Aghajani Kashmeri | |
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| Born | Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi 16 October 1908 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | 27 March 1998 (age 89) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Urdu poet |
| Years active | 1938 – 1976 |
| Spouse | Khursheed Kashmeri (née Kazi) |
| Children | Zuhair Kashmeri and Sarwar Kashmeri |
Syed Wajid Hussain Rizvi (Urdu: سيد واجد حسین رضوی, born 16 October 1908 – 27 March 1998), better known by his film screen name, Agha Jani Kashmiri (Urdu: آغاجانی کشمیری), was an Indian screenwriter, former actor and Urdu poet.[1]
He worked in Bollywood films, as a writer for a number of classics, from the first Indian cinematic blockbuster Kismet (1943), to the Palme d'Or nominated Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), to Naya Zamana (1971). He was known for writing his dialogues in literary Urdu, which eventually went out of vogue after Salim–Javed popularized a more colloquial style in the 1970s.[2]
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