After the demise of legendary Urdu poet and lyricist
Rahat Indori
, several Bollywood celebrities took to social media to offer their tributes.
Actors like
Anupam Kher,
Randeep Hooda, Farhan Akhtar, and others took to Twitter to mourn the demise of the acclaimed poet. Also, celebrities from the Indian music industry including senior lyricist
Javed Akhtar, singer
Mohit Chauhan and musician
Shankar Mahadevan took to Twitter to express grief over the demise of the
acclaimed Urdu poet.
Kher quoted from the Urdu poet to post on Twitter,"Ye kechiyan hume udne se khaak rokengi, ki hum pairo se nahi hauslo se udte hain."
"Rahat Indori Sahab! aapki pankityan humesha humaara hausla badhaye rakhegi aur humara margdarshan karegi. Om Shanti," his tweet further read.
Actor Randeep Hooda also posted a famous shayari 'Ab Na Main Hu' by Indori and expressed sorrow over his demise. "Aur ye hum keh rahe hain, aap ki taraf se - Lajawab hain afassan mere," he tweeted.
Actor-singer Farhan Akhtar on the other hand extended condolences to the family of the great poet as he tweeted, "RIP #RahatIndori saab.. deepest condolences to the family."
'Badlapur' actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui too quoted a poem by Indori and said that the literary figure's "shayari" will remain immortal. "Aapki shayari aur unke har alfaaz humesha zinda rahengey... #riprahatindori," he tweeted.
Actor Swara Bhasker also remembered Rahat Indori with one of his patriotic poem. ""Main mar jaau to meri eik alag pehchaan likh dena, lahu se meri pareshape Hindustan likhdena," - Rahat Indori," she tweeted. "RIP Raahat Saab! aapki kami humesha khalegi," she added.
"Rahat Saheb's demise is an irreparable loss for contemporary Urdu poetry and our society at large. Like Habib Jalib he was from the fast-disappearing tribe of poets who are never short of courage to call a spade a spade," tweeted
Javed Akhtar.
Singer, music composer and music director of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy fame, Shankar Mahadevan also condoled the demise of the lyricist and tweeted, "Really saddened after hearing that our dearest @rahatindori is no more. His poetry, his songs will live on forever !! Will miss you Rahat sahab."
Senior lyricist Swanand Kirkire also took to Twitter to quote a line from the song 'Dekh Le' penned by Indori to mourn his demise. "Ab Rahat Saahab bhi?...Shayari ke jagat ki ek buland aawaaz, humaari maati ke
sachhe RockStar..Indore se mere Agraz..Dr Rahat Indori saahab aap ki kami kaun bharega? Alvida mehboob Shayar," he tweeted.
"Munna Bhaai MBBD ke geet 'Dekh Le.." mein Rahat sahab likhte hain.. "jeevan hai barf ki naiyya...naiyya pighle haule haul chaahe hans ke chaahe ro le,"!! Naiya pighal gayi ayr sagar me vileen ho gayi..sirf alfaaz gunjte rahe #AlvidaRahatSahab," he added.
Singer Mohit Chauhan also tweeted to express grief over the demise of Rahat Indori.
A day after testing positive for coronavirus, legendary Urdu poet and lyricist Dr Rahat Indori, 70, passed away at Indore's Aurobindo Hospital on Tuesday.
Chairman of the hospital, Dr Vinod Bhandari said that Indori was hit by two heart attacks earlier in the day and he was also suffering from pneumonia.