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Selected Poems: Gulzar (Penguin) a translated collection of the poems of Gulzar into English, one of India's best-known poets, came out in April 2008. Neglected Poems, Pavan K. Varma's second volume of the English translations of Gulzar's poems was launched at the Jaipur Literary Festival in January 2012.
Triveni is a form of Hindi/Urdu poetry initiated by the poet Gulzar. Unlike sher, a triveni consists of three "hemistichs" (misras). The first two are complete in themselves but the addition of the third misra gives a new dimension. Rupa & Co. has published his poetry book Triveni.
Gulzar was born in a Sikh family as Sampooran Singh Kalra, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in Dina, Jhelum District, British India (present-day Pakistan).In school, he had read translations of the works of Tagore which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points.
He has translated major works by Kaifi Azmi, Gulzar, Sahir Ludhianvi and Javed Akhtar and published each of them as books. His other significant works include Mareez: Astitva Ane Vyaktitva (2001; a biography and criticism of the works of Mareez), "Mahol Mushayra No" an appreciation of selected Urdu poems.
Gulzar in conversation with Tagore is a 2016 album of Tagore's 6 poems and 1 song translated into Hindi by Gulzar with music by Shantanu Moitra and sung by Shaan (singer) and Shreya Ghoshal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
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.
By the end of his education, he was a well-known poet among literary circles. More than 50 books of his have been published which included both poetry and prose, while some of the poetry has been translated into English as well. [1] [2] He was first introduced to the Indian Urdu-language poet, lyricist and author Gulzar by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi. [1]
Gulzar Dehlvi attended the Ramjas School and BVJ Sanskrit School. He gained a Master of Arts degree from Hindu College . His father, Pandit Tribhuvan Nath ‘Zar’ Dehlavi, received the public title of ‘molvi sahib’ for his dedication as a teacher of Urdu and Persian languages at the Delhi University for around 40 years. [ 10 ]