Gulzar

Infobox Actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Gulzar


birthname = Sampooran Singh Kalra
birthdate = birth date and age|1936|8|18
location = Dina, Jhelum District, British India
occupation = Film Director, Lyricist, Script writer, Film Producer, Poet
yearsactive = 1961 - present
spouse = Raakhee
parents =
children = Meghna Gulzar
filmfareawards= Best Lyricist
1977 "Do diwane is shahar mein..." Gharonda
1979 "Aanewala pal jaane wala hai..." Gol Maal
1980 "Hazaar raahen..." Thodi Si Bewafaai
1983 "Tujhse naaraz nahin zindagi..." Masoom
1988 "Mera kuch saamaan..." Ijaazat
1991 "Yaara sili sili..." Lekin
1998 "Chhaiyya Chhaiyya..." Dil Se
2003 "Saathiya..." Saathiya
Best Dialogue
1971 Anand
1973 Namak Haraam
1996 Maachis
2003 Saathiya
Best Story
1996 Maachis
Best Director
1976 Mausam
Best Feature Film (Critics)
1975 Aandhi
2002 Lifetime Achievement Award
nationalfilmawards= Best Director
1976 Mausam
Best Lyricist
1988 "Mera kuch saaman..." Ijaazat
1991 "Yaara sili sili..." Lekin
Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment
1996 Maachis
Best Screenplay
1972 Koshish
Best Documentary
1991 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
1991 Pt Bhimsen Joshi

Sampooran Singh Kalra ( _hi. संपूरण सिंह कालरा, born August 18, 1936), better known by his pen name Gulzar ( _hi. गुलज़ार), [cite news
url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040104/spectrum/book2.htm
title = The poet as the father
author = Amar Chandel
work = Spectrum
publisher = The Tribune
date = January 4, 2004
accessdate = 2008-03-03] is a noted Indian poet, lyricist, director, and playwright, who works primarily in Hindi and Urdu languages. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi Award.

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 Burman, Salil Chowdhury, and Madan Mohan.

Biography

'Sampooran Singh Kalra' was born on August 18, 1936, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur in Dina, Jhelum District, British India, located in the current-day West Punjab, Pakistan.

Gulzar is a clean-shaven Sikh. Before becoming an established writer, Gulzar worked as a car mechanic in a garage. Gulzar has worked exhaustively in the Indian film industry for over forty three years. "Gulzaar saab", as he is affectionately known has written in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and dialects of Hindi like Marwari (Rajasthani) and Bhojpuri.

He is best known in India as a lyricist for songs that form an integral part of Indian cinema. Gulzar began his career under two other artists - Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His book "Ravi Paar" has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. Gulzar started his career as a songwriter with Sachin Dev Burman for the movie "Bandini" (1963). The song was "Mora gora ang layle", pictured on Nutan. His most famous songs have been associated with Rahul Dev Burman in movies such as "Parichay" ("Musafir hoon yaron" sung by Kishore Kumar), "Aandhi" ("Tera bina zindagi se koi" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore), "Kushboo" ("Ghar Jaayegi" sung by Asha Bhonsle) and "Ijaazat" ("Mera kuch saaman" sung by Asha), "Masoom" ("Tujhse naraz nahi zindagi" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anoop Ghosal) to name a few. However he has had award-winning associations with Salil Chowdhary (for the movie "Anand"), Madan Mohan ("Mausam"), and more recently with Vishal Bharadwaj ("Maachis"), A.R.Rehman ("Dil Se", "Guru") and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy ("Bunty aur Babli").

Gulzar had leftist leanings (from an Indian perspective) in his early days that can be seen from his early movies (as director) like "Mere Apne" (translated as 'My dear ones'). His film "Aandhi" is an oblique criticism of Indian polity, and was banned for a time because it was seen as a criticism of Indira Gandhi for the imposition of the emergency. He also depicted a flair for adapting stories/concepts from literature as well as from other films. "Angoor" ("Grapes") is based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors", and "Mausam" ("Weather") is an adaptation of A.J. Cronin's "The Judas Tree". Gulzar also adapted the Hollywood classic "The Sound of Music" into "Parichay". He directed an eponymous Television serial on Mirza Ghalib starring Naseeruddin Shah shown on Indian Television Channel Doordarshan in 1988. Gulzar also worked, as a song writer or dialogue writer for several Doordarshan programs on kids such as Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Guchche and Potli Baba ki together with Vishal Bharadwaj.

Gulzar is known for making brilliantly sensitive portrayal of subjects ranging from human relations, biographical profiles and often controversial social issues. For his contributions to Indian cinema, Gulzar was honored with Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third highest civilian award in India. Also, Gulzar and his movies have won numerous awards at the National level including awards for best director and best lyrics. He also won the 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Dhuan' (Short stories) [ [http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10322.htm#urdu Sahitya Akademi Awards] .]

Gulzar has developed a new style of writing poems called Triveni which comprises stanzas comprising three lines rhyming with each other. His private album "Koi Baat Chale" with Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh has all the songs written in Triveni.

Gulzar is married to actress Raakhee. They have one daughter, Meghna Gulzar who has turned film director and made a sensitive film on surrogate motherhood, Filhaal. Her next movie has a lighthearted take on the marriage institution and is called Just Married. It was released in Feb 2007. Gulzar has given her nickname 'Boski', which is also an eponym for their home, 'Boskiana'.

