Gulzar
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 Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. 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 also wrote the theme song for Motu Patlu, an Indian animated sitcom. Gulzar also wrote poetry, dialogues and scripts. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest award in Indian cinema. He has won several Indian National Film Awards, 20 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award.
Known for
WritingBirthday
August 18, 1934Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
112Place of birth
Jhelum, Punjab, PakistanAlso known as
गुलज़ार , Sampooran Singh Kalra, Gulzar Kalra, Sampooran Singh GulzarCast credits
Crew credits
Chupke Chupke
Screenplay, DialogueAngoor
Director, ScreenplayAnand
Dialogue, Screenplay, LyricistKhubsoorat
WriterAchanak
Writer, DirectorParichay
Director, ScreenplayMere Apne
Director, WriterKhushboo
Dialogue, Screenplay, DirectorNaram Garam
SongsAandhi
Screenplay, DirectorKhamoshi
Musical, DialogueMausam
Screenplay, DirectorChachi 420
Dialogue, LyricistAashirwad
DialogueMirza Ghalib
Director, WriterGriha Pravesh
Original Music ComposerSunghursh
DialogueKoshish
Director, ScreenplayIjaazat
Director, Screenplay, Lyricist, DialogueMaachis
Director, Screenplay, StoryEk Pal
Dialogue