Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian

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, and

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known for his works in

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. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He started his career with music director

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as a lyricist in the 1963 film ''Bandini'' and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman,

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, Vishal Bhardwaj and

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. 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 has won 5 Indian

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; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22

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; one

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; and one

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. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002, the

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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.

Early life

Gulzar was born in a Sikh family as Sampooran Singh Kalra, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in

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(present-day

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). In school, he had read translations of the works of

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which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points. Due to the partition, his family split and he had to stop his studies and come to

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(then called Bombay) to support his family. Sampooran took up many small jobs in Mumbai to eke out a living, including one at a garage at ''Vichare motors'' on Bellasis road (

). There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint, in his own words "I had a knack for colours". His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar. In an interview with Rajyasabha TV, he recounted enjoying his work as a painter as it allowed him a lot of time to simultaneously read, write, attend college and be involved with the PWA (Progressive Writers Association).

Career

Lyricist

It was during his interactions in the PWA Sunday meetings that Shailendra and

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encouraged him to join films. Gulzar began his career under film directors

and

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his ca ...

. His book ''Ravi Paar'' has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. He started his career as a songwriter with the music director for the movie '' Bandini'' (1963). In films, he found an environment associated with literature in the group he worked with, including Bimal Roy, most of whose films were based on literary works. Shailendra, who has penned the rest of the songs in the movie requested Gulzar to write the song "Mora Gora Ang Layle", sung by

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. Directed and produced by

, the 1968 film '' Aashirwad'' had dialogues and lyrics written by Gulzar. Song lyrics and poems written by Gulzar gave the poetic attribute and the "much-needed additional dimension" to Ashok Kumar's role in the film. Ashok Kumar received the Best Actor at the Filmfare and at the National Film Awards for this role. Gulzar's lyrics, however, did not gain much attention until 1969's '' Khamoshi'', where his song "Humne Dekhi Hai Un Aankhon Ki Mehekti Khushboo" (lit., "I have seen the fragrance of those eyes") became popular. Ganesh Anantharaman in his book ''Bollywood Melodies'' describes Gulzar's lyrics, with the purposeful mixing of the senses, to be "daringly defiant". For the 1971 film '' Guddi'', he penned two songs, of which "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" was a prayer which is still sung in many schools in India. As a lyricist, Gulzar had a close association with the music director

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. He has also worked with Sachin Dev Burman, Shankar Jaikishan,

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, Laxmikant–Pyarelal,

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, and

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. Gulzar worked with

in '' Anand'' (1971) and '' Mere Apne'' (1971);

in '' Mausam'' (1975), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj in '' Maachis'' (1996), '' Omkara'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2009);

in '' Dil Se..'' (1998), ''

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'' (2007), '' Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008) and '' Raavan'' (2010) and

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in ''

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'' (2005). Gulzar took inspiration from Amir Khusrow's "Ay Sarbathe Aashiqui" to pen "Ay Hairathe Aashiqui" for

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's 2007 Hindi film ''

'', which had music composed by

. Another Ratnam-Rahman hit, "

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" from ''Dil Se..'' also had lyrics written by Gulzar, based on the Sufi folk song "Thaiyya Thaiyya", with lyrics by poet Bulleh Shah. For another collaboration with Rahman for Danny Boyle's 2007 Hollywood film '' Slumdog Millionaire'', Rahman and Gulzar won the

for Best Original Song for " Jai Ho" at the 81st Academy Awards. The song received international acclaim and won him a

(shared with Rahman) in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. He also wrote a song for the Pakistani Drama ''

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'', and this song ''Teri Raza'', has been sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and was composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Direction

After writing dialogues and screenplay for films such as ''Aashirwad'', ''Anand'' and ''Khamoshi'', Gulzar directed his first film '' Mere Apne'' (1971). The film was a remake of Tapan Sinha's Bengali film ''

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'' (1969). Meena Kumari played the lead role of Anandi Devi, an old widow caught in between the local fights of unemployed and tormented youngsters. Anandi Devi's death in one of the fights makes them realise the futility of violence. The film was rated "Above Average" at the box office. He then directed '' Parichay'' and '' Koshish''. ''Parichay'' was based on a Bengali novel, ''Rangeen Uttarain'' by Raj Kumar Maitra and inspired from the Hollywood film ''

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''. He wrote the story of ''Koshish'' based on the struggle faced by a deaf-dumb couple wherein Sanjeev Kumar won

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. In 1973, he directed '' Achanak'', inspired by the 1958 murder case KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra, and the story writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas earned a

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nomination for

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. Later he directed '' Aandhi'', based on the Hindi novel "Kaali Aandhi" by Kamleshwar. Along with various wins and nominations, the film also won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Although the film was believed to be based on the life of former Indian Prime Minister

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, the film was based on life of Tarkeshwari Sinha. In the 1975's emergency, the film was banned from theatres. His next film '' Khushboo'' was based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's ''Pandit Mashay''. His '' Mausam'', which won the National Award for 2nd Best Feature Film, Filmfare Best Movie and Filmfare Best Director awards, along with other six Filmfare nominations, was loosely based on the story ''"Weather"'', from the novel, '' The Judas Tree'', by A.J. Cronin. His 1982 film '' Angoor'' was based on

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's play ''

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''. His films told stories of human relationships entangled in social issues. ''

Libaas ''Libaas'' ( ur, ), literally meaning ''clothing'', is a 1988 Hindi drama film, written and directed by Gulzar. The film based on the short story ''Seema'', published in collected stories in ''Raavi Paar''. It is about married couples of urba ...

