Gulzar

Gulzar was born in a Sikh family as Sampooran Singh Kalra, to Makhan Singh Kalra and Sujan Kaur, in Dina, Jhelum District, British India (present-day Pakistan). In school, he had read translations of the works of Tagore which he recounted as one of his life's many turning points. Due to the partition, his family split and he had to stop his studies and come to Mumbai (then called Bombay) to support his family. Sampooran took up many small jobs in Mumbai to eke out a living, including one at a garage at Vichare motors on Bellasis road (Mumbai).{{cite AV media|title=Guftagoo – Interview with Gulzar|publisher=Rajyasabha TV|work=YouTube|date=31 July 2012|location=India}} There he used to touch up accident-damaged cars by mixing shades of paint. He'd say, "I had a knack for colours". His father rebuked him for being a writer initially. He took the pen name Gulzar Deenvi and later simply Gulzar.{{cite book| title = Because he is | author = Meghna Gulzar | author-link = Meghna Gulzar | publisher = Rupa & Co. | year = 2004}} In an interview with Rajyasabha TV, he recounted enjoying his work as a painter as it allowed him a lot of time to simultaneously read, write, attend college and be involved with the PWA (Progressive Writers Association).{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090315/spectrum/main6.htm |title=A life in music |work=The Tribune |date=15 March 2009 |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706014034/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090315/spectrum/main6.htm |archive-date=6 July 2013 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JXzf7sY0c |title=The Anupam Kher show |website=YouTube |date=9 August 2015 |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015210853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5JXzf7sY0c |archive-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=live }}

It was during his interactions in the PWA Sunday meetings that Shailendra and Bimal Roy encouraged him to join films. Gulzar began his career under film directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His book Ravi Paar has a narrative of Bimal Roy and the agony of creation. He started his career as a songwriter with the music director for the movie Bandini (1963). In films, he found an environment associated with literature in the group he worked with, including Bimal Roy, most of whose films were based on literary works.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gulzar-Man-Of-many-seasons/articleshow/4179967.cms|title=Gulzar: Man Of many seasons|access-date=14 August 2011|date=24 February 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103195628/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-24/india/28029446_1_bandini-gulzar-first-film|archive-date=3 January 2013|url-status=live|work=The Times of India}} Shailendra, who has penned the rest of the songs in the movie requested Gulzar to write the song "Mora Gora Ang Layle", sung by Lata Mangeshkar.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Director-lyricist-Gulzar-to-get-Dadasaheb-Phalke-award/articleshow/33670237.cms|title=Director-lyricist Gulzar to get Dadasaheb Phalke award|first=Avijit|last=Ghosh|work=The Times of India|date=12 April 2014|access-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415005851/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Director-lyricist-Gulzar-to-get-Dadasaheb-Phalke-award/articleshow/33670237.cms|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=live}}

Directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the 1968 film Aashirwad had dialogues and lyrics written by Gulzar. Song lyrics and poems written by Gulzar gave the poetic attribute and the "much-needed additional dimension" to Ashok Kumar's role in the film. Ashok Kumar received the Best Actor at the Filmfare and at the National Film Awards for this role.{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/25dinesh.htm|title=Aashirwad tugs at the heartstrings|date=January 2003|work=Rediff.com|author=Dinesh Raheja|author-link=Dinesh Raheja|access-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503231912/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/25dinesh.htm|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=live}} Gulzar's lyrics, however, did not gain much attention until 1969's Khamoshi, where his song "Humne Dekhi Hai Un Aankhon Ki Mehekti Khushboo" ({{lit|I have seen the fragrance of those eyes}}) became popular. In his book Bollywood Melodies, Ganesh Anantharaman describes Gulzar's lyrics, with the purposeful mixing of the senses, to be "daringly defiant".{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmrSLuBwbKkC&q=gulzar&pg=PA69 | title=Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song | publisher=Penguin Books India | author=Anantharaman, Ganesh | year=2008 | page=122 | isbn=978-0143063407 |access-date=4 May 2014}}{{efn|Author Ganesh Anantharaman's book Bollywood Melodies won the Best Book on Cinema award at the 56th National Film Awards.}}{{cite web|title=130 awardees receive the 56th national film awards from President|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=59802|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=4 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503231806/http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=59802|archive-date=3 May 2014|url-status=live}} For the 1971 film Guddi, he penned two songs, of which "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" was a prayer which is still sung in many schools in India.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGAyEpXtK3UC&q=gulzar+song&pg=PA76 | title=The Desai Trio and the Movie Industry of India | publisher=Author House | author=Gavankar, Nilu | year=2011 | page=76 | isbn=9781468599817 |access-date=4 May 2014}}

