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
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
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
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
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
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
Another reason I did not make films is that I liked being unemployed, since that is when I read, study and write. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
In films, there is no scope to rectify any mistake... but in theatre, you can rectify it the next day. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
A writer will not keep quiet. He will express his opinion through writings. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
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 Image
