Sudarshan Faakir, an exceptional nazm and ghazal poet, was born in 1934 in Jalandhar. He studied at the DAV College and earned a master's degree in Political Science. His first job was at the local radio station, but other opportunities attracted him, and he got into directing stage plays and movies. Although he started writing at a young age, his talent surfaced once he became a lyricist for Bollywood movies and even won the coveted Filmfare award. The lyricism of his compositions was so appealing that he became the favorite poet of great ghazal singers like Begum Akhtar, Jagjit, and Chitra Singh. Who hasn’t heard his nazm Ye Kaaghaz Ki Kashti in the melodious voice of Jagjit Singh?
ye daulat bhi le lo ye shohrat bhi le lo
bhale chhiin lo mujh se meri javaani
magar mujh ko lota do vo bachpan ka saavan
vo kaaghaz ki kashti vo baarish ka paani
ye daulat bhi le lo ye shohrat bhi le lo
Take this wealth, take this fame
You may even snatch away my youth
But return to me that rainy season of my childhood
That paper boat, that rainwater
Take this wealth, take this fame
Sudarshan Faakir died in the city of his birth in 2008.
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