Anwar Farrukhabadi

Anwar Farrukhabadi (Urdu: انور فرخ آبادی; Hindi: अनवर फर्रुखाबाद), also known as "Fana (فنا)", was a Sufi poet from Farrukhabad district in India.^[2] He is known as a lyricist of Ghazal, songs, poems and Qawaali.

Anwar Farrukhabadi
Born	(1928-07-19)19 July 1928[1]
Died	29 June 2011(2011-06-29) (aged 82)[1]
Pen name	Fana
Occupation	Sufi poet

Work

He also wrote Marsiya (مرثیہ ) and Mashhoor Daastan Hai Shahadat Hussain Ki (مشہور داساتاں ہے شہادت حسینؑ کی ), sung by Shamshad Begum and Yusuf Ad.^{[citation needed]} His ghazal Yeh jo halka halka saroor hai^[3] has been renditioned by various artists including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Farhan Saeed and featured in the Hindi movie Fanney Khan.

Farrukhabadi died in Farrukhabad on 29 June 2011.^[4]

Filmography

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Year[5]	Title	Credited as
1982	Dil Hi Dil Mein	Lyricist
1963	Holiday in Bombay	Lyricist
1961	Room No.17	Lyricist
1959	Bank Manager	Lyricist