Rahat Indori
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Rahat 1 January 1950 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Urdu Poet, lyricist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | MA, PhD |
| Genre | Ghazal, Nazm, Geet |
| Spouse | Seema, Anjum Rehbar |
| Children | Shibli, Faisal, Satlaj, Sameer |
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Rahat Indori (Urdu: ڈاکٹر راحت اندوری ) (Hindi: डॉ. राहत इन्दोरी ) (born 1 January 1950) is an eminent Urdu language poet and a bollywood lyricist.[1] Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at Indore University.
Early life and education
He was born on 1 January 1950 in Indore to Rafatullah Qureshi, a cloth mill worker, and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Begum. He was their fourth child. He did his schooling from Nutan School Indore from where he completed his Higher Secondary. He completed his graduation from Islamia Karimia College Indore[2] in 1973 and has passed his MA in Urdu literature from Barkatullah University[3] Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) in 1975. Equally competent in prose and poetry, Rahat was awarded a PhD in Urdu literature from the Bhoj University of Madhya Pradesh in 1985 for his thesis titled Urdu Main Mushaira.
Career
He started teaching Urdu literature in IK College, Indore. According to his students he was the best lecturer in the college. He became very busy with Mushairas and started receiving invitations from all over India and abroad. He quickly became a well-known figure in the world of Urdu literature. He was not only good at studies but was also the captain of the football and hockey team at school and college level. He recited his first sher in his college days when he was only 19. In those days his style of writing was surprising, advanced and had a freshness to it.
Performance
He has travelled widely internationally to recite poetry.
Awards – Some of the Awards amongst countless Honours Honour from Houston City Council, Houston USA Honour from Embassy of India, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Honour from Jung News Paper Publications, Karachi, Pakistan Honour from Gehwara E Adab, Atlanta, USA Farogh E Urdu Adab Award – Kuwait Shayar E Mehfil Award – Anjuman Farogh E Urdu Adab, Kuwait Mohd. Ali Taj Award, MP Urdu Academy, Bhopal Honour - Rajasthan Urdu Academy, Jaipur Honour - Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, Bhopal Maulana Mohd Ali Johar Award – Jamia Old Boys Association, New Delhi Adeeb International Award – Sahir Cultural Academy, Ludhiana Haq Banarasi Award – Anjuman Nawa e Haq, Banaras Sahitya Saraswat, Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag Indira Gandhi Award, National Federation, Haldwani Pradesh Ratna, Hindi Sahitya Parishad, Bhopal National Integration Award, Indian Cultural Society, New Delhi UP Hindi Urdu Sahitya Award, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Rajiv Gandhi Literary Award, Hum sab Ek Hain, Bhopal Award of Excellence in Urdu Poetry, Social Educational & Welfare Association (SEWA), Mumbai Sadbhaawna Award, Bazm E Gango Jaman, Ujjain Aafaq Haider Award, Shamim Memon Memorial Foundation, Varanai Faani o Shakil Award, Dr. Urmilesh Jan Chetna Samiti, Badaun Nishwar Wahidi Award, National Book Fare Trust, Kanpur Netaji Subhash Alankaran, Subhash Manch, Indore Dr. Zakir Hussain Award, New Delhi Nishan E Aijaz, Dr. Shakil Welfare Educational Society,y Bareilly Kaifi Aazmi Award, Bhartiya Rashtriya Ekta Parishad, Varanasi Urdu Award, Jhansi Ishrat Award, Varanasi Kabeer Samman – Vaadiz Hindi Shiksha Samiti, Jammu Kashmir Jagjit Singh Award, Nirmala Devi Foundation Indore Ratna – Dainik Dabang Duniya, Indore Rashtriya Ekta Wa Maanavta Samman, Young Indian Social Society, Amrawati Kamal Madrasi Memorial Award – Punjab Association & Kamal Urdu Academy, Chennai Mirza Ghalib Award, Jhansi.
Filmography
As a lyricist
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Further reading
References
- ↑ "MP's Bollywood connection grows behind the camera". India Today. 12 September 2008.
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20101012080445/http://www.ikcollegeindore.org:80/aboutus.html. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Barkatullah University Bhopal
External links
- Official website of Rahat Indori
- Rahat Indori at the Internet Movie Database
- Rahat Indori at Kavita Kosh Hindi
- Rahat Indori at Shayari Collection