Gauhar Kanpuri was a lyricist in the Hindi film industry active in the seventies and eighties.
Bappi Lahiri is the music director to have used Kanpuri’s talent the most. Kanpuri’s lines have also been brought to life by the compositions of Ram-Laxman, Jaidev, Usha Khanna, Nadeem-Shravan and Rajkamal. Singers like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Suman Kalyanpur, Jaspal Singh, Yesudas, Usha Uthup, Kumar Sanu, Sulakshana Pandit, Chandrani Mukherjee and Mohd Rafi have lent their voices to Kanpuri songs making them eternal.
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“Abhi Abhi Thi”, “Jalta Hai Jiya Mera” (“Zakhmee”, 1975), “Jhoomta Sawan Dekho Aaya” (“Do Khiladi”, 1976) “Allah Karam Karna” (“Dada”, 1979), “Adao Se Hamari”, “Natija Achcha Niklega” (“Dulha Bikta Hai”, 1982), “Dulhan Banugi Doli Chaungi” (“Woh Jo Hasina”, 1983), “Aa Mai Gul Badan” (“Locket”, 1986) and “Rone Na Dijiyega” (“Jaan Tere Naam”, 1992) are a few of the songs that he has written in Hindi films.
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