'' was a story of an extra-marital affair of an urban couple. Due to its objectionable subject, the film never got released in India. ''Mausam'' pictured a story of a father who tries to improve the life of his prostitute-daughter. In '' Maachis'', a young Punjabi boy engages in terrorism to fight a bad situation only to realise its temporary nature. '' Hu Tu Tu'' dealt with corruption in India and how a man decides to fight it. Gulzar uses "flashback" in the narration of his stories very effectively (''Aandhi, Mausam, Ijaazat, Machis, Hu Tu Tu''). He also has mutual partnerships with various actors and other crew. The Gulzar – Sanjeev Kumar partnership resulted in few fine films (''Koshish, Aandhi, Mausam, Angoor, Namkeen'') which represent Sanjeev Kumar's finest work as an actor. Actors like

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(''Parichay, Khushboo, Kinara''), Vinod Khanna (''Achanak, Meera, Lekin'') and

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(''Khushboo, Kinara, Meera'') worked with Gulzar to gain respectability as artists and delivered some of their best and most introspective work in films.

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composed songs for almost all the movies directed by him in the 1970s and the 1980s (''Parichay, Khushboo, Aandhi, Angoor, Ijaazat, Libaas''). Many of their popular songs were sung by

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and

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. These include "Musafir Hoon Yaron" (''Parichay''), "Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi" (''Aandhi''), and " Mera Kuch Samaan" (''Ijaazat''). In 1988, Gulzar directed an

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ous television serial '' Mirza Ghalib'', starring

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and broadcast on

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. Later he also directed ''Tahreer Munshi Premchand Ki'' about the novels of

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Poetry

Gulzar primarily writes in

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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; besides several other languages such as

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, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari. His poetry is in the Triveni type of stanza. His poems are published in three compilations; ''Chand Pukhraaj Ka'', ''Raat Pashminey Ki'' and ''Pandrah Paanch Pachattar''. His short stories are published in ''Raavi-paar'' (also known as ''Dustkhat'' in Pakistan) and ''Dhuan'' (smoke). For the peace campaign ''

Aman ki Asha Aman ki Asha ( ur, , hi, अमन की आशा, translation: "Hope for Peace") is a campaign jointly started by two leading media houses, The Jang Group of Pakistan, and The Times of India in India. The campaign aims for mutual peace a ...

'', jointly started by India's and Pakistan's leading media houses, Gulzar wrote the anthem "Nazar Main Rehte Ho", which was recorded by

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and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Gulzar has written ghazals for Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh's albums "Marasim" (1999) and "Koi Baat Chale" (2006).

Other contributions

Gulzar has written lyrics and dialogues for several

TV series including '' Jungle Book'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Guchche'' and ''

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'' with Vishal Bhardwaj. He has more recently written and narrated for the children's audiobook series '' Karadi Tales''. Gulzar is also associated with Aarushi,

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an NGO based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh working in the field of education. He has written stories and poetry for the magazine Chakmak. Gulzar has also worked in Bollywood movies like Anand , Mere Apne , Omkara and many more.

Academic

In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University.

Personal life

Gulzar is married to actress

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. The couple has a daughter, Meghna Gulzar. Meghna Gulzar grew up with her mother and father and, after completing her graduation in filmmaking from

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, went on to become a director of films such as '' Filhaal'', '' Just Married'', '' Dus Kahaniyaan'',

Talvar ''Madan's Talwar'', later known as ''The Talvar'', was an early-20th-century Indian Nationalist periodical published from Berlin. Originally named after Madan Lal Dhingra, one of the heroes of the Indian independence movement who had been exec ...

, '' Raazi'', and

Chhapaak ''Chhapaak'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Directed by Meghna Gulzar, the film stars Deepika Padukone in leading role of a character inspired by Agarwal along ...

(for which Gulzar wrote the lyrics) and authored the biography of her father Gulzar, in 2004.

Awards and nominations

As on 2019, Gulzar has won a total of 36 awards and honours, including 5

, 22

, Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for 1999-2000, 1

Academy Award for Best Original Song The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed ...

(2008), 1

(2010), 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu,

(2004), and 2013 Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Works

; Bibliography * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ; Audiobooks * * ; English novel ''Two'' is Gulzar's

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released in English. It examines the status of refugees after partition. ''Two'' was originally written in Urdu. ; Comics Gulzar served as the Script Consultant for the '' Supremo'' comic book series by Pammi Bakshi. ; Theatre ''Chakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar''

Biographies

Books

* * * *

Notes

References

External links

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