Ghalib by a government lusting after minority votes, Sahir reacted with a verve not seen in many writers' work. Kahat-e-Bangal ("The Famine of Bengal"), written by a 25-year-old Sahir, bespeaks maturity that came early. His Subah-e-Navroz ("Dawn of a New Day"), mocks the concept of celebration when the poor exist in squalor.

Perhaps Sahir is the first renowned Urdu poet, who, could express his view towards The Tajmahal in a complete different way. He wrote

 "मेरे महबूब कहीं और मिला कर मुझसे, बज़्म- ए-शाही में ग़रीबों का गुज़र क्या माने. सबत जिन राहों पर है सतबते शाही के निशां उसपे उल्फत भरी रूहों का गुज़र क्या माने?"-

The poet asks his lover to meet him anywhere else but Tajmahal. A tomb which has been a symbol of luxurious monarchy for years, there is no need to make journey of love by two beautiful but not famous hearts there.[15]

Sahir will always be remembered as a poet who made his creation a lesson for all ages of Urdu poetry to come. In this way he contradicts his own creation: "kal aur aayenge naghmo ki khilti kalian chunnewale, mujhse behtar kehnewale, tumse behtar sunne wale; kal koi mujhko yaad kare, kyun koi mujhko yaad kare, masroof zamana mere liye kyun waqt apna barbad kare?" Translation: Tomorrow there will be more who will narrate the love poems. May be someone narrating better than me. May be someone listening better than you. Why should anyone remember me? Why should anyone remember me? Why should the busy age waste it's time for me?.[4]