Senior Bollywood lyricist Yogesh Gaur, the man behind hit songs like ‘Kahin Door Jab Din Dal Jaaye’ among others passed away on May 29. The cause of his death is yet to be known. As per reports, Gaur was staying with a disciple in the Mumbai suburb of Nala Sopara.
Meanwhile, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar paid tributes on social media. She wrote: “Mujhe abhi pata chala ki dil ko chunewale geet likhnewale kavi Yogesh ji ka aaj swargwas hua. Ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Yogesh ji ke likhe kai geet maine gaaye. Yogesh ji bahut shaant aur madhur swabhav ke insan the. Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun (I just came to know of the demise of the poet Yogesh ji whose songs touched one’s heart. The news pains me. I have sung songs that Yogesh ji wrote. Yogesh ji was a man of gentle disposition. I offer him my humble tribute).”
Yogesh was born in Lucknow in 1943 and moved to Bombay in 60s aspiring to to be a poet and also a lyricist in films. He got his first break in Bollywood as a lyricist in the film Sakhi Robin (1962).
