Eminent lyricist Nida Fazli passes away at 78

Popular Urdu poet Nida Fazli passed away in Mumbai today after succumbing to heart failure. He was 78 years old.

Nida garnered huge popularity among the readers and ghazal singers for his graceful and interesting usage of informal language for ghazals, dohaas and nazms.

‘Aa bhi jaa’ (Sur), ‘Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein’ (Aap To Aise Na The) and ‘Hosh waalon ko khabar Kya’ (Sarfarosh) are some of his popular songs.