Gulzar
Padma Bhushan Gulzar has been enchanting his fans for more than 5 decades turned 83 today. His beautiful word play to express love, hatred and heartbreak makes him one of the most magical lyricist in the industry. Sampoorna Singh Kalra who is popularly known by his pen name Gulzar, was born in Jhelum district, which is now in Pakistan. He began his career as a lyricist in the year 1963 from the film Bandini. In his illustrious career, he has directed many landmark films such as Mausam, Aandhi, Maachis, Parichay, Namkeen, Kitaab and many more. For writing beautiful poetry, dialogues and scripts, he has won several awards including National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, an Oscar and a Grammy Award. Gulzar has a song for every mood whether it is happy, sad, heartbroken, party or romantic. On the occasion of his birthday, we have five reasons which will make you fall in love with his wonderful songs penned by him beautifully:
Kajra Re
Kajra Re - The song features Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan shaking their legs. Composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, the song is still loved by the audience. He also won a National Film Award for the song.
Tujhse Naraz nahi Zindagi
Tujhse Naraz Nahi Zindagi – The evergreen song is still in the heart of people which evokes different emotions when heard. There are not many songs in Bollywood which is admired by listeners of every generations.
Aap Ki Aankhon Mein Kuch
Aap Ki Aankhon Mein Kuch - The superhit romantic song sung by Lata Mangeshwar and Kishore Kumar from the film ‘Ghar’ is one of the iconic song in Bollywood. The song features Rekha and Vinod Mehra.
Tadap Tadap Ke Iss Dil
Tadap Tadap Ke – The song is from the film ‘Hum DIl De Chuke Sanam’. It is considered as one of the most heart-breaking song in Bollywood. The songs feature Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai.
DIl Toh Bacha Hai Ji
Dil Toh Bacha Hai Ji – The song describes the beautiful feeling of heart falling in love is from the flikc ‘Ishqiya’. The song feature Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan.