Happy Birthday Gulzar Sahab: These Songs Penned By Him Are PURE GEM!
His words have the power to move even the coldest hearts! Writer-poet Gulzar weaves magic whenever he picks up his pen and with his haunting words, leaves you spell-bound.
His
words
have
the
power
to
move
even
the
coldest
hearts!
Writer-poet
Gulzar
weaves
magic
whenever
he
picks
up
his
pen
and
with
his
haunting
words,
leaves
you
spell-bound.
Be
it
about
love,
angst
or
pain,
he
tugs
your
heartstrings
with
his
powerful
songs
and
nazms.
Born
as
Samporran
Singh
Kalra
in
Dina,
District
Jhelum,
Pakistan,
his
family
moved
to
India
after
partition.
While
he
always
wanted
to
be
a
writer,
his
father
wasn't
happy
with
his
ambition.
Soon,
he
started
working
in
a
garage.
But,
destiny
had
some
other
plans
in
store
for
him!
He
penned
his
first
song,
'Mora
Gora
Ang
Lai
Le'
for
Bimal
Roy's
'Bandini'
starring
Nutan
and
Ashok
Kumar.
The
track
turned
out
to
be
quite
popular
and
'Gulzar'
was
born.
Not
just
as
a
lyricist,
he
even
took
to
direction
and
gave
us
films
like
'Mere
Apne',
'Libaas',
'Ijaazat',
'Namkeen',
'Angoor',
'Parichay',
'Koshish'
amongst
others.
He
even
wrote
screenplays
for
films
like
'Chupke
Chupke',
'Mausam',
'Namak
Haram'
and
many
others.
In
his
film
journey,
Gulzar
has
won
a
total
of
36
awards
and
honours,
including
5
National
Film
Awards,
21
Filmfare
Awards,
1
Academy
Award
for
Best
Original
Song
(2008),
1
Grammy
Award
(2010),
2002
Sahitya
Akademi
Award
for
Urdu,
Padma
Bhushan
(2004),
and
2013
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award.
As
one
of
India's
finest
wordsmiths
celebrates
his
85th
birthday
today,
we
bring
you
some
of
his
most
thought-provoking
songs
which
are
pure
gem.
Are
you
ready
for
the
musical
journey?