Gulzar Dehlvi turns 82

Posted on September 5, 2007 by Shams Ur Rehman Alavi

Renowned Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi has turned 82 and a function was organised to mark the event at Daryaganj in Delhi.

The veteran poet was felicitated for his services to the Urdu world. Former UP Minister Zafar Ali Naqvi, Syed Shahid Mehdi, Khwaja Ahmad Nizami, Matin Amrohvi and a host of Urdu writers were present.

Recalling Gulzar’s contribution, Nazmi Sikandarabadi said that after partition, he continued the tradition of Urdu poetry, mushairas and ‘nashists’ (literarty meets) in Delhi, and in process groomed hundreds of poets.

Gulzar’s association Anjuman Tamir-e-Urdu has completed sixty years and is probably the most active literary organisation in Urdu. Aslam Javed recalled his 50 year long association with the Anjuman but regretted that after the bulldozers moved in around Jama Masjid during the emergency, an entire culture was killed. ‘Not every thing can be learnt in class rooms and traditions like mushairas and nashists enrich the society as a whole’.

AnIndianMuslim.com

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17 Responses

  1. Arun Kumar Nigam, on October 4, 2007 at 9:22 am said:

    Gulzar Dehlvi is one of foremost Urdu poets alive today. I have not read him much but have been watching him a lot in ‘mushairas’ broadcast on ETV-Urdu.His felicity with language, particularly Urdu oetry’s metaphor as was prevalent about seventy-eighty years ago, is amazing. I wish him many more years of mushairas.

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  2. umair, on October 15, 2007 at 8:26 am said:

    he is realy one of the lovong and most admirable urdu poet i came accross through.

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  3. wasi, on November 16, 2007 at 11:55 am said:

    please send your mail address and tel / mobile no
    i want to send something importent

    wasi siddiqui
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  4. Taufeeq, on April 22, 2009 at 4:18 am said:

    gulzar anand zutshi is an excellent urdu poet.
    the one who is superlatively great.

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  5. Tariq Zia Khan, on May 14, 2009 at 3:47 am said:

    Gulzar sahab is the emient shayar….

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  6. aadi, on January 21, 2010 at 7:38 am said:

    if anyone having some ghazal of dahelvi sahab than plz plz forward it to me on my id : aadi2101@gmail.com
    thanks

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  7. Shadab, on June 18, 2010 at 11:28 am said:

    listen him for the first ime at a recent Mushaira in Jamia Miillia, He sounds great….And the way he was concerned throughh his conversation with the audience to kepp doing favour for urdu promotion in the soceity shows how much dedicated he has been through his ife for the promotion of this language which is a culture/Tahzeeb in itself.

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  8. Ashok Khanna, on July 25, 2010 at 11:06 pm said:

    Gulzar Dehlvi came to Meerut College during 1955 X-Mas holidays and attended a Mushairra. He recited one of his poems (Ghazals) in tarannum – it goes as:
    Raat Yoon Dil Ki Veerangi mein Kahin
    Teri Yaadon Nein Jashne Baharan Kiye

    He rocked the audience. Does any one have the wordings of the entire ghazal?

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  9. AZMATH SYED, on October 15, 2010 at 11:11 pm said:

    please somebody pos some of his mushairas on youtube

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  10. tarsun labki, on November 21, 2010 at 9:50 am said:

    Frist of all I feel obligated to reveal my identity by reversing the spellings of my name which will give you Nusrat Ikbal.
    Secondly, I wish to express my limitless adulation for Gulzar Saheb’s poetry , his andaz-i-khitabat, his personality and love for Urdo His presence constantly reminds us of Chakbast, Daya Sahnkar Naseem. Firaq Saheb and many others.
    Thirdly, I wonder if someone would clarify if he is the same Gulzar Dehelvi assiciated with movies. dramas and ghazals sung by Jagjit S ingh and last but not the least Rakhi the famous film actress. . If he is not
    then both are absolutely great in their own right .
    nusrst

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  11. waqarul haq, on February 22, 2011 at 12:06 am said:

    great insan and great poet
    naqeeb of ittihad ban ( between ) hindu muslin
    can ? any one send me his natt ( natt e rasool sv)
    God BLESS
    wthaq@yahoo.com

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  12. Dr. Nafas Ambalvi, on March 23, 2011 at 8:56 pm said:

    Gulzaar sahab ke bare men kuch aur ziyaadah maalumaat haasil karne ki garaz se ye site surf kar raha tha. do din baad ambala men ek mushira munaqid kiya ja raha hai, jisme Gulzaar saaheb bhi tashreef la rahe hen. Khaqsaar ko un se mulaqaat ka ek mauqa faraaham ho raha hai. unke saath mushaira padna mere liye baise-faqr hai. main khushnaseeb hun. unke liye do misre haazir kar raha hun ke………
    mire aasman ki zameen par koi aaftaab-e-sukhan hai tu,
    gul-e-aaftaab parast hun main tujhe na dekhun to kya karun.
    Khuda unhen aur ume-daraaz kare.
    aamin.
    Dr. Nafas Ambalvi.

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  13. tarsun labki, on April 11, 2011 at 7:24 am said:

    GULZAR SAHEB KA BOHUT BULAND MAQAAM HAI JIS KO URDO KI TAREEKH HAMASHA YAAD RAKHEGI. AAP US JULOOS KE ALAMBARDAR HAIN JIS MEIN BARI BARI SHOHRA-I-AFAAQ HASTIYAN SHAKEEK THEEN, BRIJNARAYAN CHAKBAST, DAYA SHANKAR NASEEM, AUR MUTAAKHEREEN MEI FIRAQ GORAKHPURI AND PANDIT BRIJMOHAN TATARYA KAIFI KO KOI BHULA NAHIN SAKTA. URDO KA KARAVAN RAVAAN HAI AUR RAVAAN RAHEGA. IN AZEEM
    KAAVISHON KA SEHRA GULZAR SAHEB KE SIR PAR HAI.
    DOAGO HUN KE KHUDA UNKO ZINDA SAL;AMAT RAKHE. AMEEN
    NUSRAT IKBAL

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  14. Dr. Najeeb ur Rehman, on October 20, 2011 at 9:29 am said:

    Pandit Gulzar sb. Ko pehlibar suna, yaqin nahi hua. Kaash hindustan ke phirkaparast citizens unko sun sake aur Allah taala unko bhi ek achcha hindustani banne ki Taufiq de …Amin

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  16. Dr.Jam Saleem Lar, on October 21, 2013 at 2:55 pm said:

    Much innovative Poet of Universe.

    Regards:

    Dr.Jam Saleem Lar

    Pakistan

    00923017381968

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