A. M. Turaz

A M Turaz (Aas Mohammed Turaz) is an Indian poet, lyricist, and script writer. He has worked in television, music albums and films.^{[citation needed]} He has written the lyrics for a number of Bollywood films including Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana of 2007, The Unforgettable of 2009 and Guzaarish of 2010,^[1] with the songs "Aayat", "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse", "Tera Zikr", "Udi" and "Tere Liye Mere Kareem" being the most well known.^[2] The musical album "We Indians - Sare Jahan se Achchha Hindustan Hamara" is directed by him. The songs "Ghoomar", "Binte Dil" and "Khalibali" from Padmaavat^[3] and Tum Na Aaye from Badla^{[citation needed]} are written by him.

A M Turaz
Born	(1974-09-19) 19 September 1974 (age 50) Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Lyricist, Poet & Film Writer
Years active	2002-present

Early life

A. M. Turaz was born on 19 September 1974 at Sambhaleheda village in Miranpur Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. After completing his studies, he came to Mumbai to become a writer.

Career

Turaz started his career by writing for television in 2005. After writing scripts for soaps as assistant writer, his first assignment in Mumbai was writing lyrics for film Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamana in 2006. This was followed by Jail, Guzarish, Chakravyuh and Jackpot. His songs like "Udi.." and "Kabhi Jo Badal Barse" got lot of attention.^[4] Turaz written Chakravyuh song "Tata, Birla, Ambani". On this song producer Prakash Jha got legal notice from Birla and Ambani.^[5] He was criticised due to his lyrics in film Chakravyuh.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Filmography

The following films feature lyrics by A. M. Turaz:^[12]

Film	Year	Director	Credit	Note
Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana	2006
Khallas: The Beginning of End	2007
Ruslan	2009
Wada Raha
Jail
Mumbai 118	2010
Guzaarish		Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Khwaab	2011
Lanka
Ghost	2012
Will You Marry Me
Chakravyuh		Prakash Jha
Jeet Lenge Jahan	2013
Baat Bann Gayi
David
Jackpot
The Unforgettable	2014
3 A.M.
Bajirao Mastani	2015	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Lyricist
Traffic	2016	Rajesh Pillai
1:13:7 Ek Tera Saath		Arshad Siddiqui	Lyricist & Dialogue Writer
Direct Ishq		Rajiv S Ruia	Lyricist & Writer
Wazir		Bejoy Nambiar
Dil Jo Na Keh Saka	2017	Naresh Lalwani		Under Production NA
Tera Zikr (Single)		Abishek Sinha	Lyricist
Padmaavat	2018	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Zindagi On The Rocks	TBA
Phataak
Romeo Idiot Jathani Juliet
Bhula diya (Single)	2019	Krishna Marimuthu	Lyricist	The song is sung by Darshan Raval
Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna		Lalit Mohan
Badla		Sujoy Ghosh
Marjaavaan		Milap Zaveri
Superstar		Mohammed Ehteshamuddin		Qawali part of the song Ghalat Fehmi in this Pakistani movie.
Gangubai Kathiawadi	2022	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Rashtra Kavach Om		Kapil Verma
Mission Majnu	2023	Shantanu Bagchi
Satyaprem Ki Katha		Sameer Vidwans

Albums

Album	Music Director	Presented by	Produced By	Directed By
Sun Zara	Yaseen Darbar	NA	NA	NA
Kahan Hai Tu	Yaseen Darbar	NA	NA	NA
Rasia Sajan	Ismail Darbar	NA	NA	NA
Kyon Kho Gaye	Reath Band	NA	NA	NA
We Indians	Singer Mohd. Danish	T-Series	Dr. Shabab Aalam	A.M Turaz

Awards

• Radio Mirchi Award 2015 ^[13]
• Radio Mirchi Award 2017 ^[13]

Member

• Central Board Of Film Certification
• Grameen Mukt Vidhyalayi Shiksha Sansthan (GMVSS), Delhi

Books

• Lamhe (लम्हे), an anthology of Hindi poetry was published by Poets Corner Group.^[14]