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Mina Kumari was indeed a great actress, but also a fine poet; her pen-name was Naz. She once said to the songwriter-poet Gulzar, "Ye jo adaa-kaari main karti hun is mein ek kami hai, ye fann, ye art, mujh mein paida nahin hua hai;

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khayal dusre ka hai, kirdar kisi aur ka, aur hidayar kisi ki. Mere andar se jo paida hua hai wo main likhti hun, Jo main kahna chahti hun, wo likhti hun.ā€ Meena Kumari had entrusted all her poetry to Gulzar. After her death in 1972, Gulzar published a collection of her poems,

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titled ā€˜Tanha Chandā€™.

An album of her poetry in Meena Kumariā€™s own voice was released by musician Khayyam, titled ā€˜I write, I reciteā€™. Meena Kumari wanted Khayyam's wife singer Jagjit Kaur to sing her Nazms, but Jagjit Kaur insisted that they would come off better

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