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Born in Deena(Now in Pakistan) on 18th August, 1934. After partition he came to Delhi. Gulzar - aka Sampooran Singh began his film career as an assistant to Bimal Roy. He also worked with Hrishikesh Mukherjee in the beginning of his career. He started writing songs for films with Bimal da's Bandini. Mora Gora Ang Layee Le is supposed to be his first song. Although His first film to be released was Kabuli Wala, which also had some all time greats like Ganga aaye kahan se. Bandini and Kabuliwala were followed by Sannata, Biwi aur Makan, Do Dooni Chaar and most notable of all Khamoshi and various others during 60's.

After getting recognition as a sensitive lyricist, he started writing scripts and stories for films. Then with Mere Apne in 1971, He turned Director. Since then he has given us lots of beautiful, serious and funny moments through his movies. He has written stories for around 60 films and directed 17 movies, each one a masterpiece.

During 1987-1996 he went away from the seen as he did only 7 films as lyricist and 2 as director in the span of 10 years. During this period he did one of the most outstanding jobs for the small screen, the serial called Mirza Ghalib, a tribute to the legendary poet. Mirza Ghalib will remain one of the most memorable TV productions for its music, direction, dialouges and portrayel of MG by Naseeruddin Shah. 1996 saw Gulzar back in action, behind the camera for the making of Maachis, a candor document on terrorism in Punjab. The success of Maachis, got Gulzar back to the film industry. After Maachis, he teamed up with new breed of music directors like AR Rahman, Anu Malik, Jatin Lalit, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The magic of Dil Se's music won him yet another Filmfare award. His recent venture HU TU TU received critical acclaim. His next directional venture would be a Bangla film. Gulzar is back with his pen, in 2006 he has received best lyricist award at almost every major award function. and now writing lyrics for Omkara, Baat Pakki, Blue Umbrella, Guru, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Jaaneman with a couple of untitled films. He has recently did a tele serial on Munshi Premchand's works titled Tehrir... Munshi Premchand ki, which was on air recently..

Although films gave him a mass recognition, Poetry always remained his first love. His first poetry collection Ek Boond Chaand was published in 1962. Roopa - Harper Collins has recently published his new poetry book Triveni. A collection of Gulzar poems titled "Raat, Chaand aur Mein" was also released recently, covering poems related to only Raat and Chaand.Another peotry collection Raat Pashmine ki has recently been published in Pakistan. The Indian version of Raat Pashmine Ki is released later on Roopa-Harper. Mera Kuchh Samaan and Chhaiyya Chhaiyya are the two song collections of gulzar.

Rajkamal Prakashan is presently compiling the script of gulzar saab's films in the form of a book. The series is titled "Manjarnaama" Till daate five manjarnaamas are out including Libaas, Hututu, Aandhi, Khushbu and Meera. A few more manjarnaamas would be available in coming time.

Last few years are the years of experimentation, where many young artists from different faculties worked with Gulzar and provided new expressions to his work. Some of the notable experiments include Kharaashein - a play by Salim Arif on Gulzar's short stories, Udaas Paani - an experimental music album by Abhishek Ray and, Gulzar's Poetry on Canvas by a young Painter Ajay Kumar Samir. Kharaashein has now been published in the form of a book on Radhakrishna Prakashan. Meghna Gulzar has recently come up with a biographical sketch of Gulzar saab in the form of a book titled "Because He Is...". Recently he penned the theme song "Lau se lau jalti rahe" for Olympic Torch Relay event at New Delhi and "Chal dilli chalein chalna hai" for Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi in 2010.

Gulzar has won 5 National Awards and 18 Filmfare Trophies. For details check Katra-Katra Section on this site. He has been awarded the SAHITYA AKADEMY AWARD in 2003 for his collection of short stories "Dhuaan". FILMFARE has honoured him with a LifeTime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi Cinema in 2002.

Government of India has conferred Gulzar saab with the National Honour of PADMABHUSHAN.

Long live Gulzar.




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Selected Poems by Gulzar

A new book on translation of Gulzar saab's selected poems by Noted Selected Poems by GulzarNon fiction writer Pavan K. Varma (Present Director General of Indian Council of Cultural Raltions) was released on April 29th at New Delhi. The book features 44 peoms of Gulzar saab along with translations by Sh. Varma. On the release function, Gulzar saab mesmerized the audience with his rendering of a few poems, specifically his nazm on Pancham "yaad hai baarishon ke din"..

