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Sahir Ludhianvi
real name Abdul Hayee
Sahir Ludhianvi is credited on 1,297 releases across 299 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,297
Credits
299
Albums
8
Decades active
9
In collections
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Popular Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist, born 8 March 1921 in Ludhiana, Punjab, died 25 October 1980.
His debut as a lyricist for Bollywood was in 1948. He had to wait till 1951 to get recognition when he wrote lyrics to S. D. Burman’s music for the film “Naujawan”. He also worked for music directors like Rajesh Roshan and Ravi. His highlight for the 1960s may have been the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award he won in 1963 for “Jo Wada Kiya” (“Taj Mahal”) and which he won again in 1976.
In October 1980 Sahir Ludhianvi died of a heart attack
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Credited work
1,297 releases · 299 albums · active 1954–2025
- Performance · 1,890
- Other credits · 4
Studios: HMV Studios, Bombay · Krishna Studio · UR Records (5) · Jigar Studio
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