Agha Hashr Kashmiri
Agha Hashr Kashmiri was born on 3rd April 1879 in Banaras,India.He got his initial Education there
.He could not get a higher education due to lack of interest in text books. Since child hood he was
interested in poetry,music but after watching few stage drammas his mind was changed toward his
field. He came to Bombay at the age of 18 and started his career as a play writter.He had a full
command on more than one language but familiar wid Urdu ,Arabic,persian,English ,Gujrati and
Hindi.He was basically an exquisite drama writer of Urdu literature. He started his career by
translating some plays of Shakespear i.e Measure for measure as "Shaheed e Naz",King Lear as
"safaid khoon", Mecbeth as ,"Khawab e hasti"& King John as "Said e Hawas.Later on, Agha Hashar
kasmiri began to write his own dramas for theatrical companies of India.he was popularly known as
"Indian Shakspear"& he proudly accepted this recognition.like Shakspear he also came from small
city,never went to any uniersity,in writting style he chose formate of prose as wel as poem.He also
got hold on theatres .He worked in 4 differet theatrical companis for almost 33 years.He was the
pioneer of drama writing in urdu literature.
Therefore"Sufaid-khoon","Mureed-e-Shak""Aseer-e-Hirs" and "Khoobsoorat Bala" ascented him to
the peak of popularity. Yahudi ki Ladki' Agha hashr Kashmiri's Popular Play .He also made few films
and placed a foundation for futuer film makers . He left this world in 1935 and he was buried in
"Miana sahib" graveyard in Lahore (Pakistan).
.He could not get a higher education due to lack of interest in text books. Since child hood he was
interested in poetry,music but after watching few stage drammas his mind was changed toward his
field. He came to Bombay at the age of 18 and started his career as a play writter.He had a full
command on more than one language but familiar wid Urdu ,Arabic,persian,English ,Gujrati and
Hindi.He was basically an exquisite drama writer of Urdu literature. He started his career by
translating some plays of Shakespear i.e Measure for measure as "Shaheed e Naz",King Lear as
"safaid khoon", Mecbeth as ,"Khawab e hasti"& King John as "Said e Hawas.Later on, Agha Hashar
kasmiri began to write his own dramas for theatrical companies of India.he was popularly known as
"Indian Shakspear"& he proudly accepted this recognition.like Shakspear he also came from small
city,never went to any uniersity,in writting style he chose formate of prose as wel as poem.He also
got hold on theatres .He worked in 4 differet theatrical companis for almost 33 years.He was the
pioneer of drama writing in urdu literature.
Therefore"Sufaid-khoon","Mureed-e-Shak""Aseer-e-Hirs" and "Khoobsoorat Bala" ascented him to
the peak of popularity. Yahudi ki Ladki' Agha hashr Kashmiri's Popular Play .He also made few films
and placed a foundation for futuer film makers . He left this world in 1935 and he was buried in
"Miana sahib" graveyard in Lahore (Pakistan).