New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative postage stamp on late Sahir Ludhianvi on the occasion of his birth anniversary today at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Speaking on the occasion, Mukherjee said: "One of Sahir's greatest contributions was to converge Urdu poetry into film songs. He also fought for recognition for lyric writers through the Film Writers Association."
"The fact that his birth day is being commemorated 33 years after his death with the release of the stamp is proof that he lives - through his poetry and his songs - in people's hearts," he added.
Asserting that Ludhianvi was widely acclaimed as a people's poet who wrote on the trials and tribulations of the everyday life of the common man with great intensity and deep empathy, Mukherjee said: "He was recognised as the poet of the young because of his writings on love and beauty. He wrote with great sensitivity on the values and social concerns of the contemporary period."
Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Kapil Sibal and Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Manish Tewari. (ANI)
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