We would like to honour and pay our respect to poet Akhlaq Mohammed Khan
(His Takhallus -pen name Shahryar) who passed away on the 13th of February 2012.
Amongst many merits, he has also written some beautiful lyrics for Hindi films such as Umrao Jaan(1981), Gaman(1978) and Anjuman(1986).
His popular oeuvre consists of lyrics from the film Umrao Jaan such as:
“Dil cheez kya hai”,
“In ankhon ki masti”,
In 2008 he won the Jnanpith Award, which is the highest literary award in India.
urduwallahs 
What a wonderful website. Please have some events in South Mumbai too. Also where can one learn Urdu in South Mumbai.?
NIK
Thank you. We will try and have events in South Mumbai as well in the future. For now, we have monthyl mehfils at Prithvi theatres in Juhu – do try and come for one of them.
To know more about learning Urdu, pls refer to our post on Urdu Taleem – https://urduwallahs.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/urdu-taaleem/
Reblogged this on reluctantnri and commented:
SEENE MEIN JALAN AANKHON MEIN TOOFAN SA KYON HAI…
IS SHEHAR MEIN HAR SHAKS ARESHAN SA KYON HAI..