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:: The Legend
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"Music has a natural place in our lives. Right from the shloka you recite in your morning puja and the milkman who comes whistling on his cycle, to the fakir singing as he begs for alms and your mother humming around the kitchen. Music fills our spaces naturally. It will always be dear to us."
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Quotes by Gulzar :: more..
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"Jis ki awaaz mein salwat hoo nigahon main shikan,
Aaisee tasveer ke tukde nahi joda karte."
"Shaam se aankh mein nami sii hai,aaj phir aap kii kamii sii hai"
"baat nikalegii to phir duur talak jaayegii,log bevajah udaasii kaa sabab pUchhenge,ye bhii puuchhenge ke tum itanii pareshan kyun ho"
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Biography:
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But there was much more than poetries and lyrics through which Gulzar entered the hearts of audience. His faith in the Leftist ideology is widely evident in his early opus as a director of "Mere Apne".
The other films directed by Gulzar which left the audience amazed are "Lekin", "Mere Apne", "Namkeen", "Ijazaat" and "Hu Tu Tu". For his film "Maachis" he won the Filmfare Award for best storywriter.
His film "Aandhi" was a criticism of Indian polity was banned because it was seen as a criticism of Indira Gandhi for the imposition of the emergency. But the film was a hit at the Box Office and he received the Filmfare Award for best feature film.
He also depicted a flair for adapting stories/concepts from literature as well as from other films."Angoor" is an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors". Gulzar also adapted the Hollywood classic "The Sound of Music" into "Parichay".
Gulzar wrote dialouges and made the viewers laugh and cry with the characters of the film. The dialogues did wonders for the characters and they became larger-than-life. The famous character Anand from"Anand" is a classic example of that. Films like "Anand", "Namak Haram"and "Maachis" won him the Filmfare Awrad for best dialogues.
He directed an eponymous Television serial on Mirza Ghalib starring Naseeruddin Shah shown on India's national TV Channel Doordarshan in1988.
Other than writing songs for films, Gulzar has written title songs for TV serials for children like "Ek Kahani Aur Milli", "The Jungle Book", "Potli Baba Ki", "Guchche", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Daane Anaar Ke" which became very popular.
Gulzar was confered Padma Bhushan in 2004 by the Government of India. He is known for sensitively handelling subjects ranging from human relations, biographical profiles and often controversial social issues.
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