Poet & lyricist
Gulzar
Indian poet and lyricist who shared an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire.
Gulzar is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as an important Urdu poet 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. Gulzar also writes poetry, dialogues and scripts. He directed films such as Aandhi and Mausam during the 1970s and the TV series Mirza Ghalib in the 1980s. He also directed Kirdaar in 1993. He attended United Christian School Ludlow Castle Delhi. He indicated this in Rekhta Prog in an interview by Divya Dutta.
- Born
- 1933-08-19, Dina, PakistanA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- India
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-08-19, Dina, Pakistan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Karachithe zone used then
Asia/KarachiThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 25°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 3°07′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 7°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 27°17′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 25°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 25°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 12°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°18′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 9°23′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 23°52′ | Direct |
Gulzar is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gulzar was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.