Akhtar ul Iman

Akhtar ul Iman (1915–1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm.

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for Dharmputra and 1966 for Waqt. He was awarded the 1962 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu, for his Poetry Collection, Yadein (Memories), by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.

Early life and education

Born in Qila, Najibabad, in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh in 1915.

He gained his initial education at Bijnor, where he came in contact with poet and scholar Khurshid ul Islam – who taught at Aligarh Muslim University – and developed a long association with Ralph Russell. He graduated from the (Zakir Husain College) in Delhi.

Career

He preferred nazm over more popular ghazal as a mean of poetic expression. Akhtar ul Iman's language is "coarse and unpoetic". He uses "coarse" and mundane poetic expressions to make his message effective and realistic.

He left behind a substantial legacy for new generation of poets to follow which explores new trends and themes in modern Urdu poetry giving a new direction to the modern and contemporary Urdu nazm with emphasis on philosophical humanism.

Iman

Iman, also spelled Imaan or Eman, may refer to:

Islam

Given name

Organizations

`Iman

`Iman is a village in western central Yemen. It is located in the San‘a’ Governorate.

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Coordinates: 15°17′N 44°18′E / 15.283°N 44.300°E / 15.283; 44.300

Iman (comics)

Imán (Spanish: "magnet"), whose real name is Diego Irigoyen, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics who was created as part of the Planet DC annuals event. His first appearance is in Superman Annual (vol.) 2 #12 (August 2000). He was created by Oscar Pinto, Giovanni Barberi and F.G. Haghenbeck.

Fictional character biography

Diego Irigoyen was a brilliant student in Mexico City. He was a recipient of a scholarship to Yale University from Wayne Enterprises, and wrote his doctoral thesis on astronomy and super heroes. He was later employed by S.T.A.R. Labs as an astronaut. While in outer space, Diego's mother was kidnapped and murdered. Irigoyen, on his return, pledged to use his genius to serve the cause of justice, and built for himself a powerful exoskeleton that granted him superhuman strength and resistance to injury. He greatly admires Superman, whose ideals Imán has said he tries to live up to. He often teams up with fellow Mexican superheroes El Muerto and Acrata, such as when the three of them (along with Superman) saved Mexico and the world from total destruction at the hands of a bio-terrorist group led by a Mexican sorcerer named Duran, who was trying to channel the powers inherent in the ley lines of Earth. During Final Crisis, Imán was seen fighting as part of the human resistance against Darkseid. He has several lines of dialogue in the novelization of said event.