1. Hasrat Jaipuri, born Iqbal Hussain, was an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages.
13 Facts About Hasrat Jaipuri
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Hasrat Jaipuri began writing verse, when he was around twenty years old.
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Hasrat Jaipuri talked about a love letter he wrote to this girl, in an interview, later in his life, that love knows no religion.
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In 1940, Hasrat Jaipuri came to Bombay, and started working as a bus conductor, earning a monthly salary of eleven rupees.
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Hasrat Jaipuri used to participate in mushairas, or poetry recitation symposiums.
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At a mushaira, Prithviraj Kapoor noticed Hasrat Jaipuri and recommended him to his son, Raj Kapoor.
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Hasrat Jaipuri wrote his first recorded song, Jiya Beqaraar Hai for the film.
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Later, he invited Hasrat Jaipuri to write three songs for the movie Henna.
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Hasrat Jaipuri alleges that after Raj Kapoor's death, the music composer Ravindra Jain "conspired" to "scrap" his lyrics and replace them with his own lyrics.
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When fellow lyricist Shailendra turned producer with Teesri Kasam, he invited Hasrat Jaipuri to write lyrics for the movie.
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Hasrat Jaipuri wrote several books of poetry, in Hindi and Urdu.
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Hasrat Jaipuri invested his earnings in real estate or rental property, on his wife's advice.
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Hasrat Jaipuri was survived by two sons and a daughter who live in Mumbai.