Sahir Ludhianvi

Sahir Ludhianvi, the Urdu poet and film lyricist of Taj Mahal and Kabhi Kabhie.

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Date of issue March 8, 2013

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 310000

Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Perforation 13¾

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Catalogue codes Michel IN 2703 Yvert et Tellier IN 2460 Stanley Gibbons IN 2923 WADP Numbering System - WNS IN015.2013

Themes Authors, Commemoration, Famous people, Literary People (Poets and Writers), Literature, Men

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Sahir Ludhianvi

India Post issued this ₹5 stamp on 8 March 2013, his 92nd birth anniversary, for Sahir Ludhianvi (1921–1980), the Urdu poet and one of the greatest film lyricists of twentieth-century India. Born Abdul Hayee at Ludhiana on 8 March 1921, he took his pen name from his home town. His songs shaped Hindi cinema; he won the Filmfare Award for best lyrics for Taj Mahal (1963) and Kabhi Kabhie (1976), and received the Padma Shri in 1971.

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