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The lyricist Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) won an Oscar and a Grammy for which song?
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Answer: Option C — Jai Ho
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Gulzar wrote the lyrics of "Jai Ho", the song from Danny Boyle's film "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), composed by A.R. Rahman. The song won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Song in 2009, which Gulzar shared with Rahman, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2010.
Gulzar was born as Sampooran Singh Kalra on 18 August 1934 in Dina, in the Jhelum district of Punjab (now in Pakistan). After the partition of India, his family moved to India. He worked as a car mechanic in Mumbai before joining the film industry. He started his career as a lyricist with the song "Mora Gora Ang Lai Le" in Bimal Roy's film "Bandini" (1963). He went on to become one of the most respected lyricists, poets, screenwriters and film directors of India. He directed films such as "Koshish", "Aandhi", "Mausam", "Angoor", "Ijaazat" and "Maachis", and he wrote the lyrics of countless famous songs, such as "Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi", "Chaiyya Chaiyya", "Kajra Re" and "Dil Se Re". He also directed the television serial "Mirza Ghalib" (1988). He writes mainly in Urdu and Hindustani, and he has written poetry, short stories and books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award (2002), the Padma Bhushan (2004), the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2013) and the Jnanpith Award (2023).
Why not the other options?
Chaiyya Chaiyya (from "Dil Se", 1998) was written by Gulzar and composed by A.R. Rahman, but it did not win an Oscar or a Grammy.
Dil Se Re (from "Dil Se", 1998) was also written by Gulzar, but it did not win these awards.
Kajra Re (from "Bunty Aur Babli", 2005) was written by Gulzar and composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
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