''My lyrics are influenced by my verses,' says the lyricist-poet, who prefers free-flowing verses to meter and rhyme. 'I don't think I can define my themes. But all my poems are about life and the way it affects and appeals to me"

Why Gulzar saab?, Sh. Varma has a reason, "When I happened to read them, I was convinced that the works need a much wider audience as compared to what it has now - primarily films"..

The 136 page Hardbound Book is released by Penguin in India.

Pavan Varma Profile || Book Details

Two Tales of My Times : New Book Release

Two Tales of My TimesAfter the fantastic Manzarnaama series of film scripts in Hindi, Gulzar saab has once again come up with a book on two of his most challenging scripts of the times of 80s. The title of the book is "Two Tales of My Times" which was released in the recent World Book Fair at New Delhi. The book published by Rupa & Co features the two hard hitting film scripts of Gulzar saab, New Delhi Times and Maachis. The translation of the scripts is done by Devina Dutt and the narrative of the book is in the form of a novel rather than dialogues.

"I have lived thru the catastrophic Partition and also experienced the times of Nehru, Gandhi and Azad who by personal example were able to inspire a surge of hope in newely independent India. I have observed and experienced as a common man, that the events that shaped the nations journey after that era, in the 70s and 80s. Both the stories related to that period."

Check out for this important document of his times.. and our times...

Qatrah-Qatrah : A Tribute to Pancham

Qatrah QatrahOn the 14th death anniversary of Pancham, Gulzar saab has presented his tribute in the form of a new book titled Qatrah Qatrah. The book features complete works of Gulzar and Pancham together.

The book was released on 4th January, 2008 by Hema Malini at a musical evening dedicated to Pancham da at Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium, Mumbai. Noted Singer and Music Director Bhupinder Singh who had a great rapport with Pancham da and Gulzar saab graced the evening and rendered soulful melodies of Gulzar-Pancham team. The highlight of the evening was Bhupinder ji's rendering of "Yaad hai Pancham, baarishon ke din", Gulzar saab's nazm on Pancham.

The book is compiled by Vishwas Nerurkar and Vishwanath Chaterjee and published by Gayatri Publications, Mumbai. The book features articles, interviews on the relationship of Gulzar and Pancham and the lyrics of all the songs that the duo did together including the unreleased ones like Devdas, bharosa and Abhi Abhi.  

Release Function (January 4, 2008, Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium, Mumbai)

Qatrah Qatrah Release
Qatrah Qatrah
Yaad hai Pancham, barishon ke din
Gulzar saab once again with Maestro Illaiyaraja

Gulzar saab has been teamed up with Illaiyaraja for a new under production film directed by debutant Ajoy Verma. The yet untitled film marks the coming together aof a great pair that gave us an unforgettable score in Sadma. Even after so many years and so many thousands of listenings, songs like Ae zindagi gale laga le and Surmai ankhiyon me nanha munna ik sapna deja re are as fresh as they were 25 years ago. After Sadma, Gulzar saab and Illaiyaraja shared the credits in Revathy's Mitr My Friend where Gulzar saab penned one song.

For this new film a few songs have already been recorded, one of them is "Mujhko itne se kaam pe rakh lo" rendered by Roop Kumar Rathore. (Remember last time Vishal made the same poem into a song in Boodhey Pahadon Par)

Looking forward to the coming together of two legends... more details soon..

Chand Parosa Hai

A new musical offering of Gulzar saab with Bhupinder-Mitali titled "Chand Parosa Hai" is out and available. The album features a collection of 8 non film nazms and songs composed by Bhupinder ji and rendered by Bhupinder-Mitali. The album is released on Times Music.Chand Parosa Hai

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Track Listing
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1. Subah subah ik khwaab ki dastak (Rendered by Gulzar saab and Bhupi ji)
2. Kosa kosa lagta hai (Mitali ji)
3. Yaar Julahe (Bhupi ji)
4. Kitni girahein kholi hain maine (Rendered by Gulzar saab and Mitali ji)
5. Yaad hai Pancham baarisho ke din the wo (Rendered by Gulzar saab and
Bhupi ji)
6. Lambi umrein (Bhupi ji- Mitali ji)
7. Dekha mujhe to (Bhupi ji)
8. Kaanch ke peechhe (Bhupi ji)

The Life and Cinema of Gulzar

Gulzar saab reciting 1857

A new book on the life and works of gulzar saab has been published by Roopa & co. Penned by noted journalist Saibal Chaterjee, the book provides insight of film maker gulzar and takes a closer look at his creative journey in the film industry as a writer and director. Apart from the information on making of his films and critical evaluation of the work, the book also provide a handful of interesting trivia about gulzar saab's films.

