Anwar Jalalpuri is true genius of various languages. He was lecturer in English by profession, poet of Urdu by heart, academician of Hindi languages! Born in the town Jalalpur which is very famous for the Urdu poets. Early educated in Jalalpur & Azamgarh, whereas reached the climax of his literary intellect in Aligarh Muslim University ! He established a junior high school named after Mirza Ghalib in Jalalpur which is now an inter college. Lucknow is honoured to be the host city of his intellectualism. Anwar Saheb is also world famous for his ‘Nizamat’ which is always appealing to the people who love & admire poetry. We salute him for his unique task of translating all 701 Shlokas of the Bhagvad Geeta into Urdu poetry. He is also credited in translating 30th para of Quran as well as Geetanjali of Tagore into Urdu poetry! Dialogues and songs of the serial ‘Akbar The Great’ on television were penned by him. Anwar Saheb can also be seen in the movie ‘Dedh Ishqia’. Anwar Jalalpuri will always be remembered for promoting the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb through his literary works! We are looking forward for many more milestones from the genius!
