Shahid Kabir
- Music Department
Shahid Kabir was born on 1st May, 1932 in Nagpur in India. His contribution to the world of Urdu poetry took many forms. In 1957 he was the screenwriter for the drama "Mirza Ghalib" presented in the Fine Arts Drama Competition at Rastrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. He was an active writer since 1952, writing articles, short stories and ghazals for most leading periodicals of India and Pakistan. He gained recognition as a lyricist in Indian films (Hindi/Urdu) and wrote some memorable ghazals for leading singers of India and Pakistan like Lata Mangeshkar, Jagjit Singh,Rahat Fateh Ali Khan sahib, Chitra Singh, Hariharan, Chandan Das, Ustad Rais Khan, Salman Alvi, Gulam Farid Sabri, Haneef Agrawala, Udit Narayan, Pankaj Udas Aziz Naza, Munni Begum etc. His collection of modern ghazals "Charon Ore" was included in the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Graduation Course. His poems have been included in the Urdu textbooks for the XIIth standard as well as in BA Course. He was also a member of the Nagpur Universty Board of Studies (Urdu) from 1991-1995.
Books
Kachchi Deewaren (Novel-1958),
Charon-Ore (Collection of Modern Ghazal-1968),
Mitti -Ka Makaan (Ghazals-1979-First prize by Maharashtra State Urdu Academy),
Pehchaan (Ghazals-1999- First prize by Maharashtra State Urdu Academy),
Pehchaan (In Devnagri script-2002 Complied by Sameer Kabeer)
Uski Gali (In Dev-Nagri & Urdu script Ghazal, Nazms and Geet of Shahid Kabir -Compiled by Sameer Kabeer, 2014)
Shahid Kabir passed away on 11th May, 2001.