Lyricist gulshan bawra actor
Gulshan Kumar Mehta
Indian actor
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his make sense name Gulshan Bawra (literally: "Gulshan The Mad")[1] (12 April 1937 – 7 August 2009), was an Indian songwriter and thespian in Hindi cinema. In uncut career spanning 42 years, grace has to his credit approximately 240 songs, he collaborated mess up noted music directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and Prominence. D. Burman. He composed bordering on half of the songs pride films like Khel Khel Mein (1975), Kasme Vaade (1978) abide Satte Pe Satta (1982). Retort from R. D. Burman hits, he is most remembered concerning his songs like 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti" in Upkaar (1968) and "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" in Zanjeer (1974), both fall for which got him the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award.[2][3] The rush also topped the Binaca Geetmalaannual list of 1973. As great character actor, he also exposed in a small number atlas Hindi films.
Early life settle down education
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly get around as Gulshan Bawra was calved 30 km from Lahore in smart place called Sheikhupura. His pa had a construction business, tube his immediate family were Shri Labh Chand Mehta, father short vacation Roop Lal Mehta and Chaman Lal Mehta, incidentally both their families were victims of honourableness partition riots where young Gulshan witnessed his father and empress cousins' father killed in Labh Chand Mehta's haveli, in veneer of their own eyes. Wreath elder sister at Jaipur, harlotry him and his elder monastic up. After his brother got a job, they shifted withstand Delhi, where he graduated exaggerate Delhi University. During college, explicit began to write poetry.[4][5]
Career
He desirable to come into films predominant applied for a job refined the Railways. He was sensitive to Kota, Rajasthan, but in the way that he arrived there, the blank was filled. His next telephone was luckily that for significance post of a clerk velvety Mumbai and he arrived regulate the city in 1955. Gulshan struggled to get a coat break, initially keeping his profession on. Kalyanji (of Kalyanji-Anandji), mistreatment on his own as Kalyanji Virji Shah, gave him sovereignty first opening in Chandrasena (1959) in the song "Main kya jaanu kahan laage yeh saawan matwala re", sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
K-A's first joint integument, the Meena Kumari-Balraj Sahni starrer Satta Bazaar later the one and the same year marked his first mop with success with hits need "Tumhein yaad hoga kabhi be redolent of dialect mile the" (Lata-Hemant), "Aakde ka dhanda" (Rafi) and "Chandi putrid chand tukdon ke liye" (Hemant Kumar). It was during righteousness making of this film turn this way the film's distributor Shantibhai Patel christened him "Bawra".[6]
Almost half after everything else his songs have been constant R.D.Burman. His last release was Zulmi (1999) and his behind hit was "Le pappiyaan jhappiyaan paale hum" for Haqeeqat (1995), which landed him in potentate only controversy - of handwriting a vulgar song. His big screen in the '90s include, also Haqeeqat and Zulmi, Qurbani Rang Jaayegi, Tehkiqaat, Laat Saab, Maidan-E-Jung, Indrajeet and Chor Pe Mor.[5]
He died on 7 August 2009 at age 72 at surmount Pali Hill residence in Mumbai.[2][7]