As a lyricist, Gulzar had a close association with the music director Rahul Dev Burman. He has also worked with Sachin Dev Burman, Shankar Jaikishan, Hemant Kumar, Laxmikant–Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan, and Anu Malik.{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gulzar-pancham-was-an-anchor-in-my-life/638840/ |title=Gulzar: Pancham was an anchor in my life |date=26 June 2010 |access-date=23 December 2011 |publisher=Screen/Indian Express |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701220155/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gulzar-pancham-was-an-anchor-in-my-life/638840/ |archive-date=1 July 2010 |url-status=live }} Gulzar worked with Salil Chowdhury in Anand (1971) and Mere Apne (1971); Madan Mohan in Mausam (1975), and more recently with Vishal Bhardwaj in Maachis (1996), Omkara (2006) and Kaminey (2009); A. R. Rahman in Dil Se.. (1998), Guru (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and Raavan (2010) and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy in Bunty Aur Babli (2005). Gulzar took inspiration from Amir Khusrow's "Ay Sarbathe Aashiqui" to pen "Ay Hairathe Aashiqui" for Mani Ratnam's 2007 Hindi film Guru, which had music composed by A. R. Rahman.{{cite web|title=Rahman on how the music of Guru was born|work=The Telegraph|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061222/asp/etc/story_7144101.asp|access-date=3 May 2014|date=22 December 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024030524/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061222/asp/etc/story_7144101.asp|archive-date=24 October 2008|url-status=dead}} Another Ratnam-Rahman hit, "Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Dil Se.. also had lyrics written by Gulzar, based on the Sufi folk song "Thaiyya Thaiyya", with lyrics by poet Bulleh Shah.{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/oldStory/54571/ |title=Music, like religion, has a soul. If you get this right, you can have different arrangements|date=7 September 2004|work=The Indian Express|access-date=3 May 2014}} For another collaboration with Rahman for Danny Boyle's 2007 Hollywood film Slumdog Millionaire, Rahman and Gulzar won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" at the 81st Academy Awards. The song received international acclaim and won him a Grammy Award (shared with Rahman) in the category of Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulzar.info/gulzarawards.html|title=Awards & Honours|work=www gulzar.info|year=2006|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302115258/http://gulzar.info/gulzarawards.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140412/entertainment-bollywood/article/gulzar-honoured-dadasaheb-phalke-award|title=Gulzar honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=12 April 2014|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418120036/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140412/entertainment-bollywood/article/gulzar-honoured-dadasaheb-phalke-award|archive-date=18 April 2014|url-status=live}} He also wrote a song for the Pakistani Drama Shehryar Shehzadi, and this song Teri Raza, has been sung by Rekha Bhardwaj and was composed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

After writing dialogues and screenplay for films such as Aashirwad, Anand and Khamoshi, Gulzar directed his first film Mere Apne (1971). The film was a remake of Tapan Sinha's Bengali film Apanjan (1969). Meena Kumari played the lead role of Anandi Devi, an old widow caught in between the local fights of unemployed and tormented youngsters. Anandi Devi's death in one of the fights makes them realise the futility of violence. The film was rated "Above Average" at the box office.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ== |title=Box Office 1971 |publisher=Box Office India |access-date=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020094955/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ== |archive-date=20 October 2013 }} He then directed Parichay and Koshish. Parichay was based on a Bengali novel, Rangeen Uttarain by Raj Kumar Maitra and inspired from the Hollywood film The Sound of Music.{{cite book | title = Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |editor1= Gulzar, Govind Nihalani |editor2=Saibal Chatterjee| publisher = Popular Prakashan | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-81-7991-066-5}} He wrote the story of Koshish based on the struggle faced by a deaf-dumb couple wherein Sanjeev Kumar won National Film Award for Best Actor.{{cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=20NFA.pdf |title=20th National Awards for excellence in Motion Pictures Arts & Science (1972) |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |access-date=30 November 2011 |page=41 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721170649/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=20NFA.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} In 1973, he directed Achanak, inspired by the 1958 murder case KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra, and the story writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Story.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/inspired1.shtml|title=Inspired by Nanavati|publisher=HindistanTimes.com|access-date=3 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018155408/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/inspired1.shtml|archive-date=18 October 2012}} Later he directed Aandhi, based on the Hindi novel "Kaali Aandhi" by Kamleshwar. Along with various wins and nominations, the film also won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. Although the film was believed to be based on the life of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the film was based on life of Tarkeshwari Sinha. In the 1975's emergency, the film was banned from theatres.{{cite news |url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/20/stories/09200221.htm |title = Where is reality? |author = V. Gangadhar |work = The Hindu |date = 20 July 2001 |access-date = 3 December 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100902131655/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/20/stories/09200221.htm |archive-date = 2 September 2010 |url-status = usurped |df = dmy-all }} His next film Khushboo was based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Pandit Mashay. His Mausam, which won the National Award for 2nd Best Feature Film,{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf|title=23rd National Film Festival|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091043/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=23NFA.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2011|url-status=dead}} Filmfare Best Movie and Filmfare Best Director awards, along with other six Filmfare nominations, was loosely based on the story "Weather", from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J. Cronin. His 1982 film Angoor was based on Shakespeare's play The Comedy of Errors.

