Anwar Farrukhabadi (Template:Lang-ur; Template:Lang-hi), also known as "Fana (Template:Lang)", was a Sufi poet from Farrukhabad district in India.[1] He is known as a lyricist of Ghazal, songs, poems and Qawaali.
Work
He also wrote Marsiya (مرثیہ ) and Mashhoor Daastan Hai Shahadat Hussain Ki (مشہور داساتاں ہے شہادت حسینؑ کی ), sung by Shamshad Begum and Yusuf Ad.Template:Citation needed His ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai [2] has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.
The poet died in Farrukhabad on June 29, 2011.[3]
References
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
- ↑ Tejaswini Pandit has become a shayara. The Times of India(17 Feb 2018). Retrieved 8 Aug 2018.
- ↑ Yesteryear lyricist Anwar Farrukhabadi is dead. news.rediff.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.