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Gopaldas Neeraj (popularly known as Neeraj; 4 January 1925[3] – 19 July 2018)[4] was an Indian poet and author of Hindi literature. He was also a poet of Hindi Kavi sammelan. He was born in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh, India on 4 January 1925. He wrote under the pen name "Neeraj".[5]

Gopaldas Neeraj
Born	Gopaldas Saxena (1925-01-04)4 January 1925 Puravali, United Provinces, British India
Died	19 July 2018(2018-07-19) (aged 93) Delhi, India
Occupation	poet, songwriter
Spouse	Savitri Devi (m. 1945-2001)
Children	Milan Prabhat Gunjan [1][2]
Awards	Padma Shri Padma Bhushan

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991[6] and Padma Bhushan in 2007.[7]

Besides writing, he earned his living teaching in a college and was a Professor of Hindi Literature in Dharma Samaj College, Aligarh.[8][9] Around 2012, Neeraj was the chancellor of Mangalayatan University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.^{[citation needed]}

Several poems and songs written by Neeraj have been used in Hindi movies. He wrote songs for several Hindi films and was proficient in both Hindi and Urdu. In a television interview, Neeraj called himself an unlucky poet who had to concentrate on the poetry form instead of writing songs for films.^{[citation needed]} His career as a film lyricist ended when he became depressed by the deaths of some of the film music directors with whom he had worked.[10] He noted in particular the deaths of Jaikishan of the music duo Shankar–Jaikishan, and S. D. Burman, for both of whom he had written highly popular film songs.[8]

Neeraj died, aged 93, on 19 July 2018 in New Delhi. He had been admitted to hospital with a lung infection.[11]

Filmography

Some of the popular film songs written by Neeraj include:

Song	Film
Subah na aai sham na aai	Cha Cha Cha[12]
Sapne jhare phool se	Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal
Likhe jo khat tujhe	Kanyadaan
Kaal ka paahiya ghoome bhaiya	Chanda Aur Bijli
Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo	Mera Naam Joker
Aap yahan aaye kis liye	Kal Aaj Aur Kal
Phoolon ke rang se	Prem Pujaari
Rangila re tere rang me
Khilte hai gul yahan	Sharmilee
Megha chhaye aadhi raat
Aaj madhosh hua jaaye re
Kaise kahe hum
Dil aaj shayar hai	Gambler
Mera man tera pyaasa
Chudi nahin ye mera dil hai
Re man sur ma ga	Lal Paththar
Jeevan ki baagiyan	Tere Mere Sapne
Jaise Radha ne maal japi
Ek maine kasam li, ek tune kasam li
Jhoom ke ga yuhn aaj mere dil	Patanga
Tum kitni khubsoorat ho	Jangal Mein Mangal

References

External links

• Neeraj at IMDb
• Get All Poems of Gopaldas Neeraj at Hindi Sahitya
• गोपाल दस नीरज- कविताकोश Gopaldas Neeraj at Kavita Kosh
• C.M. announces Rs. 20 lakh assistance for Gopaldas Neeraj Foundation
• International Hindi association features Gopaldas Neeraj^{[permanent dead link]}
• Life and work of Neeraj
• भारतीय साहित्य संग्रह में नीरज की कृतियाँ
• An account from the Atlanta appearance by the poet Neeraj which took place in October 2004

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