FILM DIRECTOR

Gulzar

1934 - Today

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Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. He started his career with music director S.D. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. D. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. R. Rahman. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gulzar is the 1,129th most popular film director (down from 812th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gulzar ranks 1,129 out of 2,041. Before him are Stephen Sommers, Károly Makk, David R. Ellis, Dara Singh, Aaron Russo, and Gabriele Salvatores. After him are Julio Medem, Jean Dréville, Régis Wargnier, Gerhard Lamprecht, Duncan Jones, and Scott Derrickson.

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Among people born in 1934, Gulzar ranks 394. Before him are Joyce Van Patten, Adolf Muschg, Jim Hutton, Jack Colvin, Gotlib, and Ingrid Lotz. After him are Eddy Pieters Graafland, Hilla Limann, Gia Scala, Mikio Aoki, Orrin Hatch, and Mudar Badran.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 91 out of 217. Before him are Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), Bulleh Shah (1680), Maryam Nawaz (1973), and Birbal Sahni (1891). After him are Ghulam Ali (1940), Anwaar ul Haq Kakar (1971), Vinod Khanna (1946), Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), Maleeha Lodhi (1952), and Shahid Khan (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Pakistan

Among film directors born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 2. Before him are Yash Chopra (1932). After him are Shekhar Kapur (1945), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Ramesh Sippy (1947), Chetan Anand (1915), Govind Nihalani (1940), and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978).

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