![]() However, after his wife became pregnant, Shailendra himself approached Raj Kapoor in need of money. Shailendra, a member of the left wing IPTA, was wary of mainstream Indian cinema and refused. ![]() Kapoor offered to buy poems written by Shailendra and use them for his movie Aag (1948). The filmmaker Raj Kapoor noticed Shailendra, when the latter was reading out his poem Jalta hai Punjab at a mushaira (poetic symposium). He started writing poetry during these days. His job brought him to Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1947. ![]() Shailendra started his career as a clerk with Indian Railways. Noted for his association with the filmmaker Raj Kapoor and the composers Shankar-Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s.Shailendra was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab (Undivided India), and spent his childhood in Mathura Shankardas Kesarilal (August 30, 1923 – December 14, 1966), popularly known by his pen name Shailendra, was a popular Indian Hindi lyricist.
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