If you notice in my own films the blending of songs is distinct. They narrate stories and scenes. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
If a film promotes communal harmony, which for me is beyond religion, I am happy to work on it because the film's… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Cinema has a large scope as it is a mirror of society and with the mindset changing, people are taking it more… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Theatre is a very beautiful and interesting medium because it's a live show, unlike a film - once released, it's gone. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
A film carries six fine arts - it consists of architecture, painting, music, writing or literature, photography and performance. It's a conjecture… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
All my earlier awards were for a particular film or a song. Even the Oscar or the Grammy was for a particular… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
It's not easy to make films that one wants to because it is not easy to find a producer that fast for… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I had written the song 'aaza aaza Shamiyane ke tale... ' for Ghai's film 'Yuvvraj' but he felt the song did not… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Cinema is not Bible writing. It doesn't teach you morals, good values to live. Cinema is not meant for that. If you're… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
If two-three films of mine release at the same time and if all of them feel like they are from the same… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab. — Gulzar Copy Share
Being in the Sahitya Akademi, I did know quite a few poets - Jayanta Mahapatra, Sitakant Mahapatra, Sunil Gangopadhyay, to name a few. There… — Gulzar Copy Share
When writers say that they need to 'set the mood' or 'get into the zone', those are all ways to procrastinate. Not prerequisites. — Gulzar Copy Share
In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood. — Gulzar Copy Share
Being master of Urdu doesn't interest me, being part of the global society does, breathing hope into that society matters to me. — Gulzar Copy Share
When I write a poem, I do not have to worry about using a higher Urdu vocabulary because I know the reader knows Urdu… — Gulzar Copy Share
NASA is my favorite website. The universe with its abstract nature attracts me. The abstract element in my poetry comes from there. — Gulzar Copy Share
