Kaif Bhopali

Kaif Bhopali
Born
Khwaja Mohammad Idris

(1917-02-20)20 February 1917
Died24 July 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 74)
OccupationFilm songs lyricist, poet
NationalityIndian
GenreGhazal, Urdu poetry
SubjectLove, philosophy

Kaif Bhopali (20 February 1917 – 24 July 1991) was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist. He was a poet in the Urdu mushaira circles, and is known as the writer of songs like Chalo Dildar Chalo, sung by Mohammed Rafi in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah.