Syed Ali Raza (Manzar Bhopali) is a modern Urdu poet. He was born in Amravati, Maharashtra. His family moved to Bhopal when he was only a few months old. During his teenage years, Manzar started taking interest in poetry and attended his first Mushaira at the age of 17. Over the course of 3 decades, he has penned more than a dozen books in Hindi and Urdu.