Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Gulzar Sampooran Singh

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Jun 23, 2012, 8:04:03 AM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Gulzar, Sampooran Singh''' (b. 1936)
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+Mainstream Hindi-Urdu director and writer
+born in Deena, Jhelum Dist. (now Pakistan).
+Started as a poet associated with the PWA;
+became Bimal Roy’s lyricist (Mora gora ang
+lai in Bandini, 1963), then his full-time
+assistant. Wrote scripts and lyrics for several
+film-makers (Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asit
+Sen, Basu Chatterjee, Buddhadev Dasgupta,
+Kumar Shahani etc). First film: Mere Apne, a
+remake of Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan (1968).
+Though himself an Urdu writer, claims strong
+influence of Bengali literature. Made one film
+based on a Saratchandra Chattopadhyay novel
+(Khushboo) and two on Samaresh Basu’s
+writing (Kitaab, Namkeen). Finished S.
+Sukhdev’s last film Shaira, a documentary on
+Meena Kumari. He describes his cinema as a ‘
+study of human beings ... interesting human
+relationships in different aspects, different
+situations’ (Vasudev and Lenglet, 1983). Has
+published three anthologies of poetry (Janam,
+Ek Boond Chand, Kuch Aur Nazme) and
+several books for children including verse tales
+from the Panchtantra in Hindi. Writes his own
+scripts and prolific dialogue writer as well as
+lyricist (e.g. Ashirwad, 1968; Khamoshi,
+1969; Safar, 1970; Gharonda and Khatta
+Meetha, both 1977; Masoom, 1982).
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1971: Mere Apne; 1972:
+Koshish; Parichay; 1973: Achanak; 1975:
+Khushboo; Mausam; Aandhi; 1977: Kinara;
+Kitaab; 1979: Meera; 1980: Shaira; 1981:
+Angoor; 1982: Namkeen; 1984: Suniye/Aika
+(Sh); 1985: Ek Akar (Doc); 1987: Ijaazat;
+1988: Mirza Ghalib (TV); Libaas; 1990: Lekin
+...; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Doc); 1992: Pandit
+Bhimsen Joshi (Doc).
+
+[[Writer]]
+
+[[Director]]