Gulzar To Get Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Gulzar is my one of most favourite poet. And filmmaker too. When I was
at high school, I used to listen the sweet songs penned by Gulzar -
from "mora gora ang lei le" of 'Bandini' to "dil dhoondta hai" of
'Mausam'....... In 1975, when the film Mausam released, I rushed to
the theatre to watch this national award winning film. I just at the
1st year then. The film was also with my favourite actors like Sanjeev
Kumar, Sharmila Tagore and music director was Madan Mohan - my most
favourite composer.

Another point to admire Gulzar is that, he has love for Bengali
literature. Classic writers like Rabindranath and Sharatchandra are
his favourite. He made a film 'Khooshbo' based on the timeless classic
of Sharatchandra - "Pandit Moshai". He made a very romantic film
'Izaazat' based on a classic of Subodh Ghosh - "Jatugriha". He had
chosen Suchitra Sen for the role of political leader in the movie
'Aandhi'. Uttam Kumar was also his favourite artist. Uttam played a
major role in the film 'Kitaab'. Gulzar made the Hindi version of
Shakespeare's 'Comedy Of Errors' - "Angoor" - inspired also from the
classic Bangla film "Bhrantibilas" of Uttam Kumar. Tapan Sinha of
Bengal once made a Bangla film 'Apon Jon' starring Shamit Bhanja and
Swarup Dutta. Gulzar later made its Hindi version 'Mere Apne' with
Mina Kumari in a pivotal role.

Gulzar is a poet. And a filmmaker. His contribution in literature and
films - noteworthy. His achievement is now being properly honoured
with the most prestigious award of film industry - Dadasaheb Phalke
award.

--
A. B.

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