Mehboob Alam Kotwal (credited as Mehboob Kotwal or simply Mehboob) is an Indian writer of Bollywood film song lyrics. He was born in the year 1961 in Bandra West, Mumbai and brought up in Mumbai city of Maharashtra, where he also received his primary education, first in English and later in Urdu.
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Mehboob Alam Kotwal | |
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Born | Bandra West, Mumbai, India |
Occupation | Lyricist, writer |
In 1986, Mehboob met music composer Ismail Darbar who used to play the violin in film orchestras in those days. And it was Darbar who taught him the difference between poetry and film lyrics.[1] Darbar introduced Mehboob to filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma and he began his song writing career with Varma's 1992 film Drohi whose music was composed by R.D. Burman. He then worked with A.R. Rahman on Varma's Rangeela. Rahman liked his work and introduced him to Mani Ratnam and Mehboob penned the lyrics for the Hindi (dubbed) version of Bombay.[2] Mehboob went on to work with A.R. Rahman on films such as Thakshak, Doli Saja Ke Rakhna and Dubbed version of Dil Hi Dil Mein. He has also written the lyrics for A.R. Rahman for his non-film album Maa Tujhe Salaam as well as Mani Ratnam's Yuva.
Mehboob has collaborated with Ismail Darbar on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 1999 film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and on Shakti - The Power in 2002. He has also written the lyrics for Kamaal Khan's Hindi pop album "Kal Raat" (2003) and KK's albums - Pal and Humsafar.
One 2 Ka Four
Bombay
Yash (1996 film)
Daud
Dil Hi Dil Mein
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Rangeela
Thakshak
Vande Mataram
Yuva
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