Sayeed Quadri is an Indian lyricist and poet. He is famous for his work in Bollywood movies. He has given many super hit songs like “Bheege Honth Tere”, “Maula Mere Maula”, “In Dino”, “Haale-E-Dil” and “Phir Le Aaya Dil”. In 2023, he appeared as a guest on the celebrity talk show “The Kapil Sharma Show” aired on Sony TV.
Wiki/Biography
Sayeed Quadri was born on Monday, October 3, 1960 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan (age 62; as of 2022). After completing his studies, he moved to Mumbai in 1986 to pursue a career as a lyricist in the Hindi film industry. However, after seven years without finding a job, he decided to return to his hometown. Ten years later, he moved again to Mumbai and established himself as a successful lyricist in the Hindi film industry.
Saeed Quadri as a young man
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
hair color: hair
eye color: hair
family
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents. He has a younger brother named Zayed Quadri.
Old photos of Sayeed Quadri and his mother
wife and children
He married Reena Quadri on June 3. He has two daughters named Aabshar Quadri and Kaynat Quadri and a son named Nayaab Quadri.
Sayeed Quadri family photos
Profession
Movie
Sayeed Quadri first made his mark in the Hindi film industry as a lyricist in the film Jism (2003), in which he composed three songs. In the same year, he composed all the songs for the film Saaya. In 2004, he composed 4 songs for the movie “Murder”, among which the songs “Bheege Honth Tere” and “Kaho Na Kaho” became super hits and remained at the top of the music, radio and streaming charts for a long time.
Movie “Murder” poster
In 2006, he composed three songs “Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai”, “Ya Ali” and “Mujhe Mat Roko” for the movie “Gangster”. His song “Maula Mere Maula” for the film Anwar (2007) was well received by the audience.
Movie “Anwar” poster
In 2011, he composed three songs “Haale-E-Dil”, “Phir Mohobat” and “Tujhko Bhulana” for the movie “Murder 2”. In 2020, he composed the title song of the film Khuda Haafiz. He has composed songs for several films including “Paap” (2003), “Kalyug” (2005), “Life in a… Metro” (2007), “Barfi!” (2012), “Hamari Adhuri Kahani” (2015) ) and “Ludo” (2020).
single
In 2018, he composed the lyrics for the song “Shab Tum Ho” sung by Darshan Raval. In 2019, he composed the lyrics of the patriotic song “One India, My India”.
Poster for the video song “One India My India”
He composed the song “Tanhaai” in 2020, which was sung by Tulsi Kumar. In 2021, he composed the lyrics for the video song “Mehendi Wale Haath” with Guru Randhawa and Sanjana Sanghi.
Poster of video song “Mehendi Wale Haath”
He has also composed lyrics for several other video songs such as “Illtejaa” (2018), “Rehguzar” (2019), “Humko Tum Mil Gaye” (2020), “Toh Aagaye Tum” (2021), “Aur Payar Karna Hai” (2021), “Is Qadar” (2021) and “Tera Aqs” (2022).
Awards
- 2003 Tata Information Awards for Best Lyrics
- The song “Bheege Honth Tere” from the movie “Murder” (2004) won the IIFA Award for Best Lyrics 2004
- 2005 Stardust Award for Best Lyrics
- Baap wins Fever FM Lyricist of the Year Award 2021 for the song “Hardum Humdum” from the movie “Ludo” (2020)
Sayeed Quadri – Baap Lyricist of the Year
- Riff wins Hasrat Jaipuri Award at Rajasthan Film Festival 2022
Sayeed Quadri wins Riff Hasrat Jaipuri Award
Facts / Trivia
- He has loved writing poetry since he was a child and started writing poetry in the eighth grade.
- Before becoming a successful lyricist, he worked as an LIC agent in Jodhpur, Rajasthan for nearly 10 years.
- In an interview, he talked about his debut song and said that when he was not working, he often walked out of the house and during that time he wrote a poem “Awaarpan Banjarapan” which later became his ‘s debut song was featured in the film “Jism” (2003).
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