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Gulzar and Rakhee's love story

Gulzar and Rakhee

Gulzar’s original name was Sampooran Singh Kalra. He was born in Dina (district Jhelum in Pakistan). He was the son of Makhan Singh through his second wife who died soon after giving birth to him. Sampooran spent his childhood with his step-brothers and sisters from his father’s other two wives. The family were initially ‘doodhwalas’, selling milk door to door. Then they took to buying and selling cloth. They moved to Delhi.