Did you know one of Dawood Ibrahim’s brother, was a feared gangster and a budding songwriter in the Hindi film industry? All you need to know!

Bollywood had a notorious history with the underworld mafia Dawood Ibrahim. Several movies were made on him, even after he left India and went abroad. It was following his departure that he attempted to make an indirect effect on the industry, via his brothers. One of his criminal brothers, Noor Ul Haq Kaskar, secretly used to work in Hindi films and was an aspiring lyricist. Fondly known as Noora, he wrote songs that starred Bollywood icons like Rishi Kapoor, Salman Khan and Raveena Tandon.

Dawood Ibrahim’s brother was was an aspiring songwriter and lyricist

Noora wrote song Choom Loon Honth Tere Dil Ki Yahi Khwahish Hai, in the Rishi Kapoor-starrer film Shreemaan aashique. He also penned Tumse jo dekhte hi Pyar Hua For movies Patthar ke phoolstarring Salman Khan and Raveena Tandon. As recounted in The Indian Express, his most memorable contribution was the iconic song Tumse Jo Dekhte Hi.

Popular journalist S Hussain Zaid once shared in his YouTube video, “Noora was a shayarmizaaj aadmi… For Dawood, it was family first. If he ever had any differences with Iqbal or Noora, he wouldn’t let anybody know of it. The ‘tapori’ type songs in films, he’d write those. He could do anything for his brothers. Everybody else came second.”

Dawood Ibrahim’s brother was a notorious criminal

Reports suggest that beyond his creative side, Noora was deeply involved in Mumbai’s underworld along with his brother Dawood Ibrahim during the 1980s and 90s. He was a feared gangster who was embedded in hafta vasooli (extortion) rackets.

Noora was said to gave been killed in 2009, after it was claimed that he died of a heart attack. His death marked the end of straddling criminal activities and creative production.