Akhtar ul Iman اختر الایمان | |
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| Born | 12 November 1915 Qila Patthargarh,Najibabad,Bijnor district |
| Died | 9 March 1996(1996-03-09) (aged 80) Mumbai,Maharashtra, India |
| Resting place | Bandra Qabristan,Mumbai |
| Education | Master of Arts degree in Urdu Literature |
| Alma mater | Zakir Husain Delhi College Aligarh Muslim University |
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| Employer(s) | Freelance and B.R. Films assigned cine writer (1960–1980) |
| Known for | UrduNazm, poet screenwriter and playwright |
| Spouse | Sultana Iman |
| Children | 4 |
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Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 – 9 March 1996) was a notedUrdu poet and screenwriter inHindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdunazm.[1][2]
He won theFilmfare Award forBest Dialogue in 1963 forDharmputra and 1966 forWaqt. He was awarded the 1962Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, for his Poetry Collection,Yadein (Memories), bySahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.[3]
Born on 12 November 1915 in Qila Patthargarh,Najibabad, in theBijnor district ofUttar Pradesh in 1915.[1][4] He was brought up in an orphanage.[5][6] He gained his initial education atBijnor, where he came in contact with poet and scholar Khurshid ul Islam, who taught at Aligarh Muslim University and developed a long association withRalph Russell. He graduated from theZakir Husain College atUniversity of Delhi[7] and completed his master's in Urdu degree fromAligarh Muslim University.[5]
He first joinedAll India Radio as a staff artist. Then Iman joined theFilmistan Studio as a dialogue writer in 1945.[8][4]
He preferrednazm over more popularghazal as a mean of poetic expression. Akhtar ul Iman's language is "coarse and unpoetic". He uses "coarse" and mundane poetic expressions to make his message effective and realistic.[9]
He left behind a substantial legacy for new generation of poets to follow which explores new trends and themes in modern Urdu poetry giving a new direction to the modern and contemporary Urdu nazm with emphasis on philosophical humanism.[1][6]
•Iss Aabad Kharabe Mein (Urdu)-published by Urdu Academy, Delhi, India. Autobiography of a famous Urdu writer of India.[6]
He has published eight collections:
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His contribution to Hindi cinema is significant, keeping in mind the number of landmark and hit movies he has contributed as a script writer (dialogue, story and screenplay). His first landmark movie wasKanoon (1960 film), which became a big hit despite the fact that it had no songs or comedy sequences. Other important movies to which he contributed as a script writer wereDharmputra (1961) – for which he received afilmfare award –Gumrah,Waqt,Patther ke Sanam, andDaagh.[11]
The one movie which has his lyrics isBikhare Moti.
Literary awards
and Numerous other literary awards.
Akhtar ul Iman died on 9 March 1996 in Mumbai at age 80.[4][6] He also was the father-in-law of actorAmjad Khan.[10]
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