Hindi-language lyricists

Indian director and actor

Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as an important Urdu poet of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirda

Indian film director, screenwriter and composer

Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet (1950–2020)

Indian poet (1938–2016)

Aditya Dhar is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Having previously worked as lyricist, Dhar made his directorial debut with the 2019 war film Uri: The Surgical Strike, a commercially successful venture which earned him the National Film Award for Best Direction. Dhar rose to prominence, with the spy action thriller Dhurandhar duology, comprising Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026); both films rank among Indian cinema's top five highest earners ever at the box office.

Indian director, actor, politician (1942–2017)

Lyricist and singer who works in Bollywood films

Indian actor

Indian songwriter

Indian actor

poet, author (1924–2018)

Indian songwriter and actor (1937–2009)

Hindi-Urdu poet (1928-2017)

Indian Lyricist

Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar), (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists from the 1960s to the mid-1990s.

Indian screenwriter

Indian poet and lyricist (1896-1977)

Indian lyricist

Indian Hindi-Urdu poet and lyricist

Indian musician

TV and film producer. Lyricist

Indian lyricist

Award winning journalist, author, lyricist, script-writer, storyteller

Indian lyricist

Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter (1934–1987)

lyricist

Indian lyricist

Indian lyricist, journalist, film actor

Indian writer

Indian lyricist

Hindi film lyricist

Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist