Remembering Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915–9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for Dharmputra and 1966 for Waqt. He was awarded the 1962 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, for his Poetry Collection, Yadein (Memories), by Sahitya Akademi, Indias National Academy of Letters. Born in Qila, Najibabad, in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh in 1915. He gained his initial education at Bijnor, where he came in contact with poet and scholar Khurshid ul Islam – who taught at Aligarh Muslim University – and developed a long association with Ralph Russell. He graduated from the (Zakir Husain College) in Delhi. After receiving a Master of Arts in Urdu Literature from Delhi University, he worked in the Civil Supplies Department[vague] and All India Radio in Delhi. From 1945 after he moved to Mumbai (then Bombay), he started working for Hindi cinema as a script writer. His poetry is highly individualistic and innovative. He stands apart from other poets of his time in his themes, style, language.[neutrality is disputed] He preferred nazm over more popular ghazal as a mean of poetic expression. Akhtar ul Imans language is coarse and unpoetic.[this quote needs a citation] He uses coarse and mundane poetic expressions to make his message effective and realistic. His poetry strives to find out a balance between the conflicting or extreme choices faced by man.[citation needed] He chose free verse for his nazms to make his conversational style of expression more realistic.[citation needed] He was strongly influenced by Meeraji and N. M. Rashid and is more similar to them than other poets of his era. He was close friend of Meeraji, who lived with him until his death. Together they formed the Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Adab (Circle of friends of Poetry).[citation needed] Poets who belong to this circle wrote independently of the ideology and standards set by the Progressive Writers Movement. Although they were few in numbers they contributed significantly and had a major influence on later generations of poets.[citation needed] It was also a starting point of Modernisnm in Urdu.[citation needed] He left behind a substantial legacy for new generation of poets to follow which explores new trends and themes in modern Urdu poetry giving a new direction to the modern and contemporary Urdu nazm with emphasis on philosophical humanism. He was the father-in-law of actor Amjad Khan. His contribution to Hindi cinema is significant, keeping in mind the number of landmark and hit movies he has contributed as a script writer (dialogue, story and screenplay). His first landmark movie was Kanoon, which became a big hit despite the fact that it had no songs or comedy sequences. This achievement remains unparalleled in Hindi cinema. Other important movies to which he contributed as a script writer were Dharmputra (1961) – for which he received a filmfare award – Gumrah, Waqt, Patther ke Sanam, and Daagh. The one movie which has his lyrics is Bikhare Moti. Awards Literary awards 1962: Sahitya Akademi Award – Urdu: Yadein (Poetry) Iqbal Samman and Numerous other literary awards. Filmfare Award 1963: Best Dialogue: Dharmputra 1966: Best Dialogue: Waqt Source: Wikipedia i.ytimg/vi/hqyjDCqNA1c/hqdefault.jpg
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