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Gulzar
real name Sampooran Singh Kalra (Punjabi: ਸਮਪੂਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਕਾਲਰਾ)
Gulzar is credited on 855 releases across 193 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
855
Credits
193
Albums
7
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Gulzar an Indian poet/lyricist, who writes in Urdu, Punjabi and several other Hindi dialects. He was born Sampooran Singh Kalra on 18 August 1936 in Dina, Jhelum District, Punjab, British India (now a province of Pakistan). He adopted the pen name Gulzar when he became an author. Gulzar has collaborated with A.R. Rahman, Anu Malik, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and other music directors in Bollywood. He is married to Bollywood actress.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
855 releases · 193 albums · active 1960–2026
- Performance · 1,143
- Other credits · 46
Studios: Western Outdoor Studio · Panchathan Record Inn · Metropolis Mastering · Metropolis Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Rahul Dev Burman
- R. D. Burman
- Hemant Kumar
- Kishore Kumar
- Salil Chowdhury
- Vishal
- Lata Mangeshkar
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