हसरत लखनवी

Hasrat Lakhnavi was a lyricist active in Hindi cinema through the 1930s and 1940s, distinct from better-known contemporaries who shared similar pen names, such as Hasrat Jaipuri and Arzoo Lakhnavi. Film-history archive Cinemaazi lists his frequent collaborators as including actor-filmmakers Nazir and Ashok Kumar, actor-director Eddie Billimoria, and performers Aga Peer Jaan and Shahzadi, placing his working years within that circle of 1930s-40s Bombay cinema.

His confirmed film credits include Aabroo (1943), on which he shared lyric-writing duties with Tanveer Naqvi, Rajjan, and Swami Ramanand Saraswati under music director Pandit Gobindram, contributing songs such as 'Naiya Hamari Paar Lagao' picturised with singer Sitara Devi; Aap Beeti (1948), which included his song 'Pachtayenge Wo' sung by Khursheed; and Kaneez (1949), featuring his song 'Jiya Mora Haale Dole Ho' sung by Geeta Dutt. Detailed biographical facts such as his birth and death dates are not documented in the film-history sources currently available.