Munir Niazi منیر نیازی | |
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| Born | Munir Niazi (1923-04-09)9 April 1923 |
| Died | 26 December 2006(2006-12-26) (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Alma mater | Govt. Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur Dayal Singh College, Lahore |
| Period | 1960 - 2006 (active years) |
| Notable awards | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2005) Pride of Performance (1992) |
Munir Niazi (Punjabi,Urdu:منیر نیازی;09 April 1923 – 26 December 2006), was a Pakistani poet. He mostly wrote in thePunjabi andUrdu languages and also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio.[1] In 1960, he established a publication institute,Al-Misal. He was later associated withPakistan Television,Lahore and lived in Lahore till his death.
Munir Niazi was born on 09 April 1923 inHoshiarpur district,Punjab,British India to aPunjabi speaking family ofNiaziPathans.[2] He was initially educated at Khanpur. After thepartition of India in 1947, he migrated and settled inSahiwal, where he passed hismatriculation examination.[2][1] He earned an intermediate degree fromGovt. Sadiq Egerton College, Bahawalpur and a B.A. degree fromDayal Singh College, Lahore.[3][1] Munir Niazi launched a weekly,Seven Colours, from Sahiwal in 1949. Some of his poetry was used in films and these film songs became popular super-hits among the Pakistani public which established him as one of the foremost movie songwriters of Pakistan in the 1960s. For example, the film song in film Shaheed (1962),Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto and many others.[4][5]
| Film song | Singers | Song lyrics by | Music by | Film and year |
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| "Jis Ne Mere Dil Ko Dard Diya"[6] | Mehdi Hassan | Munir Niazi | Hasan Latif Lilak | Susral (1962) |
| "Jaa Apni Hasraton Pe Aansoo Baha Ke Sau Jaa" | Noor Jehan | Munir Niazi | Hasan Latif Lilak | Susral (1962) |
| "Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto"[2] | Naseem Begum | Munir Niazi | Rashid Attre | Shaheed (1962) |
| "Kaisay Kaisay Loag Hamare Jee Ko Jalanay Aa Jaatain Hain" | Mehdi Hassan | Munir Niazi | Hasan Latif Lilak | Tere Shehar Mein (1965) |
| "Zinda Rahein Tau Kaya Hai Jau Mar Jaaen Hum Tau Kaya"[2] | Naheed Akhtar | Munir Niazi | M Ashraf | Kharidar (1976) |
Below are some of hisUrdu publications:
InPunjabi language, he has published:
Effective imagery in his poetry conveys pictures in a few words.[citation needed] He had experimented with poetic forms and had tried to create a newstyle,rhythm anddiction inUrdu poetry. Innocence, mythology, nostalgia, dreams, eroticism, and romance are some of his most common themes. Selected English translations of Munir Niazi's poetic works were edited by Suhail Safdar and published in 1996.[9]
Munir Niazi died ofrespiratory illness on 26 December 2006 inLahore,Pakistan.[2][1]
On his 86th birth anniversary, a book titled 'Munir Niazi Ki Baatain, Yadain' was launched to honor him at the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (Pilac) at Lahore. This book has interviews of the late Munir Niazi and opinion columns about him.[3]
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