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Indian poet, lyricist and author (1933- Present)

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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. D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D.

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2023Jnanpith Award
2014Dadasaheb Phalke Award
2011Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
2009Academy Award for Best Original Song
2006Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
2005Gangadhar National Award
2004Padma Bhushan
2003Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist
2002Sahitya Akademi Award
1992Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist
1988National Film Award for Best Lyrics
1977Filmfare Award for Best Director
1974Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue
1972Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue

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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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India
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Born 1933 · age 93
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