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Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. [1] He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. [ 2 ]
Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has won 6 National Film Awards and 22 Filmfare Awards. [1] At the 81st Academy Awards, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" (shared with A. R. Rahman), for the film Slumdog Millionaire.
Year Series Lyricist Writer Director Producer Notes 1984: Fushigi no Kuni no Alice: Yes: Title track of the Hindi dubbed version [3]: 1988: Mirza Ghalib: Yes: Yes: Yes
Anand Bakshi in 1981 lost all four nominations he received to Gulzar and in 1998 lost all three nominations to Javed Akhtar. Shailendra was the first artist to win this award in 1959. Shakeel Badayuni was the most successful lyricist in '60s with three consecutive wins.
Gulzar's (pictured in 2008) first meeting with Nasreen Munni Kabir occurred in 1986, during the production of the latter's television documentary Movie Mahal. In 1986, during the production of Movie Mahal (a 49-part television documentary on Bollywood aired on Channel 4), Kabir asked for journalist Khalid Mohamed's help to invite people with "significant" contributions to Bollywood.
'Ae Watan' started with lyrics. He [Gulzar] had written it, and we just picked it up and started singing it. The song dictated the melody, it was an organic process. All songs of 'Raazi' have been made like that. Lyricist Gulzar has said he wants the song to become "the song of our nation". [1]
Ijaazat (transl. Permission) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Gulzar, based on a Bengali story, Jatugriha by Subodh Ghosh. [1] Starring Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel in lead roles, the film followed the story of couple who are separated and who accidentally meet in a railway station waiting room and discover some truths about their lives without each ...
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