Background
Kamal was born in Lucknow, India.
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Hasan Kamal
Edit Profilecolumnist journalist lyricist poet
Education
He graduated from the Lucknow University and began his journalistic career as a Sub-editor of Blitz Weekly in 1965.
Career
He became the editor of Urdu Blitzin 1974 and brought up its circulation from 13,000 copies to 1,00,000 copies a week. He is a popular columnist with a regular column in Inquilab, Rozanama Rashtriya Sahara, Etmaad and First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Bagh. His column is often translated into Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and English.
He is a prominent poet of modern Urdu literature and has traveled widely internationally in his capacity as a journalist and poet.
He is also a well-known lyricist and a writer of scripts for film and television Hasan Kamal was a popular Indian film lyricist in the 1980s. He debuted in the 1982 film "Nikaah", directed by B. R. Chopra.
lieutenant was also the comeback of prominent composer of the sixties, Ravi and the debut of Salma Agha as both an actress and singer. Ravi approached Hasan to write the lyrics.
Hasan wrote 5 songs for him.
"Dil Ke Armaan" and "Dil Ki Ke Yeh Arzoo Thi" were superhit tracks. The songs raised the industry by a storm and made Salma and Hasan overnight stars. In 1984, he wrote lyrics for the film Aaj Ki Aawaz.
He was once again nominated for filmfare award for the film Tawaif (1986).
Achievements
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Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist- 1982 for Nikaah Won, Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist- 1984 for Aaj Ki Awaz Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist- 1986 for Tawaif Nehru Cultural Association of United Presbyterian Award in 1976 Hindi Urdu Sahitya Award of Uttar Pradesh in 1988 Film Puraskar Ashirwad Award in 1986 Sur Singar Doctor Volunteer Officers' Decoration Arora Awards for Nikaah in 1983, Awam in 1987 and Tere Payal Meri Geet in 1992 Arun-Amin Award for the most popular poet of the year in 1990 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award for Literary works in 1996.
