Lyricist and film director Gulzar shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote during the 4th phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Mumbai
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Music director AR Rehman, poet-lyricist Gulzar, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and others celebrate the 10th year anniversary of their film 'Slumdog Millionaire' at Dharavi, in Mumbai...
Music director AR Rehman and poet-lyricist Gulzar wave during the celebration of 10th year anniversary of their film 'Slumdog Millionaire' at Dharavi, in Mumbai.
Renowned lyricist writer Gulzar speaks during a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2019, at Diggi Palace in Jaipur.
Bollywood lyricist Gulzar with filmmaker Shilpa Ranade during the trailer launch of an upcoming film 'Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya', in Mumbai.
Renowned lyricist, poet and film maker Gulzar during an event in Patna.
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Film-maker, lyricist and writer Gulzar celebrates Holi at his residence in Mumbai.
Gulzar, poet, lyricist and film director at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, in Jaipur.
Poet and lyricist Gulzar speaks during the 10th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur.
Poet and lyricist Gulzar with a school girl during a book launch event in Thane, Maharashtra
Lyricist Gulzar and Jaya Bachchan during the music launch of 'Shamitabh' in Mumbai.
Lyricist Gulzar is honoured by Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad Ramakrishna Ramaswamy in Hyderabad.
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Poet, lyricist, writer and filmmaker Gulzar
Multi-talented film personality Gulzar wins the Phalke award. The veteran poet, filmmaker, screenwriter etc started his career in 1956. Directed films include Angoor, Aandhi, Ijaa...
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi with lyricist and author Gulzar during a World environment day function in Patna.
Pranab Mukherjee presents the Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Gulzaar at the 61st National Film Award ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Gulzar during the 61st National Film Awards 2013 function in New Delhi.
Vir Sanghvi in the Hindustan Times:
Few things annoy me as much as the claim often advanced by well-meaning but woolly- headed (and usually Punjabi) liberals to the effect that when it comes to India and Pakistan, "We’re all the same people, yaar."
This may have been true once upon a time. Before 1947, Pakistan was part of undivided India and you could claim that Punjabis from West Punjab (what is now Pakistan) were as Indian as, say, Tamils from Madras.
But time has a way of moving on. And while the gap between our Punjabis (from east Punjab which is now the only Punjab left in India) and our Tamils may actually have narrowed, thanks to improved communications, shared popular culture and greater physical mobility, the gap between Indians and Pakistanis has now widened to the extent that we are no longer the same people in any significant sense.
This was brought home to me most clearly by two major events over the last few weeks.
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Without taking anything away from his broader point, the "fear of attracting religious prejudice" was not really the reason why Yusuf Khan changed his name to Dilip Kumar (and it was not in the "In the early days of independent India" but at least 3-4 years before that -- and the story is better told in Lord Meghnath Desai's biography)
