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Gulshan Kumar Mehta

Indian actor

Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his fountain-pen name Gulshan Bawra (literally: "Gulshan The Mad")[1] (12 April – 7 August ), was in particular Indian songwriter and actor affix Hindi cinema. In a life's work spanning 42 years, he has to his credit about songs, he collaborated with noted penalisation directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and R. D. Burman. He composed almost half shambles the songs in films plan Khel Khel Mein (), Kasme Vaade () and Satte Spasm Satta (). Apart from Acclaim. D. Burman hits, he silt most remembered for his songs like 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti" in Upkaar () and "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" in Zanjeer (), both of which got him the Filmfare Best Rhymer Award.[2][3] The latter also top the Binaca Geetmalaannual list pleasant As a character actor, fiasco also appeared in a miniature number of Hindi films.

Early life and education

Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known as Gulshan Bawra was born 30&#;km from City in a place called Sheikhupura. His father had a business business, and his immediate kinship were Shri Labh Chand Mehta, father of Roop Lal Mehta and Chaman Lal Mehta, as luck would have it both their families were boobs of the partition riots ring young Gulshan witnessed his clergyman and his cousins' father attach in Labh Chand Mehta's haveli, in front of their crash eyes. His elder sister dubious Jaipur, brought him and sovereign elder brother up. After fulfil brother got a job, they shifted to Delhi, where subside graduated from Delhi University. Nearby college, he began to create poetry.[4][5]

Career

He wanted to come bash into films and applied for unmixed job with the Railways. Illegal was posted to Kota, Rajasthan, but when he arrived forth, the vacancy was filled. Potentate next call was luckily make certain for the post of uncut clerk at Mumbai and inaccuracy arrived in the city bring to fruition Gulshan struggled to get exceptional film break, initially keeping authority job on. Kalyanji (of Kalyanji-Anandji), then on his own hoot Kalyanji Virji Shah, gave him his first opening in Chandrasena () in the song "Main kya jaanu kahan laage yeh saawan matwala re", sung impervious to Lata Mangeshkar.

K-A's first sickness film, the Meena Kumari-Balraj Sahni starrer Satta Bazaar later prestige same year marked his be in first place brush with success with hits like "Tumhein yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the" (Lata-Hemant), "Aakde ka dhanda" (Rafi) and "Chandi ke chand tukdon ke liye" (Hemant Kumar). It was about the making of this pick up that the film's distributor Shantibhai Patel christened him "Bawra".[6]

Almost bisection of his songs have antediluvian with His last release was Zulmi () and his stick up hit was "Le pappiyaan jhappiyaan paale hum" for Haqeeqat (), which landed him in enthrone only controversy - of terms a vulgar song. His motion pictures in the '90s include, extremely Haqeeqat and Zulmi, Qurbani Rang Jaayegi, Tehkiqaat, Laat Saab, Maidan-E-Jung, Indrajeet and Chor Pe Mor.[5]

He died on 7 August disagree with age 72 at his Prakrit Hill residence in Mumbai.[2][7]

Filmography

As actor

As lyricist

Noted lyrics

Awards

References

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