Gulzar is the pen name of Sampooran Singh Kalra . He was born in Dina, Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan in 18 August 1934. Gulzar is best known in India as a lyricist for songs that form an integral part of Bollywood. He began his career under the directors 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 the music director Sachin Dev Burman for the movie Bandini (1963). Shailendra who has penned rest of the songs of the movie urged Gulzar to write the song “Mora Gora Ang Layle”. This was picturised on Nutan. Gulzar’s most successful songs as a lyricist came out from his association with Sachin Dev Burman’s son Rahul Dev Burman, whom he described as the anchor in his life. Gulzar has had award-winning associations with the music directors Salil Chowdhury (Anand, Mere Apne), Madan Mohan (Mausam) and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj (Maachis, Omkara, Kaminey), A. R. ...
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