Saibal Chaterjee earlier co authored an Encyclopedia on Bollywood with Gulzar saab.

 

Youvraj : Gulzar, Rehman and Subhash Ghai together

Gulzar saab is writing lyrics for a forthcoming film titled "Yuvraj". A R Rahman is composing music for this Subhash Ghai venture. After the success of Guru, Gulzar-Rahman once again teamed up and a few songs have already been recorded. More details soon..

Dus Kahaniyaan : Ten Poems and a Screenplay

Sanjay Gupta's latest multi story-single flick venture "Dus Kahaniyaan" marks the comeback of Screenplay writer Gulzar for one of the ten stories, "Gubbare" directed by Sanjay Gupta, featuring Nana Patekar, Ronit Roy and Anita in the lead. Gulzar saab has penned the screen play and dialogs for this story of DusK.

Dus KahaniyaanAnother significant and innovative contribution is in the form of Ten Poems representating Ten stories of the film. These ten poems are part of a special three disc music album of DusK, and have been recited by the actors from these stories including Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Dia Mirza, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Singh, Anupam Kher and Manoj Bajpai. Though the rendition leaves a lot to be desired yet it is a noble and innovative aspect in film making and the film maker Sanjay Gupta deserves applauses for this effort.

Gulzar saab Conveys Thanks to All his FANS

Gulzar saab reciting 1857

Gulzar saab has conveyed a note of Thanks for all gulzar fans for sending him a bouquest of wishes on his 74th Birthday... He said he is delighted to receive all the messages and gifts. Though he was not happy with some of the messages specially the ones placing him along with ghalib in the same frame of wishes. He said "Ghalib sekoi tulna karataa hai to apne kaan pakad leta hoon, jabki mujhe pakadne uske chahiye, jisne ye naalayaki ki hai".. He also narreted a few of his recent nazms.


Read and Listen Gulzar Saab's Shukriya Message

Kusumagraj ki Suni Chuni kavitaayein : Translations by Gulzar

The latest work of gulzar saab titled "Kusumagraj ki Suni Chuni Kavitaayen", featuring translations of poems of noted Marathi poet Kusumagraj was released recently. The collection is released in both Urdu and Devnagrui script. Urdu book has been published by Sahitya Akadami while the book in hindi script is published by Vaani Prakashan.

Gulzar saab at Vishwa Hindi Sammelan - New York

July 16, New York. Gulzar saab reciting at Hindi Sammelan


The Eighth Vishwa Hindi Sammelan concluded in New York yesterday. Gulzar saab chaired a lively session on "The Role of Bollywood in Promoting Hindi'. Speaking on the occasion, Gulzar saab told "Cinema is the Timekeeper of the Language, and records how a language is spoken from time to time. A film reflects the language spoken by the common man of that specific period of time, contrary to the thinking that Cinema corrupts the language". He also reiterated that Urdu should be used with Hindi in Cinema as both complements each other and gells well. "Bollywood mein Hindi", a specially commissioned documentary on the role played by Bollywood in promoting Hindi in the world, was also screened at the conference. Over 1,000 delegates from India, the US and other countries attended the three-day conference organised by the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the US branch of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

HT - Vishwa Hindi Sammelan

Gulzar saab in Parliament

May 10, New Delhi. Gulzar saab reciting 1857


It was a historic moment when Gulzar saab today paid tribute to the martyrs of the 1857 revolt on the occassion of 150th anniversary of the revolution that started the journey to independence. Presenting a nazm on 1857 at the central hall of Parliament to a gathering of  hon'ble President, Vice Precident, PM, top leaders and dignitaries, gulzar saab conveyed the importance of the sparks (chingari) of 1857 which eventually lead to the independence later thru the nazm "1857". 

Nazm 1857

Amrita Pritam recited by Gulzar

Album Release Function at MumbaiA treat for the ears and soul. A tribute to Amrita Pritam in the form of an album 'Amrita recited by Gulzar'. Gulzar saab's tribute in the form of narration in the rich timbre, brilliant script and sensitive rendering of poems is certainly one the best paid tributes to the poetess..The recitation and narrations is well assisted by Bhupinder ji who fills the gap with soothing use of strings (at some places he takes us back to "Wo Jo shayar Tha")  and adequate music.

