Kanhaiya lal kapoor biography
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Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor
Urdu satirist
Kanhaiyalal Kapoor | |
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Urdu , Punjabi Humor and Satarist | |
| Born | 27 June 1910 Lyallpur,Punjab, British India |
| Died | 5 May 1980 Poona Maharashtra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Writer,lecturer, Principal |
| Spouse | Pushpavati Kapoor |
| Children | 7 |
Kanhaiyalal Kapoor[1] (June 27, 1910 – 5 May 1980), also known as K.L Kapur, was an Urdu satirist known for his sharp wit, ironical style and derisive parodies.[2] He was renowned for his unique writing style and natural talent as a result he was awarded the Ghalib award in the year 1974 by then President of India Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed for his outstanding contributions to Urdu literature.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Kapoor was born in undivided India in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad) a part of Pakistan. He finished his Primary education in a local school where he got a chance to learn the Persian language. He completed his metric from K
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Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor (1910-1980) was an Urdu satirist known for his sharp wit, ironical style and derisive parodies.
Two giants of Urdu literature left lasting impressions on Kapoor’s mind and his art: Ahmed Shah Pitras Bukhari and Krishan Chandr.
Pitras Bukhari, one of the foremost humorists of Urdu, was Kapoor’s teacher at the Government College, Lahore. Pitras’s bubbling wit began to impress Kapoor on the very first occasion he met him. According to Kapoor’s own account, he had gone to the Government College for admission to MA (English). Pitras, being a teacher at the English department, interviewed him and asked (since Kapoor was quite a tall person) “are you normally this much tall or have you made some special arrangement for today’s interview”? Later, discovering his talent, Pitras advised Kapoor to write humour and always encouraged him.
As he has mentioned in June 1964 issue of Nuqoosh, Lahore, Kapoor didn’t realise that Krishan Chandr was his next-room neighbour at the
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Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor: A Master Urdu Satirist
The Kapoor family is a brand name in Bollywood. It started with Basheswarnath Kapoor, father of actor and director Prithviraj Kapoor, who also played a cameo role in Awaara (1951) directed by his grandson regel Kapoor. Not long ago though, there was another Kapoor – not from the Kapoor clan – who ruled over the world of Urdu literature. His name was Kanhaiya Lal Kapoor. Interestingly enough, like the first three generations of the Kapoor family, K.L. Kapoor was also born on the other side of the border, Pakistan.
Kapoor wrote in simple prose that was laced with skarp wit, often filled with verbal irony and derision. He was a mästare Urdu satirist and considered to be the most successful satirist of his times. According to Noorul Hasan Naqvi, a literary critic and historian, Kapoor never let his writing suffer, despite the fact that he was a prolific writer and produced a large number of stories. “He had a strong artistic consciou