Gulzar Birthday: This is how the mechanic of the garage did Gulzar to the film world, know how his journey was

Famous lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar is celebrating his 89th birthday today on 18th August. Through his songs, Gulzar travels from the narrow streets of Ballimaran in Delhi to the open sky in Mumbai. You can also guess his activism from the fact that he has been tirelessly writing songs for decades. Gulzar is such an artist who has spread his wings from literary intentions to the film world. Let’s know about some interesting things related to Gulzar’s life on the occasion of his birthday…

Birth

Please tell that Gulzar was born on 18 August 1934 in Jhelum, Punjab. Jhelum is now a part of Pakistan after partition. After the partition of India-Pakistan, Gulzar’s family settled in Amritsar. Gulzar’s real name is Sampooran Singh Kalra. But Gulzar was not interested in Amritsar. Due to which he turned to Mumbai called Mayanagari.

This is how the film journey started

After coming to Mumbai, Gulzar started working in a garage to make ends meet. However, whenever he got time during this, he used to write poems. He started his career in the year 1961 as an assistant to Vimal Rai. Apart from this, Gulzar also worked with Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar. Then he got a chance to write lyrics in the film ‘Bandini’. Please tell that he wrote ‘Mora Gora Ang Lei Le’ in the film Bandini. This song became so famous that Gulzar never looked back.

there is magic in the voice

Whenever one hears Gulzar’s Hindi and Urdu words in television, commercials and film songs, one’s heart flutters. Whenever Gulzar says something from the forums, his words sound like poetry. That’s why the producers have deliberately used Gulzar Sahab’s voice in the commercials shown on television. There is magic in Gulzar’s voice, which makes even one’s heart tingle.

wonderful style of poetry

Hearing poetry in Gulzar’s voice on social media, people’s feet stop. There is such magic in his voice that not only 80 year olds but also 18 year old youth sit together and listen to the Najms. You can guess the popularity of Gulzar Sahab from the fact that when he recites Nazm on the stage, don’t know how many people listen to him silently. Today’s Delhi was confined only to Old Delhi. Here, those who used to say smart were the ones who listened to the mindless. When this period passed in front of Gulzar’s eyes, it was also visible in his poetry.

Gulzar saheb’s childhood was spent in Delhi. He lived his childhood in such a way that that picture got printed in his mind. This is the reason why the streets of Delhi are also mentioned in his film songs, poems and ghazals. The song ‘Kajrare-Kajrare’ in the film ‘Bunty-Babli’, which came about a decade and a half ago, mentioned ‘Ballimaran ki Galiyon’. This song has been written in such a way that on listening to it, it seems that it dissolves like honey in the ears.

In the history of 1000 years of Delhi, there were many such personalities, who work to woo and scare others. But the poet Mirza Ghalib is such a personality who has entered the soul of the people. At the same time, Gulzar also could not keep himself away from Mirza Ghalib. He also fell in love with her poetry. When Gulzar sahab used to study in school in Delhi, he has a deep attachment towards Urdu language. Mirza Ghalib was a major reason for attachment to this language.

Gulzar told himself a cultural Muslim

Gulzar called himself a cultural Muslim during an interview. The reason behind this is the confluence of Hindi and Urdu, which is seen in his songs and poetry. Equal attraction of both pain and happiness is seen in Gulzar Sahab’s poetry. The pain of partition is also reflected in his poetry. Please inform that Gulzar sahab was awarded the Grammy Award for the song Jai Ho.