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Track Listing
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1. Introduction by Gulzar
2. Poem - Mai tenu phir milangi
3. Gulzar speaks
4. Poems - "O saai tere charakhe ne, rang de dupatta and ik supne verga rang"
5. gulzar speaks
6. Poems - Channan di phulkari, chait, tu nahin aaya
7. Gulzar speaks
8. Poems - Rishte ghade da paani, araz
9. Poems - Kufr, Aadi Sangeet
10. Poems - Aye mere dost, Mere ajnabee, Pul, Mera Pata
11. Poems - Aakhan Waris Shah nu, Beej (Poem by imroz)

Pu La Deshpande Award

Gulzar saab receiving Pu La Deshpande AwardThis year's Bahurupi Pu La Sanman was conferred upon Gulzar saab at the inaugural ceremony of the fourth Pulotsav at Pune on January 19, 2007. The award ceremony was followed by the screening of documentaries and films by Gulzar on January 20 at NFAI. Honoured with a Puneri Pagadi, Gulzar saab praised Pune for remaining "Culturally Alive" and vibrant.

 

Khushboo.e.Gulzar

24.12.06... A day to remember for life(s). Moments to Chreish forever.

Check out the meet pictures at http://www.gulzaronline.com/roobaroo/roobaroo.htm

Detailed Report Coming Soon...

Raavi Paar now translated in Gujarati

The Gujarati version of Raavi Paar was released in Mumbai by Gulzar saab. Raavi Paar is translated in Gujarati by Ms. Preeti D. Kothi. A grand musical night of Gulzar's songs was held on the occasion.

The book is also available in hindi, english, urdu, punjabi, marathi and bangla languages.

Manzarnaama

A new series of books has been compiled by Radhakrishna Prakashan featuring the scripts of gulzar saab's films. The series is titled "Manzarnaamaa' and five manzarnaamaa's are already been published and available in the series. They are 'Libaas', 'Hututu', 'Meera', 'Aandhi' and 'Khushboo' .. A big plus in 'Meera' is an interesting interview of gulzar saab by yashwant vyas.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Gulzar saab

Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan has honoured Gulzar saab with The Life Time Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution in Indian Poetry and Music. The award will be given to him in New York on the 24th April, 2006. A short documentary of 18 minutes made by Meghna gulzar on Gulzar saab's life will also be featured at the function.

Hearties Congratulations from all gulzarfans!

Chal dilli chalein : Song for the Commonwealth Games

Gulzar saab has penned the theme song "Chal Dilli Chalein" for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be hosted in New Delhi. A galaxy of stars were present at the recently concluded Melbourne Commonwealth games to perform at the closing ceremony to showcase India's diverse culture, magnificent landscape and rich heritage in a cultural presentation. Sonu Nigam, Shreya ghoshal, Shamak Davar and Sunidhi Chauhan performed live on Gulzar saab's theme song composed by shankar-Ehsan-Loy.

Its raining awards

Gulzar saab has won the award for the best lyricist of 2005 in all the major award functions. Naam ada likhna won at Screen while Kajaraare won at the Filmfare and Zee.

Congratulations from all gulzarfans.

Kab Aate Ho : New Compilation Released

Great News for the lovers of Gulzar saab's voice and poetry. Times music has released a new compilation of Gulzar saab's poems and songs mostly in his voice. The album features three new poems in the voice of gulzar saab 'Baarish', 'Rozgaar ke silsile' and 'Dard kuchh der hi'. the album also features his narrations from Udaas Paani, Raincoat,Sunset Point and Marasim. Here is the Track Lisitng

     
1 Baarish
2 Raat Chand Aur Main
3 Aasmani Rang (Singers : Bhupinder , Chitra)
4 Mausam Ka Jhonka
5 Aaj Phir Chand Ki Peshani
6 Kab Aate Ho
7 Rozgaar Ke Silsile
8  Tere Jaane Se (Singer : Bhupinder)
9 Mujhko Bhi
10 Shaam Se (Singer : Jagjit Singh)
11 Subah Subah
12 Haath Chhute Bhi (Singer :  Jagjit Singh)
13 Dard Kuch Der Hi

Pinnocchio by Gulzar

Pinnocchio is musical drama scripted by gulzar saab was recently staged at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi. The fairytale musical presentation featured hundreds of children creating the adventures of pinnocchio in dance-theatre form on stage. Gulzar saab has done the script, lyrics and narration, and Ustad Zakir Hussain and brother Taufiq Qureshi have composed the music. Vasmati Misra, famous kathak dancer and daughter-in-law of Birju Maharaj conceptualized this production and after a successful showindelhi, her group Dhwani will take this presentation to various cities in the country. An audio album featuring the songs of gulzar and his narration of the story is expected soon.

