Dushyant Kumar

Personal life

Death and legacy

• Parts of Dushyant Kumar's poem ""Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si"" were used in the popular 2017 India film Irada. The film showcases the sorry state of the people of Bhatinda due to corruption, and cancer caused by pesticides left from the Green revolution and uranium contamination of ground water due to fly ash from thermal power plants.
• The poem "Ho Gayi hai Peer Parvat Si" was sung often by Arvind Kejriwal during the Anti Corruption Movement in India.
• Lines Dushyant Kumar from his Ghazal 'Saye Me Dhoop' are often used in many programmes, and the Hindi film "Halla Bol" मेरे सीने में नहीं तो तेरे सीने मे सही, हो कहीं भी आग, लेकिन आग जलनी चाहिए. Star Plus used the lines "Sirf hungaama khada karna mera maqsad nahin, saari koshish hai, ki yeh soorat badalni chahiye" in promos for its show Satyameva Jayate.
• The Indian Department of posts issued a commemorative stamp with Dushyant Kumar's image on it, in September 2009.
• A museum dedicated to Dushyant Kumar exists in C. T. T. Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• The poem "Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai" line was taken from his poem and used as a song in the movie Masaan.
• ABP News and the Hindi poet Kumar Vishwas made in their program Mahakavi which was aired on 12 and 13 November 2016.
• The house of Dushyant Kumar was broken by the administration of Smart City Project. This was criticised by several leading people.

Notable works