Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli popularly known as Nida Fazli (Urdu: ندا فاضلی ) (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian Urdu poet.
ida Fazli was born in Delhi, India into a Kashmiri family and attended school in Gwalior. His father was an Urdu poet. During the partition of India, his parents migrated to Pakistan, but Fazli decided to stay in India.
He wrote essays critical of contemporary poets of the sixties in his book Mulaqatein which outraged poets including Sahir Ludhianvi, Ali Sardar Jafri and Kaifi Azmi. As a result, he was boycotted in some poetic sessions.
His career improved when Kamal Amrohi, a filmmaker, approached him. The original songwriter Jan Nisar Akhtar working on the film Razia Sultan (1983) had died before completing the project. Nida wrote the final two songs and attracted other Hindi filmmakers
His celebrated lyrics were also used in Aap to aise na the, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) and Gudiya.
He wrote the title song of TV serials like "Sailaab", "Neem Ka Ped", "Jaane Kya Baat Hui" and "Jyoti". The composition "Koi Akelaa Kahaan" is another popular composition sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy. His ghazals and other compositions are sung by notable artists of the day. He teamed up with Jagjit Singh in 1994 to bring an album named Insight, which got appreciation for its soulful poetry and music.
He recently wrote columns for BBC Hindi website on various contemporary issues and literature.
Mirza Ghalib's works often get mentioned by him.
"Hum laboN se keh naa paaye, unse haal-e-dil kabhi,
Aur wo samjhe nahiN, ye khamoshi kya cheez hai''
My lips were never able to express the state of my heart,
And she failed to understand what my silence meant.
- Nida Fazli : Film Sarfarosh
Nida Fazli is a poet of various moods and to him the creative sentiment and inner urge are the sources of poetry. He thinks that the feeling of a poet is similar to an artist: like a painter or a musician
Nida Fazli disagrees with the partition of India and has spoken out against the communal riots, politicians and fundamentalism.
During the riots of December 1992 he had to take shelter in his friend’s house due to security concerns.
He has been honoured with the National Harmony Award for writing on communal harmony.
He has 24 books to his credit in Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati— some of which are assigned as school textbooks in Maharashtra. He received the Mir Taqi Mir award for his autobiographical novel Deewaron Ke Bich[citation needed] from the Government of M.P.
His best known works are: Mor Naach, Ham Qadam, and Safar Me Dhoop To Hogi
ida Fazli was born in Delhi, India into a Kashmiri family and attended school in Gwalior. His father was an Urdu poet. During the partition of India, his parents migrated to Pakistan, but Fazli decided to stay in India.
He wrote essays critical of contemporary poets of the sixties in his book Mulaqatein which outraged poets including Sahir Ludhianvi, Ali Sardar Jafri and Kaifi Azmi. As a result, he was boycotted in some poetic sessions.
His career improved when Kamal Amrohi, a filmmaker, approached him. The original songwriter Jan Nisar Akhtar working on the film Razia Sultan (1983) had died before completing the project. Nida wrote the final two songs and attracted other Hindi filmmakers
His celebrated lyrics were also used in Aap to aise na the, Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) and Gudiya.
He wrote the title song of TV serials like "Sailaab", "Neem Ka Ped", "Jaane Kya Baat Hui" and "Jyoti". The composition "Koi Akelaa Kahaan" is another popular composition sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy. His ghazals and other compositions are sung by notable artists of the day. He teamed up with Jagjit Singh in 1994 to bring an album named Insight, which got appreciation for its soulful poetry and music.
He recently wrote columns for BBC Hindi website on various contemporary issues and literature.
Mirza Ghalib's works often get mentioned by him.
"Hum laboN se keh naa paaye, unse haal-e-dil kabhi,
Aur wo samjhe nahiN, ye khamoshi kya cheez hai''
My lips were never able to express the state of my heart,
And she failed to understand what my silence meant.
- Nida Fazli : Film Sarfarosh
Nida Fazli is a poet of various moods and to him the creative sentiment and inner urge are the sources of poetry. He thinks that the feeling of a poet is similar to an artist: like a painter or a musician
Nida Fazli disagrees with the partition of India and has spoken out against the communal riots, politicians and fundamentalism.
During the riots of December 1992 he had to take shelter in his friend’s house due to security concerns.
He has been honoured with the National Harmony Award for writing on communal harmony.
He has 24 books to his credit in Urdu, Hindi and Gujarati— some of which are assigned as school textbooks in Maharashtra. He received the Mir Taqi Mir award for his autobiographical novel Deewaron Ke Bich[citation needed] from the Government of M.P.
His best known works are: Mor Naach, Ham Qadam, and Safar Me Dhoop To Hogi