Sahir Ludhianvi is probably the only songwriter in Hindi films whose poetry was accepted in its purest form and incorporated as a film song. So great was his stature as an Urdu poet that he never had to mould his poetry to suit the demands of film songwriting; instead producers and composers adapted their requirements to his poetry. His songs in films like Pyaasa; Naya Daur and Phir Subah Hogi have attained the status of classics. This exhaustive biography traces the poets rich life; from his troubled childhood and his equally troubled love relationships to his rise as one of the pre-eminent personalities of the Progressive Writers Movement and his journey as lyricist through the golden era of Hindi film music; the 1950s and 1960s.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. PetrovicBy de Cinema - de CuirThis is the first work in English on the life and career of Aleksandar Petrovic. Important for that and so many other reasons.