Mera Kuchh Samaan : Anthology on Saregama HMV

An exclusive 4 Disc CD Rom Set of Gulzar saab's best film and non film songs have been released on Saregama HMV titled as Mera Kuchh Samaan. The Set features some of the finest and popular works of gulzar saab with 3 discs dedicated to film songs while of the the discs features his non film songs. The beautifully packaged Set was released on 5th September by Jaya Bachchan at Mumbai. The package also contains a beautiful booklet featuring a write up by Subhash K. Jha, some old photographs and also features details on some of his popular works.

"When HMV expressed a desire to do a compilation of my songs for my birthday I was skeptical. 'Not another anthology. Hasn't the public had enough of my compilations already?' But they were adamant.

"I'm glad I went along. What I like about 'Mera Kuch Samaan' is that it has been very beautifully produced and packaged" Gulzar saab said. "I hope 'Mera Kuch Samaan' strikes a chord in music listeners' hearts. To assume that today's generations have lost touch with poetry and music is unfair. Let's not make excuses for mediocrity. Didn't M.M. Kreem come up with some fine music in 'Paheli' recently?"

Mera Kuchh Samaan features 56 of the finest tracks and the complete track list is as below.

CD-01 CD-02 CD-03 CD-04 (Non Film)
Ganga aaye kahan se
Mora gora ang layile
Tumhen zindagi ke ujaale mubarak
Bas ek chup si lagi hai
Hawaaon pe likh do
Ek tha bachpan
Tum pukar lo
Hamne dekhi hai un
Na jiyaa laage na
Jab bhi yue dil udaas hota hai
Meri jaan mujhe jaa na
Bole re papihara
Koi hota jisko apna
Musafir hoon yaaro
Tu jahan mile mujhe
Dil dhoondhta hai
Tere bina zindagi se
O maajhi re
Naam gum jaayega
Ek akela is shahar me
Dhanno ki aankhon me
Dakiya daak laaya
Chand churake laya hoon
Aapki aankhon me kuchh
Aanewala pal
Kabhi kabhi sapna lagta
Hazaar raahein
Phir se aaiyo badra
Tujhse naraz nahin
Aye zindagi gale
Mera kuchh saamaan
Yara seeli seeli
Dil hoom hoom kare
Sili hawa
Labon se choom lo
Chhod aaye hum
Chhaiyan chhaiyan
Ye lamha Filhaal
Aasman ke paar
Ye raat
Jaag ke kaati
Vatna ve
Chupke se
Kahte kahte
Abhi na parda girao
Ibteda (Mirza Ghalib)
Dialogue  (Mirza Ghalib)
Aah ko chahiye  (Mirza Ghalib)
Shaam se aankh me
Rishte bante hain
Jane do mujhe
Dola ho dola
Aisa koi zindagi se
Ye subah saans legi
Khushboo jaise log
Sehma sehma dara dara

Related Links :Jaya Bachchan launches Bhai Gulzar's masterpieces || Picture Gallery of the launch function || Mera Kuchh Samaan packs in some surprises : Gulzar

Kuchh Aur Nazmein

Gulzar saab's famous collection of poetry "Kuchh aur nazmein" which was published first time 25 years ago has now been published again. The second edition of "Kuchh aur nazmein" was recently released by Radhakrishna Prakashan first time after 1980. Gulzar saab. The collection features gulzar saab's nazms penned betwwen 1965 and 1979. Gulzar saab preface me likhte hain..

"Mera kitaab se lagaav nahin jaata
Shuru shuru me jab kitaabein chhapi thee to badee tasalli hoti thi ki Kaapiyaan, dairiyon aur kaagazon ke purzo par likhi nazmein kisi manjil ko pahunch gaii. Kitaab tak pahunchte hi lagta tha, nazmein apne ghar pahunch gayee. Phir jaise aadami ghar badalta hai, kuchh nazmein bhi apna ghar badalne lagee. ek kitaab se beh ke wo doosri kitaab me pahunch gayee. Main ek kitaab, doosri kitaab me isliye udelta rahaa ki wakt ke saath saath nazmein mere zehan me baar baar chhanti rahee. shuru shuru me jyada keh jaata tha. wakt ke saath samajh me aaya ki kam kahane me jyada taasur hai. Jyada kahane se maani dilute ho jaate hain.. 'Jaanam' apna pahla majmua, devnagri me dekhane ke liye 'ek boond chhand' chhapee. Jab vo chhani to mota peesa hua nikal gayaa aur maaki maada agli kitab me udel diya... "Kuchh aur nazmein"

