Ghalib in Today's Culture
Ghalib is still very popular today, and his poetry is well known. Many singers from all over South Asia have sung many of his ghazals.
When the late Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru watched the film Mirza Ghalib and heard the Ghazals of Ghalib sung actress-singer Suraiya, he praised her by remarking, "You have put life into the soul of Mirza Ghalib".
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