Fayyaz Hashmi
{{short description|Pakistani film songs writer (1920-2011)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fayyaz Hashmi
|birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = Calcutta, British India
|death_date = 29 November 2011{{cite web|url=https://rekhta.org/poets/fayyaz-hashmi/profile |title=Profile of poet Fayyaz Hashmi|website= Rekhta.org website|access-date=11 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614115950/https://rekhta.org/poets/fayyaz-hashmi/profile |archive-date=14 June 2014|url-status=dead}} (aged approximately 91) at Karachi, Pakistan
|awards = Nigar Awards in 1967 and 1988
}}
Fayyaz Hashmi ({{langx|ur|{{nq|فیاض ہاشمی}}}}; 1920 {{endash}} 2011) was a Pakistani poet and screenwriter who worked both in the Indian and Pakistani film industry.
He penned some memorable songs such as the famous nazm Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/13/stories/2006111300340800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203053307/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/13/stories/2006111300340800.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2013 |title=When mood and melody merged|date=13 November 2006|newspaper=The Hindu newspaper|access-date=11 April 2024}} and Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah sakegi. The latter made the singer Talat Mahmood famous in India back in 1944 and was instrumental in introducing him to the Calcutta film industry.{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/remembering-talat-mahmood/947227/ |newspaper=The Indian Express newspaper|title=Remembering Talat Mahmood |author=Muhammad Zulqarnain Zulfi|date=9 May 2012|access-date=11 April 2024}}
A little known fact about Hashmi is that he wrote the famous 'Na tum mere na dil mera', that was sung by Kamla Jharia, among many others. One of the couplets from this ghazal became popular that reads:
'aye bas naadaniyon par apni naaz karte hain,
abhi dekhi kahan hain aapne naadaniyan meri'
'Dil Ko Hai Tum Se Pyar Kyoon, Yeh Na Bata Sakoon Ga Mein' sung by Jag Mohan
and then.....
"Yeh Raatein, Yeh Mausam, Yeh Hansana Hansaana,
Mujhe Bhool Jana, Inhein Na Bhulana" sung by Pankaj Mullick (a non-film song).{{cite web|url=https://www.hindigeetmala.net/lyricist/fayyaz_hashmi.php |title=Fayyaz Hashmi songs|website= Hindigeetmala.net website|access-date=13 April 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406001809/https://www.hindilyrics4u.com/lyricist/fayyaz_hashmi.php|archive-date=6 April 2023}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJCBDwAAQBAJ&dq=poet+film+songs+lyricist+Fayyaz+Hashmi&pg=PT70 |title=Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories (Fayyaz Hashmi poetry) |author=Manek Premchand|date=2018|publisher=Notion Press |isbn=9781644298770}}{{cite web|url=https://www.poemhunter.com/fayyaz-hashmi/ebooks/?ebook=0&filename=fayyaz_hashmi_2012_5.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2023|url-status=dead|title=Fayyaz Hashmi poems and profile|website=PoemHunter.com website|access-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405185729/https://www.poemhunter.com/fayyaz-hashmi/ebooks/?ebook=0&filename=fayyaz_hashmi_2012_5.pdf}}
Early life
Fayyaz Hashmi was born in Calcutta in 1920.{{cite web|url=https://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/fayyaz-hashmi/urdu-two-lines.html |title=Fayyaz Hashmi - a profile|website=UrduPoint website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205093521/https://www.urdupoint.com/poetry/fayyaz-hashmi/urdu-two-lines.html|archive-date=5 February 2022|url-status=dead|access-date=11 April 2024}} His father, Muhammad Hussain Hashmi, was also a poet with pen name 'Dilgeer' as well as a writer of stage drama. His father also worked for Madan Theatre in Calcutta as a writer and director. The family lived next door to the veteran stage director Agha Hashar Kashmiri who regularly attended the literary gatherings at his father's home.
