Hussain Haidry

Hussain Haidry is an Indian spoken word poet, writer and lyricist. He gained prominence for his spoken word poem titled, "Hindustani Musalmaan".[1][2] He has written lyrics for the Bollywood films Gurgaon, Qarib Qarib Single, Mukkabaaz and Taish.

Hussain Haidry
Born
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma materIndian Institute of Management Indore
OccupationPoet, Writer, Lyricist
Years active2016–present

Early life

Hussain Haidry is a Dawoodi Bohra,[3] and was born in Indore where he attended Shri Satya Sai Vidhya Vihar school and went on to become a chartered accountant. He later obtained a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and worked as head of finance at a healthcare company in Kolkata. However, in December 2015 he left his job and moved to Mumbai to become a full-time lyricist and screenwriter.[4]

Career

After leaving his job in Kolkata, Hussain started his career by performing at spoken word poetry forums in Mumbai such as Kommune, The Poetry Club, Prithvi Caferati and Words Tell Stories. However, he first gained prominence when his poem 'Hindustani Musalmaan' went viral on social media.[5] He was subsequently invited on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here.[6] He also appeared in an interview with Ravish Kumar on the same channel's Prime Time for his poem.

Hussain's first film as a lyricist was Qarib Qarib Single, for which he wrote two songs.[7] The first released film featuring him as a lyricist, however, was Gurgaon. He wrote two songs for it, Tamasha and Aiyyash Chor, as solo pieces and Udi in collaboration with Varun Grover. He also wrote the lyrics for the film Mukkabaaz which premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2017. He wrote seven out of ten songs in the film, which were composed by Rachita Arora.[8] Two of his songs, Bahut Hua Sammaan and Chhipkali, were much appreciated for their political tone.[9]

He has also written the title song of the Amazon web series, Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare, composed by Vishal Dadlani. His latest work as a lyricist in the album of the second season of the web series TVF Tripling has also been appreciated, especially the song "Ishq Ka Haafiz".

References
  1. "Meet Hussain Haidry, the chartered accountant who wrote Hindustani Musalmaan". Hindustan Times. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. "Before Hindustani Musalman…". dna. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. Sharma, Swati (5 December 2017). "The Indian Muslim storyteller". The Asian Age. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. Punwani, Jyoti. "Who is 'Hindustani Musalman', the man behind social media's favourite poem?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. McCool, Alice; Hussain, Tamseel (11 January 2019). "'Poetry is the antidote': in fight against Hindu nationalism, India turns to verse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. 'Main Hindustani Musalmaan Hoon': Meet The Man Whose Poem Has Gone Viral, retrieved 14 October 2017
  7. Nair, Vipin (14 November 2017). "Qarib Qarib Singlle soundtrack: enjoyable with a hint of déjà vu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. Gaekwad, Manish (16 January 2018). "Hussain Haidry on turning political poems into film songs". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  9. Kamble, Vicky (13 October 2017). "Some Films Change The Way You Think, Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz Falls In That Category". Daily.Social. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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