Soon he was a 'regular' at mushairas and a 'shagird' i.e. The ghazal was a hit with the audience and Majrooh decided to drop his fledgling medical practice and began writing poetry seriously.

He was a struggling Hakim when he happened to recite one of his ghazals at a mushaira in Sultanpur. He thereafter joined Lucknow's Takmeel-ut-Tib College of Unani medicine (Greek System of Medicine). His father, though, a police officer, was not too keen on his son receiving English education and Majrooh was therefore sent for traditional 'Madrasa education' which led to his obtaining the qualification first of Dars-e-Nizami – a seven-year course which concentrated on religious affairs along with proficiency in Arabic and Persian- and then the certificate of 'Alim.

Majrooh Sultanpuri was born as Asrar ul Hassan Khan in a Rajput Muslim family, in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where his father was posted in the Police Department in 1919/1920. He also wrote timeless classics with Jatin-Lalit for films like Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (including the song “Pehla Nasha”) and their debut film Yaara Dildara (including the song “Bin Tere Sanam”), which are both often heard to this day on the Indian musical airwaves. In the 1980s and 1990s, most of his work was with Anand–Milind, their most notable collaborations being Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, Lal Dupatta Malmal Ka, Love, Kurbaan and Dahek. He won the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award in 1965 for ' Chahunga Main Tujhe' in the film Dosti, and the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement in 1993. In his career spanning six decades, he worked with many music directors. He is considered one of the finest avant-garde Urdu poets of 20th century literature. He was one of the dominating musical forces in Indian cinema in the 1950s and early 1960s, and was an important figure in the Progressive Writers' Movement. He wrote Hindustani lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − ), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in India's Hindi language film industry.

Urdu poem sana sadeqi