'''Gulzar, Sampooran Singh''' (b. 1936)


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]],
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Shahani|Kumar Shahani]] etc). First film: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_Apne|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).

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