No romance in Mumbai is complete until you take a drive around the Queen&rsquo;s Necklace in the monsoon with the song Tum Jo Mil Gaye Ho playing in the car, says lyricist Mayur Puri of Be Intehaan fame.
<img title="Stills of Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon (Kabhie Kabhie)" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Kabhie-Kabhie.jpg" alt="Stills of Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon (Kabhie Kabhie)" /> Stills of Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon (Kabhie Kabhie)
From igniting romance to making one wistful, the power of poetry is quite indefinite. Bollywood has a strong musical legacy with lyricists and poets like Sahir Ludhianvi, Shailendra, Kaifi Azmi, Anand Bakshi and others having left an indelible impression on the audience. Lyricist Kumaar opines, &ldquo;I feel a day like this should be used to remember the legacy of great poetry that has been bestowed upon us.&rdquo;
<img title="Jinhein naaz hai Hind par woh kahaan hai (Pyaasa)" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Pyaasa.jpg" alt="Jinhein naaz hai Hind par woh kahaan hai (Pyaasa)" /> Jinhein naaz hai Hind par woh kahaan hai (Pyaasa) On the occasion of World Poetry Day, hitlist asks some industry lyricists to share filmi and non-filmi tunes that will forever stay with them...
<img title="Tum jo mil gaye ho (Hanste Zakhm) " src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Hanste-Zakhm.jpg" alt="Tum jo mil gaye ho (Hanste Zakhm) " /> Tum jo mil gaye ho (Hanste Zakhm) Irshad Kamil <img title="Irshad Kamil" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Irshad-Kamil.jpg" alt="Irshad Kamil" /> Non filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Dil na-umeed to nahin, Na-kaam hi to hai, Lambi hai gham ki shaam Magar shaam hi to hai (by Faiz Ahmed Faiz) &gt;&gt; Abhi iss taraf na nigaah kar main ghazal ki palken sanvar loon (by Bashir Badr) Filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi bann jaayein hum dono Film: Gumrah (1963); Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi &gt;&gt; Seene mein jalan aankhon mein toofan sa kyun hai Film: Gaman (1978); Lyricist: Shahryar &gt;&gt; Hum hain mata e kucha o bazaar ki tarah Film: Dastak (1970); Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri Kumaar <img title="Kumaar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Kumaar-1.jpg" alt="Kumaar" /> Non filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Yeh ishq nahin aasan Masoom mohabbat ka bas itna fasana hai Kagaz ki kashti hai baarish ka zamaana Hai Kya rasme mohabbat hai kya sharte zamaana hai Aawaz bhi zakhmi hai aur geet bhi gaana hai&hellip; (by Mirza Ghalib) &gt;&gt; Aaj din chadeya tere rang varga (by Shiv Kumar Batalvi) Filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Zindagi ke safar mein gujar jaate hain jo makam Film: Aap Ki Kasam (1974); Lyricist: Anand Bakshi &gt;&gt; Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon Film: Kabhie Kabhie (1976); Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi Mayur Puri <img title="Mayur Puri" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Mayur-Puri-1.jpg" alt="Mayur Puri" /> Non filmi tunes &nbsp; &gt;&gt; Dil-e-nadan tujhe hua kya hai Akhir is dard ki dava kya hai Ham hain mushtaq aur vo bezar Ya ilahee, ye majara kya hai Main bhi muh mein zuban rakhata hoon (by Mirza Ghalib) &gt;&gt; Apni dhun mein rehta hoon (by Nasir Kazmi) Filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Lag ja gale ke phir yeh haseen raat ho naa ho Film: Woh Kaun Thi (1964); Lyricist: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan &gt;&gt; Main shayar badnaam Film: Namak Haraam (1973); Lyricist: Anand Bakshi &gt;&gt; Tum jo mil gaye ho Film: Hanste Zakhm (1970); Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi Swanand Kirkire <img title="Swanand Kirkire" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Swanand-Kirkire.jpg" alt="Swanand Kirkire" /> Non filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Ud jaayega huns akela, Jug darshan ka mela Jaise paat gire taruvar se, Milna bahut duhela (A Kabir bhajan) &gt;&gt; Aaj paani gir raha hai bahut (by Bhavani Prasad Mishr) Filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Patthar ki haveli ko shishe ke gharaundo mein Film: Aandhi (1975); Lyricist: Gulzar &gt;&gt; Mann re tu kahe na dheer dhare Film: Chitralekha (1964); Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi &gt;&gt; Jaisi bachi hai, waisi ki waisi bachalo yeh duniya Film: Gulaal (2009); Lyricist: Piyush Mishra Varun Grover <img title="Varun Grover" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/mar/21-Varun-Grover.jpg" alt="Varun Grover" /> Non filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Ik kuddi jida naa muhabbat, goum hai. Saad muraadi, soni phabbat, goum hai. Soorat ousdi pariyaan vargi Seerat di o mariam lagdi (by Shiv Kumar Batalvi) &gt;&gt; Padhiye Geeta (by Raghuvir Sahay) Filmi tunes &gt;&gt; Jinhein naaz hai Hind par woh kahaan hai Film: Pyaasa (1957); Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi &gt;&gt; Tujhse naraaz nahin zindagi hairan hoon main Film: Masoom (1983); Lyricist: Gulzar &gt;&gt; Baawra mann dekhne chala ek sapna Film: Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi (2005); Lyricist: Swanand Kirkire

On the occasion of World Poetry Day, we corner five Bollywood lyricists to give us a few poems and film songs that warm their hearts and stir their souls...

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