Naqsh Lyallpuri remembered at prayer meet
Celebrities from Bollywood and TV industry attended the ‘Chautha’ ceremony of late lyricist Naqsh Lyallpuri in Mumbai on January 24, 2017. The ceremony saw singer Udit Narayan, Uttam Singh, Tina Ghaai, Sumeet and Rajan Lyallpuri, Riku Rakeshnath, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Khayyam, Karan Razdan, T. Jayshree and Jayprakash Karnataki.
Naqsh, who was born as Jaswant Rai Sharma, suffered from a hip bone fracture in March 2016 and was hospitalized in October 2016. The popular lyricist breathed his last on January 22, 2017 at the age of 88 at his residence in Mumbai. The funeral took place at the Oshiwara crematorium.
Sharma’s journey with lyrics started off in 1952 with ‘Jaggu’ and remained active till 2007 when he did ‘Yatra’. The lyricist had started with writing stage plays and was introduced to actor Ram Mohan who was an assistant to actor-director Jagdish Sethi. Lyallpuri was then introduced to Sethi who asked him to pen down some songs for his upcoming movie after listening to his poetry.
During his lifetime, he was a great influencer of current music producers in the industry. Bappi Lahiri was known to visit him often and had earlier expressed his gratitude to the now late lyricist for his unlevelled contribution to Bollywood. His legend lives on in our hearts and minds, and the music he left behind.
Some of his remarkable works included ‘Agar teri Ankhon Se Ankhein Mila Doon’ which was sung by Asha Bhonsle. After success in films, the lyricist was also introduced to TV serials and was asked to write lyrics for the Hindi TV series ‘Shrikant’.
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