Kaifi Azmi was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated in many memorable Mushaira gatherings of the twentieth century. He was also a communist who wanted to see India one day become a socialist state. His wife was theatre and film actress Shaukat Kaifi.
A shayar is a poet who composes sher or couplet'so slay' in Urdu poetry. A shayar is someone who writes ghazals, nazms using the Urdu, Hindi & Bangla language.
Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad. It is the administrative headquarters of Amroha district.
Sher Muhammad Khan, , better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha,, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and newspaper columnist.
Josh Malihabadi popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab was an Pakistani Urdu poet.
Rais Amrohvi, whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jaun Elia. He was known for his style of qatanigari. He wrote quatrains for Pakistani newspaper Jang for several decade. He promoted the Urdu language and supported the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan. His family is regarded as a family of poets.
Akhtar Sheerani was an Urdu poet. He was a romantic poet of the Urdu language.
Obaidullah Aleem was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.
Nasim Amrohvi or Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi (Urdu: نسیم امروہوی, romanized: Allamah Nasīm Amrohvī; was a Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, and lexicographer who was born as Syed Qaim Raza Taqvi on 24 August 1908 in Amroha, British India.
Seemab Akbarabadi born Aashiq Hussain Siddiqui was an Urdu poet from British India and Pakistan.
Azeem Amrohi (Urdu: عظِیم امروہوی), was an Urdu poet and a scholar. Amrohi started writing poetry early in his life and has written almost every form of Urdu poetry, including Hamd, na`at, nazm, ghazal, qasida, salaam and manqabat). He is most famous for his book Marsiya Nigaraan e Amroha. He wrote almost 30 Marsiyas. He was awarded Meer Taqi Meer award in 1993.
Saleem Kausar, born Muhammad Saleem is a Pakistani Urdu poet. He has published several poetry books. He has also written various title songs for different TV serials. He has attended several poetry symposiums (Mushaira) in various countries.
Raza Naqvi Wahi was an Indian Urdu-language poet during his time. He used the takhallus of Wahi.
Bismil Azimabadi was an Indian freedom fighter, landlord, and an Urdu poet from Patna, the capital of Bihar.
Hilal Naqvi is a poet and an expert among modern elegy writers and researchers of Risai Adab.
Zafar Masud is a Pakistani banker who is the chief executive officer of the Bank of Punjab since April 2020. Masud is one of two survivors of the PIA Flight 8303 crash in May 2020, in which 97 people died.
Iqbal Ashar Urdu: اشعر، اقبال Hindi: इक़बाल अशहर is an Indian Urdu language poet born in Kucha Chelan, Delhi. Iqbal Ashhar is a son of Abdul Lateef and Sakeena Khatoon; his ancestors hailed from Amroha in Western Uttar Pradesh.
Arzoo Lakhnavi, also known by the honorary title Allamah Arzoo Lakhnavi, was an Urdu poet and lyricist. He wrote almost in every genre of Urdu poetry such as marsiya, qasida, mathnawi, rubaʿi, naʽat, chronogram inscriptions and particularly gazals and lyrics throughout his life, and by the latter wrote radio plays and scripts for several uncertain Urdu films.
Ghulam Abbas is a Pakistani radio, television, and film singer. He is known for his ghazals, geets, and playback singing for Urdu and Punjabi movies. Besides winning 4 Nigar Awards as a playback singer, he was also honored with the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz in 2011 and the Pride of Performance Award in 2020 by the President of Pakistan.
Syed Munawar Saeed is a Pakistani TV and film actor. He has performed in around 200 films and more than 1000 television dramas. He is known for his villain roles in TV serials like Waris and Moorat (2004) and films like Anmol (1973), Sharafat (1974), and Pehchan (1975). He was honored with the Pride of Performance Award in 2003.
