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| name = Kaif Bhopali<br />
| image = Mr. Kaif Bhopali.jpg <br />
| pseudonym = <br />
| birth_date = 20/feb/1917<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
| death_date = 24/jul/1991<br />
| death_place = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />
| occupation = Lyricist, poet<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| period = <br />
| genre = [[Ghazal]], [[Urdu poetry]]<br />
| subject = Love, philosophy<br />
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| website = <br />
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'''Kaif Bhopali''' was an Indian [[Urdu poetry|Urdu poet]] and lyricist. He was a poet in the Urdu [[mushaira|mushaira circles]], and is known as the writer of songs like ''Chalo Dildar Chalo,'' sung by [[Mohd. Rafi]] in [[Kamal Amrohi]]'s 1972 classic, ''[[Pakeezah]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Let's Enjoy |url=http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=13584011&cid=13315288 |date=6 October 2004 |publisher=[[Sify.com]] Movies |access-date=1 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124014604/http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=13584011 |archive-date=24 November 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=hi>{{cite web |title=Matchless magic lingers |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/31/stories/2002073100290100.htm |date=31 July 2002 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=1 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228033045/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/07/31/stories/2002073100290100.htm |archive-date=28 December 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Kaif Bhoopali wrote lyrics for many Bollywood films like ''[[Pakeezah]]'' (1972), where he wrote songs like ''Teer-E-Nazar'' and ''Chalo dildar chalo chand ke paar chalo''.<ref>[http://smriti.com/hindi-songs/name-kaif-bhopali Lyrics by Kaif Bhopali]</ref><br />
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He also wrote some [[ghazal]]s like "तेरा चेहरा कितना सुहाना लगता है", ''Jhoom ke jab rindon ne pila de,'' sung by [[Jagjit Singh]]. One of his couplets is {{transl|ur|Kaun aayega yehan, koyi na aaya hoga}}, also sung by Jagjit Singh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Down memory lane with Jagjit Singh |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981109/31351424.html |work=[[Indian Express]] |date=9 November 1998 }}</ref> Another song was ''Aye Khuda Shukr Tera'' in the 1983 film ''[[Raziya Sultan (film)|Razia Sultan]]'', written and directed by [[Kamal Amrohi]].''Apne aap raaton mein'', sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] is a gem from 1977 film ''[[Shankar Hussain]]''.Kaif Bhopali's daughter, Parveen Kaif, is a poet who participates in [[mushaira]]s.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''[[Pakeezah]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Shankar Hussain]]'' (1977)<br />
* ''[[Raziya Sultan (film)|Raziya Sultan]]'' (1983)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0080420}}<br />
* [http://www.urdupoetry.com/kbhopali.html Works of Kaif Bhopali]<br />
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