62-617: 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. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during
124-474: A Sindhi businessman named Jagdeep Advani. Their daughter is actress Kiara Advani . Thus, Ashok Kumar has no blood relationship with Kiara Advani but he is related to her in her family tree. In all, Kumar had eight biological grandchildren - Bharati's four children Rahul, Rohit, Anuradha and Saahil, and Aroop's four children Rishi, Mihir, Tushar and Somdatta (from his marriage to Nirmala Ganguly), in addition to his step-granddaughters Geneviève and Shaheen. Kumar
186-554: A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media . He also wrote a song for the Pakistani Drama Shehryar Shehzadi , and this song Teri Raza , has been sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and was composed by Vishal Bhardwaj . After writing dialogues and screenplay for films such as Aashirwad , Anand and Khamoshi , Gulzar directed his first film Mere Apne (1971). The film was a remake of Tapan Sinha 's Bengali film Apanjan (1969). Meena Kumari played
248-600: A break. He groomed Hrishikesh Mukherjee during the director's association with Bombay Talkies . The filmmaker went on to helm movies, such as Anari (1959), Asli-Naqli (1962), Aashirwad (1968), Satyakam (1969), Anand (1971), Chupke Chupke (1975) and Khubsoorat (1980). He produced Neel Kamal (1947), Ziddi (1948) and Mahal (1949) which launched the careers of Raj Kapoor , Dev Anand and Madhubala respectively. He also collaborated with Shakti Samanta for Inspector (1956) and Howrah Bridge (1958), which proved to be game-changers for
310-741: A doting brother in Rakhi . 1963 proved to be a hugely successful year for Kumar with many successes. He first collaborated with B.R. Chopra for the romantic thriller Gumrah co-starring Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha , Shashikala and Nirupa Roy . Gumrah did very well at the box office and proved to be a superhit. For his performance in the film, Kumar received another nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actor category and won his first BFJA Award for Best Actor (Hindi) . The film won National Film Award for Third Best Feature Film in Hindi . This
372-524: A double role was the first hit of Chopra as a filmmaker and made him a notable name in the industry while Deedar co-starring Dilip Kumar and Nargis went a step ahead and emerged a superhit at the box office. Kumar's only notable release of 1952 was M. L. Anand's romantic drama Bewafa which also had Nargis and Raj Kapoor in the lead. In 1953, he produced and starred in Bimal Roy 's romantic drama Parineeta alongside Meena Kumari . Based upon
434-702: A knack for colours". His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar . In an interview with Rajyasabha TV, he recounted enjoying his work as a painter as it allowed him a lot of time to simultaneously read, write, attend college and be involved with the PWA (Progressive Writers Association). It was during his interactions in the PWA Sunday meetings that Shailendra and Bimal Roy encouraged him to join films. Gulzar began his career under film directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee . His book Ravi Paar has
496-853: A major commercial success, the latter flopped at the box office. Towards the late-1980s, Kumar's workload slowed due to declining health. In 1986, he played the title role in B. R. Chopra 's acclaimed and successful television show Bahadur Shah Zafar . The following year, he appeared in Shekhar Kapoor 's superhero film Mr. India , which was a major critical and commercial success, followed by two more hits films, Watan Ke Rakhwale and Jawab Hum Denge . Kumar then starred in films like Inteqam (1988), Clerk (1989), Majboor (1990), Begunaah (1991), Humlaa (1992), Aasoo Bane Angaarey (1993) and Return of Jewel Thief (1996), none of which performed well critically or commercially. During this period of time, success came with
558-508: A narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. He started his career as a songwriter with the music director for the movie Bandini (1963). In films, he found an environment associated with literature in the group he worked with, including Bimal Roy, most of whose films were based on literary works. Shailendra , who has penned the rest of the songs in the movie requested Gulzar to write the song "Mora Gora Ang Layle", sung by Lata Mangeshkar . Directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee ,
620-580: A number of hit songs, including "Babu Samjho Ishaare", "Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si", "Hum The Woh Thi Aur Sama Rangeen" and "Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka". His other major release of the year was Shakti Samanta's crime thriller Howrah Bridge which had Madhubala opposite him. The film opened to positive response from critics and proved to be a hit. Its dance numbers - " Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu " sung by Geeta Dutt which brought fame to Helen and "Aaiye Meharban" sung by Asha Bhosle were hugely popular among
