Today we will tell you about a Hindi cinema lyricist who struggled a lot to make a name for himself in the industry. The lyricist started his career at a radio station in Allahabad. At that time he was receiving a salary of 135 rupees per month.
After that, he came to Mumbai to pursue his dreams. At that point he only had 700 rupees in his pocket. Here he met the musician Anoop Jalota. Anup gave him the task of writing bhajans for which he was paid 300 rupees.
But even after that, the poet’s days were not over and he spent his nights on the footpath. His struggle was still going on when one day his destiny rang and he was given a big project.
This is the story of 2005 when the lyricist got a chance to write for Amitabh Bachchan’s TV reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati. After that, he also worked for many TV reality shows like Diaz’s Got Talent, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Indian Idol Junior.
Let us tell you that we are talking about famous Bollywood lyricist Manoj Muntashir. Today, February 27th, is his birthday. Manoj Muntashir is a big name in the industry. He has written many superhits like Teri Mitti Mein Mil Jawaan, Teri Galiyan and Kaun Tujhe Yun Pyar Karega. Manoj has also shown the magic of his pen in Baahubali. He had written powerful dialogues for the film.
We tell you that the poet loved to write since his childhood, but since he did not know Urdu, he could not understand the poets’ books. Then one day Manoj decided to learn Urdu and bought an Urdu book worth 2 rupees from the mosque. He learned complete Urdu from this book worth 2 rupees.
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