in two volumes under the title, "Harf-e-Aashna" and "Zer-e-Lab." Professor Asghar Wajahat, former Head of the Hindi Department, Jamia Millia Islamia, translated these letters into Hindi and this was published under the title "Tumhare Naam" in 2004. Safia Akhtar died of cancer on 17 January 1953, less than ten years after her wedding, and left behind two very small sons. Jan Nisar left the children in the care of relatives while he pursued his hobbies of writing poetry and hobnobbing with various luminaries and socialites in Mumbai. Three years after Safia's death, Jan Nisar got married again on 17 September 1956, to Khadija Talat. His children by Safia did not have a good relationship with their step-mother, and his relations with them was likewise dysfunctional. Filmography Lyricist Baap Re Baap (1955) Yasmin (1955) CID (1956) Naya_Andaz (1956) Black Cat (1956) Rustom Sohrab (1963) Prem Parvat (1974) Shankar Hussain (1977) Noorie (1979) Razia Sultan (1983) Producer Bahu Begum (1967) Works Khamosh Awaz Khak-e-dil, Publisher: Nagara Tabaat, 1973. Hindustan Hamara, Volume 1 & 2. 1965, 1974. Pichhle Peher. GHAR AANGAN. Harf-e-ashna: Khatut (Letters) Ja-Nisar Akhxtar ki Shai'iri: Urdu Hindi me yakja, tr. by Amar Dihlavi. Publisher Star, 1983. Kuliyat-e-Jan Nisar Akhtar. Publisher: Al-Muslim, 1992. Hamara Hindustan (anthology), Rajkamal Publications, 2006. Nigahon Ke Saaye, ed. Vijay Akela, Rajkamal Publications, 2006. . Further reading Jan Nisar Akhtar by Kishwar Sultan. Publisher: Nasim Book Depot, 1977. Intikhab-i Kalam: Majaz, Jazbi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, by Majaz. Sahitya Akademi Publications. . Tumhare Naam. Rajkamal Publications, 2004. Letters to Jan Nisar Akhtar by Sufiya Akhtar, 1949 Annual of Urdu Studies vol. 20 (2005). A collection of verses by Jan Nisar Akhtar References Lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar External links Exclusive innings, Biography at Screen Jan Nissar Akhtar Biography and works 1914 births 1976 deaths Indian male poets Urdu-language poets from India Indian lyricists Aligarh Muslim University alumni People from Gwalior Writers from Bhopal Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu 20th-century Indian poets Poets from Madhya Pradesh 20th-century Indian male writers