AGNEE KI UDAAN (WINGS OF FIRE) : Audiobook on Honorable President Abdul Kalaam's Autobiography

The hindi and urdu version of the audio book of Honorable President Abdul Kalaam's auto-biography titled Agni Ki Udaan was recently released on SKY Music (more popularly known as Karaditales Music). The complete audiobook is translated and narrated by Gulzar saab. The audiobook features narration of the autobiography by Gulzar saab with background music by Three Brothers and a Voilin (remember Bandar-Bindaas-Bandar?). A few devotional tracks in the voices of Shankar Mahadevan and Bombay Jayashree are also included within the narration. Watch out for more details soon.

More Links :Wings of Fire @ Karaditales.com

Gulzar saab's many books available in BRAIL script

Gulzar's saab books are now available in Brail. This has been made possible with the efforts of Bhopal's organisation "AARUSHI". Many of the children books are available in Brail as well the popular poetry collection "Pukhraj"
Kudos to the team of Aarushi for their efforts.

MIRZA GHALIB - A BIOGRAPHICAL SCENARIO

Gulzar saab has recently completed his new book, a tribute to Mirza Ghalib titled "Mirza Ghalib - A Biographical Scenario". The book features the life and times of the legendary poet from eighteenth century in an unusual manner. The sketches are drawn straight from the works of ghalib. The scenes and stories are created from ghalib's poetry couplets and nazms. Rather than telling the historical story of his times, gulzar saab's narrative is woven around ghalib's couplets and the scenarios are created to explain why and how ghalib had written his magical couplets, ghazals and nazms. On the release of the book gulzar saab described ghalib as one of the greatest poets ever lived.

"In sheer imagery, every bit of which has been derived from the sights and sounds of India, he reigns supreme. I am but his humble servant," said Gulzar.

"His other servants have passed away, as has Ghalib, but I am still in his service."

"In every age, people will turn to him for words whenever they want to find words to express the deepest passions of their heart"

The book is published by Rupa & Co and priced Rs. 395 and USD 8.50 respectively.

Related Links :I am Ghalib's Servant || Gulzar releases book || Buy Online at Oxford Bookstore

After Munshi Premchand, its time for RabindraNath Tagore

As gulzar saab's latest TV Series on Munshi Premchand is having a Re-run on popular demand, gulzar saab has started working on his next TV series for Doordarshan on the works of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

"I am reading my favourite Tagore stories all over again in order to select a few of them for adaptation for television," says Gulzar.

"That is the greatest joy of making a serial on these stories - it gives me an opportunity to revisit the treasure trove that is Tagore." 

Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award

The Bengal Film Journalists' Association recently honoured Gulzar saab with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.

Congratulations from all gulzarfans!

Pakistan Visit

Gulzar saab recently visited Pakistan (for the first time) to meet his 'Baba' Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Sahab who has been ill. Gulzar saab spent a few days in Pakistan with Baba. Jehangir Parvez from Pakistan has provided a lot of footage of his pakistan visit in the forms of news paper clippings. click here for the details.

 

Here are some other reports on his Pakistan visit.

 

Report Links :Gulzar in Pakistan || Lost in Lahori Love || A song in his heart

Tehreer... Munshi Premchand ki

Gulzar's tele serial "Tehreer" based on the works of Munshi Premchand is on repeat run these days on Doordarshan's National Channel. The serial hasl featured two of the novels "Godaan" and "Nirmala" as full length feature films while other stories are featured as a single episode each. The prominent stories include Poos Ki Raat, Eidgaah, Namak Ka Daroga, Kafan, Jyoti, Boodhi Kaaki and Thakur Ka Kuaan. Pankaj Kapoor and Surekha Sikri stars in Godaan while other stories features Raghuveer Yadav, Vaishali Samant, Ravi Jhankal, Savita Bajaj and other prominent theator artists. Godaan is shot as a five hour film and in first run was featured in two parts of two and half hours each but now in re run its been featured as half an hour episodic serial.

NATIONAL HONOUR PADMABHUSHAN FOR GULZAR SAAB

Click for a bigger picturePresident APJ Abdul Kalam presented the national honour PADMABHUSHAN to Gulzar saab at an official ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 30th June, 2004.

 

Heartiest congratulations to Gulzar saab from all gulzar fans!!!.

