At the time of his stepping into the film industry, his collection of poems ‘Talkhiyan’, had become acclaimed in the extreme. Sahir’s empathy was not just limited to his poems, as a matter of fact, he never took seat of the man-pulled rickshaws of that time.Īt the young age of 18, the fame that Sahir obtained as a poet was something that very few others ever got. Jitani bhi bildinge thi, setho ne bant li hai Rahane ko ghar nahi hai, sara jahan hamara What followed was Sahir penning some memorable lyrics that not only dovetailed beautifully with the film’s story, but also reflected the poet’s social concerns, perspectives, and humanism. Although the film director wanted to take the duo of Shankar-Jai Kishan as composers, only Khayyam fulfilled Sahir's stipulation. When Sahir Ludhianvi was writing the lyrics for Ramesh Sehgal's film 'Phir Subh Hogi', based on Russian novelist Dostoevsky's famous novel 'Crime and Punishment', he stipulated that film’s music would be scored only by a composer who has read Dostoevsky's novel.