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Gulzar is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Sound Indian born on 18 august 1934 at Dina, Pakistan (Pakistan)
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) and Punjabi; besides several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.
Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has won a number of National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards. 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. On 31 January 2010, the same song won him a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Gulzar's poetry is partly published in three compilations: Chand Pukhraaj Ka, Raat Pashminey Ki and Pandrah Paanch Pachattar (15-05-75). His short stories are published in Raavi-paar (also known as Dustkhat in Pakistan) and Dhuan (smoke).
As a lyricist, Gulzar is best known for his association with the music directors Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj. He has also worked with other leading Bollywood music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan, Anu Malik, and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. Along with lyrics, he has also contributed in many films as script, story and dialogue writer. Films directed by him have also won numerous awards and have been critically acclaimed. He also had worked on small screen by creating series Mirza Ghalib and Tahreer Munshi Premchand ki among others. He wrote lyrics for several Doordarshan serials including Hello Zindagi, Potli Baba ki and Jungle Book.
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Birth name Sampooran Singh Kalra
Nationality Inde
Birth 18 august 1934 (89 years) at Dina, Pakistan (Pakistan)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Filmfare Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 18 august 1934 (89 years) at Dina, Pakistan (Pakistan)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Filmfare Awards
Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) and Punjabi; besides several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.
Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has won a number of National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards. 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. On 31 January 2010, the same song won him a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
Gulzar's poetry is partly published in three compilations: Chand Pukhraaj Ka, Raat Pashminey Ki and Pandrah Paanch Pachattar (15-05-75). His short stories are published in Raavi-paar (also known as Dustkhat in Pakistan) and Dhuan (smoke).
As a lyricist, Gulzar is best known for his association with the music directors Rahul Dev Burman, A. R. Rahman and Vishal Bhardwaj. He has also worked with other leading Bollywood music directors including Sachin Dev Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan, Anu Malik, and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. Along with lyrics, he has also contributed in many films as script, story and dialogue writer. Films directed by him have also won numerous awards and have been critically acclaimed. He also had worked on small screen by creating series Mirza Ghalib and Tahreer Munshi Premchand ki among others. He wrote lyrics for several Doordarshan serials including Hello Zindagi, Potli Baba ki and Jungle Book.
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Celluloid Man (2012)
, 2h30Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Krzysztof Zanussi, Lester James Peries, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Gulzar, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Self
Rating75%
P. K. Nair’s fascination with cinema began as a child and he watched his first few films lying on the white sand floor of a cinema in Trivandrum. He was a collector even then - collecting ticket stubs, lobby cards, even weighing machine tickets sporting pictures of the stars of the day. He grew up to be a great collector of films.
Yuvvraaj (2008)
, 2h39Directed by Subhash Ghai
Genres Drama
Actors Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Katrina Kaif, Boman Irani, Mithun Chakraborty
Rating41%
Deven Yuvvraaj (Salman Khan) is a struggling singer who Dr. Banton (Boman Irani), his girlfriend Anushka’s (Katrina Kaif) father dislikes because he is not wealthy and is rather careless at times. He signs an agreement to become a billionaire in 40 days. To acquire this wealth, he has to go through an emotional roller coaster journey of joy and pain with his two estranged brothers, Gyanesh Yuvvraaj (Anil Kapoor) and Danny Yuvvraaj (Zayed Khan), who he meets after 12 years. On meeting them, he is shocked to see that his father has left everything to the mentally-challenged Gyanesh. So both Danny and Deven make an agreement to scam their brother out of his money. Danny's attempt to blackmail Gyanesh to make him lie in front of some lawyers fails and he assaults Gyanesh. Deven intervenes and plays the good guy and helps Gyanesh and takes him to Austria in an attempt to win him. There Anushka and Gyanesh get on very well and she is amazed by his singing talent. She lets him into her orchestra which is due to perform in front of thousands of people. Deven gets jealous as Anushka and Gyanesh get on so well but soon learns to love his brother.
Raincoat (2004)
, 2hDirected by Rituparno Gosh
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ajay Devgn, Aishwarya Rai, Annu Kapoor, Surekha Sikri, Mouli Ganguly, Sameer Dharmadhikari
Roles Poetry (voice)
Rating76%
The story begins with unemployed Manu (Ajay Devgan), from Bhagalpur in search of money to finance his new business as he has lost his earlier job at a jute mill. On his quest, he visits Neeru (Aishwarya Rai) in Calcutta, to whom he was engaged six years ago. During the rainy evening, the couple reminisce about their former love and how each ended up in their current situation.
