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3 unusual facts about Gulzar


Arun Kaul

He was the screenplay assistant to veteran filmmaker Gulzar, for the films Ijaazat(1987) and Lekin(1990).

Imperial Indian Mail

The train was featured in a 1939 film of the same title starring Noor Jehan and Gulzar.

Mehfuz

Two of the songs on the album have been co-written by poet and lyricist Gulzar.


Apanjan

In 1971, Gulzar made his directorial debut with Mere Apne, which was almost a frame by frame remake of Apanjan.

Aseem Ahmed Abbasee

Aseem's work has also been featured in Lamhey (Poetry Anthlogy in Hindi by Poets Corner Group) where he is sharing space with eminent poets like Gulzar, Rahat Indori, Ibrahim Ashk, Sandeep Nath, A M Turaz and many others.

Dolly Singh

Dolly has been published in anthologies alongside many eminent personalities which includes A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond, Irshad Kamil, and Kapil Sibal.

Godaan

Munshi Premchand Ki, based on the writing of Premchand, starring Pankaj Kapur and Surekha Sikri, directed by Gulzar and produced by Doordarshan.

Gopi Kukde

He is a Gold medalist from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art for his college campaign for the film Meera, by Gulzar.

Gulzar Hussain

Gulzar acquired his professional training as a chef in Japan and has worked on Japanese cuisine for 12 years.

Ishq Garaari

It is produced by Ravi Jain & Karan Bali and stars Sharry Maan, Rannvijay Singh, Mandy Takhar, Gulzar Chahal, Miss Pooja Vinaypal Buttar, Gunjan Walia and Prabhleen Sandhu, the film also has a song titled 'Khalaara' by Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Kajra Re

Alisha Chinai won the 2005 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award and the 2005 Bollywood Movie Award - Best Playback Singer Female for the song, while Gulzar bagged the best lyricist award in almost all major award functions including the IIFA and Filmfare Awards, for the song.

Khubsoorat

Khubsoorat is a 1980 Indian Hindi film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, whose direction together with dialogues by Gulzar.

Mere Apne

It was Gulzar's first directorial venture and was almost a frame by frame remake of the National Award winning Bengali film Apanjan, which was directed by Tapan Sinha.

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# Katra Katra (with R. D. Burman/Gulzar) - from the 1986 film Ijaazat

Yaseen Anwer

Anwar has been published in anthologies alongside A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond, Nida Fazli, Mohammed Fakhruddin, Deepti Naval, Shashi Tharoor, Irshad Kamil, and Kapil Sibal.


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