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Indore: Noted poet and lyricist Rahat Indori who tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, died due to the viral infection in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Tuesday. He was 70 years.
Urdu poet Rahat Indori passes away at the hospital. He suffered two heart attacks today and could not be saved. He was admitted to hospital on Sunday, after testing positive for #COVID19. He had 60% pneumonia: Dr Vinod Bhandari, Sri Aurobindo Hospital (ANI)
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— OTV (@otvnews) August 11, 2020
He was admitted in the ICU of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences in Indore for treatment, an official said. He suffered two heart attacks today and could not be saved. He had 60% pneumonia, informed Dr Vinod Bhandari, Sri Aurobindo Hospital.
"After initial symptoms of COVID-19, my corona test was done yesterday which came out positive. Pray that I defeat this disease as soon as possible," Indori tweeted Indori today early morning.
कोविड के शरुआती लक्षण दिखाई देने पर कल मेरा कोरोना टेस्ट किया गया, जिसकी रिपोर्ट पॉज़िटिव आयी है.ऑरबिंदो हॉस्पिटल में एडमिट हूँ
दुआ कीजिये जल्द से जल्द इस बीमारी को हरा दूँएक और इल्तेजा है, मुझे या घर के लोगों को फ़ोन ना करें, मेरी ख़ैरियत ट्विटर और फेसबुक पर आपको मिलती रहेगी.
— Dr. Rahat Indori (@rahatindori) August 11, 2020
Indori's son had earlier stated that his father was suffering from chronic ailments like heart disease and diabetes.
Noted lyricist-poet Gulzar said the death of Urdu poet Rahat Indori is a loss which cannot be quantified.
"It is an unquantifiable loss. He was one of a kind. It's as if somebody has left a void in our Urdu mushairas which can never be filled. Woh jagah ko khali kar ke chale gaye. It is not a big loss, it is a total loss," he told PTI.
He remembered Indori as someone who would steal the thunder at mushairas (poetry symposium).
"Wo toh lutera tha mushairon ka. A happy-go-lucky man who was the 'jaan' (soul) of mushairas," Gulzar said.
Gulzar said Indori was in total rapport with the new generation and times.
"He was very relevant. People of all ages used to wait for his turn at mushairas. One mostly comes across romantic shers in mushairas, but all his work that he read was about the sociopolitical and contemporary climate," he added.
Asked when he last spoke to Indori, the 85-year-old legendary lyricist said it is difficult to recollect, but it seems as if they spoke just the other day.
Gulzar said his friend, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who worked with Indori on "Mission Kashmir", would often tell him about work, including his songs "Bumbro" and "Dhuaan Dhuaan" on the 2000 film.
"I would love it and talk to him (Indori). Jab bhi koi aacha sher sunn liya, phone kar liya, daad de di (Whenever I would hear a good sher by him, I'd call him up to congratulate him)," he remembered.
With a 50-year career in poetry, Indori was known for the lyrics of songs like "Dekh Le" from Chopra's "Munnabhai MBBS" (2003), "Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili" from "Kareeb" (1998), and "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye" from "Ghatak" (1996), and "Neend Churai Meri" from "Ishq" (1997). His lyrics were used in 11 Bollywood films.
(With Agency Inputs)
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