Gulzar

Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh on August 18, 1936) is a poet, lyricist, director, and playwright from India. He was born in Dina, Pakistan. He is best known for penning some of Bollywood's popular songs composed by Rahul Dev Burman.

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August 18 - 1936 - India - Dina - Pakistan - Rahul Dev Burman

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Gulzar has worked exhaustively in the Indian film industry for over 35 years. Gulzaar saab, as he is affectionately known has written in Hindi, Punjabi, and dialects of Hindi like Marwari (Rajasthani) and Bhojpuri.

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Indian film - Hindi - Punjabi - Marwari - Rajasthani - Bhojpuri

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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.

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Bimal Roy - Hrishikesh Mukherjee - Ravi

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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 (translated as 'Grapes') is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. Gulzar also adapted the Hollywood classic The Sound of Music into Parichay.

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Aandhi - Indira Gandhi - Emergency - Angoor - Parichay

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In 2004, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan.

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2004 - Padma Bhushan

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Gulzar was married to actress Raakhee.

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