The last pillar of RK Collapsed Hasrat Sahab was born as Iqbal Hussain on 15thApril, 1922 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Later he got his penname Hasrat and Jaipuri was added for his home town Jaipur like his other fellow lyricist Shakeel Badayuni, Sahir Ludhiyanvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Qamar Jalalabadi, etc. In those days, there was a general trend for poets or writers to adopt surname of their own home towns. He studied English till medium level in Jaipur and acquired knowledge of Urdu & Persian from his grandfather Fida Hussain Fida who was a poet. At the young age, Hasrat Saheb picked up the lyrical band from his grandfather and started to write romantic lines by seeing beautiful girls. In late 1940, young Hasarat Saheb came to Bombay looking for work. He had done number of irregular jobs until he got a job of Bus Conductor in BEST (Bombay Electric Supply and Transport) with a monthly salary of Rs. 11. He used to write poetry by seeing young beautiful girls who get into his bus and he never asked for ticket to beautiful girls. Instead of issuing ticket to young girls, he handover them a small paper with some “romantic lines” narrating their prettiness. He was warned several times by BEST for his unusual behaviour to kick out from job. While working in BEST, he used to participate at mushairas and union get-togethers to speak publicly about his poetry. At a mushaira, theatre legend and actor Prithviraj Kapoor noticed Hasrat Jaipuri and recommended him to his son Raj Kapoor who was planning a love story film BARSAAT with new composer Shanker-Jaikishan, also looking for new lyricist. As a lyricist Hasarat Jaipuri got number of Awards and Recognitions in India and Abroad. He won two Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for songs: “Baharon Phool Barsao, Mere Mehboob Aaya Hai” from SURAJ (1966) and “Zindegi Ek Safar Hai Suhana, Yahan Kaal Kiya Hoga Kisne Jana” from ANDAZ (1971). Both the songs were composed by Shanker-Jaikishan. First song was sung by Mohammed Rafi for Rajendra Kumar and second song had two versions in the film. The happy version was sung by Kishore Kumar for Rajesh Khanna and sad version was sung by Mohammed Rafi for Shammi Kapoor. He got “Josh Malihabadi Award from an Urdu Conference and Dr. Ambedkar Award for a Brajbhasha song, “Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya” from MERE HUZOOR (1968). He was awarded a doctorate by An American University in the World University Round Table. There were also number of letters of thanks and appreciation from across the globe. All these Awards and Certificates still dazzling a huge living room atGHAZAL VILLA in Juhu and will take half day to interpret by someone. Ghazal Villa is a nice white and welcoming house in Juhu for visitors where his son Akhtar Hasrat Jaipuri stayed with his wife Azra and son Aadil. As a lyricist, he was as active from 1949 to 1999 and passed way at the age of 77 on 17th September, 1999. On his death, Naushad Saheb remarked, “Hasratji was a good human being and Urdu poet. He was loved by one-and-all in the film industry and was one of the last pillars of the RK Studios.”
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:00:14 +0000
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