Description: Yavar Abbas, writer, broadcaster, journalist, film-maker comes from the home of Urdu, Lucknow in U.P. India. A love of classical Urdu literature was second nature to him, having been exposed to the poetry of one of the greatest practitioners of that art. He is much in demand for his recitations of Mir Anees.
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Yavar Abbas, writer, broadcaster, journalist, film-maker comes from the home of Urdu- Lucknow in U.P. India. A love of classical Urdu literature was second nature to him, having been exposed to the poetry of one of the greatest practitioners of that art. He is much in demand for his recitations of ANEES.
winner of "Marconi Award" and several other international honours for his films
Yavar Abbas anchoring a programme on BBC Urdu Radio