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Gulshan Bawra is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Sound Indian born on 12 april 1937 at Sheikhupura (Pakistan)

Gulshan Bawra

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Birth name Gulshan Kumar Mehta
Nationality Inde
Birth 12 april 1937 at Sheikhupura (Pakistan)
Death 7 august 2009 (at 72 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his pen name Gulshan Bawra (literally: "Gulshan the madman") (12 April 1937 – 7 August 2009) was an Indian songwriter and actor in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning 42 years, he has to his credit about 240 songs, he collaborated with noted music directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and R D Burman composed almost half of songs in films like Khel Khel Mein (1975), Kasme Vaade (1976) and Satte Pe Satta (1982). Apart from R.D. Burman hits, he is most remembered for his songs like, Mere Desh Ki Dharti in Upkaar (1968), and Yaari Hai Imaan Mera, Zanjeer (1974), both of which got him the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award. The latter also top the Binaca Geetmala annual list of 1973. As a character actor, he also appeared in a small number of Hindi films.

Usually with

Pran Krishan Sikand
Pran Krishan Sikand
(9 films)
Rahul Dev Burman
Rahul Dev Burman
(8 films)
Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra
(2 films)
Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi
(5 films)
Iftekhar
Iftekhar
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gulshan Bawra (27 films)

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Zulmi
Zulmi (1999)

Actors Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Aruna Irani, Amrish Puri, Gulshan Bawra, Dara Singh
Roles Card Player
Rating51% 2.5629352.5629352.5629352.5629352.562935
Balraj Dutt (Amrish Puri) is a bodyguard of Babaji (Dara Singh), who, while dying, makes Balraj promise to take care and protect his grandson Nihal (Milind Gunaji).
English Babu Desi Mem
English Babu Desi Mem (1996)
, 2h25
Directed by Praveen Nischol
Genres Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Sonali Bendre, Sunny Singh, Saeed Jaffrey, Gulshan Bawra, Kiran Kumar
Rating46% 2.306122.306122.306122.306122.30612
Vikram Mayur, a rich Indian, born and raised in England, returns home to Bombay, to look for his late brother Hari's eight-year-old son, Nandlal (or Nandu) raised by his caring aunt Bijuriya. Vikram faces a dilemma when he is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's business or risk throwing it all away by staying in India to be with Bijuriya, whom he slowly falls in love with. This film features Shahrukh Khan in a triple role as Gopal Mayur and his sons Hari and Vikram.
Indrajeet
Indrajeet (1991)
, 3h2
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Neelam Kothari, Kumar Gaurav, Kader Khan, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Madhavi Alladurgam
Rating43% 2.1837352.1837352.1837352.1837352.183735
Honest Police officer Inderjeet's life takes turn for worst when he has to arrest Shanti's father, Mr. Din Dayal for muderering Chandu and gets transferred. Years later, retired Inderjeet arranges his adopted daughter Neelu's marriage with Vijay but later the married couple gets killed by Shanti's brother (Ajit & his friends) and when police gives no response, Inderjeet had to take law into his hands to avenge his adopted daughter's death.
Yeh Vaada Raha
Yeh Vaada Raha (1982)

Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rishi Kapoor, Tina Ambani, Shammi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Rakhee Gulzar, Rakesh Bedi
Roles Sunita's Uncle
Rating71% 3.5804453.5804453.5804453.5804453.580445
Vikram Rai Bahadur is the only son of Mrs. Sharda, and sole heir to a vast business and estate. While vacationing with his artiste friend, Raja in Kashmir he meets a beautiful girl named Sunita and falls head over heels in love with her. Sunita was a great singer and had also got a contract to sing on Radio, she tells Vikram and also asked him to sing with her but he continuously denied her. Soon he proposes marriage to her, and she accepts. They go to the temple where they had first laid eyes on each other and seek God blessings as well as vow to never part till death, even tying the symbol of their love, a necklace vicky had won for Sunita in a fair, around a wishing pole.
Jwar Bhata
Jwar Bhata (1973)

Directed by Adurthi Subba Rao
Actors Dharmendra, Saira Banu, Sujit Dhungana, Gulshan Bawra, Nazir Hussain, Jeevan
Rating66% 3.3130353.3130353.3130353.3130353.313035
Widowed and wealthy Durgadas Prasad(Nazir Hussain) is the sole owner of Shriman Mills. He has one son, who falls in love with a woman from a poor family. This disappoints Durgadas and he asks his son to leave. His son leaves, gets married, and soon has a son. Unfortunately, Durgadas's son does not live for long, leaving his wife and son destitute. Durgadas has a change of heart and goes around looking for his son and his family, but in vain. Years later Durgadas is much more older and not expected to live long. He recruits a Secretary, Gayetri, who looks after him. Then when his relatives insist that he adopt his distant nephew, Anokhey, he agrees, only to have Gayetri bring home a young man, Billoo, who operates a simple Dal Roti restaurant. Durgadas is jubilant when he verifies that Billoo is indeed his grandson and throws a grand party. After the party, Durgadas(Nazir Hussain) passes away, leaving everything in Billoo's hands. Billoo changes his name to Balraj and starts to look after his grandfather's business. Durgadas's relatives, Iqbal Nath, his daughter, Rekha; a cousin, Satwani, and her son, Anokhey; along with Advocate Ramesh Khanna, conspire with each other and concoct of plan - a plan so devious that will not only entrap Billoo and Gayetri in it - but also make them loathe the day they met Durgadas.
Zanjeer
Zanjeer (1973)
, 2h26
Directed by Prakash Mehra
Genres Action
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Pran Krishan Sikand, Om Prakash, Ajit Khan, Iftekhar
Roles Street Singer
Rating74% 3.7454753.7454753.7454753.7454753.745475
The film opens on Diwali with the murder of young Vijay Khanna's parents, committed by a man of unknown identity with a white horse on his charm bracelet, "zanjeer". Because of this traumatic event, Vijay has recurring nightmares of a white stallion. Even as a child Vijay stays socially awkward and stays away from the other kids, showing the audience that he believes himself to be alone. Fast forward 20 years, and Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) is now an inspector, an honest police officer in a town where few are just. He receives complaints about a local man, Sher Khan (Pathan) (Pran) loosely based on Karim Lala, who is running gambling dens. When he calls Khan in for questioning, Khan's superiority complex chafes against Khanna's police authority, as he scolds the officer, telling him he only orders him around due to the uniform he wears. Vijay takes him up on his challenge, and meets him in street clothes to fight him. At fight's end, Sher Khan not only closes his gambling dens, but has gained respect for Vijay. He becomes an auto mechanic, and reforms his ways.