Majrooh Sultanpuri – A Doctor Who Became Poet

By Bal Krishn Birla | October 1, 2015

Main akela hee chala tha janibe manzil magar,
Log saath aate gaye aur carvan banta gaya

Manzil Mil Hi Jayegi

Bhatakte Hi Sahi,

Gumrah Toh Woh Hain,

Jo Ghar Se Nikalte Hi Nahin!

One of the most quoted verses of Urdu poetry were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. In his career spanning six decades, he worked with music directors ranging from Naushad to A.R. Rehman. Majrooh Sultanpuri was born as Asrar ul Hassan Khan in Sultanpur, UP on 1st Oct, 1919.  He had Madrasa education at a young age and obtained the qualification of Dars-e-Nizami – a seven year course about religious affairs along with proficiency in Arabic and Persian, and then the certificate of Alim. After that he joined Lucknow’s Takmeel-ut-Tib College of Unani and became a Hakim. He recited one of his ghazals at a mushaira in Sultanpur. The ghazal stuck the chords with the audience and Majrooh decided to drop his fledgling medical practice and began writing poetry seriously.

 

Here are some of his notable hits.

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv1Bu7nSmmY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEwrLaCYQkg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ1X4MA8Hi0

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuPD72qNC4s

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0THyu8oNlw

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRUzf7LgjLM