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{{Infobox person
| name = Gulshan Bawra
| image = Gulshan Kumar Mehta.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Gulshan Kumar Mehta
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1937|04|12}}
| birth_place = [[Sheikhupura]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br/>{{small|(present-day [[Punjab,Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2009|08|07|1937|04|12}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra
| nationality =
| other_names =
| occupation = lyricist, actor
| years_active= 1961-1999
| known_for =
}}

'''Gulshan Kumar Mehta''', popularly known by his pen name '''Gulshan Bawra''' (literally: "Gulshan The Mad")<ref name=tribind>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060108/spectrum/main4.htm Tribune India]</ref> (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]]. He composed almost half of the songs in films like ''[[Khel Khel Mein]]'' (1975), ''[[Kasme Vaade]]'' (1978) 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" in ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1974), both of which got him the [[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award]].<ref name=red/><ref>{{cite news |title=Lyricist of the masses|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/08/14/stories/2009081450610100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110171439/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/08/14/stories/2009081450610100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date= 14 August 2009 }}</ref> The latter also topped the [[Binaca Geetmala]] [[Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973|annual list of 1973]]. As a [[character actor]], he also appeared in a small number of Hindi films.

==Early life and education==
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known as Gulshan Bawra was born 30 km from [[Lahore]] in a place called [[Sheikhupura]]. His father had a construction business, and his immediate family were Shri Labh Chand Mehta, father of Roop Lal Mehta and Chaman Lal Mehta, incidentally both their families were victims of the partition riots where young Gulshan witnessed his father and his cousins' father killed in Labh Chand Mehta's haveli, in front of their own eyes. His elder sister at [[Jaipur]], brought him and his elder brother up. After his brother got a job, they shifted to [[Delhi]], where he graduated from [[Delhi University]]. During college, he began to write poetry.<ref name=hama>[http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=13106 Hamara forums]</ref><ref name=down>{{cite web |title=Down the memory lane with Gulshan Bawra |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2007/07/09/2839/index.html |date=9 July 2007 |publisher=Screen Weekly }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Career==
He wanted to come into films and applied for a job with the [[Indian Railways|Railways]]. He was posted to [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], [[Rajasthan]], but when he arrived there, the vacancy was filled. His next call was luckily that for the post of a clerk at [[Mumbai]] and he arrived in the city in 1955. Gulshan struggled to get a film break, initially keeping his job on. [[Kalyanji Virji Shah|Kalyanji]] (of Kalyanji-[[Anandji Virji Shah|Anandji]]), then on his own as [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]], gave him his first opening in [[Chandrasena (1959 film)|Chandrasena]] (1959) in the song "Main kya jaanu kahan laage yeh saawan matwala re", sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].

[[Kalyanji Anandji|K-A]]'s first joint film, the [[Meena Kumari]]-[[Balraj Sahni]] starrer ''[[Satta Bazaar]]'' later the same year marked his first brush with success with hits like "Tumhein yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the" ([[Lata Mangeshkar|Lata]]-[[Hemant Kumar|Hemant]]), "Aakde ka dhanda" ([[Mohammad Rafi|Rafi]]) and "Chandi ke chand tukdon ke liye" ([[Hemant Kumar]]). It was during the making of this film that the film's distributor [[Shantibhai Patel]] christened him "Bawra".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/mere-desh-ki-dharti-lyricist-passes-away/article1-440807.aspx|title=Mere Desh Ki Dharti lyricist passes away|access-date=16 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316170508/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/mere-desh-ki-dharti-lyricist-passes-away/article1-440807.aspx|archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref>

Almost half of his songs have been with [[R D Burman|R.D.Burman]]. His last release was ''[[Zulmi]]'' (1999) and his last hit was "Le pappiyaan jhappiyaan paale hum" for ''[[Haqeeqat (1995 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' (1995), which landed him in his only controversy - of writing a vulgar song. His films in the '90s include, besides ''[[Haqeeqat (1995 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' and ''[[Zulmi]]'', ''[[Qurbani Rang Jaayegi]]'', ''[[Tehkiqaat]]'', ''[[Laat Saab]]'', ''[[Maidan-E-Jung]]'', ''[[Indrajeet]]'' and ''[[Chor Pe Mor]]''.<ref name=down/>

He died on 7 August 2009 at age 72 at his [[Pali Hill]] residence in Mumbai.<ref name=red>{{cite web |title=Lyricist Gulshan Bawra dies at 72|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/07/lyricist-gulshan-bawra-dies.htm |date= 7 August 2009 |publisher= [[Rediff.com]] Movies}}</ref><ref name = "Obituary">{{cite news
| title =Popular Hindi movie lyricist Gulshan Bawra dies at 72
| place =India
| work =[[The Times of India]]
| date =7 August 2009
| url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-07/mumbai/28153783_1_gulshan-bawra-pappiyaan-jhappiyaan-paale-hum-agar-tum-naa-hote
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120928221048/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-07/mumbai/28153783_1_gulshan-bawra-pappiyaan-jhappiyaan-paale-hum-agar-tum-naa-hote
| url-status =dead
| archive-date =28 September 2012
}}
</ref>

