Gulzar started his film career under two other artists – Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His book Ravi Paar has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. Gulzar started his career as a songwriter with Sachin Dev Burman for the movie “Bandini” (1963).
The song was “Mora gora ang layle“, picturised on Nutan. His most famous songs have been associated with Rahul Dev Burman in movies such as “Parichay” (“Musafir hoon yaron” sung by Kishore Kumar), “Aandhi” (“Tera bina zindagi se koi” sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore), “Kushboo” (“Ghar Jaayegi” sung by Asha Bhosle) and “Ijaazat” (“Mera kuch saaman” sung by Asha), “Masoom” (“Tujhse naraz nahi zindagi” sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anoop Ghosal) to name a few. However he has had award-winning associations with Salil Chowdhury (for the movie “Anand“), Madan Mohan (“Mausam“), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj (“Maachis”), A. R. Rahman (“Dil Se“, “Guru“) and Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (“Bunty aur Babli“). Recently “Jai Ho” (Slumdog Millionaire).
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