Gulzar 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 the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirdaar in 1993.
Gulzar in 2008
Image: Gulzar signature
The veteran film lyricist, director, screen writer, producer and poet, Shri Gulzar with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013, presented by the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at the 61st National Film Awards function
Sachin Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. He later began composing for Hindi movies and became one of the most successful and influential Indian film music composers. Burman composed the soundtracks for over 100 movies, including Bengali films and Hindi.
Burman on a 2007 stamp of India, commemorating his 101st birth anniversary
Sachin's abandoned house in Comilla
c. 1937