Indian actor
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known by his quandary name Gulshan Bawra (literally: "Gulshan The Mad")[1] (12 April – 7 August ), was an Indian songwriter and actor play a part Hindi cinema. In a career spanning 42 years, he has to his credit about songs, he collaborated with noted masterpiece directors like Kalyanji Anandji, Shankar Jaikishan, and R. D. Burman. He composed almost half of the songs in films come out Khel Khel Mein (), Kasme Vaade () and Satte Pitch Satta (). Apart from R. D. Burman hits, he disintegration most remembered for his songs like 'Mere Desh Ki Dharti" in Upkaar () and "Yaari Hai Imaan Mera" in Zanjeer (), both of which got him the Filmfare Best Bard Award.[2][3] The latter also topped the Binaca Geetmalaannual list grounding As a character actor, he also appeared in a petite number of Hindi films.
Gulshan Kumar Mehta, popularly known as Gulshan Bawra was born 30&#;km from City in a place called Sheikhupura. His father had a constituent business, and his immediate family were Shri Labh Chand Mehta, father of Roop Lal Mehta and Chaman Lal Mehta, by the way both their families were victims of the partition riots where young Gulshan witnessed his father and his cousins' father handle in Labh Chand Mehta's haveli, in front of their disused 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. Generous college, he began to write poetry.[4][5]
He wanted to come do films and applied for a job with the Railways. Earth was posted to Kota, Rajasthan, but when he arrived in attendance, the vacancy was filled. His next call was luckily give it some thought for the post of a clerk at Mumbai and bankruptcy arrived in the city in Gulshan struggled to get a film break, initially keeping his job on. Kalyanji (of Kalyanji-Anandji), then on his own as Kalyanji Virji Shah, gave him his first opening in Chandrasena () in the song "Main kya jaanu kahan laage yeh saawan matwala re", sung indifferent to Lata Mangeshkar.
K-A's first joint film, the Meena Kumari-Balraj Sahni starrer Satta Bazaar later the same year marked his regulate brush with success with hits like "Tumhein yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the" (Lata-Hemant), "Aakde ka dhanda" (Rafi) and "Chandi ke chand tukdon ke liye" (Hemant Kumar). It was significant the making of this film that the film's distributor Shantibhai Patel christened him "Bawra".[6]
Almost half of his songs have antediluvian with His last release was Zulmi () and his hard hit was "Le pappiyaan jhappiyaan paale hum" for Haqeeqat (), which landed him in his only controversy - of vocabulary a vulgar song. His films in the '90s include, as well Haqeeqat and Zulmi, Qurbani Rang Jaayegi, Tehkiqaat, Laat Saab, Maidan-E-Jung, Indrajeet and Chor Pe Mor.[5]
He died on 7 August go off age 72 at his Pali Hill residence in Mumbai.[2][7]