682-709: A retired colonel in Chhoti Si Baat . His other successful films of the decade, include Dream Girl (1977), Anand Ashram (1977), Anurodh (1977), Chala Murari Hero Banne (1977), Safed Jhooth (1977), Dil Aur Deewaar (1978), Anpadh (1978) and Khatta Meetha (1978). Kumar began the next decade with supporting role in four hit films, including Khubsoorat , Jyoti Bane Jwala , Sau Din Saas Ke and Judaai . In 1981, he had two more box office successes with Shibu Mitra 's Maan Gaye Ustaad and Pramod Chakravarty's Jyoti . He then played
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#1732783233980744-552: A semi-hit in Oonche Log . The hit streak continued in 1966 with Asit Sen 's Mamta which again had Dharmendra in the lead along with Suchitra Sen who played a double role. It was a successful venture domestically, but an All Time Blockbuster in overseas markets. The same year, Kumar also appeared in Brij Sadanah 's Afsana which was a box office failure, but won him Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor . 1967
806-569: A superhit in Chori Mera Kaam co-starring Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman . He also appeared alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan in Mili . It did average business, but won massive acclaim and is now considered a film ahead of its times. Kumar delivered two major hits in 1976 with Chhoti Si Baat and Suntan . He received another nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category for his heartfelt portrayal of
868-413: A superhit with Kumar again getting nominated in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. That same year, he reunited with Rajesh Khanna for Maalik and Dil Daulat Duniya , but contrary to expectations, both the films flopped commercially. Kumar played small roles in both of his major releases of 1973 and 1974 which were - Dhund and Prem Nagar respectively. In 1975, he had
930-410: A teenager and well before he had even given thought to a career in films, the young Kumudlal was married to Shobha (a first cousin of actress Chhaya Devi ), a girl of his own Bengali Brahmin community and similar family background, in a match arranged by their parents in the usual Indian way. Their lifelong marriage was a harmonious and conventional one, and despite his film career, the couple retained
992-505: A very middle-class outlook and value system, bringing up their children with traditional values in a remarkably simple home. They were the parents of one son, Aroop Ganguly, and three daughters named Bharati Patel, Rupa Verma and Preeti Ganguly . Aroop Kumar Ganguly worked in only one film, appearing as a hero in Bezubaan (1962), which flopped at the box office. He then made a career in the corporate world. The eldest daughter, Bharati Patel,
1054-648: Is considered the first rap song of Indian cinema. Kumar ended the decade on a high. He co-starred alongside Sanjay Khan and Sadhana in R.K. Nayyar 's mystery thriller Intaqam which went on to become a superhit at the box office. He then did a guest appearance in Samanta's romantic blockbuster Aradhana which made Rajesh Khanna a superstar. Kumar also reunited with Hrishikesh Mukherjee for drama film Satyakam which like their previous collaboration Aashirwad met with immense acclaim and won National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) . The 1970s saw
1116-480: Is the mother of the actress Anuradha Patel . His second eldest daughter, Rupa Ganguly, is a former actress and widow of actor-comedian Deven Verma . The youngest daughter, Preeti Ganguly acted as a comedienne in several Hindi films during the 1970s and 1980s and died unmarried in 2012. Kumudlal's daughter Bharati married twice. Her first marriage was to Dr. Veerendra Patel, a Gujarati doctor. Through this marriage, she had two sons, Rahul and Rohit, and one daughter,
1178-476: The Assam University . Gulzar is married to actress Raakhee . The couple has a daughter, Meghna Gulzar . Meghna Gulzar grew up with her mother and father and, after completing her graduation in filmmaking from New York University , went on to become a director of films such as Filhaal , Just Married , Dus Kahaniyaan , Talvar , Raazi , Sam Bahadur and Chhapaak (for which Gulzar wrote
1240-803: The Jnanpith Award in 2024. Two is Gulzar's debut novel released in English. It examines the status of refugees after partition. Two was originally written in Urdu. Gulzar served as the Script Consultant for the Supremo comic book series by Pammi Bakshi. Chakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar Urdu poetry Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
1302-986: The Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, the highest award in Indian cinema. In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University. In 2024, Gulzar was awarded the Jnanpith , India's highest literary award. Gulzar was born in a Sikh family as Sampooran Singh Kalra, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in Dina , Jhelum District , British India (present-day Pakistan ). In school, he had read translations of
