Gulzar to be conferred Dadasaheb Phalke award
on Apr 13, 2014
Veteran film lyricist, director, screen writer, producer and poet Shri Gulzar has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013. He is the 45th Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner.
The award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema.
He has won a number of National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards. At the 81st Oscars in 2009, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" (shared with A.R. Rahman), for the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire
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