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Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 1797 – 15 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, [a] was an Indian poet. [1] Widely regarded as one of the greatest poets in the Urdu language, he also produced a significant body of work in Persian.
Suraiya's acting and singing (of Mirza Ghalib's ghazals) was widely praised it is regarded among her best performances. [9] In 1954, Suraiya was specially applauded by the Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru , who remarked to her: "You have brought back Ghalib to life", in a special screening of the film at Rashtrapati Bhavan . [ 10 ]
Amir Khusro (1253–1325) composed the first ghazal in Urdu, titled ze-hāl-e-miskīñ. [2] He wrote in Persian and Rekhta (initial form of Urdu). Mirza Ghalib is considered one of the leading literary authority on Urdu poetry. [3] He lived in Delhi [4] and died in 1869. The literal meaning of shayar (shaa'ir) is poet. [5]
Diwan-e-Ghalib is a poetry book written by the India born Persian and also Urdu poet Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.It is a collection of the ghazals of Ghalib. [1] Though it does not include all of his ghazals as he was too choosy to include them all, still in many other copies of the Diwan Urdu scholars have tried to collect all of his precious works.
Mirza Ghalib is an Indian Historical drama television drama series written and produced by poet Gulzar. [1] The series was aired on Doordarshan National in 1988. Naseeruddin Shah played the role of Mirza Ghalib , [ 2 ] the famous classical Urdu and Persian poet from Mughal Empire during British colonial rule.
Zauq was a prominent contemporary of Ghalib and in the history of Urdu poetry the rivalry of the two poets is quite well known. During his lifetime Zauq was more popular than Ghalib for the critical values in those days were mainly confined to judging a piece of poetry on the basis of usage of words, phrases and idioms .
His winning performance was singing the ghazals of the last Moghul Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, Lagta Nahin Hai Jee Mera Ujray Diyar Mein and Yeh Na Thi Hamari Qismat by Mirza Ghalib. He recorded his first LP in the 1950s for Radio Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Interestingly, the LP record did not have his real name.
Cover of the 1872 translation of the works of Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda. Mirza Mohammad rafi 'Sauda' (Urdu: مِرزا مُحمّد رفِیع سَودا), (1713–1781) was an Urdu poet in Delhi, India. He is known for his Ghazals and Urdu Qasidas. [1]