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Jan Nisar Akhtar  (Urdu: جان نثار اختر‎; February 14, 1914 in Gwalior – August 19, 1976) was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, and a part of the Progressive Writers' Movement, who was also a lyricist for Bollywood and the father of reknown lyricist in bollywood Javed Akhtar. In a career spanning four decade during which he worked with music composers including C. Ramchandra, O.P. Nayyar, N Dutta and Khayyam, he wrote 151 songs. Notable among them were songs from his breakthrough film, AR Kardar’s  Yasmin  (1955),  Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein  in Guru Dutt's C.I.D.  (1956),  Yeh dil aur unki nigahon ke saaye  in Prem Parbat (1974) and  Aaja re  in  Noorie  (1979) and his last song,  Ae Dil-e-naadaan , in Kamal Amrohi’s  Razia Sultan  (1983). His poetry works include  Nazr-e-Butaan ,  Salaasil ,  Javidaan ,  Pichali Pehar ,  Ghar Angan  and  Khaak-e-dil . The latter ("The Ashes of Heart") was a poetry collection for which he was awarded the 19...