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Hussain Haidry , famous poet and writer attended Jharkhand Literary meet in Ranchi.

Hussain Haidry is an Indian spoken word poet, writer and lyricist. He gained prominence when his poem Hindustani Musalmaan went viral on social media. He has written lyrics for Bollywood films, Gurgaon, Qarib Qarib Single and Mukkabaaz.

He was born in Indore where he attended Shri Satya Sai Vidhya Vihar school and went on to become a Chartered Accountant. He later obtained a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and worked as Head of Finance at a healthcare company in Kolkata. However, in December 2015 he left his job and moved to Mumbai to become a full-time lyricist and screenwriter.

After leaving his job in Kolkata, Hussain started his career by performing at spoken word poetry forums in Mumbai such as Kommune, The Poetry Club, Prithvi Caferati and Words Tell Stories. However, he first gained prominence when his poem 'Hindustani Musalmaan' went viral on social media. He was subsequently invited on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here.[6] He also appeared in an interview with Ravish Kumar on the same channel's Prime Time for his poem.

Hussain's first film as a lyricist was Qarib Qarib Single, where he wrote two songs: Tu Chale Tohnand Tanha Begum composed by Music Director Rochak Kohli.

The first released film as a lyricist, however, was Gurgaon. He wrote two songs for the film - Tamasha and Aiyyash Chore solo and Udi in collaboration with Varun Grover. He has also written the lyrics for the film Mukkabaaz which premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2017.

His first major film as a Lyricist was Mukkabaaz, where he wrote seven out of ten songs in the film, composed by Rachita Arora. Two of his songs, Bahut Hua Sammaan and Chhipkali, were much appreciated for their political tone.

He has also written the title song of the Amazon web series, Chacha Vidhaayak Hai Humaare, composed by Vishal Dadlani.His latest work from the web series TVF Tripling season 2 is highly appreciated and has been a major contribution to the success of this series.

"Listen to his interview with Humans of Jharkhand, where he is talking about his expereince in Jharkhand.

You can also watch the video at Youtube.

Here is the link

https://youtu.be/ck2VKx9lKmo