Majaz – Ae Gham-E-Dil Kya Karun (2018) *HQ*

Biopics on poets in India are few and far between, because of which we tend to forget that poets were the rock stars of our recent past. Majaz: Ae Gham-e-Dil Kya Karun is one such film based on the life of Indian romantic poet, Asrar ul Haq Majaz also known as Majaz Lakhnawi (played by Priyanshu Chaterjee). A young, revolutionary poet of the 30s, Majaz is a rebel and a romantic who starts out as a proverbial ‘good guy’ compared to his peers and achieves fame early in life. However, the company he keeps slowly transforms him into an alcoholic. He falls for a girl who is married to his friend, and that drives him deeper into alcoholism. His family life breaks down we see a genius throw his life away as the world around him crumbles.