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#17327832339801364-478: The 1914 Bengali novel of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay , it proved to be a critical and commercial success. Post- Parineeta , Kumar had a string of flops with Baadbaan (1954), Sardar (1955) and Bandish (1955), but this changed with a superhit in B.R. Chopra's family drama film Ek Hi Raasta (1956), acting alongside Meena Kumari and Sunil Dutt . He also had successes in M. V. Raman 's Bhai-Bhai and Shakti Samanta 's Inspector ,
1426-686: The 1968 film Aashirwad had dialogues and lyrics written by Gulzar. Song lyrics and poems written by Gulzar gave the poetic attribute and the "much-needed additional dimension" to Ashok Kumar 's role in the film. Ashok Kumar received the Best Actor at the Filmfare and at the National Film Awards for this role. Gulzar's lyrics, however, did not gain much attention until 1969's Khamoshi , where his song "Humne Dekhi Hai Un Aankhon Ki Mehekti Khushboo" ( lit. ' I have seen
1488-522: The 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirdaar in 1993. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards ; including 2 Best Lyrics , one Best Screenplay , one Second Best Feature Film (director) , and one Best Popular Film (director) ; 22 Filmfare Awards ; one Academy Award ; and one Grammy Award . He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award - Hindi in 2002,
1550-481: The Hindi novel "Kaali Aandhi" by Kamleshwar . Along with various wins and nominations, the film also won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie . Although the film was believed to be based on the life of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , the film was based on life of Tarkeshwari Sinha . In the 1975's emergency , the film was banned from theatres. His next film Khushboo was based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's Pandit Mashay . His Mausam , which won
1612-544: The Hollywood film The Sound of Music . He wrote the story of Koshish based on the struggle faced by a deaf-dumb couple wherein Sanjeev Kumar won National Film Award for Best Actor . In 1973, he directed Achanak , inspired by the 1958 murder case KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra , and the story writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Story . Later he directed Aandhi , based on
1674-479: The National Award for 2nd Best Feature Film, Filmfare Best Movie and Filmfare Best Director awards, along with other six Filmfare nominations, was loosely based on the story "Weather" , from the novel, The Judas Tree , by A.J. Cronin . His 1982 film Angoor was based on Shakespeare 's play The Comedy of Errors . His films told stories of human relationships entangled in social issues. Libaas
1736-549: The Sufi folk song "Thaiyya Thaiyya", with lyrics by poet Bulleh Shah . For another collaboration with Rahman for Danny Boyle 's 2007 Hollywood film Slumdog Millionaire , Rahman and Gulzar won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Jai Ho " at the 81st Academy Awards . The song received international acclaim and won him a Grammy Award (shared with Rahman) in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for
1798-615: The TV shows - Bheem-Bhavani (1990) and Tehkikaat (1994). In 1996, Kumar received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award . He quit acting after making an appearance in Ashim Samanta 's romantic drama Ankhon Mein Tum Ho (1997) starring Sharad Kapoor , Suman Ranganathan and Rohit Roy . The film opened to negative reviews from critics and flopped at the box office. Ashok Kumar died at
1860-471: The actress Anuradha Patel , who is married to the actor Kanwaljit Singh . Later, and much against the wishes of all her relatives, Bharati married Hameed Jaffrey, a Muslim, the brother of the actor Saeed Jaffrey . By this second marriage, Bharati had one son, Saahil, and also acquired step-daughters, Geneviève and Shaheen, who were Hameed's daughters by his first wife Valerie Salway, a woman of Scottish, Irish, Portuguese and Spanish heritage. Geneviève married
1922-673: The age of 90 in Mumbai on 10 December 2001 of heart failure at his residence in Chembur . The then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee described him as "an inspiration... for many generations of aspiring actors. Kumar is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He was a pioneering actor who introduced natural acting to Hindi cinema and the distinctive style and mannerisms that he adopted in his later career still remain extremely popular among mimicry artists. Kumar had an eye for talent and helped several up-and-coming artists get
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1984-509: The children's audiobook series Karadi Tales . Gulzar is also associated with Aarushi, Eklavya foundation an NGO based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh working in the field of education. He has written stories and poetry for the magazine Chakmak . Gulzar has also worked in Bollywood movies like Anand , Mere Apne , Omkara and many more. In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of
