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News |  08 Mar 2013 17:16 |  By RnMTeam

President releases postage stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi

MUMBAI: Commemorating the birth anniversary of legendary poet and lyricist late Sahir Ludhianvi, the President of India Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on 8 March at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the legendary Hindi lyricist was widely acclaimed as a people’s poet who wrote on trials and tribulations of the everyday life of the common man with great intensity and deep empathy.

Present on the occasion were Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Kapil Sibal and Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari.

He was recognized as the poet of the young because of his writings on love and beauty. He wrote with great sensitivity on the values and social concerns of the contemporary period.

The President also stated that one of Ludhianvi’s greatest contributions was to amalgamate Urdu poetry into film songs. He also fought for recognition of lyricists through the Film Writers Association. The fact that his birthday (8 March) was being commemorated 33 years after his death with the release of the stamp is proof that he lives through his poetry and his songs in people’s hearts.

Ludhianvi was a popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist, who worked extensively in Hindi films. He won the Filmfare Award twice, in 1964 and 1977, and in 1971 was awarded the Padma Shri. He  breathed his last on 25 October 1980, at the age of fifty-nine.

Speaking with Radioandmusic.com Dr Liaqat Jafri said, "I am very happy with this development. I feel its too late that this happened. I would still welcome this move. It should be celebrated. There has been a changing trend in lyrics and scripts over the years. But lyricists like Irshad Kamil and Prasoon Joshi have tried to hold the traditional style alive even today."

Dr. Jafri is a renowned Urdu writer and poet. He has recently been nominated as member of ‘The Film Writers Association of India’ a main body of film writers, poets, screen play writers among others.

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