Kaif Bhopali

Kaif Bhopali
BornKhwaja Mohammad Idris
(1917-02-20)20 February 1917
Bhopal State, British India
Died24 July 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 74)
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
OccupationFilm songs lyricist, poet
NationalityIndian
GenreGhazal, Urdu poetry
SubjectLove, philosophy

Kaif Bhopali (20 February 1917 24 July 1991) was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist. He was a poet in the Urdu mushaira circles, and is known as the writer of songs like Chalo Dildar Chalo, sung by Mohammed Rafi in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah.