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 Hasrat Jaipuri (April 15, 1922 – September 17, 1999)  was an Urdu song writer who acquired fame and fortune in India's movie industry (nicknamed Bollywood). 

Some biographical facts courtesy of Wikipedia:

Jaipuri was born Iqbal Husain in Jaipur, where he studied English till Middle School, and then acquired the rest of his education in "home school" in Urdu and Persian from his paternal grandfather, Fida Husain.^[1] He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years old. Around same time, he fell in love with a Hindu girl named Radha.

In 1940, Hasrat Jaipuri came to Bombay (now Mumbai), and started working as a bus conductor, earning a monthly salary of eleven rupees.^[2] He used to participate in mushairas. At a mushaira, Prithviraj Kapoor noticed Jaipuri and recommended him to his son, Raj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor was planning a musical love story, Barsaat (1949) with Shankar-Jaikishan.

Hasrat Jaipuri wrote his first recorded song, Jiya Beqaraar Hai for the film Barsaat (1949).

His second song (and first duet) was Chhor Gaye Baalam.

Hasrat Jaipuri wrote lyrics for all Raj Kapoor films till 1971.

When fellow lyricist Shailendra turned producer with Teesri Kasam, he invited Jaipuri to write some of the songs for the movie. Hasrat Jaipuri also wrote a screenplay for the movie Hulchul (1951). 

After the death of Jaikishan and failures of Mera Naam Joker and Kal Aaj Aur Kal, however, Raj Kapoor turned to other lyricists and music directors.

Many, many years later, Raj Kapoor wanted to call him back for his under production movie Prem Rog, but later settled for another lyricist, Amir Qazalbash.

Raj Kapoor finally asked Hasrat Jaipuri to write lyrics for the later to become controversial film, Raam Tayree Gungaa Malee. Later, he also invited Hasrat Jaipuri to write three songs for the movie Henna. Jaipuri alleges that after Raj Kapoor's death, the music composer Ravindra Jain "conspired" to "scrap" his lyrics and replace them with his own lyrics.^[1]

His last film as a lyricist was Hatya: The Murder (2004).

Selected list of Hasrat Jaipuri Urdu Songs

Poetry

Jaipuri has written several books of poetry, in Urdu.^[1]

• Abshaar-E-Ghazal (compilation)

Personal life

Jaipuri invested his earnings in property, on his wife's advice. Thanks to earnings from these properties, his financial condition was sound, and therefore he was able to survive financially even when he was shunned by Bombay's movie industry later on in his career.^[1] He is survived by two sons and a daughter who live in Mumbai