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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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#MinaKumari
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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.โ 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 โTanha Chandโ.
An album of her poetry in Meena Kumariโs own voice was released by musician Khayyam, titled โI write, I reciteโ. 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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An album of her poetry in Meena Kumariโs own voice was released by musician Khayyam, titled โI write, I reciteโ. 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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in Mina Kumariโs own voice. And, as it turned out, the album proved to be extremely poignant in her own voice.
In her last years, Meena Kumari had given up caring for herself. He once said to musician Naushad, โMain raat bhar jagti hun is khauf se ki din niklega,
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In her last years, Meena Kumari had given up caring for herself. He once said to musician Naushad, โMain raat bhar jagti hun is khauf se ki din niklega,
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aur din is kashmakash mein guzarta hai ki ab andhera hone wala hai.โ Naushad picked up a pen and paper and summed up Mina's condition in this verse:
Dekho Suraj Ufuq mein duub gaya
Dhoop ik sar se tere aur dhali
Ek din uljhano.n ka aur gaya
Ik kaDii zindagi ki aur kaTi
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Dekho Suraj Ufuq mein duub gaya
Dhoop ik sar se tere aur dhali
Ek din uljhano.n ka aur gaya
Ik kaDii zindagi ki aur kaTi
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Meena Kumari read this Qita over and over again and started crying.
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