Renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Naqsh Lyallpuri passed away. He was aged 88.
He was born Jaswant Rai Sharma on 24 February 1928 in Layallpur Punjab (now in Pakistan).
Since his childhood, he was inclined towards Urdu literature.
His first break as a lyricist was in the 1952 film ‘Jaggu’ where he had given lyrics to the song ‘Agar Teri Aakhon Se Aakhein Mila Doon’.
Since then, he went on to be the lyricist for films like ‘Chetna’,’Tumhare Liye’, ‘Aahista Aahista’ and ‘Gharonda’ amongest many others.
In 2005, he had written lyrics for the ‘Taj Mahal- An eternal love story’ and also for ‘Yaatra’ in 2006.
