death_date years_active birth_place name background birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
14 december 1966 1949 -- 1966 rawalpindi pakistan -rrb- , punjab , british india -lrb- now in shailendra non_performing_personnel 30 august 1923 shailendra -lrb- lyricist -rrb-
 shankardas kesarilal lyricist
shailendra -lrb- lyricist -rrb-

shankardas kesarilal -lrb- 30 august 1923 -- 14 december 1966 -rrb- , popularly known by his pen name shailendra , was a popular indian hindi lyricist .
noted for his association with the filmmaker raj kapoor and the composers shankar-jaikishan , he wrote lyrics for several successful hindi film songs in the 1950s and the 1960s .
