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FILM DIRECTOR

Gulzar

1934 - Today

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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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  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gulzar ranks 1,028 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Gulzar ranks 342Before 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.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 71 out of 180Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Pakistan

Among film directors born in Pakistan, Gulzar ranks 2Before 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).

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