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Gulzar's new offering
SIMPLICITY HAS been his signature style for decades now. And although it has been a while since we saw him make anything for 35 mm, Gulzar continues to be a writer-director who inspires people through his work.
Dressed in his trademark spotless white kurta, Gulzar was in Delhi this week for the announcement of his latest work for Doordarshan, a special series on Munshi Premchand's stories that will be screened later this week. And although he is clearly happy to have been able to work on Premchand's stories, it is Rabindranath Tagore's books that the director actually wants to be able to direct and bring to life.
Asked by the Prasar Bharati CEO, K.S.Sarma, at the press conference about the other authors that the director would like to make films on, Gulzar was more than happy to share his choice and with it concern. "Tagore remains a fascination for me. In fact, during a meeting some time ago, I had told Mr. Sarma that I wanted to work on his works and he laughingly dismissed it saying you should leave Tagore for some Bengali film-maker. I had argued then that it would actually be interesting to see how a non-Bengali person interprets and presents Tagore's works but they did not seem too convinced. For me it would be a real challenge to be able to bring out his work on cinema,'' said the seasoned director.
Caught on a sticky wicket, the Prasar Bharati chief assured Gulzar that they would look into it, but stuck to his line of getting to know the other writers that the director would want to work on. Whichever way, the Doordarshan viewers will clearly get to enjoy some literary viewing in the months to come.
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