शेवन रिज़वी

Shewan Rizvi (sometimes romanized as Shevan Rizvi) was a lyricist in the Hindi film industry active from the mid-1940s through the early 1970s. His credited films span nearly three decades, including Arab Ka Sitara (1946), Dada (1949), Betaab and Apni Izzat (both 1952), Char Chand and Surang (1953), Gul Bahaar (1954), Hatimtai Ki Beti (1955), Al Hilal (1958), Basant (1960), Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962), Qawwali Ki Raat (1964), C.I.D. 909 (1967), Humsaya and Dil Aur Mohabbat (1968), Salgirah (1969), Chand Suraj (1970), and Ek Baar Muskura Do (1973).

He frequently worked alongside director Eddie Billimoria and actors including Amar, Husn Bano, Veena, and Chandrika. His lyrics were recorded by many of the era's leading playback singers, among them Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor, Suman Kalyanpur, Manna Dey, Noor Jehan, and Kishore Kumar. Shewan Rizvi died on 22 May 1987 in Bombay; no verified record of his birth date or birthplace survives in accessible public sources.