Gulshan Bawra lyricist of 'phrase' songs like 'Yaari hai imaan mera, yaar meri zindagi' (film: Zanjeer, 1973) and 'Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle, ugle heere moti, mere desh ki dharti' (film: Upkar, 1967), on 7th August 2009, passed away at the age of 72. I called them 'phrase' songs because you can actually take snippets from these popular songs and pass them off as a heavy phrase. Come 15th August and we will again hear his Mere desh ki dharti played on TV and smelly big fish will be quoting the snippets. Anyway, here's more about the artist -
Born in present Pakistan, the lyricist moved to India after partition. Bawra's original name was Gulshan Kumar Mehta. There is an interesting story behind his famous name.from a nice obit at Hindustan Times
It was during the making of Satta Bazar that the film’s distributor Shantibhai Patel christened him ‘Bawra’. He was very impressed by his lyrics but could not reconcile their excellence to the typical young man in his twenties who wore a rather colourful shirt. He said, 'Main iska naam Gulshan Bawra rakhoonga. He looks like a 'bawra' (madman).' When the film was released in Mumbai, the posters carried just three names, those of director Ravindra Dave, composers Kalyanji Anandji, and Gulshan Bawra, though the roster of lyricists included the topmost names of that time, Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.
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