Rahat Indori

Rahat Indori
Indori at Rajvadu, Ahmedabad, Gujrat on 22 February 2020
Indori at Rajvadu, Ahmedabad, Gujrat on 22 February 2020
BornRahat Qureshi
(1950-01-01)1 January 1950
Indore, Madhya Bharat, India
Died11 August 2020(2020-08-11) (aged 70)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation
  • Lyricist
  • poet
EducationMA, PhD in Urdu literature
Alma materIslamia Karimia College, Indore
Bhopal University, Bhopal
GenreGhazal, Nazm, Geet
Spouse
Seema Rahat
(m. 1977)
PartnerAnjum Rehbar (separated)
Children4

Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet.[1] He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter.[2] Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DAVV.

  1. ^ "MP's Bollywood connection grows behind the camera". India Today. 12 September 2008.
  2. ^ Joshi, Sopan (20 May 2019). "Urdu poetry's shape-shifter". India Today. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.