AMU Alumni Association N. California’s International Mushaera 2019 3/6
Manzar Bhopali
Manzar Bhopali engaged the audience with his renditions.
Manzar was born in December 1959 in Amrawati, Maharashtra, India.
Manzar Bhopali is his pen name. His name is Syed Ali Raza. His father, Mir Abbas Ali Rizvi, worked in art and literature. He was also a poet. His mother, Tahira Nikhat, was a teacher.
During his teenage years, Manzar started taking interest in poetry and attended his first Mushaira at the age of 17. Over the course of three decades, he has penned more than a dozen books in Hindi and Urdu.
In a career spanning three decades, Manzar has recited his poems in thousands of Mushairas in five continents and more than 30 countries. He has published several books, in Urdu, Hindi, and English.
Manzar has been honored with several awards, both in India and abroad. He was given the honorary citizenship of Louisville, Kentucky and was felicitated with the key to the city.
Manzar captivated the audience with his poetry which included ‘manqabat,’ ghazals and poems. One of Manzar’s poem about the plight of Urdu language is very popular.
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