His films told stories of human relationships entangled in social issues. Libaas was a story of an extra-marital affair of an urban couple. Due to its objectionable subject, the film never got released in India.{{cite web |url=http://www.rxpgnews.com/entertainment/Rice-Plate-brings-together-Naseer-Shabana_27569.shtml |title='Rice Plate' brings together Naseer, Shabana |date=12 May 2007 |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930021844/http://www.rxpgnews.com/entertainment/Rice-Plate-brings-together-Naseer-Shabana_27569.shtml |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=live }} Mausam pictured a story of a father who tries to improve the life of his prostitute-daughter. In Maachis, a young Punjabi boy engages in terrorism to fight a bad situation only to realise its temporary nature. Hu Tu Tu dealt with corruption in India and how a man decides to fight it.{{cite web |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/21hut.htm |title=The power game |work=Rediff.com |date=21 January 1999 |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712111751/http://in.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/21hut.htm |archive-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=live }}

Gulzar uses "flashback" in the narration of his stories very effectively (Aandhi, Mausam, Ijaazat, Machis, Hu Tu Tu). He also has mutual partnerships with various actors and other crew. The Gulzar – Sanjeev Kumar partnership resulted in some fine films (Koshish, Aandhi, Mausam, Angoor, Namkeen) which represent Sanjeev Kumar's finest work as an actor. Actors like Jeetendra (Parichay, Khushboo, Kinara), Vinod Khanna (Achanak, Meera, Lekin) and Hema Malini (Khushboo, Kinara, Meera) worked with Gulzar to gain respectability as artists and delivered some of their best and most introspective works in film. R D Burman composed songs for almost all the movies directed by him in the 1970s and the 1980s (Parichay, Khushboo, Aandhi, Angoor, Ijaazat, Libaas). Many of their popular songs were sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. These include "Musafir Hoon Yaron" (Parichay), "Tere Bina Zindagi Se Koi" (Aandhi), and "Mera Kuch Samaan" (Ijaazat).{{cite web |url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/gulzar |title=Gulzar Profile: Upperstall |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110155239/http://www.upperstall.com/people/gulzar |archive-date=10 November 2011 |url-status=live }}

In 1988, Gulzar directed an eponymous television serial Mirza Ghalib, starring Naseeruddin Shah and broadcast on Doordarshan. Later he also directed Tahreer Munshi Premchand Ki about the novels of Premchand.

Gulzar primarily writes in Urdu and Punjabi; besides several other languages such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari. His poetry is in the Triveni type of stanza. His poems are published in three compilations; Chand Pukhraaj Ka, Raat Pashminey Ki and Pandrah Paanch Pachattar. His short stories are published in Raavi-paar (also known as Dustkhat in Pakistan) and Dhuan (smoke).

For the peace campaign Aman ki Asha, jointly started by India's and Pakistan's leading media houses, Gulzar wrote the anthem "Nazar Main Rehte Ho", which was recorded by Shankar Mahadevan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/amankiasharticleshow/5415788.cms |work=The Times of India |title=Aman ki Asha |date=6 January 2010 |access-date=4 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205234050/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/amankiasharticleshow/5415788.cms |archive-date=5 February 2013 |url-status=live }} Gulzar has written ghazals for Ghazal Maestro Jagjit Singh's albums "Marasim" (1999) and "Koi Baat Chale" (2006).{{cite news|title=Brushes, bruises and splashes of life|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/brushes-bruises-and-splashes-of-life/article3231235.ece|date=3 November 2006|access-date=16 April 2014|work =The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}

Gulzar has written lyrics and dialogues for several Doordarshan TV series including Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Hello Zindagi, Guchche and Potli Baba Ki with Vishal Bhardwaj. He has more recently written and narrated for the children's audiobook series Karadi Tales.{{cite web |url=http://www.karaditales.com/AboutUs.aspx?From=Behind_the_scenes |title=Behind the Scenes: Karadi Tales |access-date=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928162858/http://www.karaditales.com/AboutUs.aspx?From=Behind_the_scenes |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}

