Gulzar
Sampooran Singh Kalra( born 18 August 1934), known popularly by his pen name Gulzar and also" Gulzar Saab", is an Oscar- winning Indian film director, lyricist and poet.
Born in Jhelum District in British India( now in Pakistan) his family moved to India after partition.
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.
He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 2004, the third- highest civilian award in India, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the highest award in Indian cinema.
He has won several Indian National Film Awards, 21 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award and one Grammy Award.
He also wrote the theme song for" Motu Patlu", an Indian animated sitcom.
Gulzar also wrote 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.
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Kaala Patthar
Kaala Patthar is a 1979 Indian action drama film, which was produced and directed by Yash Chopra, with a screenplay written by Salim- Javed.
The film was based on the Chasnala mining disaster, and is the fourth collaboration between Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor and director Yash Chopra, which succeeded the films" Deewaar"( 1975)," Kabhie Kabhie"( 1976) and" Trishul"( 1978).
In spite of the film doing average business at the box office, the film was critically acclaimed, and received several Filmfare Award nominations.
It attained cult status, and is considered a classic in Hindi cinema.
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Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra( 27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was an Indian director and film producer who worked in Hindi films.
The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of several awards, including six National Film Awards and 11 Filmfare Awards.
He is considered among the best Indian filmmakers.
For his contributions to film, the Government of India honoured him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001, and the Padma Bhushan in 2005.
British Academy of Film and Television Arts presented him with a lifetime membership, making him the first Indian to receive the honour.
Chopra began his career as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and his elder brother, B.R. Chopra.
He made directorial debut with" Dhool Ka Phool" in 1959, a melodrama about illegitimacy, and followed it with the social drama" Dharmputra"( 1961).
Chopra rose to prominence after directing the commercially and critically successful drama," Waqt"( 1965), which pioneered the concept of ensemble casts in Bollywood.
In 1971, he founded his own production company, Yash Raj Films, whose first production was" Daag"( 1973), a successful melodrama about a polygamous man.
His success continued in the seventies, with some of Indian cinema's most successful and iconic films, including the action thriller" Deewaar"( 1975), which established Amitabh Bachchan as the leading actor in Bollywood; the romantic drama" Kabhie Kabhie"( 1976) and" Trishul"( 1978).
This was followed by a period of professional setback from the late 1970s to 1989.
Chopra collaborated with Sridevi in two of what has been considered to be his finest films; the romantic musical" Chandni"( 1989), which became instrumental in ending the era of violent films in Bollywood and returning to musicals, and the romantic drama" Lamhe"( 1991), considered by critics and Chopra himself to be his best work, but underperformed at the domestic box office although brought profits overseas.
After helming the critically panned" Parampara"( 1993), Chopra directed the commercially successful psychological thriller" Darr"( 1993), the first of his films to star Shah Rukh Khan.
Chopra directed three more romantic films, all starring Khan;" Dil To Pagal Hai"( 1997)," Veer- Zaara"( 2004) and" Jab Tak Hai Jaan"( 2012), before announcing his retirement from direction in 2012.
He died of dengue fever during" Jab Tak Hai Jaan" s production in 2012.
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Koshish
Koshish( translation Effort) is a 1972 Indian Hindi- language movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri, and directed by Gulzar.
Koshish is considered a landmark movie in the history of Indian cinema.
It stars Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri.
The movie depicts a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for themselves in a desensitized society.
The film was remade in Tamil in 1977 as" Uyarndhavargal" starring Kamal Haasan and Sujatha.
It was heavily inspired by the 1961 Japanese film" Happiness of Us Alone".

Question: Are both director of film Kaala Patthar and director of film Koshish from the same country?
Answer: yes