An insight into the life of Gulzar can be taken though a book called 'Because he is...', a biography written by his daughter Meghna Gulzar.

Filmography

Filmography (as lyricist)

"(* indicates unreleased/under production)"

* "Dumkata"
* "Yuvraaj"
* "No Smoking"
* "Shafaq"
* "Just Married"
* "Lajjo"
* "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom"
* "Jaan-E-Mann"
* "Guru"
* "Sabab*"
* "Blue Umbrella"
* "Omkara"
* "Yahaan"
* "Paheli"
* "Bunty Aur Babli"
* "Raincoat"
* "Yuva"
* "Chupke Se"
* "Maqbool"
* "Pinjar"
* "Saathiya"
* "Makdee"
* "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar"
* "Lal Salaam"
* "Leela"
* "Filhaal"
* "Asoka"
* "Aks"
* "Fiza"
* "Khoobsurat"
* "Hu Tu Tu"
* "Jahan Tum Le Chalo"
* "Dil Se"
* "Satya"
* "Chachi 420"
* "Aastha"
* "Maachis"
* "Daayraa"
* "Mammo"
* "Rudaali"
* "Maya Memsaab"
* "Lekin"
* "Libaas"
* "Ijaazat"
* "Ek Pal"
* "Jeeva"
* "Ghulami"
* "Tarang"
* "Masoom"
* "Sadma"
* "Angoor"
* "Namkeen"
* "Sitam"
* "Naram Garam"
* "Basera"
* "Sitara"
* "Thodisi Bewafaii"
* "Khubsoorat"
* "Swayamvar"
* "Griha Pravesh"
* "Gol Maal"
* "Ratnadeep"
* "Ghar"
* "Devata"
* "Khatta Meetha"
* "Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein"
* "Gharaonda"
* "Kinara"
* "Shaque"
* "Aandhi"
* "Khushboo"
* "Mausam"
* "Doosri Sita"
* "Parichay"
* "Koshish"
* "Anubhav"
* "Guddi"
* "Mere Apne"
* "Seema"
* "Anand"
* "Khamoshi"
* "Rahgir"
* "Aashirwad"
* "Do Dooni Char"
* "Biwi Aur Makaan"
* "Sannata"
* "Purnima"
* " Bandini"
* "Prem Patra"
* "Kabuliwala"
* "Shriman Satyawadi"
* "Swami Vivekananda"

* "Title song of 'The Jungle Book'
* "Dil Padosi Hai" - A private album with Asha Bhosle and R. D. Burman
* "Sunset Point" - A private album with Music director Vishal Bharadwaj and singing duo Bhupinder and Chitra Singh.
* "Vadaa" - A Private album with "Sarod" player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
* "Ishqa Ishqa " - A private album with Music director Vishal Bharadwaj
* "Main Aur Mera Saaya" - A private album with Singer Bhupen Hazarika
* "Udas Pani" - A Musical Poetry album with Music composer Abhishek Rai
* "Visaal" - A Private album with Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali
* "Koi Baat Chale" - A private album with songs written in 'Triveni' with composer and singer Jagjit Singh
* "Marasim"-A private album with Jagjit Singh
* "Raat Chand Aur Main" - A private album with singer and composer Abhishek Ray. Poetry narrated and written by Gulzar
* "Amrita Pritam recited by Gulzar" - A tribute album to Hindi writer Amrita Pritam in which gulzar recites the poem written by the author

Filmography (As a Director)

* "Hu Tu Tu"
* "Maachis"
* "Lekin"
* "Libaas"
* "Ijaazat"
* "Namkeen"
* "Angoor"
* "Meera"
* "Kinara"
* "Kitaab"
* "Khushboo"
* "Mausam"
* "Aandhi"
* "Koshish"
* "Parichay"
* "Achanak"
* "Mere Apne"

Awards

*Filmfare Best Director Award - Mausam - 1976
*National Film Award for Best Lyrics - 'Mera Kuchh Saaman' - Ijaazat (1991)
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Do diwane shahar mein' - Gharonda -1977
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Aanewala pal jaane wala hai' - Golmaal - 1979
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Hazar rahen mud ke dekhi' - Thodi Si Bewafai - 1980
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Tujhse naraaz nahin zindagi' - Masoom - 1983
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Mera kuchh saamaan' - Ijaazat - 1988
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Yaara sili sili birha ki raat' - Lekin - 1991
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - 'Chal Chhaiyya Chhaiyya Chhaiyya' - Dil Se - 1998
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Saathiya(2002)
*Padma Bhushan - 2004
*Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Kajra Re - Bunty aur Babli - 2005
*Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Anand - 1972
*Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Namak Haraam - 1973
*Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Maachis - 1996
*Filmfare Best Dialogue Award - Saathiya - 2002
*Filmfare Best Story Award - Maachis - 1996
* Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie - Aandhi - 1975
* Filmfare Award For Best Documentary - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Books written on Gulzar

*Echoes and Eloquences, The Life and Cinema of Gulzar by Saibal Chatterjee, 2007, Rupa & Co. ISBN 9788129112354.
*Because He Is... by Meghna Gulzar, Rupa & Co. ISBN 8129103648.

References

External links

* [http://www.gulzaronline.com Official Site]
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