2046-552: The decade. In 1950, Kumar delivered a blockbuster and highest earning film of the year with Ramesh Saigal 's Samadhi opposite Nalini Jaywant . That same year, he reunited with Jaywant and Gyan Mukherjee for Sangram . After Kismet , Kumar again donned the hat of anti-hero for Sangram , in turn adding another major hit in his kitty. In 1951, he starred in B. R. Chopra 's crime drama film Afsana and Nitin Bose 's romantic musical Deedar . Afsana in which Kumar played
2108-471: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 934126956 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:40:34 GMT Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly ; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema . He was considered the first big star of Indian cinema as well as
2170-464: The domination of whole new generation of stars, including Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan , Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor , Jeetendra , Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor . Kumar worked with all of them in various successful and acclaimed films. In 1970, he played important roles in two directional ventures of Asit Sen, Sharafat co-starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Safar which also had Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore , Feroz Khan in
2232-478: The eponymous lead, alongside Raaj Kumar . Despite getting mixed reviews and being a slow starter, it went on to become a massive blockbuster and also the final film appearance of Kumari who passed away few weeks after its release. Kumar then played the role of a doting grandfather in Samanta's Anuraag and a crook in Sadanah's Victoria No. 203 . Anuraag proved a blockbuster while Victoria No. 203 emerged
2294-476: The first film to present the main lead as an anti-hero as well as an unmarried girl getting pregnant. Despite having themes considered way ahead of times, Kismet became the first Indian film to do a nett business of ₹ 10 million (US$ 120,000) and emerged an All Time Blockbuster at the box office. It ran in Kolkata 's Roxy Cinema for 184 weeks, a record which remains unbroken till date. Kismet also got
2356-588: The first lead actor to play an anti-hero. He also became the first star to reinvent himself, enjoying a long and hugely successful career as a character actor. He was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family . He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award , the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India . He received the Padma Shri in 1962 and Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to Indian cinema. Ashok Kumar
2418-1655: The fragrance of those eyes ' ) became popular. Ganesh Anantharaman in his book Bollywood Melodies describes Gulzar's lyrics, with the purposeful mixing of the senses, to be "daringly defiant". For the 1971 film Guddi , he penned two songs, of which "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" was a prayer which is still sung in many schools in India. As a lyricist, Gulzar had a close association with the music director Rahul Dev Burman . He has also worked with Sachin Dev Burman , Shankar Jaikishan , Hemant Kumar , Laxmikant–Pyarelal , Madan Mohan , Rajesh Roshan , and Anu Malik . Gulzar worked with Salil Chowdhury in Anand (1971) and Mere Apne (1971); Madan Mohan in Mausam (1975), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj in Maachis (1996), Omkara (2006) and Kaminey (2009); A. R. Rahman in Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Raavan (2010) and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy in Bunty Aur Babli (2005). Gulzar took inspiration from Amir Khusrow 's "Ay Sarbathe Aashiqui" to pen "Ay Hairathe Aashiqui" for Mani Ratnam 's 2007 Hindi film Guru , which had music composed by A. R. Rahman . Another Ratnam-Rahman hit, " Chaiyya Chaiyya " from Dil Se.. also had lyrics written by Gulzar, based on
2480-625: The latter. In 1968, he played the lead role in Hrishikesh Mukherjee 's social drama Aashirwad . Although the film didnt do well at the box office, it was a huge critical success, winning National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) . Kumar's portrayal of a loving father was very well received and won him all the major accolades that year, such as National Film Award for Best Actor , Filmfare Award for Best Actor and BFJA Award for Best Actor (Hindi) . One of its song "Rail Gaadi Chhuk Chhuk Chhuk Chhuk" sung by Kumar himself
2542-681: The lead role in Basu Chatterjee's comedy drama Shaukeen (1982), which was a commercial as well as critical success and is now considered a cult classic. In 1983, he appeared in another of Basu Chatterjee's acclaimed venture Pasand Apni Apni and Sunil Dutt's drama film Dard Ka Rishta , which proved to be a box office hit. The following year, he made his television debut with the soap opera Hum Log . In 1985, he played supporting roles in B.R. Chopra's drama film Tawaif and Shibu Mitra's mystery thriller Durgaa . While Tawaif opened to positive response from reviewers and emerged