==Filmography==
===As actor===
* Jija Ji (1961) Punjabi movie
* ''[[Upkar]]'' (1967)
*''[[Parivaar (1967 film)|Parivaar]]'' (1967)
* Vishwas (1969)
* ''[[Pavitra Paapi]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Pyar Ki Kahani]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Jaane-Anjaane]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Jangal Mein Mangal]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Shehzada]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Lafange]]'' (1975)
* Jai Mata Di (1977) Punjabi Movie
* ''[[Agar... If]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Aap Ke Deewane]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Yeh Vaada Raha (film)|Yeh Vaada Raha]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Agar Tum Na Hote]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Boxer (1984 film)|Boxer]]'' (1984)
* ''Basera''
* ''[[Shrikant]]''
* ''[[English Babu Desi Mem]]'' (1996)

===As lyricist===
* ''[[Satta Bazaar]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Purnima (film)|Purnima]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Upkar]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Khel Khel Mein]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Kasme Vaade]]'' (1978)
* ''[[Jhoota Kahin Ka]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Satte Pe Satta]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Yeh Vaada Raha (film)|Yeh Vaada Raha]] (1982)
* ''[[Agar Tum Na Hote]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Awaaz]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Haqeeqat (1995 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' (1995)

==Noted lyrics==
{|class="wikitable"
!Song !! Movie
|-
|"Chand ko kya maloom chahta hai " || ''Lal Bangla''
|-
|"Chaandi ki deewar na todi" || ''[[Vishwas (film)|Vishwas]]''
|-
|"Mere desh ki dharti" || ''[[Upkar]]''
|-
|"Yaari hai imaan mera" || ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]''
|-
|"Sanam teri kasam" || ''[[Sanam Teri Kasam (1982 film)|Sanam Teri Kasam]]''
|-
|"Agar tum na hote" || ''[[Agar Tum Na Hote]]''
|-
|"Tu tu hai wohi" || ''[[Yeh Vaada Raha (film)|Yeh Vaada Raha]]''
|-
|"Aati Rahengi Baharen" || ''[[Kasme Vaade]]''
|-
|"Kasme Vaade Nibhayenge Hum" || ''[[Kasme Vaade]]''
|-
|"Jivan ke har mod pe mil jayenge humsafar" || ''[[Jhoota Kahin Ka]]''
|-
|"Teri Badmashiyan" || ''[[Zulmi]]''
|-
|"Waada karle saajana" || ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]''
|-
|"Peenewalon ko peene ka bahana chahiye" || ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]''
|-
|"Le pappiyaan jhappiyaan paale hum" || ''[[Haqeeqat (1995 film)|Haqeeqat]]''
|-
|"Pyar Hamen Kis Mod Pe" || ''[[Satte Pe Satta]]''
|-
|"Dilbar Mere Kabtak Mujhe" || ''[[Satte Pe Satta]]''
|-
|"Tumhe Yaad Hoga" || ''Satta Bazar''
|-
|"Ye Mausam Ye Rangeen Samaa" || ''Modern Girl''
|-
|"Har Khushi Ho Wahan" || ''[[Upkar]]''
|-
|"Diwaane hai diwaano ko na" || ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]''
|-
|"Banaa ke kiyun bigaada re" || ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]''
|-
|"Tu kya jane wafa" || ''[[Haath Ki Safai]]''
|-
|"Sapna mera toot gaya" || ''[[Khel Khel Mein]]''
|-
|"Ek Main aur Ek Tu" || ''[[Khel Khel Mein]]''
|-
|"Jeevan me jab aise pal" || ''[[Harjaee]]''
|-
|"Jaane jaan o meri" || ''[[Sanam Teri Kasam (1982 film)|Sanam Teri Kasam]]''
|-
|"Bach ke rehna re baba" || ''[[Pukar (1983 film)|Pukar]]''
|-
|"Tu maike mat jaiyo" || ''[[Pukar (1983 film)|Pukar]]''
|-
|"Tere bina Main kuchh bhi nahin hoon" || ''[[Jaane Jaan]]''
|}

==Awards==
{|class="wikipedia"
!Year!! Award !! Song !! Movie
|-
|[[15th Filmfare Awards|1968]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist]]
| ''Mere Desh Ki Dharti''
| [[Upkar]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062620/awards Awards] [[IMDb]]</ref>
|-
| [[21st Filmfare Awards|1974]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist]]
| ''Yaari Hai Imaan Mera''
| [[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0062620|Gulshan Bawra}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110803002541/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/filmography/6450/index.html Gulshan Bawra] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]
* {{cite news |title=Gulshan Bawra's lyrics captured the abandon of youth|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Addictions/entry/gulshan-bawra-s-lyrics-captured |work=[[The Times of India]] |date= 7 August 2009 }}
{{FilmfareAwardBestLyricist}}

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