Jan Nisar Akhtar

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Jan Nisar Akhtar was a renowned Indian Urdu poet and lyricist associated with the Progressive Writers' Movement and celebrated for his evocative ghazals and film songs.

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Jan Nisar Akhtar canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian poet ⓘ
Urdu poet ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
child Javed Akhtar ⓘ
Salman Akhtar ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Indian Muslim ⓘ
familyName Akhtar ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hindi cinema ⓘ
linked to: Bollywood cinema

Urdu literature ⓘ
fullName Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre film song lyrics ⓘ
ghazal ⓘ
nazm ⓘ
givenName Jan Nisar ⓘ
hasPart collections of ghazals ⓘ
film song lyrics corpus ⓘ
influenced Javed Akhtar ⓘ
later generations of Urdu poets ⓘ
influencedBy Progressive Writers' Association ideals ⓘ
inLanguage Hindi ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
languageOfWorkOrName Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
memberOf Progressive Writers' Association ⓘ
movement Progressive Writers' Movement ⓘ
notableFor evocative ghazals ⓘ
film lyrics in Hindi cinema ⓘ
progressive themes in Urdu poetry ⓘ
notableWork Film song lyrics for "Baiju Bawra" ⓘ
Film song lyrics for "Chetan Anand" and other Hindi films ⓘ
Ghazal anthology "Khaak-e-Dil" ⓘ
Khaak-e-Dil ⓘ
occupation lyricist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
scriptwriter ⓘ
relative Kaifi Azmi ⓘ
Shabana Azmi ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Safia Akhtar ⓘ
workLocation Bombay (Mumbai) ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

India ⓘ
writingStyle romantic ghazals ⓘ
socially conscious poetry ⓘ

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Javed Akhtar → father → Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ
Progressive Urdu poetry → notablePoet → Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ
Safia Akhtar → spouse → Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ
Safia Akhtar → notableFamilyMember → Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ
Jan Nisar Akhtar → fullName → Jan Nisar Akhtar ⓘ