1. Hussain Haidry is an Indian spoken word poet, writer and lyricist.
12 Facts About Hussain Haidry
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Hussain Haidry gained prominence for his spoken word poem titled, "Hindustani Musalmaan".
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Hussain Haidry has written lyrics for the Bollywood films Gurgaon, Qarib Qarib Single, Mukkabaaz and Taish.
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Hussain Haidry is a Dawoodi Bohra, and was born in Indore where he attended Shri Satya Sai Vidhya Vihar school which imparted a secular way of life to him and went on to become a chartered accountant.
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Hussain Haidry later obtained a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and worked as head of finance at a healthcare company in Kolkata.
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Hussain Haidry was invited on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here.
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Hussain Haidry wrote two songs for it, Tamasha and Aiyyash Chor, as solo pieces and Udi in collaboration with Varun Grover.
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Hussain Haidry wrote the lyrics for the film Mukkabaaz which premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2017.
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Hussain Haidry wrote seven out of ten songs in the film, which were composed by Rachita Arora.
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Hussain Haidry has written the title song of the Amazon web series, Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare, composed by Vishal Dadlani.
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Hussain Haidry has co-written the short film titled Madhyantar, along with Abhishek Chaubey in the Netflix short film anthology, Ankahi Kahaniyan.
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Hussain Haidry has written dialogues for Aparna Sen's award-winning film The Rapist.