Wajood (1998)
Genres Drama
Actors Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit, Mukul Dev, Ramya Krishnan, Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Rating69%
Malhar (Nana Patekar), who is born to a poor typist clerk, is a versatile character who wins trophies in dramas but is never appreciated by his father. While writing and directing dramas in his college he meets Apoorva (Madhuri Dixit), a very rich girl, and falls madly in love with her. When she wins the Best Actress Award, she calls upon Malhar on stage and gives all the credit to him. Malhar misunderstands this gestures as Apoorva's love for him.
Griha Pravesh (1979)
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sarika, Danny Denzongpa, Kanu Roy, Gulzar
Roles Guest Appearance in song
Rating75%
Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977)
Directed by Asrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Asrani, Bindiya Goswami, Ashok Kumar, Prem Nath, Bindu, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Roles Self
Rating69%
Murari dreams of becoming an actor, but his Dad (A.K. Hangal), who runs a cloth shop, wants him to help in the shop. Murari runs away from home and catches a train to Mumbai. On his journey, he meets a teacher who says he knows Raj Kapoor. Murari comes to Mumbai, lives in a chawl, struggles a bit and becomes a successful and rich actor. Then comes a twist in his life; he gets accused in scandals, and his love interest, (Bindiya Goswami), leaves him. Eventually, he proves himself innocent and they reunite and marry.
Jallian Wala Bagh (1977)
Actors Vinod Khanna, Parikshit Sahni, Shabana Azmi, Gulzar, Om Shivpuri, Balraj Sahni
Roles Suneel
Rating69%
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Hu Tu Tu (1999)
, 2h53Directed by Gulzar
Actors Tabu, Nana Patekar, Suniel Shetty, Suhasini Mulay, Shivaji Satam, Mohan Agashe
Rating63%
The story opens with the kidnapping of Panna Barve (Tabu), the daughter of Chief Minister Malti Barve (Suhasini Mulay). The responsible gang's demand is that one of their members be released from police custody. While in captivity, Panna reminisces about her childhood, where she had to struggle to grow up with a power hungry and inconsiderate mother and a simple, quiet, and spineless father (Shivaji Satam). Panna's mother had also been carrying on a rather open affair with party co-member Sawantrao Gadre (Mohan Agashe). Flashback over and Panna soon meets the man behind her kidnapping Aditya (Sunil Shetty) who Panna knows from before.
Maachis (1996)
, 2h48Directed by Gulzar
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Tabu, Om Puri, Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kanwaljit Singh
Rating76%
The film is set in mid-to-late 1980s in the Indian state of Punjab which had been wrecked by a violent insurgency in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and the subsequent 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. The story is relayed by a series of flashbacks.
Lekin... (1990)
, 2h51Directed by Gulzar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Alok Nath, Beena Banerjee
Rating78%
The movie takes place in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, which gives it something in common with Rudaali, another off-beat drama set in Rajasthan that was released around the same time and also featured Dimple Kapadia and Amjad Khan.
Libaas (1988)
Directed by Gulzar
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar, Sushma Seth, Utpal Dutt, Annu Kapoor
Rating80%
Ijaazat (1987)
, 2h17Directed by Gulzar
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Rekha, Naseeruddin Shah, Anuradha Patel, Dina Pathak, Shammi Kapoor, Sulabha Deshpande
Rating83%
The movie is a powerful story that deals with feminism and patriarchy in the middle class India. It is about the present and past of Mahender and Sudha together as well as separately. The movie starts with Mahender (Naseeruddin Shah) getting down at the railway station and making his way to the waiting room just as it starts to rain heavily. A woman, Sudha (Rekha), is already sitting in the waiting room. On seeing him, she tries to hide from him but later they confront each other.
Angoor (1982)
Directed by Gulzar
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about families, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Deven Varma, Moushumi Chatterjee, Yunus Parvez, Aruna Irani, Deepti Naval
Rating82%
Namkeen (1982)
, 1h52Directed by Gulzar
Genres Drama
Actors Sharmila Tagore, Shabana Azmi, Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kumar
Rating77%
Three unmarried sisters live in a remote village in Himachal Pradesh with their old mother, Jugni (Waheeda Rehman), a former nautanki (folk theatre) dancer, who sells spices and takes in boarders to make a living. The three daughters are named like flavors in food. The 'salty' eldest daughter Nimki (Sharmila Tagore), is a reserved spinster, quietly but firmly holding the household together. The 'sweet' middle sister is Mitthu (Shabana Azmi) who cannot speak, but is revealed to be an intelligent and romantic girl. The 'tangy' youngest one is Chinki (Kiran Vairale), a bold and vibrant teenager, who turns out to be more perceptive than one would credit her to be. Their quiet little haven is occasionally threatened by the alcoholic father Kishanlal (Rammohan), a sarangi player who was on the travelling troupe with Jugni, and keeps attempting to reclaim his daughters. She left him years ago to protect her daughters from the life of a nautanki dancer which she always struggled to escape.