Happy Birthday Gulzar: Aanewala Pal to Kajra Re, 12 best songs penned by the iconic poet-lyricist
Multiple award-winning lyricist-poet-screenwriter-director Gulzar turned 82 today.
Gulzar turned 82 today. The iconic poet-lyricist-screenwriter-film director has a treasure trove of work behind him that is the product of a five-decade long career that started with writing the lyrics of Moraa Goraa Ang Laile in Bandini,
Since then, he has written lyrics for the best composers in each decade; from SD Burman to his son RD, from Madan Mohan to Laxmikant-Pyarelal, from AR Rahman to Vishal Bhardwaj.
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He has also been a celebrated screenwriter and director. Most of his films derive from literary works, Indian and Western, and are known for their evolved sensibilities and richness of acting, story, direction and music in respect to the generic commercial fare of Indian cinema. His films like Koshish, Aandhi, Mausam, Angoor and Maachis are considered as some of the greatest Indian films of all time.
Today on his 82nd birthday, we take a look at the 12 best songs ever written by the Padma Bhushan and Academy Award winner.
Moraa Goraa Ang Laile
Film: Bandini (1963)
Music: SD Burman Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli
Film: Anand (1971)
Music: Salil Chaudhary Singer: Manna Dey
Musafir Hoon Yaaron
Film: Parichay (1972)
Music: RD Burman Singer: Kishore Kumar
Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi
Film: Aandhi (1975)
Music: RD Burman Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
Tum Aa Gaye Ho Noor Aa Gaya
Film: Aandhi (1975)
Music: RD Burman Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
Aanewala Pal
Film: Golmaal (1979)
Music: RD Burman Singer: Kishore Kumar
Tujhse Naraaz Nahi Zindagi
Film: Masoom (1983)
Music: RD Burman Singer: Anup Ghoshal
Satrangi Re
Film: Dil Se.. (1998)
Music: AR Rahman Singers: Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
Kajra Re
Film: Bunty Aur Babli (2005)
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Singers: Alisha Chinoy, Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Ali
Ay Hairathe
Film: Guru (2007)
Music: AR Rahman Singers: Hariharan, Alka Yagnik, AR Rahman
Yaaram
Film: Ek Thi Daayan (2013)
Music: Vishal Bhardwaj Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Clinton Cerejo
Sajde
Film: Kill Dil (2014)
Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Singers: Arijit Singh, Gulzar, Nihira Joshi