After his corporate stint in finance and accounts for about five years, Hussain Haidry moved to Mumbai almost two years ago to pursue writing, and now works as a performance poet, lyricist and screenwriter. He writes poems and songs in Hindi-Urdu and on his observations on life and people around him. He has written lyrics for the recently released films Qarib Qarib Singlle and Mukkabaaz. His spoken word poems,Hindustani Musalmaan and Lat, were among the first Hindi-Urdu poems to be appreciated in the spoken word arena. He also co-wrote the web series Laakhon Mein Ek Season 2 on Amazon Prime.