Shakeel Azmi

{{short description|Indian poet, lyricist and scriptwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2017}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

| occupation = Lyricist, Poet

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Shakeel Azmi (born 1971) is an Indian lyricist and poet. Born in Azamgarh, India, he writes in Urdu language and is primarily known for his contribution as a film lyricist in Bollywood.{{cite book | last1=Narang | first1=G.C. | last2=Deol | first2=S. | title=The Urdu Ghazal: A Gift of India's Composite Culture | publisher=OUP India | year=2020 | isbn=978-0-19-099004-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zurkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT525 | access-date=2021-01-24 | page=525}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesmusic.com/list/artist/shakeel-azmi-1779-1.html|title=Shakeel Azmi List for Music Albums & Tracks; Download Now from Times Music Online|website=Timesmusic.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=29 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629152222/http://www.timesmusic.com/list/artist/shakeel-azmi-1779-1.html|url-status=dead}} Most of his poetry revolves around ghazals, a genre of Urdu poetry.{{cite web | title=मदर्स डे: प्रसिद्ध गीतकार शकील आजमी ने भास्कर के लिए लिखीं खास पंक्तियां- 'माँ के कदमों तले जन्नत है सुना था मैंने' | website=Dainik Bhaskar | date=2020-05-10 | url=https://www.bhaskar.com/entertainment/news/lyricist-shakeel-azmi-writes-special-lines-on-mothers-day-127288252.html | language=hi | access-date=2021-01-24}}