Saturday, May 16, 2009

Makhdoom Mohiuddin


Makhdoom Mohiuddin (Urdu: مخدوم محی الدین , Telugu : మఖ్దూం మొహియుద్దీన్) or Abu Sayeed Mohammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Huzri (February 41908 – January 151969) was anUrdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a distinguished revolutionary Urdupoet. On February 4th and 5th, a slew of programmes were organized in Hyderabad to mark his birth centenary celebrations in which top writers like Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi VishwavidyalayaVibhuti Narain Rai, scientists like P. M. Bhargava and Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University Syed E. Hasnain participated.[1]


Early life

Mohiuddin was born in the village of Andole in Medak district of what was then the princely state of Hyderabad, India.

He earned a masters degree in 1936 from Osmania University. He founded the Progressive Writers’ Union in Hyderabad. He was also active with the Communist Party of India, and at the forefront of the 1946–1947 Telengana Rebellion against the Nizam of the erstwhileHyderabad state.


Career

Mohiuddin grew up to become a poet of incredible versatility. He is best known for his verse collection Bisat-e-Raqs (The Dance Floor). His published works include an essay Tagore and his Poetry, a play, Hosh ke Nakhun (Unravelling), an adaptation of Shaw's Widowers' Houses, and a collection of prose essays. Bisat-e-Raqs is a complete collection of Makhdoom's verse including his two earlier collections Surkh Savera (The Red Dawn) 1944, and Gul-e-Tar (The Dewdrenched Rose) 1961

He is known as Shayar-e-Inquilab' ('Poet of the Revolution'). His ghazals and lyrics have been used in many Hindi films. Among his notable works is the romantic ghazal Phir Chhidi Baat, Baat PhooloN Ki.


Personal life

He died in 1969. He has two sons and one daughter.The first son is Nusrath Mohiuddin,a well known poet,a member of CPI,secretary of Insaf.The second son is Zafar Mohiuddin who is an employee in Singereni colleries.The daughter is eldest of both. Nusrath Mohiuddin has two daughters: the eldest has only a girl child Nida Un Naser.The second has the one girl and the one son named Mariyum and Omer respectively. Mariyum is elder of the two.Zafar has three daughters and a son.

5 comments:

  1. Makhdoom's Poetry like PHIR CHHIDI RAAT BAAT PHOOLON KI,
    AAP KI YAAD AATI RAHI RAAT BHAR
    EK CHAMELI KE MANDWE TALE.
    MUSAFIR, etc are amazing!
    Great Poet!!

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  2. ye tasveer makhdoom ki nahin, firaq Gorakhpuri ki hai

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  3. The Pic is of the Great Poet Raghupati Sahay Firaq and Not Makhdoom.

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  4. Maqdoom Mohiuddin- Quli Qutub Shah

    Maqdoom Mohiuddin is Quli Qutub Shah of 20th century. Quli laid the foundation of gazal. It is a historical fact that in the hands of Maqdoom gazal attained amazing heights and its crowing glory. Bhagmathi (Lady Love) inspired and enticed Quli into love gazal. Similarly, there was lady love in Maqdoom's life and literature also. Ms.Indira Dhanrajgir is life-force of Maqdoom's love gazals. All his love gazals are addressed to her. Ms.Indira is Bhagmathi of Maqdoom’s life and 20th century urdu gazal. Indira Ji’s name appears conspicuously in several pages in his Magnum Opus ‘Bisat-e-Raks”. Without an elaborate discussion on this vital aspect any account of Maqdoom’s life or poetry is shallow and meaningless. All the researchers and critics should work on this component of Maqdoom's literature.
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