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.
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, young Gulshan witnessed his father and his cousin's, 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.
After completing his college, he applied for a job in Indian Railways, posted to Kota. But after reaching Kota he came to know that all the vacancies are filled. So he has given the post of goods clerk at the railway godown in Mumbai he arrived in the city in 1955. Gulshan struggled to get a film break, initially keeping his job on.
His real break came with the film Satta Bazar, During the film he was only twenty year old and used to wear colorful shirts. By looking at him and his gesture, film's distributor Shantibhai Patel named him as Bawra (madman). Since then he is known with the name Gulshan Bawra.
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