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{{Infobox person
| name = Anand Bakshi
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| birth_name = Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|3|30|1930|7|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = [[Lyricist]]
| years active = 1945–2002
| relatives = [[Aditya Datt]] (grandson)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1192953/Anand-Bakshis-grand-son-turns-director | title=Anand Bakshi's grand-son turns director | publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] | work=BH News Network | date=26 May 2005 | access-date=8 February 2016 | author=Taran Adarsh | author-link=Taran Adarsh }}</ref>
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'''Anand Bakshi''' (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian [[poet]] and [[lyricist]]. He was nominated for the Filmfare award for Best lyricist a total of 40 times, resulting in 4 wins.

== Early life ==
Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid) was born in [[Rawalpindi]] in the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]] of [[British India]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]]), on 21 July 1930 into a [[Mohyal Brahmin]] family of the [[Vaid (surname)|Vaid]] clan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfaDScuTDTA|title=Anand Bakshi on TOTAL RECALL Part 1 (@Times Now)|website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=29 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> The family arrived in Delhi, via a Dakota aircraft after the [[Partition of India]] and then migrated to [[Pune]], then [[Meerut]] and settled again finally in Delhi.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

Bakshi was fond of writing poetry since his youth, but he did this mostly as a private hobby.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}} In a 1983 interview with [[Doordarshan]],<ref name="dd">{{cite web|last1=Tabassum|title=Interview with Anand Bakshi – Phool khile hain gulshan gulshan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFFwOfs1IWw&index=64&list=PL2SVX7hu8cbYppOhJk0K2XBZAec8zK2XZ|website=You Tube|publisher=Doordarshan|access-date=5 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> Bakshi recounted that after his initial studies, he joined the [[Indian Navy]], where due to a paucity of time, he could only write occasionally.<ref name="dd" /> He continued to write poetry whenever time permitted, and used his songs and lyrics in local programmes related to his troop.<ref name="dd" /> He worked in the Navy for many years and simultaneously tried to market his songs in the Mumbai film world.<ref name="dd" />

== Career ==
Anand Bakshi came to [[Hindi films]] to make a name for himself in writing and singing, but ended up becoming more successful in writing [[lyrics]]. He got his break writing songs in a Brij Mohan film titled ''Bhalaa Aadmi'' (1958), acted by [[Bhagwan Dada]]. He wrote four songs in this film. His first song in this film was "Dharti Ke Laal Na Kar Itna Malaal" which was recorded on 9 November 1956. (In his own voice on All India Radio interview)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0vZndMPvA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zz0vZndMPvA |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Anand Bakshi Singing his 1st song from 1st film BHALA AADMI, Ameen Sayani radio show.|last=Rakesh Anand Bakshi|date=24 September 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After writing for a few movies from 1956 onwards, he first found success in 1962 with ''Mehendi Lagi Mere Haath'', which was produced by (LimeLight), Music Kalyanji & Anandji, Music Pub-HMV/Saregama. Bakshi later made another mark for himself writing a quawwali for the 1962 film ''Kala Samundar'', the song was "Meri Tasveer Lekar Kya Karoge Tum" composed by [[Datta Naik|N. Datta]]. He got his real big breakthroughs in 1965 with ''[[Himalay Ki God Mein]]'', and a huge breakthrough again in 1965 with the super-hit film ''[[Jab Jab Phool Khile]]'', starring [[Shashi Kapoor]] and both composed by Kalyanji–Anandji; and yet again in 1967 with the super-hit movie ''[[Milan (1967 film)|Milan]]'' (starring [[Sunil Dutt]]). These six hit films within a decade of his entry into films cemented his status as a lyrics writer of immense calibre.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

Bakshi was preferred lyricist by [[Rajesh Khanna]] for films with Rajesh Khanna in lead.
He went on to work as a lyricist of over 4000 songs and 638 films in his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/anand-bakshi-death-anniversary-sc87-nu901-ta321-1152717-1.html|title=Writing more than 4000 songs for Bollywood, Anand Bakshi is still alive in hearts of his fellows|date= 7 July 2018|publisher=newstracklive.com}}</ref>(See Filmography below for films reference, names of the films and their year of censorship.){{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

