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Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets 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 has won 5 Indian National Film Awards; including 2 Best Lyrics, one Best Screenplay, one Second Best Feature Film (director), and one Best Popular Film (director); 22 Filmfare Awards; one Academy Award; and one Grammy Award. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award – Hindi in 2002, the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, the highest award in Indian cinema. In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University.

Early life
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. 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. 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). There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint, in his own words “I had a knack for colours”. His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar. 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).

Works
Main article: Gulzar filmography
Bibliography
Gulzar (1999). Raavi Paar. Rupa & Co. ISBN 8171673899.
Gulzar (2001). Dhuan. Sahitya Akademi Publications. ISBN 8126019360.
Gulzar (2002). Raat Pashmine Ki. Rupa & Co. ISBN 8129102242.
Gulzar (2003). Kharashein. Radhakrishna Prakashan. ISBN 9788171198498.
Gulzar (2004). Meera. Radhakrishna Prakashan. ISBN 8171198813.
Gulzar (2005). Pukhraj. Rupa & Co.
Gulzar (2005). Triveni. Rupa & Co.
Gulzar (2006). Autumn Moon. Rupa & Co. ISBN 8129109778.
Gulzar (2008). Kuchh Aur Nazmein. Radhakrishna Prakashan. ISBN 978-8171198924.
Gulzar (2010). Magical Wishes: The Adventures Of Goopy & Bagha. Scholastic. ISBN 978-8184778441.
Gulzar (2011). Mirza Ghalib A Biographical Scenario. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-8129117175.
Gulzar (2012). Selected Poems. Penguin India. ISBN 978-0143418214.
Gulzar (2013). Neglected Poems. Penguin India. ISBN 978-0143420293.
Gulzar (2013). My Favourite Stories : Boskys Panchatantra. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-8129121189.
Gulzar (2013). Half a Rupee Stories. Penguin. ISBN 9780143068792.
Gulzar (2013). Meelo Se Din. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-8129120014.
Gulzar (2014). Green Poems. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0143422822.
Gulzar (2017). Suspected Poems. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0670089611.