Fayyaz Hashmi was employed as the resident lyricist by the British-owned Gramophone Company of India from 1943 to 1948. "Fayyaz Hashmi wrote his first verse, 'Chaman mein ghuncha-o-gul ka tabassum dekhne walo - Kabhi tum ne haseen kalyon ka murjhana bhi dekha hai', when he was in 7th class." He wrote his very first full songs that Talat Mahmood sang in 1941 (Sab din ek samaan nahin tha) and the runaway hit Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sakay gi with music composed by Kamal Dasgupta.
Career in Pakistan
In 1951, he was transferred by his employer, Gramophone Company of India, to Lahore to organise the music scene in Pakistan. There he promoted many talented artists including Farida Khanum, Zeenat Begum, Munawar Sultana, Saeen Marna, Saeen Akhtar and Saeen Budha.[https://www.poemhunter.com/fayyaz-hashmi/biography/ Profile of poet Fayyaz Hashmi] Retrieved 13 July 2021
He turned to writing of film songs in 1956. Kunwari Bewa was the first Pakistani film with his songs. He wrote more than 2,000 songs for films and the Gramophone Recording Company in his lifetime. He also wrote the stories, dialogues and scripts of many hit films, and received numerous awards during his career.
Awards and recognition
- Fayyaz Hashmi was awarded the 'Graduate Award' three times (A Pakistani film industry award)
- Nigar Award for 'Best Film Song Lyricist' in 1967 for Chalo Achha Hua Tum Bhool Gaye in film Lakhon Mein Aik (1967){{cite web|url=http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm|date=17 June 2002|archive-date=24 July 2008|title=The Nigar Awards (1957 - 1971)|website=The Hot Spot Online website|access-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724022517/http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm|url-status=dead}}
- Nigar Award for 'Best Screenplay Writer' in film Gharibon Ka Badshah (1988)
Filmography
Fayyaz Hashmi worked as a film song lyricist for the following movies:
- Kunwari Bewa (1956)
- Bedari (1956)
- Savera (1959)(Parvez Rahim) {{cite news|url=https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?StoryImage=09_06_2021_007_007|title=Immortal hits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405134823/https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailImage.php?StoryImage=09_06_2021_007_007|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date= 9 June 2021|access-date=11 April 2024|archive-date=5 April 2023|url-status=dead}}
- Saheli (1960)
- Raat Ke Rahi (1960)
- Insan Badalta Hai (1961)
- Zamana Kya Kahega (1961)
- Aulad (1962)
- Paisey (1964)
- Eid Mubarak (1964)
- Tauba (1964)
- Beti (1964)
- Dil Ke Tukre (1965)
- Sartaj (1965)
- Ashiana (1965)
- Lakhon Mein Aik (1967)
- Pardah (1966)
- Rishta Hai Pyar Ka (1967)
- Diya Aur Toofan (1969)
- Love in Jungle (1970)
- Ilzaam (1972)
- Badal Aur Bijli (1973){{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Straight-from-the-heart/article14589030.ece|title=Straight from the heart (Shakeel Badayuni and Fayyaz Hashmi)|newspaper=The Hindu newspaper|date=25 August 2016|access-date=11 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405144151/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Straight-from-the-heart/article14589030.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2023}}[https://arynews.tv/finally-a-reason-to-watch-coke-studio-farida-khanum-singing-aaj-jane-ki-zidd-na-karo/ Finally a reason to watch Coke Studio (Pakistan): Farida Khanum sings 'Aaj Jane Ki Zidd Na Karo'] ARY TV News website, Published 3 October 2015, Retrieved 16 January 2022
- Deewane Tere Pyar Ke (1997)
He also worked as a writer and director in the following movies:
- Hum Ek Hain (1961) - Director
- Zamana Kya Kahega (1962) - Writer
- Pehchan (1975) - Screenplay Writer
- Gharibon Ka Badshah (1988) - Screenplay Writer
References
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External links
- [http://www.poemhunter.com/fayyaz-hashmi/poems/ All poems of Fayyaz Hashmi] PoemHunter.com website
- {{IMDb name|0368096}}
- [https://music.apple.com/in/artist/fayyaz-hashmi/465938824 Fayyaz Hashmi on Apple Music website]
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