Gulzar is also associated with Aarushi,{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/moved-by-special-kids-musical-feat-gulzar-presents-his-piano/articleshow/56654218.cms|title=Moved by special kids' musical feat, Gulzar presents his piano|website=The Times of India|access-date=5 February 2019}} Eklavya foundation, an NGO based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh working in the field of education.{{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/gulzar-s-poems-raise-awareness-about-struggles-of-disabled_87818.html|title=Gulzar's poems raise awareness about struggles of disabled|date=15 May 2011|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=5 February 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/bhopal/news/gulzar-an-evening-with-gulzar-arushi-5894862.html|title=ज़िन्दगी से लबरेज़ एक गुलज़ार शाम 16 को रवींद्र भवन में, नज़्मों और अफसानों में मिलेंगे सवालों के जवाब|date=14 June 2018|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=5 February 2019}} He has written stories and poetry for the magazine Chakmak. Gulzar has also worked in Bollywood movies like Anand, Mere Apne, Omkara and many more.

In April 2013, Gulzar was appointed as the Chancellor of the Assam University.{{cite news|title=Lyricist-writer Gulzar appointed chancellor of Assam University|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/gulzar-appointed-chancellor-of-assam-university/1/268527.html|agency=IAN|place=Mumbai|date=30 April 2013|access-date=16 April 2014|work=India Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415121335/http://m.indiatoday.in/story/gulzar-appointed-chancellor-of-assam-university/1/268527.html|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=live}}

Gulzar is married to actress Raakhee. The couple has a daughter, Meghna Gulzar. Meghna Gulzar grew up with her mother and father and, after completing her graduation in filmmaking from New York University, went on to become a director of films such as Filhaal, Just Married, Dus Kahaniyaan, Talvar, Raazi, Sam Bahadur and Chhapaak{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/chhapaak-deepika-padukone-1203462409/|title=Bollywood Film 'Chhapaak' Makes Serious Splash|last1=Dore|first1=Shalini|date=10 January 2020|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=21 January 2020}} (for which Gulzar wrote the lyrics){{cite news |title=Women directors scale Bollywood |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/1832430.stm |work=BBC News |date=21 February 2002 |access-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606000021/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/1832430.stm |archive-date=6 June 2004 |url-status=live }} and authored the biography of her father Gulzar, in 2004.{{cite news |title=On the Shelf |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/38822/ |work=The Indian Express |date=11 January 2004 }}

{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Gulzar}}

File:The veteran film lyricist, director, screen writer, producer and poet, Shri Gulzar with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013, presented by the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at the 61st National Film Awards function.jpg 2013, presented by the President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at the 61st National Film Awards function]]

As on 2019, Gulzar has won a total of 36 awards and honours, including 5 National Film Awards, 22 Filmfare Awards, Rashtriya Kishore Kumar Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for 1999-2000,{{Cite web |title=क्या है 'किशोर अलंकरण', किन हस्तियों को मिल चुका है ये सम्मान |url=https://www.amarujala.com/education/kishore-kumar-samman-recipient-list-waheeda-rehman-to-be-awarded-this-year |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}{{Cite news |date=2010-10-15 |title=The Kishore Kumar award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government in 1997, is given away for direction, acting, script writing and lyrics every year. Past recipients of the prestigious award have included Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, Shyam Benegal and Amitabh Bachchan. This year it has been given to Yash Chopra. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-kishore-kumar-award-instituted-by-the-madhya-pradesh-government-in-1997-is-given-away-for-direction-acting-script-writing-and-lyrics-every-year-past-recipients-of-the-prestigious-award-have-included-hrishikesh-mukherjee-gulzar-shyam-benegal-and-amitabh-bachchan-this-year-it-has-been-given-to-yash-chopra-/articleshow/6752191.cms |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} 1 Academy Award for Best Original Song (2008), 1 Grammy Award (2010), 2002 Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu, Padma Bhushan (2004), and 2013 Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

He received the Jnanpith Award in 2024.{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |date=17 February 2024 |title=Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gulzar-sanskrit-scholar-rambhadracharya-selected-for-jnanpith-award/article67857170.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217151932/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/gulzar-sanskrit-scholar-rambhadracharya-selected-for-jnanpith-award/article67857170.ece |archive-date=17 February 2024 |access-date=17 February 2024 |language=en-IN}}

