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. He started his career as a songwriter with the music director Sachin Dev Burman for the movie Bandini (1963). His book Ravi Paar has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. Gulzar began his career under film directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

It was during his interactions in the PWA Sunday meetings that Shailendra and Bimal Roy encouraged him to join films. 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). He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar. His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint, in his own words 'I had a knack for colours'. 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). 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. In school, he had read translations of the works of Tagore which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points. 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). He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002.He has won 20 Filmfare Awards For the song 'Jai Ho', Gulzar won a Grammy Award in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture The highest award of the Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was awarded to him in the year 2013 In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University. He has won 5 Indian National Film Awards, 22 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third-highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Academy Award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award - the highest award in Indian cinema. Burman, Salil Chowdhury, Vishal Bhardwaj and A. Burman as a lyricist in the 1963 film Bandini and worked with many music directors including R. He started his career with music director S.D. Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar or Gulzar Saab, is an Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director. Sahitya Akademi Award (2002), Padma Bhushan (2004), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2013), Academy Award for Best Original Song (2008)

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