Genius And Evergreen – Naqsh Lyallpuri

By Deepa | January 22, 2017

Main woh diya hun, jise aandhiyon ne paala hai. Bujha na paogi, ae, waqt ki hawaon mujhe!!!

– Naqsh Lyallpuri

Remembering his quote, when he’s not between us now but he’ll always be alive through his lyrics. Born as Jaswant Rai Sharma, in the small town of Punjab, Lyallpur (in Pakistan now) he was a child prodigy. Naqsh Lyallpuri’s Urdu teacher was very impressed with his writing skills and used to keep his notebooks to himself at the end of the year just for the shers he wrote at the back of those notebooks. He said “Mere Urdu teacher meri writing se kaafi khush the. Unhone hi mujhse kaha tha ki agar tum literature ki line lekar aage badhte ho,toh tum kaafi safal rahoge.Iske baad maine literature padhna shuru kiya,sher-o-shayari samajhne ki taqat haasil ki,aur phir sher kehne shuru kiye.Ye mere college ke din the.”
His creativity brought him to Bombay from Lucknow. After an initial struggle and difficult days, he found a job in Postal & Telegraph department. He was later introduced by some of his friends to film maker Jagdish Sethi, who was making the film Jaggu (1952).
Thus, Agar teri aankhon se aakhein mila dun rendered by Asha Bhonsle, became his first Hindi film song!!

In the coming years, Naqsh Lyallpuri worked with over hundred and forty music directors including Sapan Jagmohan, Madan Mohan, Khaiyyam, Jaidev and Naushad. He soared to become an important lyricist in the Hindi film industry. A perfectionist, efficient and diligent, his songs are made of everyday language.

A glance at some of his songs from the myriad of his haunting and romantic numbers!!

1. Diwali Ki Raat (1956) – Rendered by Talat Mahmood, music by Snehal Bhatkar.

2. Madhu (1959) – Music director – Roshan, Singer – Lata Mangeshkar

3. Pyar Ka Bandhan (1963) – Rendered by Asha Bhonsle and Rafi, it is tuned by Ravi.

4. Aayega Aanewala (1967) – Picturised on Sanjeev Kumar, it is set to tune by Sapan Jagmohan and rendered by Rafi.

5. Dil Ki Raahein (1973) – This beautiful ghazal is set to tune by Madan Mohan and rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

6. Tumhare Liye (1978) – Another beautiful song by Jaidev and sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

7. Ahista Ahista (1981) – Rendered by Sulakshana Pandit, this melodious song is set to tune by Khayyam.

 

8. Dard (1981) – An amazing romantic number by Khayyam and rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

9. Dil-E-Nadan (1982) – Another delightful duet from the Khayyam-Naqsh Lyallpuri and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar.

10. Henna (1991) – A Naqsh Lyallpuri beauty under the RK banner. Music director Ravindra Jain and rendered by Lata Mangeshkar.

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