Nida wrote the final two songs and attracted other Hindi filmmakers. The original songwriter Jan Nisar Akhtar working on the film Razia Sultan (1983) had died before completing the project. His career improved when Kamal Amrohi, a filmmaker, approached him. As a result, he was boycotted in some poetic sessions. He wrote essays critical of contemporary poets of the sixties in his book Mulaqatein which outraged poets including Sahir Ludhianvi, Ali Sardar Jafri and Kaifi Azmi. Some of his famous film songs include Aa bhi jaa ( Sur), Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein ( Aap To Aise Na The) and Hosh waalon ko khabar Kya ( Sarfarosh). He wrote the famous couplet: 'Duniya jise kehte hain jaadu kaa Khilona hai Mil jaaye to mitti hai kho jaaye to sona hai'. He became known among readers and ghazal singers for his elegant presentation and exclusive use of colloquial language for ghazals, dohaas and nazms, while avoiding ornate Persian imagery and compound words to simplify his poetry. He was often invited to Mushairas, the prestigious recitation sessions of one's own poetry. His poetic style attracted the notice of filmmakers and writers of Hindi and Urdu literature. In the early days of his career, he wrote in Dharmayug and Blitz. He moved to Mumbai in search of a job in 1964. They became the parents of a daughter, Tehreer. This departure of his parents was an epochal event in his life, the pain and repercussions of which would remain with him all his life.įazli was married twice. This happened one year after Fazli had moved from Gwalior to Mumbai (in 1964) to earn a living. In 1965, eighteen years after the partition of India, his parents and other family members migrated to Pakistan.
Their contribution to literature through films/poetry and songs are still cherished today by their admirers both from India and Pakistan. Two of his other brothers mainly Tasleem Fazli & Saba Fazli too were prominent names of Indo-Pak. His father was also a very well known Urdu poet. 10 External links Early life and backgroundīorn in Delhi, India into a Kashmiri family, Nida Fazli grew up in Gwalior, where he attended school and subsequently studied English literature.