1934 - Today
Gulzar (born Sampooran Singh Kalra; 18 August 1934) is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this era. 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gulzar has received more than 4,203,564 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Gulzar is the 1,028th most popular film director (down from 871st in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Film Director.
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Among film directors, Gulzar ranks 1,028 out of 1,581. Before him are Karen Shakhnazarov, Ulu Grosbard, Sergio Amidei, Fyodor Khitruk, Armand Gatti, and Trey Parker. After him are Moufida Tlatli, Charles Reisner, Randall Wallace, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Ronny Yu, and Leopold Lindtberg.
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 1,022
1929 - 2012
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 1,023
1904 - 1981
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 1,024
1917 - 2012
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 1,025
1924 - 2017
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 1,026
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 1,027
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 1,028
1947 - 2021
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 1,029
1887 - 1962
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 1,030
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 1,031
1949 - 2021
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 1,032
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 1,033
1902 - 1984
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 1,034
Among people born in 1934, Gulzar ranks 342. Before him are Ilaria Occhini, Tom Krause, Phil Ramone, Gotlib, Tonina Torrielli, and Chuck McCann. After him are Ole Madsen, Gilbert Strang, Phạm Minh Mẫn, Junior Wells, Sam Panopoulos, and Jaegwon Kim.
1934 - 2019
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 336
1934 - 2013
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 337
1934 - 2013
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 338
1934 - 2016
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 339
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 340
1934 - 2018
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 341
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 342
1934 - 2006
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 343
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 344
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 345
1934 - 1998
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 346
1934 - 2017
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 347
1934 - 2019
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 348
Among people born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 71 out of 180. Before him are Raaj Kumar (1926), Birbal Sahni (1891), Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904), Duleep Singh (1838), J. B. Kripalani (1888), and Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950). After him are Art Malik (1952), Vinod Khanna (1946), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Manoj Kumar (1937), Reginald Dyer (1864), and Margaret Lockwood (1916).
1926 - 1996
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 65
1891 - 1949
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 66
1904 - 1982
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 67
1838 - 1893
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 68
1888 - 1982
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 69
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 70
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 71
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 72
1946 - 2017
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 73
1952 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 74
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 75
1864 - 1927
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 76
1916 - 1990
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 77
Among film directors born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 2. Before him are Yash Chopra (1932). After him are Shekhar Kapur (1945), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Chetan Anand (1915), Ramesh Sippy (1947), and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978).
1932 - 2012
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 1
1934 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 3
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 4
1915 - 1997
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 5
1947 - Present
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 22.73
Rank: 7