Mirza Ghalib on DVD

Gulzar's tele serial on Mirza Ghalib is now being released on DVD. Mirza Ghalib stars Naseeruddin Shah in title role with Amzad Khan, Tanvi Azmi, Sudhir Dalvi, Neena Gupta, Rajendra Gupta and Shfi Inaamdar in prominent roles. The serial is one of the finest documents of the life and times of Mirza Ghalib. Saregama HMV is expected to release the DVDs by May-June this year. Watch out for it.

Because He Is... a book on Gulzar by Meghna

Because He Is.. an absorbing biographical sketch of Gulzar written by daughter Meghna was recently released on Rupa books. The book profiles life of Gulzar thru narratives, poetry, real life incidents and some fantastic rare photographs from gulzar's personal collection. . The book not only describes you journey of a young boy Sampooran Singh Kaalra becoming Gulzar (as we know him today) but also shares joys and pains of the journey thru some personal moments. Meghna has done a pretty good job in tracing the life and career of Gulzar.
A must collection for any Gulzarfan...

Title : Because He Is...
Author : Meghna Gulzar
Publisher : Rupa & Co. (2004) Price : Rs. 595/- (Hardbound)

Kharaashein now in the form of a book

Kharaashein, The famous play of Salim Arif woven around the stories and poerty of Gulzar is now available in the form of a book. The book is recently released by Radhakrishna Prakashan Delhi. The book not only features the script of the play but also provides some photographs during its shows and cast credits. Kharaashein was first staged in July 2002 in Mumbai. Since then it has been staged in various parts of India and received critical acclaim from all over.



Title : Kharaashein
Author : Gulzar
Theatrical Adaption : Salim Arif
Publisher : Radhakrishna Prakasha, New Delhi. (2003)
Price : Rs. 125/- (Hardbound)

Kharaashein

Kharaashein, a collage of Gulzar's literary creations, based on communal strife is on the floorboards. Kharaashein was premiered in July and was later played in many Theator festivals in Mumbai in September and November 2003 [including National theator Festival and Prithvi festival]...

Kharaashein includes Hilsa, a story about middle-class attitude to riots which focusses on a Bengali family. Forced to stay at home because of the violence, it becomes a day to celebrate with hilsa fish instead.

Khauff from Gulzar's books Raavi Par is a monologue about fear and its impact on the psyche of a normal person in anxiety. The third story Khuda Hafiz is a dramatisation of Samaresh Basu's Adab with Gulzar exploring the
relationships which evolve under the duress of a riot-afflicted situation.

The cast consists of Atul Kulkarni, Kishore Kadam, Vaishali Thakkar, Ganesh Yadav, Yashpal Sharma, Lubna Salim and Anoop Soni.

These stories are enacted with Tina Bopiah's paintings on the riots in the backdrop. Director Salim Arif and executive producer Manhar Gadhia want to make people aware that these things affect all of us and not just other people.

Kaagaz

Kaghaz by Yashwant Vyas - Check out this excellent new information source on Gulzar saheb. The web site created by author-journalist Yashwant Vyas is titled "Kaghaz". The site features some of the very interesting opinions, discussions and moments shared between Gulzar saheb and Yashwant Vyas. Its available at http://kagaz.tripod.com.... Check it out.

Awaaz mein lipati Khamoshi - A book on a letter to Gulzar

Recently a book was released in Lahore, Pakistan titled "Awaaz mein liptee khamoshi". The whole book is one long letter of 142 Pages, written to Gulzar by Mr. Gulsher Butt of Lahore. The book is a unique effort as Mr. Gulsher Butt has covered Gulzar Sahab's stories, songs, poems, Ghazaliyaat and information available on the internet and the interesting fact is the Mr. Gulsher Butt has never met Gulzar Saab in person or even heard Gulzar saab's voice. The book starts with the verse from gulzar saab:

Mushkil hai aakaash pe chalana, Taarey paaon mein chubhtey hain

 

[Information courtesy :Jehangir Parvez, Pakistan]

Gulzar Chat Transcript

7th December, 2002 was a special day for all gulzar fans as Gulzar saab appeared for a live chat with his fans from all around the globe. Click here for a draft-transcript of the live internet chat of Gulzar saab.

Raat Pashminey Ki

After the release of Gulzar's latest poetry collection "Raat Pashmine ki" in Pakistan, Rupa & Co. have recently released the indian version in Devnagri and Urdu recently.

