I believe words should amaze or amuse. Only then will the listener want to understand the meaning of the song. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
People mostly associate Tagore only with Gitanjali. That is the mistake they make. Gitanjali is just one per cent of his oeuvre. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
When you find something that makes you feel that only you can do it and nobody else, then you automatically want to… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
Translations are very important these days, since an average person can only know 2-3 three languages. We have so many languages in… — Gulzar Copy Share Image
The poetry of India can be truly known only through scanning the poetry of all languages. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
All day long I keep wishing, let partition be a past now. It should only remain a part of history. — 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
