LAHORE: Sahir Ludhianvi never compromised on his ideology despite the Indian cinema compromising with him.
This was stated by journalist Raza Rumi in a conference held in connection with the birth centenary celebrations of the famous Urdu poet and lyricist organised by the Progressive Writers Association (PWA) at the Research and Publication Centre in Lahore on Saturday.
The conference was hosted by Javed Aftab, the central secretary of the PWA.
Rumi said though Sahir wrote for films but all his songs assumed high standards of poetry and his political consciousness was apparent in his songs.
“Sahir’s film songs are neither political slogans nor parts of a speech from some rally, they are eternal part of the cinema and social consciousness of millions of fans associated with it,” he added,