{{main|Gulzar filmography}}

; Bibliography

• {{Cite book| title=Raavi Paar|author= Gulzar| year=1999| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=8171673899}}
• {{Cite book| title=Dhuan|author= Gulzar| year=2001| publisher=Sahitya Akademi Publications | isbn=8126019360}}
• {{Cite book| title=Raat Pashmine Ki|author= Gulzar| year=2002| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=8129102242}}
• {{Cite book| title=Kharashein|author= Gulzar| year=2003| publisher=Radhakrishna Prakashan| isbn=9788171198498}}
• {{Cite book| title=Meera|author= Gulzar| year=2004| publisher=Radhakrishna Prakashan| isbn=8171198813}}
• {{Cite book| title=Pukhraj|author= Gulzar| year=2005| publisher=Rupa & Co.}}
• {{Cite book| title=Triveni|author= Gulzar| year=2005| publisher=Rupa & Co.}}
• {{Cite book| title=Autumn Moon|author= Gulzar| year=2006| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=8129109778}}
• {{Cite book| title=Kuchh Aur Nazmein|author= Gulzar| year=2008| publisher=Radhakrishna Prakashan| isbn=978-8171198924}}
• {{Cite book| title=Magical Wishes: The Adventures Of Goopy & Bagha|author= Gulzar| year=2010| publisher=Scholastic | isbn=978-8184778441}}
• {{Cite book|title=Mirza Ghalib A Biographical Scenario|publisher=Rupa & Co.|year=2011|isbn=978-8129117175|author= Gulzar}}
• {{Cite book| title=Selected Poems|author= Gulzar| year=2012| publisher=Penguin India| isbn=978-0143418214}}
• {{Cite book| title=Neglected Poems|author= Gulzar| year=2013| publisher=Penguin India| isbn=978-0143420293}}
• {{Cite book| title=My Favourite Stories : Boskys Panchatantra|author= Gulzar| year=2013| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=978-8129121189}}
• {{Cite book| title=Half a Rupee Stories|author= Gulzar| year=2013| publisher=Penguin| isbn=9780143068792}}
• {{Cite book| title=Meelo Se Din|author= Gulzar| year=2013| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=978-8129120014}}
• {{Cite book| title=Green Poems |author= Gulzar| year=2014| publisher=Penguin Books India| isbn=978-0143422822}}
• {{Cite book| title=Suspected Poems |author= Gulzar| year=2017| publisher=Penguin Books India| isbn=978-0670089611}}

; Audiobooks

• {{Cite book| title=Rangeela Geedhad|author= Gulzar| year=2000| publisher=Karadi Tales.| isbn=8186838422}}
• {{Cite book| title=Parwaaz|author= Gulzar| year=2004| publisher=Karadi Tales.| isbn=8181900413}}

; English novel

Two is Gulzar's debut novel released in English. It examines the status of refugees after partition. Two was originally written in Urdu.{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/9tiHYLHqZT3BCuqdjeLffI/Two-Gulzars-debut-novel-in-English-brings-trauma-of-Parti.html|title=Two, Gulzar's debut novel in English, brings trauma of Partition 'painfully alive'|date=30 November 2017|website=Livemint.com|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209100411/http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/9tiHYLHqZT3BCuqdjeLffI/Two-Gulzars-debut-novel-in-English-brings-trauma-of-Parti.html|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=live}}

; Comics

Gulzar served as the Script Consultant for the Supremo comic book series by Pammi Bakshi.{{cite web|title=Remembering Amitabh, the Supremo superhero|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-pammi-bakshi-on-supremo/20091110.htm|work=Rediff.com}}

; Theatre

Chakkar Chalaaye Ghanchakkar{{Cite web|url=https://www.shabdankan.com/2016/07/shakespeare-gulzar-salim-arif-vikram-phukan.html|work=www.shabdankan.com|title=Shakespeare, Gulzar and Salim Arif — Vikram Phukan|access-date=28 April 2020}}

• {{Cite book |last=Kabir |first=Nasreen Munni |title=Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs |title-link=Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs |date=2018 |publisher=Speaking Tiger Books |isbn=978-93-88070-95-9}}
• {{Cite book|title = In the Company of a Poet |title-link=In the Company of a Poet|first= Nasreen Munni|last= Kabir |author-link=Nasreen Munni Kabir | year= 2012| publisher =Rainlight Rupa| isbn= 978-81-291-2083-0}}
• {{Cite book|title = Echoes and Eloquences |first= Saibal|last= Chatterjee| author-link= Saibal Chatterjee |year= 2007| publisher =Rupa & Co.| isbn= 978-81-291-1235-4}}
• {{Cite book| title=Because He is...|first= Meghna| last= Gulzar| author-link= Meghna Gulzar | year=2004| publisher=Rupa & Co.| isbn=81-291-0364-8}}

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