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Sahir Ludhianvi (1921-1980) was an iconic Urdu poet and Urdu Song Writer who took Bollywood by storm in the 1950s. He was a leading member of the revolutionary, Progressive Writers Movement (1930s to 1950s) which was the dominant movement in Urdu Fiction and Urdu Poetry in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent.

Sahir wrote beautiful, soulful Urdu songs for Bombay's movie industry. Some of his songs highlight emotional turning points in his own life which makes them doubly impressive. He had  command of an effective Urdu diction which placed his lyrics in a category of their own.