Gulzar

Biography

Gulzar is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as an important Urdu poet of this era. 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. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. 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 attended United Christian School Ludlow Castle Delhi. He indicated this in Rekhta Prog in an interview by Divya Dutta.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Jnanpith Award · 2023
• ★Dadasaheb Phalke Award · 2014
• ★Filmfare Award — Best Lyricist · 2011
• ★Academy Award — Best Original Song · 2009
• ★Filmfare Award — Best Lyricist · 2006