Anjaan lyricist

Indian film lyricist (1924–1997)

Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar), (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997)^[1] was one of the leading Hindi filmlyricists in the 1960s.^[2]

Early life

He was born and grew up in Barua Sagar of Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh.

He moved to Mumbai to pursue a professional career as a lyricist.

Career

He got recognition with Malhar in 1951, where he penned "Bade Armano Se Rakkha Hai Balam Teri Kasam", which was set to music by Roshan.

He wrote more than a thousand songs for over 300 films in a career spanning over four decades.^{[citation needed]} Indeevar also wrote songs for famous pop duo Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan. Nazia's famous songs "Aap Jaisa Koi", "Boom Boom", "Meherbani", "Dil ki Lagi" & Zohaib's "Star" were written by Indeevar.

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Major Hits

Tumse Badhkar Duniya Mai (Kaamchor)

Tujhe Dekhkar Jagwaale Par (Sawan Ko Aa