He got his first break as singer in a film directed by Mohan Kumar – ''[[Mom Ki Gudiya]]'' (1972). The first song he sang was a duet – "Baaghon mein bahaar aayi hothon pe pukaar aayi", along with [[Lata Mangeshkar]], with music composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. He also sang the solo "Main dhoondh raha tha sapnon mein" from the same film.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

He also sang songs in four other films: ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), where he sang the qawwali "Chand Sa Koi Chehera" along with [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]] and [[Bhupinder Singh (musician)|Bhupinder]], (the song was released on vinyl, but not in the feature film); [[Maha Chor]] (1976); [[Charas (1976 film)|Charas]] (1976) Song : Aaja Teri Yaad Aayi; and [[Balika Badhu (1976 film)|Balika Badhu]] (1976).

Anand Bakshi was widely associated with music composers such as [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]], [[R D Burman]], [[Kalyanji Anandji]], [[SD Burman]], [[Anu Malik]], [[Rajesh Roshan]] and [[Anand–Milind]], and his songs have been sung by all the top singers as well as other singers such as [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Ila Arun]], Khursheed Bawra, [[Amirbai Karnataki]], [[Sudha Malhotra]] and more. He is known to have worked with more than one generation of music composers.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

He wrote the first recorded songs of many first time male and female leads who went on to become stars, and also of singers such as [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] etc., and he established himself as a versatile lyricist with the song "[[Dum Maro Dum (song)|Dum Maro Dum]]" in the movie ''[[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]]'' (1972).{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

After this, he wrote memorable lyrics in many movies including ''[[Bobby (1973 film)|Bobby]]'', ''[[Amar Prem]]'' (1971), ''[[Aradhana (1969 film)|Aradhana]]'' (1969), ''[[Jeene Ki Raah]]'', ''[[Mera Gaon Mera Desh]]'', ''[[Aaye Din Bahar Ke]]'', ''[[Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke]]'', ''[[Seeta Aur Geeta]]'', ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), ''[[Dharam Veer (1977 film)|Dharam Veer]]'', ''[[Nagina (1986 film)|Nagina]]'', ''[[Lamhe]], ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'' (1991), ''[[Mohra]]'' (1994), ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'' (1995), ''[[Pardes (1997 film)|Pardes]]'' (1997), ''[[Heer Raanjha]]'', ''[[Dushman (1998 film)|Dushman]]'' (1998), ''[[Taal (film)|Taal]]'' (1998), ''[[Mohabbatein]]'' (2000), ''[[Gadar: Ek Prem Katha]]'' (2001), and ''[[Yaadein (2001 film)|Yaadein]]'' (2001).{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

==Personal life==
Bakshi was married to Kamla Mohan Bakshi. The couple had two daughters, Suman Datt and Kavita Bali and two sons Rajesh Bakshi and Rakesh Bakshi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/woh-phir-nahin-aate-10409.html|title=Rakesh Bakshi remembers father Anand Bakshi|date= 7 July 2018|publisher=filmfare.com}}</ref>

== Death ==
Late in his life, he suffered from heart and lung disease as a consequence of lifelong smoking. In March 2002, he caught a bacterial infection at [[Nanavati hospital]] during a minor heart surgery. He finally died of multiple organ failure on 30 March 2002, 8:45 PM at Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital, at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/lyricist-anand-bakshi-passes-away/articleshow/5391431.cms|title=Lyricist Anand Bakshi passes away|date= 30 March 2002|publisher=timesofindia.com}}</ref> The last released movie with lyrics by Anand Bakshi (after his death) was [[Mehbooba (2008 film)|''Mehbooba'']], ''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]''.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

== Filmography ==
{{Main|Anand Bakshi filmography}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0049244}}

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