# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shailendra
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:26:08.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shailendra"
name: "Shailendra"
slug: "shailendra"
description: "Shailendra was an Indian Hindi-Urdu poet, lyricist and film producer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most celebrated lyricists of the Indian film industry. Known for his association with filmmaker Raj Kapoor, singer Mukesh, and composer duo Shankar–Jaikishan, he wrote lyrics for several successful Hindi film songs in the 1950s and 1960s. He has also written songs in the Bhojpuri language for early Bhojpuri movies as his mother tongue was Bhojpuri."
tagline: "Indian film lyricist (1923–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shailendra_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-08-30"
deathDate: "1966-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.32
  momentum:             2.491258741258741
  historical:           8.576256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787589/"
    handle:    "nm0787589"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "شايليندرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "শৈলেন্দ্র (গীতিকার)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailendra"
    title: "Shailendra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shailendra_(lyricist)"
    title: "Shailendra (lyricist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "शैलेन्द्र"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_(%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0)"
    title: "शैलेंद्र (गीतकार)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0_(%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0)"
    title: "ਸ਼ੈਲੇਂਦਰ (ਗੀਤਕਾਰ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0"
    title: "శైలేంద్ర"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_(%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1)"
    title: "شیلندر (غنائی شاعر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/927633"
    title: "Shailendra"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump