Some lyrists become ever-green – Anand Bakshi, Indeevar, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Javed Akhtar and Gulzar – belong to a stalwart group of Hindi film song lyrists. Among them Gulzar holds a special distinction and inimitable style of word-play. Listening to a song is enough for one to recognise the song having the trademark Gulzar style. Even the latest hit like Kaminey – featuring a youth icon Shahid Kapoor has zingy lyrics to make the present generation-X swing.
Capturing the essence of Gulzar through his lyrics over the years is the theme of the new book – 100 lyrics. The book deconstructs the complex word-play in the select songs, which Gulzar has rendered over the years. Starting from 1963, when Gulzar wrote “Mora Gora Ang Lai Le” from Bimal Roy’s Bandhini to the more recent hit song’s from Vishal Bharadwaj’s Kaminey. Author Sujoy Shekar, presents the book as a tribute to the inspirational lyrist to coincide with this 75th birthday. The author has a selected a 100-songs from over the years and have translated them into English. In addition, the book also chips-in anecdotes from Gulzar for each of his songs. This book and other books on songs are available on the e-shopping website, homeshop18.com. Buy book online for 399, with a 20% off on MRP and FREE Shipping.
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