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Shakeel Badayuni was born on 3 August, 1916 in Badaun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India), is an Indian writer (1916–1970). Discover Shakeel Badayuni's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Occupation Poet
Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 3 August 1916
Birthday 3 August
Birthplace Badaun, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Date of death 20 April, 1970
Died Place Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nationality India

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1916

Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films.

Shakeel Badayuni was born in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh.

His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadiri, wanted him to have a successful career, thus he arranged Arabic, Urdu, Persian, and Hindi tuition for Shakeel at home.

His inclination towards poetry was not hereditary like other shayars.

One of his distant relatives, Zia-ul-Qadiri Badayuni, was a religious shayar.

Shakeel Masoodi was influenced by him and the contemporary environment of Badayun led him to poetry.

1936

When he joined Aligarh Muslim University in 1936, he started participating in inter-college, inter-university mushairas and won frequently.

1940

In 1940, he married Salma, who was his distant relative and had been living in a common house with him since childhood, however, the purdah system was vogue in their family and they were not close.

After completing his BA, he moved to Delhi as a supply officer, but continued participating in mushairas, earning fame nationwide.

Those were the days of shayars who wrote about the downtrodden sections of society, their upliftment, the betterment of society and all.

But Shakeel had an altogether different taste – his poetry was romantic and close to the heart.

Shakeel used to say:

During his Aligarh days, Badauni also started learning Urdu poetry formally from Hakim Abdul Waheed 'Ashk' Bijnori.

1944

Shakeel moved to Bombay in 1944, to write songs for films.

He met film producer, A.R. Kardar and music composer, Naushad Ali, who asked him to sum up his poetic skills in one line.

Shakeel wrote, Hum Dard Ka Afsana Duniya Ko Suna Denge, Har Dil Main Mohabbat Ki Ek Aag Laga Dengey.

1947

Naushad immediately retained him for Kardar's film, Dard (1947).

The songs of Dard proved to be very successful, especially Uma Devi (Tun Tun)'s Afsana Likh Rahi Hoon.

Only a few are so lucky that they attain success in their first film, but Shakeel deserved success which started with Dard and continued on over the years.

Together, he and Naushad became one of the most sought after composer/lyricist duos in the industry.

1949

Other films they scored together include Dulari (1949), Shabab (1954), Ganga Jamuna (1961), and Mere Mehboob (1963).

Although Shakeel Badayuni worked most extensively with Naushad, he also collaborated with Ravi and Hemant Kumar.

His lyrics for the song Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin and Ravi's music score both won Filmfare Awards for the hit film Gharana.

1951

Among the scores they churned out together, are those of Deedar (1951), Baiju Bawra (1952), Mother India (1957), and Mughal-e-Azam (1960), that stand out.

1960

His other notable film with Ravi is Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), while Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) is his biggest hit with Hemant Kumar.

Prominent amongst them were Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Gharana (1961), Ghunghat, Grahasti (1963), Nartaki (1963), as well as Phool Aur Patthar and Do Badan (both released in 1966).

1961

The title song from Chaudhvin Ka Chand, rendered by Mohammed Rafi, won Badayuni the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist in 1961.

Shakeel penned numbers for around 89 films.

In addition, he wrote many popular ghazals sung by Begum Akhtar, which are still sung by vocalists like Pankaj Udhas and others.

The Indian government had honoured him with the title Geet Kar-e-Azam.

Shakeel shared a close friendship with Naushad, Ravi, and Naushad's former assistant, Ghulam Mohammed, with whom he enjoyed his life to the fullest.

Naushad used Shakeel as the lyricist for his tunes for most of his films for a period of 24 years.

Baiju Bawra, which was a milestone in both of their careers, was supposed to go to Kavi Pradeep.

Vijay Bhatt, the director of the movie was insistent on using Kavi Pradeep as the lyricist, since the film was supposed to have many devotional songs.

Naushad requested Vijay Bhatt to hear the lyrics written by Shakeel.

Vijay Bhatt agreed.

When Shakeel Badayuni was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he was put up in a sanatorium in Panchgani for treatment.

Naushad knowing that his financial condition was not good, took 3 films to him, getting the lyrics written in the sanatorium, and got him a payment of nearly 10 times more than his normal fees.

Shakeel also wrote a substantial chunk of songs for music director Ravi Sharma.

1962

Shakeel wrote for Hemant Kumar for movies like Bees Saal Baad (1962), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Bin Badal Barsaat.