Bekal Amritsari

Bekal Amritsari is an Indian poet, director, writer, and songwriter. He was born on 16 April 1917 in Amritsar. His real name was Baldev Chander Arora, he named himself Bekal which means restless. He started writing when he was a child. He is the nephew of legendary Punjabi poet, Dhani Ram Chatrik. He has also written fiery and nationalist poetry. He was also given the title of Stage da Maalik.

He started his career as a film writer in 1940, he wrote a Punjabi movie named Laila Majnu Click to look into! >> Read More... , Mera Punjab. He wrote all the songs on his own for his movies. He wrote songs for several movies such as Mera Maahi, Gowandhi, and Jawab. Then Bekal continued in writing screenplays and co-directed movies. Bekal has also worked with several famous stars such as Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. >> Read More... , Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum Shamshad Begum is an Indian playback singer in the >> Read More... , Geeta Dutta, Prem Chopra Prem Chopra is a legend of Hindi cinema and he has >> Read More... , Nargis, etc. Bekal is mainly known for creating cult classic movies such as Nanak Naam Jahaz hai, Miss Coca-Cola, Hazaar Pariyan, Do Behnen, and Kiklee.