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2604-402: The lead role of Anandi Devi, an old widow caught in between the local fights of unemployed and tormented youngsters. Anandi Devi's death in one of the fights makes them realise the futility of violence. The film was rated "Above Average" at the box office. He then directed Parichay and Koshish . Parichay was based on a Bengali novel, Rangeen Uttarain by Raj Kumar Maitra and inspired from
2666-677: The lead. Both the films emerged superhits and received big thumbs from reviewers, especially Safar which won Sen his first Filmfare Award for Best Director . He also collaborated with Manoj Kumar for his second directional, the patriotic drama Purab Aur Paschim which proved to be a blockbuster in India as well as overseas. The following year, he had a hit in Naya Zamana and a flop in Adhikar . In 1972, he starred in Kamal Amrohi's magnum opus Pakeezah which had Meena Kumari as
2728-696: The lead. Despite not having any songs and other gimmicks required in a commercial Hindi film, Kanoon emerged a hit and went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) . After playing a brief role in Yash Chopra's critically acclaimed partition drama Dharmputra (1961), the following year, he did lead roles in A. Bhimsingh 's Rakhi and Phani Majumdar 's Aarti . Both Rakhi and Aarti received critical acclaim and proved to be box office hits. Kumar received his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of
2790-519: The lyrics) and authored the biography of her father Gulzar, in 2004. As on 2019, Gulzar has won a total of 36 awards and honours, including 5 National Film Awards , 22 Filmfare Awards , Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for 1999-2000, 1 Academy Award for Best Original Song (2008), 1 Grammy Award (2010), 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu , Padma Bhushan (2004), and 2013 Dadasaheb Phalke Award . He received
2852-590: The masses. Kumar's last notable film in his prime came with Yash Chopra 's maiden directional venture Dhool Ka Phool (1959), co-starring Mala Sinha , Rajendra Kumar and Nanda . It opened to critical acclaim and emerged a blockbuster at the box office. With the beginning of the 1960s, Kumar opened to all kind of roles, be it main lead, second lead or a character role. This saved him from ever getting type-cast and he continued to receive acclaim for his work. It started with B.R. Chopra's courtroom drama Kanoon (1960) which also had Rajendra Kumar and Nanda in
2914-488: The matriarch of a large "film family" . Next was his brother, Kalyan , 16 years younger (b.1927), who later took the screen name Anoop Kumar . Youngest of all was Abhas (b.1929), whose screen name was Kishore Kumar , who became a phenomenally successful playback singer in Hindi films. Although the eldest by several years, Kumudlal outlived all his siblings. In fact, he stopped celebrating his birthday after his youngest brother, Kishore, died on that day in 1987. While still
2976-579: The movies directed by him in the 1970s and the 1980s ( Parichay, Khushboo, Aandhi, Angoor, Ijaazat, Libaas ). Many of their popular songs were sung by Kishore Kumar , Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle . These include "Musafir Hoon Yaron" ( Parichay ), "Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi" ( Aandhi ), and " Mera Kuch Samaan " ( Ijaazat ). In 1988, Gulzar directed an eponymous television serial Mirza Ghalib , starring Naseeruddin Shah and broadcast on Doordarshan . Later he also directed Tahreer Munshi Premchand Ki about
3038-482: The musical charts and was the second best-selling Hindi film album of the 1960s. In 1964, Kumar saw two moderately successful films with A. Bhimsingh's Pooja Ke Phool and Inder Raj Anand 's Phoolon Ki Sej which had Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar in the lead respectively, but his other releases, such as Chitralekha and Benazir flopped at the box office. In 1965, he had a hit in Bheegi Raat and
3100-641: The narration of his stories very effectively ( Aandhi, Mausam, Ijaazat, Machis, Hu Tu Tu ). He also has mutual partnerships with various actors and other crew. The Gulzar – Sanjeev Kumar partnership resulted in some fine films ( Koshish, Aandhi, Mausam, Angoor, Namkeen ) which represent Sanjeev Kumar's finest work as an actor. Actors like Jeetendra ( Parichay, Khushboo, Kinara ), Vinod Khanna ( Achanak, Meera, Lekin ) and Hema Malini ( Khushboo, Kinara, Meera ) worked with Gulzar to gain respectability as artists and delivered some of their best and most introspective work in films. R D Burman composed songs for almost all
3162-670: The novels of Premchand . Gulzar primarily writes in Urdu and Punjabi ; besides several other languages such as Braj Bhasha , Khariboli , Haryanvi and Marwari . His poetry is in the Triveni type of stanza. His poems are published in three compilations; Chand Pukhraaj Ka , Raat Pashminey Ki and Pandrah Paanch Pachattar . His short stories are published in Raavi-paar (also known as Dustkhat in Pakistan) and Dhuan (smoke). For
