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Gulzar

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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.

18-08-1934

Birthday

Leo

Zodiac Sign

-

Genres

10

Total Films

Sampooran Singh Kalra, Gulzar Kalra, Sampooran Singh Gulzar

Also known as (male)

Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

10 Works

producer

1 Works

director

142 Works

writer

117 Works

other

4 Works

Roots

Roots

This documentary explores the rich heritage of Indian classical music and the reasons behind its modern decline in popularity
0.0

Year:

2017

Kaagaz Ki Kashti

Kaagaz Ki Kashti

Documentary on the life of ghazal samrat Jagjit Singh, who changed the landscape of Indian Music.
0.0

Year:

2016

Jai Ho

Jai Ho

The Film brings to its viewers, a hitherto unseen and unheard narrative of one of the greatest musicians the world has ever known: A. R. Rahman
6.0

Year:

2014

Celluloid Man

Celluloid Man

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.
7.0

Year:

2012

Raincoat

Raincoat

Tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living.
7.4

Year:

2004

Griha Pravesh

Griha Pravesh

A successful office worker who is happily married has a brief affair with a sultry co-worker in this romantic melodrama. His wife eventually wins him back from his forbidden lover.
1.0

Year:

1979

Chala Murari Hero Banne

Chala Murari Hero Banne

This is the story of Murari who wants to become a filmstar. He runs away from his house and goes to Mumbai to become a superstar. When he reaches Mumbai his whole world turns upside down. Fortunately he finds a friend in Mr Dubey who also is a struggler to get a break in films. They face hardships and at times they have to sleep in local trains. By the Gods grace Murari (Asrani) gets work as Junior Artist and works hard remembering the words Dharmendra told him once when they had met. His hard work pays off and one day he becomes the superstar of the film industry. But what about the flip side? Will he forget his old friends who had helped him during his struggle?
0.0

Year:

1977

Jallian Wala Bagh

Jallian Wala Bagh

The whole film is a story about Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar.
0.0

Year:

1977

Parda

Parda

Razia and Aslam grew up as friends and that deepened into love at maturity. Unfortunately, Aslam was from a wealthy family and Razia from a poor one and Aslam's father disapproved. Instead, he arranged marriages to different partners for both of them. Our heroine got married off and became a good wife. But there's a snake in the grass in the form of Sadiq who wanted her for himself. As a result, unspeakable tragedies follow.
0.0

Year:

1949

Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar

Prem Nagar is a small, happy and contented village somewhere in India. A tiny spark of anger flared up a misunderstanding, a quarrel, jealousy, and greed: So grew envy. This envy burst out into a flame and the flame nearly destroyed the whole village.
0.0

Year:

1940