The collection is simply Fantastic. More than 125 nazms, poems and trivenis are included with most of it are new ones... and the collection in RPK takes us a level beyond "Pukhraaj" collection... The book start with a couple of poems dedicated to bosky... moves on to present various "Manzar's [fasadaat, mumbai hawa mahal], provides us portraits of various famous artists [Naseer, Amzad Khan and Pancham], splash colors of Romance on paper and finally finishes with a bunch of Trivenis... what more you can ask for in a Gulzar collection.. A must buy for all gulzar poetry fans...

Baanagi pesh hai

1.
Parchiyaan bant rahi hai galiyon mein
Apne qatil ka intekhaab karo

Waqt ye sakhta hai chunaav ka

2.
Naap ke, waqt bhara jaata hai, har rait ghadi mein
ik taraf khali ho jab phir se ulat dete hain usko

umra jab khatm ho, kya mujhko wo ulta nahin sakta?

Book Cover : Hindi
Book Cover : Urdu (Pak Edition)
Book Cover : Urdu(India Edition)

 

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This and Lot More in the News Archive Section... Click Here to visit archives

 

Lyricist :
Chhatari Chor (Blue Umbrella)

*Music Director :Vishal

Lyricist :
Baat Pakki (MD : Pritam)
Jhoom-Barabar-Jhoom (MD : S-E-L)
Guru (MD : AR Rahman)
Sabab
(MD : Daboo Malik)
Tumse Milkar
(MD : Abhishek Ray)
Ek din anjaane

Screenplay :
Dus Kahaniyaan (Director : Sanjay Gupta)

Writer & Lyricist :
Hum Panchchi Ek Daal Ke
* Suneel Shetty, Aishwarya Roy .
Dir:K. Shashi Lal Nair 

Anthology :

Mera Kuchh Saamaan
- Saregama HMV
A Set of 4 audio CDs featuring Film and Nonfilm songsof gulzar saab

Filmi :

Lyricist:
Jaan-e-mann - T Series
Music Director : Anu Mallik

Lyricist:
Omkara - Eros Music
Music Director : Vishal

Lyricist :
Yahaan
- Times Music
Music Director :Shantanu Moitra

Lyricist :
Paheli
- T-Series
Music Director :MM Kreem

Lyricist :
Bunty aur Babli
- Yashraj Music
Music Director:Shankar,Ehsaan,Loy

Lyricist :
Raincoat

PANCHAMBEATS - Tribute to Pancham on his tenth death anniversary - Saregama

Lyricist :
Maqbool
- Music Today
Music Director :Vishal

Lyricist :
Pinjar
Music Director :Uttam Singh

Chupke Se - Saregama HMV

Meine Tere Liye - Gulzar and Salil Chaowdhary - Saregama HMV

Saathiya - Saregama HMV

Non Filmi :

Kab Aate Ho - Times Music

Athens - Music Today

Raat Chaan Aur Main - Times

Ishqa Ishqa - Music Today

Abida - Times Music

Udaas Paani - Times Music

Visaal - Saregama HMV

Manzarnaamaa :- Gulzar presents scripts of Libaas, Hututu, Meera, Aandhi and Khushboo in the form of a book. On Radhakrishna Prakashan, New Delhi.

Kuchh Aur Nazmein :- The second edition of this collection of nazms is out after twenty five years.

Biographical Scenario of Mirza Ghalib :- Gulzar now presents the screen play of his TV Serial Mirza Ghalib in the form of a book. He draws the visual sketches from the life of the legendary poet in his own style.

Raat Pashminey Ki :- A collection of poems and nazms by Gulzar saheb was recently published and released in Pakistan (Urdu) and India (Hindi and Urdu).

Chhaiyya Chhaiyya & Mera Kuchh Saaman : The first edition of Chhaiyya Chhaiyya and the third edition of Mera Kuchh Saaman - both collections of Hindi Film Songs by Gulzar is now available. It is published by Radhakrishna Prikashan of New Delhi. The two books provide a great colloection with lyrics of more than 200 songs by Gulzar - right from Bandini to Filhaal. Mera Kuchh Saaman fetures old songs while Chhaiyya Chhaiyya fetures relatively new songs of Gulzar saheb.

Ravi Paar & Other Short Stories : A Collection of short stories of Gular has recently been published by Rupa & Co. This book is dedicated to Raakhi Gulzar - whom gulzar has described as "the logest short story of my life ". Wait and Watch for few excerpts in coming days. The book is now available in English and Hindi.

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Gulzar's First Film Song

 


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