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Gulzar

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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 1All crew credits: 108

TMDB ID: 88140

IMDb ID: nm0347899

Known for: Writing

Born: August 18, 1934

Age: 91

Place of birth: Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1940 - 2026

Years active: 87

Average TMDB rating: 6.62

Wikidata: Q468339

Also known as

गुलज़ार • Sampooran Singh Kalra • Gulzar Kalra • Sampooran Singh Gulzar

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Director (15)Lyricist (53)Dialogue (13)Writer (10)Screenplay (8)Story (3)Original Story (2)Musical (1)Original Music Composer (1)

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Biography

Sampooran Singh Kalra known popularly by his pen name Gulzar, is an Indian poet, lyricist, musician, composer and film director. Born in Jhelum District in British India (now in Pakistan) his family moved to India after partition. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirdaar in 1993. He also wrote the theme song for Motu Patlu, an Indian animated sitcom. Gulzar also wrote poetry, dialogues and scripts. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest award in Indian cinema. He has won several Indian National Film Awards, 20 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award.

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