Gulzar said recognitions inspire one to work better everytime.
Gulzar's outstanding contribution to cinema started in 1963 as a songwriter in Bimal Roy's 1963 film ‘Bandini'. He did not look back and worked with every possible name in the music industry.
After writing dialogues and screenplay for films, he also tried his luck in filmmaking and given films like ‘Angoor', ‘Maachis', ‘Hu Tu Tu' among others.
“An award assures and reassures you work. An award is given to work better further. It's sort of an assurance of what you have done,” he had told PTI.
The legendary poet however does not feel that he was a late recipient of the honour. “People kept saying I will get this award when all my hair would be fallen and teeth would be broken. But I feel it is very much in time or may be early but not late at all because I think it's because I think I have a good body of work,” he said.
As a director, Gulzar's last work was corruption drama ‘Hu Tu Tu' but the poet has turned to filmmaking again. He is writing the script of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's tentatively titled ‘Mirza'.
“I have done a full script for Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and the film is tentatively titled as ‘Mirza'. I have written the songs also. The film is a love story,” he added.
