Neeraj- Karwan Guzar Gaya Ghubaar Dekhte Rahe.
Gopal Das Neeraj was a poet first then a lyricist. He started writing poetry and sharing stage, at times with stalwarts who were mesmerized with the poems of this young man. There are incidents where he used to write poems with another pseudonym, ‘Bhavuk Etahvi’. But once he reached the stage of Kavi Sammelan , there was no looking back for this greatest Hindi poet of all genres. This Ghazal was aired. on the radio in 1955, it was included in the film Nayi Umar ki Nayi Fasal in 1966 in fact this film was inspired by this Ghazal. He wrote a few songs for two films Cha Cha Cha and Chanda Aur Bijli before Dev Anand introduced him to S D Burman to write songs for his film Prem Pujari . He was born in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh , India on 4 January 1925. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj" When Neeraj entered the scene of poetry, Harivansh Rai B...
