Gopaldas "Neeraj" in Unki Nazar Unka Shahar

In this episode of Unki Nazar Unka Shahar, let's see the life of the legendary Hindi poet Gopaldas Saxena "Neeraj" who used his moving work to change the legendary landscape.

Gopaldas Saxena 'Neeraj (commonly known as Niraj or Neeraj, January 4, 1925 - July 19, 2018) is an Indian poet and Indian literary writer. He is also a famous poet of Hindi Kavisa Milan. He was born on January 4, 1925 in the village of Puravali near Etawah Mahewa in Uttar Pradesh, India. He wrote with the pseudonym "Nyaji". His style is easy to understand and is considered a high quality Hindi literature. He received the Padma Shri Award in 1991 and received the Padma Bhushan Award in 2007. In addition to writing, he also taught life at college and is a professor of Indian literature at Armada Masama University. Some of his poems and songs are used in Hindi movies and are considered famous. He made songs for several Hindi movies and gained a unique position. As a composer, he has the same writing skills in both Hindi and Urdu.

In a television interview, Gopaldas Neeraj called himself an unfortunate poet, stopped writing a song of a movie, devoted himself to writing and publishing his own poem. He mentioned this because there are at least two or three famous music directors in the Hindi movie industry. He mentioned the deaths of Jaikishan's music groups Shankar-Jaikishan and S.D. Burman or Sachin Dev Burman. Because they wrote a very popular movie song. When these music directors and Gopaldas Neeraj were at the peak of their popularity, their death made him very depressed and he decided to withdraw from the film industry. He performed once in Hindi kavi sammelan until his death a few days ago.