Another Ratnam-Rahman hit, " Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Dil Se. Gulzar took inspiration from Amir Khusrow's "Ay Sarbathe Aashiqui" to pen "Ay Hairathe Aashiqui" for Mani Ratnam's 2007 Hindi film Guru, which had music composed by A. (1998), Guru (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Raavan (2010) and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy in Bunty Aur Babli (2005). Gulzar worked with Salil Chowdhury in Anand (1971) and Mere Apne (1971) Madan Mohan in Mausam (1975), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj in Maachis (1996), Omkara (2006) and Kaminey (2009) A. He has also worked with Sachin Dev Burman, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan, and Anu Malik. Īs a lyricist, Gulzar had a close association with the music director Rahul Dev Burman. For the 1971 film Guddi, he penned two songs, of which "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" was a prayer which is still sung in many schools in India. Ganesh Anantharaman in his book Bollywood Melodies describes Gulzar's lyrics, with the purposeful mixing of the senses, to be "daringly defiant". Gulzar's lyrics, however, did not gain much attention until 1969's Khamoshi, where his song "Humne Dekhi Hai Un Aankhon Ki Mehekti Khushboo" (lit., "I have seen the fragrance of those eyes") became popular. Ashok Kumar received the Best Actor at the Filmfare and at the National Film Awards for this role. Song lyrics and poems written by Gulzar gave the poetic attribute and the "much-needed additional dimension" to Ashok Kumar's role in the film. ĭirected and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the 1968 film Aashirwad had dialogues and lyrics written by Gulzar.
Shailendra, who has penned the rest of the songs in the movie requested Gulzar to write the song "Mora Gora Ang Layle", sung by Lata Mangeshkar. In films, he found an environment associated with literature in the group he worked with, including Bimal Roy, most of whose films were based on literary works. He started his career as a songwriter with the music director Sachin Dev Burman for the movie Bandini (1963).
His book Ravi Paar has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. Gulzar began his career under film directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was during his interactions in the PWA Sunday meetings that Shailendra and Bimal Roy encouraged him to join films. In an interview with Rajyasabha TV, he recounted enjoying his work as a painter as it allowed him a lot of time to simultaneously read, write, attend college and be involved with the PWA (Progressive Writers Association). He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar.
His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint, in his own words "I had a knack for colours". Sampooran took up many small jobs in Mumbai to eke out a living, including one at a garage at Vichare motors on Bellasis road ( Mumbai). Due to the partition, his family split and he had to stop his studies and come to Mumbai (then called Bombay) to support his family. In school, he had read translations of the works of Tagore which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points. 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).
He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002.He has won 20 Filmfare Awards For the song "Jai Ho", Gulzar won a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture The highest award of the Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was awarded to him in the year 2013 In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards, 22 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Academy Award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award - the highest award in Indian cinema. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. He started his career with music director S.D. Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar or Gulzar Saab, is an Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director. Sahitya Akademi Award (2002), Padma Bhushan (2004), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2013), Academy Award for Best Original Song (2008)