Dushyant Kumar Tyagi (1 September 1931 – 30 December 1975) was an Indian poet of modern

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literature. He is famous for writing Hindi ''ghazals'', and is generally recognised as one of the foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century.

Personal life

Kumar was married to Rajeshwari Tyagi.

Legacy

* Parts of Kumar's poem ""Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si"(हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी)" were used in the popular 2017 India film Irada. The film showcases the sorry state of the people of

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(

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) due to corruption and

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caused by pesticides left from the

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and uranium contamination of

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due to

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from

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. * The poem "Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si"(हो गई है पीर पर्वत-सी) was sung often by

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during the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement. * Kumar's lines from his ''ghazal'' '''Saye Me'' ''Dhoop are often used in many programmes and were used in the Hindi film "'' Halla Bol''" मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने मे सही, हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए.

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used the lines "''Sirf hungaama khada karna mera maqsad nahin, saari koshish hai, ki yeh soorat badalni chahiye"'' in promos for its show

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. * The Indian Department of Posts issued a commemorative stamp with Kumar's image on it in September 2009. * A museum dedicated to Kumar exists in C. T. T. Nagar,

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, Madhya Pradesh. * The line "Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai" was taken from his poems and used as a song in the movie '' Masaan''. *

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and the Hindi poet

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an episode on Dushyant Kumar
in their program '' Mahakavi'' which was aired on 12 and 13 November 2016. * Kumar's house was broken by the administration of Smart City Project. This was criticised by several leading people. Explaining the inclusion of Kumar's poems in the 2015 Hindi film ''Masaan'', the lyricist Varun Grover explained that he wanted to show Shaalu (played by Shweta Tripathi) as a person whose hobby is to read Hindi poetry and shaayari, as this is a common hobby of

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youngsters in Northern India, especially when in love, but this aspect is rarely shown in Hindi films.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Dushyant 1933 births 1975 deaths Hindi-language poets Hindi-language writers 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers People from Bijnor People from Bijnor district