Aalok Shrivastav

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Aalok Shrivastav
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Aalok Shrivastav
Born (1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 52)
Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, India
OccupationPoet, Writer, Journalist
Language Hindi
NationalityIndian
EducationMA (Hindi)
Genre Ghazal, Poetry, Story
Years active1993–present
Notable worksAameen (2007), Aafreen (2012)
Notable awards
  • Dushyant Kumar Award by Sahitya Academy (MP) (2009)
  • International Pushkin Award (2011)
  • Sambhulal Sukhan Award by Urdu Academy (MP) (2018)

Aalok Shrivastav is an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist. [1] His critically acclaimed works include Aameen (2007), [2] a poetry collection and Afreen (2012), a story collection, both published by Rajkamal Prakashan. [3] Aalok's works have won a number of accolades for his works, including the International Pushkin Award [4] and Dushyant Kumar Award by Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi. [5]

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Early life

He hails from Vidisha of Madhya Pradesh, India. He was born on 30 December 1971, in the Shajapur, in Madhya Pradesh. He holds an MA in Hindi. [1]

Career

Writing

He published his first collection of poetry, Aameen by Rajkamal Prakashan, in 2007. Aameen is a Ghazal collection explaining human values and human relationships. He won the Dushyant Kumar Award from Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Akademi for his debut poetry collection Ameen in 2009, followed by International Pushkin Award in 2011. [4] The fourth edition of Aalok's Aameen was released by Namvar Singh and Javed Akhtar at the New Delhi World Book Fair in February 2015. [2] [6]

He published his second book, Aafreen, a story collection published by Rajkamal Prakashan in 2012. It was released by Chitra Mudgal and Uday Prakash in Johannesburg, South Africa in the World Hindi Conference. [7] It was well-received by the readers and critics. [3] Harish Naval writing for Navbharat Times , placed the book, Aafreen in the list of '13 Most Popular Books of 2013'. [8]

He has performed poetry in various countries, including United States, England, Russia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, South Africa and the UAE. His works have also been translated into various other languages, including Russian, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Maithili languages. [1]

His literary works have been given voice by Jagjit Singh, Pankaj Udhas, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Aadesh Shrivastava, Rekha Bhardwaj, Shaan, Kailash Kher, Richa Sharma, Javed Ali, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shubha Mudgal and Amitabh Bachchan. [9] [10] [11]

He has written lyrics for the 2011 film, Patang, directed by Prashant Bhargava, followed by writing the lyrics for the 2014 documentary film, Can't Take This Shit Anymore and the thriller film Vodka Diaries (2018). [9] [10] [12] In 2020, he also wrote songs for A.R. Rahman's musical drama film, Atkan Chatkan . [13] He has written theme songs called Dhadak Dhadak Be Dhadak Dhadak for Agra–Lucknow Expressway and Na Jaam, Na Jhanjhat for Lucknow Metro. These songs were made for the Uttar Pradesh government and were directed by Kushal Srivastava. [14]

He has written the song Watan for Doordarshan and Prasar Bharti, which Javed Ali sung and released by Prakash Javadekar, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in August 2019. [15] [16] His poem, Mai Naye Bharat Ka Chehra Hun, which he wrote for Doordarshan, was recited by Amitabh Bachchan and was launched at the celebratory event of the 60th anniversary of Doordarshan in September 2019. [17]

His music album Eternal was sung and composed by ghazal singer Jaswinder Singh, won the AAMA Award for the Best Album Of the Year. [18] Aalok has also written the lyrics for Anoushka Shankar's album, Traveller (2012), released in the US and was nominated for Grammy Award. [19] In June 2015, he released his Ghazal album, Khwaabon Ki Kahaani, sung by Pankaj Udhas. [20] Some of his other notable music albums includes Eternal (2016) by Jaswinder Singh and Noor (2018) [21] by Sudeep Banerjee. [22]

Journalism

Aalok worked with media organisations like Aaj Tak , India TV and Doordarshan for almost 15 years as a print and television journalist. He began freelancing for India Today and other newspapers in the 1990s. He started TV journalism with India TV in 2005. In 2007, he joined Aaj Tak and produced significant TV programs on religion, sports, politics. In July 2014, Srivastav joined DD National , a state-owned public TV channel, as National Channel Advisor in 2014. [23] [24]

Bibliography

As writer
As editor

Filmography

As lyricist
YearFilmSinger(s)Song
2011Patang : The Kite Shubha Mudgal Udaan and Sundar Sapna Toot Gaya
2014 Can't Take This Shit Anymore Women of Kushinagar Tatti
2018 Vodka Diaries Ustad Rashid Khan, Rekha Bhardwaj Sakhi Ri
2020 Atkan Chatkan Runa SivamaniOh Maa Meri Ma

Albums

AlbumArtist(s)LyricistLabel
Koshish Shubha Mudgal Aalok Shrivastav Underscore Records
Tarana-E-Percussion Shubha Mudgal Aalok Shrivastav Underscore Records
Inteha (2009) Jagjit Singh Aalok Shrivastav T-Series
Traveller (2011) Anoushka Shankar Aalok Shrivastav Deutsche Grammophon
Aakhir Kyon Shubha Mudgal Aalok Shrivastav Underscore Records
Voice Forever (2013) Jagjit Singh Aalok Shrivastav T-Series
Khwaabon ki Kahaani (2015) Pankaj Udhas Aalok Shrivastav Hungama
Ehsaas Ki Khushboo (2015) Pankaj Udhas Aalok Shrivastav Times Music
Eternal (2016) Jaswinder Singh Aalok Shrivastav ArtistAloud
Noor (2018)Sudeep BanerjiAalok Shrivastav ArtistAloud

Awards and recognition

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