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Gulzar
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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
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- Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema
- Raavi Paar
- Half a Rupee Stories
- Green Poems
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Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan
Sampooran Singh Kalra known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist, musician, composer and film director. Born in Jhelum District in British India (now in Pakistan) his family moved to India after partition. 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…
Known for
- Roots2017
- Kaagaz Ki Kashti — Himself2016
- Jai Ho — self2014
- The Anupam Kher Show — Himself2014
- Celluloid Man — Self2012
- Raincoat — Poetry (voice)2004
- Griha Pravesh — Guest Appearance in song1979
- Chala Murari Hero Banne — Self1977
- Jallian Wala Bagh — Suneel1977
- Parda — Salma1949
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1936
Discography
- Baseraa1981
- Vaada2000
- Fursat Ke Raat Din2007
- Main Ghalib2015
- MasterWorks2016
- Nazm
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Sampooran Singh Gulzar (born as on August 18, 1936), famously known as Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist, film-maker, director, and playwright from India. He works primarily in Hindi and Urdu languages. He was born in Dina, Jhelum District, British India, located in the current-day West Punjab, Pakistan. As a lyricist, Gulzar is best known for his association with the music director Rahul Dev Burman, and has also worked with other leading Hindi movie music directors including Sachin Dev Burma
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- Gulzar
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- Gulzar in 2008
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- Sampooran Singh Kalra
- Person.birth_place
- Dina, Punjab, British India(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
- Person.years_active
- 1956–present
- Person.works
- Filmography
- Person.children
- Meghna Gulzar (daughter)
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- Gulzar signature.jpg
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- Gulzar signature
- Person.awards
- Sahitya Akademi Award (2002) Padma Bhushan (2004) Academy Award (2009) Grammy Award (2010) Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2013) Jnanpith Award (2024)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Dina
- Spouse
- Rakhee Gulzar
- Child
- Meghna Gulzar
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- Urdu
- Award
- Jnanpith Award
- Notable work
- Jai Ho
- Image
- Gulzar 2008 - still 38227.jpg
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- Gulzar (poet)
- date of birth
- 1933-08-19
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- nominated for
- Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
- name in native language
- گلزار
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- pseudonym
- Gulzar
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Lyricist
- Direction
- Poetry
- Other contributions
- Academic
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- Works
- Biographies
- Books
- Notes
- See also
- References
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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 Kirdaar in 1993. He attended United Christian School Ludlow Castle Delhi. He indicated this in Rekhta Prog in an interview by Divya Dutta.
He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22 Filmfare Awards; one Academy Award; and one Grammy Award. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, the highest award in Indian cinema. In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University. In 2024, Gulzar was awarded the Jnanpith, India's highest literary award.
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