Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was a popular Indian poet and lyricist. Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kuri, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died when he was 5. Bakshi's family migrated to India (Lucknow) on 2 October 1947, in the aftermath of the partition, when he was 17 years old. Before he established himself as a Lyrics writer for Hindi film songs, he served for 2 years in the Royal Indian N...