Mushir Kazmi
Mushir Kazmi was a film songs lyricist and a poet from Pakistan and India.
Early life and career
Mushir Kazmi was born in Banur, Punjab, British India in 1915. Breakthrough film song of his career has a fascinating story behind it - Chandani Raatein of Dopatta. He was hired by the film producer Sibtain Fazli to write the film songs. He tried and wrote many songs but they failed to get his approval. Finally he was given one more day to come up with a film song or be fired from his job. Dejected and feeling down, he went to the flat roof top of a Lahore building in the evening and laid down on a bed to stare at the night sky above him. At that moment, the words of this highly popular film song were born.According to a major Pakistani newspaper, The News International:
"If one were to credit 'Dopatta', composer Feroz Nizami, Noor Jehan and lyricist Mushir Kazmi would head the list with several outstanding and still memorable melodies".
Mushir Kazmi ended up writing 97 film songs later for more than 50 films during his career.