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{{Infobox writer
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| resting_place = [[London]], [[England]]
| occupation = [[Poet]], [[Lyricist]]
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'''Chaman Lal Chaman''' is a London-based noted [[Punjabi people|Panjabi]] poet, lyricist and radio broadcaster.<ref name="dna">{{cite web | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_poetry-and-lyrics-are-my-first-love_1180598 | title = 'Poetry and lyrics are my first love' | publisher = DNAIndia.com | date = 30 July 2008 | accessdate = 23 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019lxj6 | title=Chaman Lal Chaman talks about his life | publisher=[[BBC]] | accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> He is the writer of a popular [[Punjabi language|Panjabi]] song, ''saun da mahina'', sung by [[Jagjit Singh]] in 1979.<ref name="dna"/><ref name="aa">{{cite web | url = http://asianaffairs.in/january2010/press-release.html | title = Chaman blooms in Britain | publisher = AsianAffairs.in | date = January 2010 | accessdate = 23 November 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130217210427/http://asianaffairs.in/january2010/press-release.html | archivedate = 17 February 2013 }}</ref> He also writes in [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]].

He wrote a [[Bhangra (popular music)|Bhangra]] song for Gurinder Chadha's [[Bride and Prejudice]], starring [[Aishwarya Rai]] with music by [[Anu Malik]], and many songs and ghazals for [[Jagjit Singh]] and his wife [[Chitra Singh]]. His lyrics has also been sung by noted Indian singers like [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Kumar Sanu]] and [[Sonu Nigam]].<ref name="r">{{cite web | url=http://www.glamour.raafatrola.com/songs-and-lyrics/chaman-lal-chaman-song-lyrics | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104105307/http://www.glamour.raafatrola.com/songs-and-lyrics/chaman-lal-chaman-song-lyrics | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 January 2013 | title=Chaman Lal Chaman Song-Lyrics | accessdate=25 November 2012 }}</ref>

He worked as a radio presenter in [[Kenya]] and [[Great Britain|Britain]] and interviewed more than a hundred celebrities including, [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Jawahar Lal Nehru]] and [[Naushad]].

He was honored in [[London]] in 2010 and was presented the Asian Achievers Gold Award for his achievements in media, art and culture.<ref name="aa"/><ref name="oa">{{cite web | url=http://www.openarticle.com/article.cfm?id=70E8E412-123D-4467-847611E4ABFED874 | title=CHAMAN BLOOMS IN BRITAIN - Veteran Broadcaster, Poet, Lyricist and Journalist Honoured with a Major Award | publisher=OpenArticle.com | accessdate=25 November 2012 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Chaman Lal Chaman died in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chandan|first=Amarjit|date=2019-04-01|title=Chaman Lal Chaman obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/apr/01/chaman-lal-chaman-obituary|access-date=2021-06-28|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and works ==

Chaman was born in a small village of [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]], Pasla.<ref name="dna"/> His mother died when he was a child and his father called him to [[Kenya]] where he worked as a presenter for Kenyan Radio, The Voice of Kenya, in [[Nairobi]] during the 1950s and 1960s<ref name="dna"/> and interviewed more than a hundred celebrities, including a noted [[Bollywood]] actor [[Sunil Dutt]] when he visited Kenya.

Later, spending nearly 18 years, from 1956 to 1974,<ref name="aa"/> he moved to [[Great Britain|Britain]] and worked at the Asian service of [[BBC]] and Panjab Radio, UK.

He started the first Indian commercial radio programme in London called ''Geetmala'' which became a rage among the Asian diaspora. He also anchored the weekly programmes on BBC's TV One and BBC Radio Four during the 1990s.<ref name="dna"/>

=== Literary works ===

At the age of 13, he wrote a poem on [[Guru Nanak Dev]]'s birthday and was given rupee 1 as an award which stirred his inner poet. After that he wrote many poems and has published three anthologies of his poems.

On the 50th anniversary of India and Pakistan's independence, he penned a play, ''Sare Jahan Se Achha'', directed by the noted Punjabi writer [[Balwant Gargi]] and the music was composed by ghazal singer, [[Jagjit Singh]].<ref name="aa"/> It was a major success when played in [[London]] and other cities of Britain in 1997 and 98.<ref name="oa"/>

== See also ==
*[[Balwant Gargi]]

== References ==
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