Sahir Ludhianvi Death Anniversary 2023: Irrfan Khan, the late legendary actor's dream role was no secret. He longed to play Sahir Ludhianvi, the man who was responsible for writing the revolutionary words, 'Jinhe naaz hai Hind par woh kahan hai and Aurat ne janam diya mardo ko, mardo ne usse bazar diya jab jee chaha masla kuchla, jab jee chaha dutkar diya.'

Irrfan Khan had long confessed to FirstPost that he was a huge Sahir fan. "Before him, romantic songs were written in a particular way. Then this man came along and completely changed the idiom and style of romantic expression. He wrote, Maine tumse hi nahin sabse mohabbat ki hai, for a film called Didi. Sahir wrote poetry that expressed the hope and aspirations of the generation that came after independence. Now we’ve accepted the defeat of that hope. The biggest defeat is our acceptance of the foreign model of existence.”