Rekhti is what one may describe as a genuinely intersectional, inclusive and expressive form of poetry. From discussing themes like female sexuality to homosexuality amongst women to writing about mundane everyday chores, Rekhti did it.
यूँ तो बहुत सी बातें हैं जो किसी शे’र को एक बेहतरीन शे’र बनाती हैं और उन पर दुनिया भर की बातें हुईं हैं मगर एक चीज़ जिस पर बात बहुत कम होती है वो है, “उल्टा इस्तेमाल” या मुख़ालिफ़ मअनी को साथ ला कर नए मअनी पैदा करना।
Majrooh was not a novice in the Bombay film industry. He had started his career as a lyricist with the 1946 Shahjahan which included the pathos-ridden “Jab dil hi toot gaya”. Born in 1919, his real name was Asrar ul-Hassan Khan and he adopted the pen name Majrooh (wounded) when he started writing. A trained Unani physician, he realized fairly early that his calling was poetry.
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