Dev Kohli (2 November 1942 – 26 August 2023) was an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist.
He penned hundreds of songs in Bollywood films and wrote many hit songs such as Maaye Ni Maaye, Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen, Geet Gaata Hoon,O Saki Saki etc.
[1] Dev Kohli was born in a Sikh family in Rawalpindi, British India (present day Pakistan).
His breakthrough came with "Geet Gaata Hoon Main" in the film Laal Patthar (1971).
[1] In November 1998, a former vice-president of the political party Bharatiya Janata Yava Morcha Rakesh Sethi filed a case against Kohli and singer Poornima for using vulgar language in the song "Ab Tak Hai Puri Azaadi" from the film Kudrat (1998).