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Ibrahim Khan Gauri

Other name
  
Ibrahim Khan Gauri

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Born
  
July 20, 1951 (age 65) (
1951-07-20
)
Multanpura, Mandsaur Madhya Pradesh

Occupation
  
poet, journalist, actor, lyricist

Movies
  
Musaa: The Most Wanted, Dhara

Nominations
  
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist, IIFA Award for Best Lyricist, Guild Award for Best Lyrics

Similar
  
Rajesh Roshan, Himanshu Bhatt, Tapan Bhatt, Sandeep Shirodkar, Ballu Saluja

Ibrahim Khan Gauri (born July 20, 1951) is an Urdu poet, journalist, actor and film lyricist. He writes under the pen name Ashk.

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Qualification

His early education was at Badnagar, District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He received his B.A. from Indore University in 1973 and his M.A. in Hindi Literature in 1974 from Indore University

Profession

He is a journalist, poet and film writer. He served 4 years with the Daily Indore Samachar, 6 years with Shama and Shushma magazines and 2 years with Sarita, a famous Hindi monthly magazine.

Literary contributions

  • Ilham – 1991
  • Aagahi – 1996 (Collection of Poems)
  • Karbala – 1998 (Historical Elegy)
  • Andaz-e-Bayan Aur – 2001 (Critical appreciation and explanation of Mirza Asad-ullah Khan `Ghalib’)
  • Tanqidi Shaoor – 2004 (Work on Bedil, Hafiz, Ghalib, Iqbal, Firaq Gorakhpuri and different literary subjects)

    • Innovations

    Lala and Chaharan – New poetic forms Such innovation come by only a few times in centuries.

    Also, expression of novel in poetic medium – in musical rhymes and rhythms.

    Filmography / Bollywood

    Penned Lyrics for `Kaho Naa Pyar Hai’ (Broke 50 years old record), `Koi Mil Gaya’, `Janasheen’, `Eitbaar’, `Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage’, `Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche’, `Dhund’ and several others. Acted as Ghalib in a serial penned by himself.

    Cassettes

    More than 1000 Geet and Ghazals have been sung by legendary singers of India for several music companies.

    Awards and accolades

  • U.P. Urdu Academy Award – 1991
  • All India Benzer Award – 1992
  • Maharashtra Hindi Patrakar Sangh Award – 2000 (for Best Lyrics)
  • Tata Group of Magazine AV Max Award – 2000 (for Best Lyrics of the year 2000)
  • Ujjain’s Sahitya Seva Samman – 2001 (Presented by Shri Shiv Mangal Singh Suman, Ex-Vice Chancellor of Vikram University, Ujjain)
  • Ghalib Award – 2003 (of the Journal `Intesaab’ Sirong, M.P.)
  • Kalidas Samman – 2003 (of M.P. Sadbhawana Manch)
  • Kabir Samman – 2003 (of Gunjan Kala Sadan, Jabalpur, M.P.)
  • Majrooh Award – 2004 (of Majrooh Academy, Mumbai)
  • Hindi-Urdu Sahitya Academy Award – 2004 (Lucknow, U.P.)
  • Star Dust Award for Best Lyrics – 2004 (Presented by World Fame Artist Shri M.F.Hussain)

    • Workshops

    Amidst of his busy schedule he takes little time out to share his experience and guide the upcoming talent in the Bollywood industry. He organizes monthly Lyrics Writing Workshops in Mumbai in association with Joinfilms.com. The 3 days professional workshop covers complete lyrics writing course that consists of

  • The basics about writing lyrics for movies, albums.
  • Writing songs based on the story-line and according to the situation in which it is going to be filmed
  • Knowing general things is also important and this topic will give you the knowledge about different genres of lyrics writing prevalent in the Hindi film industry

    • References

    Ibrahim Khan Gauri Wikipedia
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