Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two decades after his demise, Majrooh Sultanpuri continues to be replayed in his 3000 songs. He's as much part of remix podcasts ...

This past weekend saw the release of Bombay Velvet, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s gangster drama film set in Mumbai of the 1960s. The initial teaser in the weeks leading up to the film’s release featured ...

Thursday marks the 96th birth anniversary of lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. The Urdu poet, honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1993, and the Filmfare Award for Dosti in 1965, among several ...

Initiated into the nuances of songwriting by his first composer, Naushad, in Shahjehan (1946), Sultanpuri was a fast learner, and when writing for a film, he always thought of the character’s ...

Majrooh Sultanpuri was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He is even considered one of the finest avant-garde ...

Had he not been associated with Hindi films, lines like “Main akela hi chala tha jaanib-e-manzil magar/Log saath aate gaye aur karvan banta gaya” would have been enough for his fame. Majrooh ...

Majrooh Sultanpuri was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi film industry. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He is even considered one of the finest avant-garde ...

One of the finest poets of 20th century Urdu literature, Majrooh Sultanpuri was born on this day 101 years ago. His contribution to the Hindi film industry as a lyricist is also phenomenal, so much so ...

The one person who can claim to have known Majrooh Sultanpuri, whose birth anniversary was on October 1, since the day he was born, is Milind of the composer duo Anand and Milind. The one person who ...

One of the finest poets of 20th century Urdu literature, Majrooh Sultanpuri was born on this day 101 years ago. His contribution to the Hindi film industry as a lyricist is also phenomenal, so much so ...

Majrooh Sultanpuri (from left) with director Nasir K Hussain and music director R D Burman Celebrated poet-lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri (1919-2000) hit the headlines in December 1997 for the wrong ...