Ibrahim Ashk
Ibrahim 'Ashk' | |
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| Born | 20 July 1951 Multanpura, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Died | 16 January 2022 (aged 70) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Ibrahim Khan Ghauri |
| Occupation(s) | poet, journalist, actor, lyricist |
Ibrahim Khan Ghauri (20 July 1951 – 16 January 2022) was an Indian Hindi and Urdu poet, journalist, actor and film lyricist. He wrote under the pen name Ashk. He is popular for his lyrics in Hritik Roshan's debut film, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. Ashk is well known as a lyricist, and script writer of some well-known films and TV serials. He wrote more than 700 ghazals that were sung by various popular ghazal singers such as Talat Aziz, Jagjit Singh, Chandan Das, Pankaj Udhas, Penaz Masani, Anuradha Paudhwal, Bhupinder Mitali and others in the 80s and 90s.