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Sampooran Singh Kalra, known popularly by his pen name Gulzar and also Gulzar Saab, is an Oscar-winning Indian film director, lyricist and poet. Born in Jhelum District in British India his family moved to India after partition. 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.