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#17327832339803224-699: The peace campaign Aman ki Asha , jointly started by India's and Pakistan's leading media houses, Gulzar wrote the anthem "Nazar Main Rehte Ho", which was recorded by Shankar Mahadevan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan . Gulzar has written ghazals for Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh 's albums "Marasim" (1999) and "Koi Baat Chale" (2006). Gulzar has written lyrics and dialogues for several Doordarshan TV series including Jungle Book , Alice in Wonderland , Hello Zindagi , Guchche and Potli Baba Ki with Vishal Bhardwaj . He has more recently written and narrated for
3286-476: The same year. After scoring another hit with Ek Saal in 1957, Kumar added one more superhit in his kitty with Satyen Bose 's musical comedy Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), which had his brothers Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar in the lead. The film gained cult status in later years and got remade twice in Hindi and once in Marathi . Its soundtrack composed by S. D. Burman was highly successful with
3348-403: The tag of being the first true blue mega blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema . Its music, especially the patriotic song " Aaj Himalay Ki Choti Se " written by Kavi Pradeep was highly successful and played big role in making Kismet a box office sensation. The mass hysteria created by Kismet made Kumar the first big star of Indian cinema. Such was his popularity at the time that, in
3410-418: The words of Manṭo, "Ashok's popularity grew each passing day. He seldom ventured out, but wherever he was spotted, he was mobbed. Traffic would come to a stop and often the police would have to use lathis to disperse his fans." The early-1950s saw the rise of younger crop of stars like Dilip Kumar , Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor , but Ashok Kumar remained rock-steady and continued to deliver huge hits throughout
3472-459: The works of Tagore which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points. Due to the partition , his family split and he had to stop his studies and come to Mumbai (then called Bombay) to support his family. Sampooran took up many small jobs in Mumbai to eke out a living, including one at a garage at Vichare motors on Bellasis road ( Mumbai ). There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint, in his own words "I had
3534-403: Was a notable year for him as he starred in two of the biggest hits of the year - Vijay Anand 's spy heist thriller Jewel Thief and A. Bhimsingh's light hearted drama film Mehrban . Both the films proved to be critical and commercial successes with Kumar getting applauded for his performances in them and receiving a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category for
3596-517: Was a reformist piece featuring a Brahmin boy falling in love with a girl from the so-called untouchables in Indian society . After the huge box office success of Achhut Kanya , he delivered a hat-trick of silver jubilee hits with Kangan (1939), Bandhan (1940) and Jhoola (1941), all opposite Leela Chitnis . In 1943, Ashok Kumar played the lead role in Gyan Mukherjee 's drama film Kismet opposite Mumtaz Shanti . It became
3658-454: Was a story of an extra-marital affair of an urban couple. Due to its objectionable subject, the film never got released in India. Mausam pictured a story of a father who tries to improve the life of his prostitute-daughter. In Maachis , a young Punjabi boy engages in terrorism to fight a bad situation only to realise its temporary nature. Hu Tu Tu dealt with corruption in India and how a man decides to fight it. Gulzar uses "flashback" in
3720-462: Was born Kumudlal Ganguly to a Hindu Bengali Brahmin family in Bhagalpur , Bengal Presidency , British India (present-day Bihar , India). His father, Kunjlal Ganguly, was a lawyer while his mother, Gouri Devi, was a housewife. Kumudlal was the eldest of four children. His only sister, Sati Devi, a few years younger than him, was married at a very young age to Sashadhar Mukherjee and became
3782-515: Was educated at Presidency College of the University of Calcutta , Kolkata, where he studied to become a lawyer. However, his heart was not in his law studies. Ganguly was more interested in cinema, in which he dreamt of working as a technician. Kumar reluctantly made his debut in the year 1936 with Franz Osten 's Jeevan Naiya alongside Devika Rani . His breakthrough came the same year with another Franz Osten's film Achhut Kannya which
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#17327832339803844-564: Was followed by Bimal Roy's critically and commercially successful drama film Bandini . Bandini was the last feature film directed by Roy and won him his final Filmfare Award for Best Director along with National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi) as well as Filmfare Award for Best Film . Before the end of year, he co-starred alongside Rajendra Kumar and Sadhana in H. S. Rawail 's muslim social Mere Mehboob . The film topped box office chart in 1963 and emerged an All Time Blockbuster . Its music composed by Naushad dominated
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