Asim Randeri

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Asim Randeri

| image = AsimRanderiPic.jpg

| caption =

| pseudonym = Asim Randeri

| birth_name = Subedar Mahmood Mian Muhammad Imam

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|8|15}}

| birth_place = Rander, Surat, Gujarat, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|2|6|1904|8|15}}

| death_place = Rander, Surat, Gujarat, India

| occupation = Poet, ghazal writer

| nationality = Indian

|awards = * Vali Gujarati Award (2005)

Kalapi Award (2005)

}}

Asim Randeri, born Subedar Mahmood Mian Muhammad Imam (15 August 1904 – 5 February 2009), was a Gujarati language poet, mainly popular for his ghazals. He was a legend in Gujarati literature from the pre-independence era and recipient of the Vali Gujarati Award and Kalapi Award of 2005.

Early life

Asim Randeri was born on 15 August 1904 in Rander area of Surat, Gujarat, India. He was born in an affluent family and studied till matric before working for a British company.

Career

Asim Randeri started writing at the age of 18.{{cite news | title=Gujarat Gazal Poet Asim Randeri Dies | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Gujarati-ghazal-poet-Asim-Randeri-dies/articleshow/4089304.cms | date=6 February 2009 | newspaper=The Times of India | author=PTI | accessdate=30 April 2018 | archive-date=26 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626130742/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Gujarati-ghazal-poet-Asim-Randeri-dies/articleshow/4089304.cms | url-status=live }} He was working between 1928 and 1932 with the Kenya Daily Mail in East Africa. After 1932 he started working as a salesman with the Swedish Match Company in Bombay.{{cite web| title= Great Gujarati Gazal Poets: Asim Randeri| date= 13 March 2009| url= http://greatgujaratighazalpoets.blogspot.com/2009/03/asim-randeri.html| accessdate= 11 April 2016| archive-date= 6 October 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161006092729/http://greatgujaratighazalpoets.blogspot.com/2009/03/asim-randeri.html| url-status= live}}

Works

Randeri's works like Leela,{{cite web| title= Leela by Asim Randeri| url= http://www.dhoomkharidi.com/leela| accessdate= 11 April 2016| archive-date= 24 April 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160424074555/http://www.dhoomkharidi.com/leela| url-status= live}} Shanagar, Tapi Tirey and Gulchhadi with their bold style revolutionized Gujarati ghazal writing. Leela, a fictitious character created by Randeri, was a hit among youth. His love for this character continued and lived in the form of a magazine with the same title for six years. Tapi Tirey is a collection of Gujarati ghazals on love blossoming on the banks of the river Tapi, considered to be the lifeline of Surat, which had become hub of Gujarati ghazal in the 1920s.

Manhar Udhas, famous Gujarati Ghazal singer made many of Asim's ghazals famous in early 2000s.