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'''Bashar Nawaz''' (18 August 1935 – 9 July 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Meettheauthor-Bashar Nawaz |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/bashar_nawaz.pdf |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> was an Indian [[Urdu]] [[poet]] and [[lyricist]], who penned the song ''Karoge Yaad'' in the [[Bollywood]] film [[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]. He picked up the "Pulotsav Samman" and [[Ghalib Award]] for his contribution to Urdu literature.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Noted-poet-Bashar-Nawaz-passes-away/articleshow/48012176.cms
|title=Noted poet Bashar Nawaz passes away
|date=10 July 2015
|work=[[The Times of India]]
|language=English}}</ref>

== Career ==
He had written lyrics for a few [[Hindi films]] such as '[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]', 'Lori' and 'Jane Wafa'. [[Ghulam Ali (singer)|Ghulam Ali]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mohammad Aziz|Mohd Aziz]], [[Asha Bhosale]], [[Talat Aziz]], [[Bhupinder]] and [[Mehdi Hasan]] among others have given voice to his [[Ghazals]].

He also wrote 13 episodes of the TV serial [[Amir Khusrow|Amir Khusro]], which was telecast on [[Doordarshan]] in 1983. Bashar also penned 26 episodes of the musical opera "Sare Jahan se Accha Hindustan Hamara", which was broadcast by [[All India Radio]]. He scripted a serial on [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar]], which was televised on Doordarshan in 2000.

Nawaz's poems have been translated into Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi and Kannada and published in journals and anthologies. As many as ten of his poems have been translated into English by Zaheer Ali. Anwar Saeed from Pakistan has made special mention of Bashar Nawaz in his book 'Short History of Urdu Literature'. His ghazals and poems have been included in almost all the anthologies of best Urdu poetry from 1960 onward, said noted Urdu poet Khan Shamim.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/renowned-urdu-poet-bashar-nawaz-passes-away/article1-1367395.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709103916/http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/renowned-urdu-poet-bashar-nawaz-passes-away/article1-1367395.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2015|title=Lyricist-poet Bashar Nawaz's demise leaves world of literature in mourning|date=10 July 2015|work=DNA India
|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/aurangabad-marathwada/bashar-nawaz/articleshow/48010346.cms|title=ख्वाब, जिंदगी और मै !|date= 10 July 2015|work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |language=Marathi}}</ref> On 9 July 2015, Bashar Nawaz died at the age of 79 in [[Aurangabad]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/renowned-urdu-poet-bashar-nawaz-passes-away/article1-1367395.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709103916/http://www.hindustantimes.com/books/renowned-urdu-poet-bashar-nawaz-passes-away/article1-1367395.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2015|title=Renowned Urdu poet Bashar Nawaz passes away|date=9 July 2015|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Urdu poet, lyricist Bashar Nawaz dies in Aurangabad |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/urdu-poet-lyricist-bashar-nawaz-dies-in-aurangabad-115070901116_1.html |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Business Standard India |date=9 July 2015}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:People from Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:Recipients of Ghalib Award]]
[[Category:People from Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]

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