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Legends - Majrooh Sultanpuri
Legends - Majrooh Sultanpuri

By By Lalit Mohan Joshi

The Urdu poet and film lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri, who has died aged 80, was part of the 1950s golden era that established song as a significant idiom of Indian cinema.   He wrote more than 2,000 songs for more than 300 features, and his simple evocations of love, suffering and sacrifice transcended class and the era.   He was
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