Biography

Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director. 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 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. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards, 22 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award.In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University. 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 2013Gulzar 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.