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Gulzar
Early Years:

Gulzar was born a Sikh, but is clean-shaven. Before becoming an established writer, Gulzar worked as a car mechanic in a garage. Gulzar began his career under two other artists - Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Gulzar had leftist leanings in his early days that can be seen from his early movies as director like Mere Apne


Debut:

'Mora gora ang layee le' (Bandini) is supposed to be his first song, although his first film to be released was Kabuli Wala, which also had some all time greats like Ganga aaye kahan se.


Career Graph:

Some of the films that Gulzar has written include Anand, 1970, Guddi, 1971, Bawarchi, 1972 and Namak Haram, 1973 for Hrishida and Do Dooni Char, 1968, Khamoshi, 1969 and Safar, 1970 for Asit Sen. Not completely satisfied with what he was doing, Gulzar turned filmmaker with Mere Apne in 1971. 

Gulzar went on to make Parichay 1972 and Koshish, 1972, a sensitive look at the travails of a deaf - dumb couple superbly enacted by Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri. These films began a glorious partnership with Sanjeev Kumar resulting in such fine films as Aandhi, 1975, Mausam, 1975, Angoor, 1981 and Namkeen, 1982.

The 1980s and 1990s saw a decline in Gulzar the filmmaker even though films like Ijaazat, 1987, Lekin, 1990 and Maachis, 1996 had their moments. His last film to date Hu Tu Tu, 1999 was a total misfire. However, Mirza Ghalib (1988), a TV serial made on the great poet`s life and starring Naseeruddin Shah as Ghalib , was a landmark in the history of Indian Television. He has also contributed to the popular TV serials Jungle Book and Potli Baba Ki, with songs, narration and some typical Gulzar magic.

He has continued to write screenplays, dialogues and lyrics for films made by others among them Masoom, 1982 and Rudaali 1992. 

Rakesh Mehra`s Aks featured superbly dark and sinister lyrics by Gulzar. This was followed by superior work in Saathiya, Maqbool, Bunty aur Babli, Omkara, Guru and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.