Om Prakash Bhandari (9 March 1917 â€" 9 January 2003),[1] better known
as Qamar Jalalabadi, was an Indian poet and lyricist of songs for
Hindi movies.[2][3] He composed the title track of the popular
television serial Vikram Aur Betaal.He was born as Om Prakash Bhandari
in a Punjabi family on 9 March 1917[2] in Jalalabad, a village near
Beas in Amritsar district, Punjab, India.[4] Right from the age of
seven, he started writing poetry in Urdu.[3] There was no
encouragement from home, but a wandering poet named Amar Chand Amar
met him in his hometown and encouraged him to write, recognising his
immense talent and potential.[2] He also gave him the penname of Qamar
which means moon, and Jalalabadi was added for his native town. It was
the general trend in those days for writers to name themselves after
the towns they hailed from. After completing his matriculation from
Amritsar, he embarked on his journalistic career journey by writing
for Lahore-based newspapers like Daily Milap, Daily Pratap, Nirala,
Star Sahakar.[3]Attracted by the promise of a career in the film
industry, Qamar Jalalabadi came to Pune in the early 1940s. In 1942,
he wrote lyrics for his first film Zamindar which was a Pancholi
Pictures production and the songs of this film were very well
received, especially the song sung by Shamshad Begum "Duniya me
garibonko aaraam nahi milta", which also had a line or two written by
writer and poet Behzad Lucknawi.[3]
as Qamar Jalalabadi, was an Indian poet and lyricist of songs for
Hindi movies.[2][3] He composed the title track of the popular
television serial Vikram Aur Betaal.He was born as Om Prakash Bhandari
in a Punjabi family on 9 March 1917[2] in Jalalabad, a village near
Beas in Amritsar district, Punjab, India.[4] Right from the age of
seven, he started writing poetry in Urdu.[3] There was no
encouragement from home, but a wandering poet named Amar Chand Amar
met him in his hometown and encouraged him to write, recognising his
immense talent and potential.[2] He also gave him the penname of Qamar
which means moon, and Jalalabadi was added for his native town. It was
the general trend in those days for writers to name themselves after
the towns they hailed from. After completing his matriculation from
Amritsar, he embarked on his journalistic career journey by writing
for Lahore-based newspapers like Daily Milap, Daily Pratap, Nirala,
Star Sahakar.[3]Attracted by the promise of a career in the film
industry, Qamar Jalalabadi came to Pune in the early 1940s. In 1942,
he wrote lyrics for his first film Zamindar which was a Pancholi
Pictures production and the songs of this film were very well
received, especially the song sung by Shamshad Begum "Duniya me
garibonko aaraam nahi milta", which also had a line or two written by
writer and poet Behzad Lucknawi.[3]
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