Akhtar ul-Iman
| Akhtar ul Iman اختر الایمان |
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| Born |
Akhtar 12 November 1915 Quila, Dist. Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
| Died | 9 March 1996 Mumbai |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Resting place | Bandra Qabristan, Mumbai Bandra East |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Master of Arts in Urdu Literature |
| Alma mater | Delhi University, Aligarh Muslim University |
| Occupation | poet, screenwriter |
| Employer | Freelance and B.R. Films assigned cine writer (1960–1980) |
| Known for | Urdu Nazm, poet screenwriter and playwright |
| Home town | Najibabad,Bijnore |
| Spouse(s) | Sultana Iman |
| Children | One son and three daughters: Ramish Iman, Shehla Khan, Asma Husain, and Rakhshinda Khan |
| Relatives | Sons-in law: Amjad Khan, Fahim Khan, Husain Ehtisham |
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Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm.
He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for Dharmputra and 1966 for Waqt. He was awarded the 1962 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, for his Poetry Collection, Yadein (Memories), by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.
Born in Qila, Najibabad, in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh in 1915.
He gained his initial education at Bijnor, where he came in contact with poet and scholar Khurshid ul Islam – who taught at Aligarh Muslim University – and developed a long association with Ralph Russell. He graduated from the (Zakir Husain College) in Delhi.
He preferred nazm over more popular ghazal as a mean of poetic expression. Akhtar ul Iman's language is "coarse and unpoetic". He uses "coarse" and mundane poetic expressions to make his message effective and realistic.
He left behind a substantial legacy for new generation of poets to follow which explores new trends and themes in modern Urdu poetry giving a new direction to the modern and contemporary Urdu nazm with emphasis on philosophical humanism.
• Iss Aabad Kharabe Mein (Urdu)-published by Urdu Academy, Delhi, India. Autobiography of a famous Urdu writer of India.
He has published seven collections:
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His contribution to Hindi cinema is significant, keeping in mind the number of landmark and hit movies he has contributed as a script writer (dialogue, story and screenplay). His first landmark movie was Kanoon, which became a big hit despite the fact that it had no songs or comedy sequences. This achievement remains unparalleled in Hindi cinema. Other important movies to which he contributed as a script writer were Dharmputra (1961) – for which he received a filmfare award – Gumrah, Waqt, Patther ke Sanam, and Daagh.
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