Meera Jee Biography
Nationality: Pakistani
Occupation: Actress.
Height : 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Years Active : 1995-Present[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Born into a Kashmiri family of Gujranwala and named Mohammed Sanaullah Dar, he passed his childhood days in Kucha Sardar Shah, Mozang, Lahore. His father, Munshi Mohammad Mahtabuddin, was a railway engineer, so his family had to often move from one place to another. He lived in Kathiawar, Bostan (Baluchistan), Sanghar and Jacobabad.
Meeraji began composing poetry, under the pseudonym of Sasri, when he was at school. It was from his later encounter with a Bengali girl, Meera Sen, who was a daughter of an accounts officer serving in Lahore, that he fell deeply in love. This left a permanent trace in his life that he adopted his pen name on her name. Though brought up in affluent surroundings, Meeraji left his home and family and chose to lead the life of a homeless wanderer, mostly staying with his friends and making a living by selling his songs. Julien Columeau, a French novelist who also writes in Urdu and Hindi has authored a very unusual but engaging short novel on the life of Meeraji.
Meeraji was associated with Adabi Duniya (Lahore), and later worked for All India Radio, Delhi. He wrote literary columns for the monthly Saqi (Delhi) and for a short period helped editing Khayal (Bombay). After Partition, he settled permanently in Bombay.
From his teenage days, Meeraji felt attracted towards Hindu mythology. He often used Hindi vocabulary in his poetry, prose and letters. He acknowledged his debt to the Sanskrit poet Amaru and the French poet Baudelaire. He also translated certain works of the Sanskrit poet, Damodar Gupta and of the Persian poet, Omar Khayyam.
Meeraji is considered to be one of the pioneers of symbolism in Urdu poetry, and especially introducing Free Verse. Along with N. M. Rashid, he was a leading poet of the group Halqa-e Arbab-e Zauq, which broke away from the classic convention of radeef and qafia, explored the rich resources of blank verse and Free Verse, rejected the confines of the socially “acceptable” and “respectable” themes, rejected the stranglehold of Persianised diction, and explored with sensitivity and skill, the hitherto forbidden territories of sexual and psychological states. He also wrote illuminating criticism of poetry and yearned to alter the expression of his age.