The Gulzar-Javed Akhtar Patch Up, Finally

The Gulzar-Javed Akhtar Patch Up, Finally
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They are the two most revered and emulated lyricists of Hindi cinema. And yet Gulzar and Javed Akhtar have never seen eye-to-eye. It all began when Javed Akhtar's illustrious father-in-law, the late Kaifi Azmi had criticised Gulzar's style of poetry-writing. Javed followed it by opining that he found Gulzar Saab's metre-rendering faulty and therefore not poetic enough. But after a lengthy period of stony silence between the two Javed ended the unspoken cold war when on a talk show he generously wished he had written Gulzar Saab's 'Beedi Jalay Le' in 'Omkara' .

Says Javed Saab, "Wheeshwar died he wrote me a letter praising the 'Meerut-ki-zubaan' in the 'Beedi' song. He said he heard the song with his grand-daughter and they both enjoyed it."

Gulzar Saab feels film lyricists are a disadvantaged breed. "You know, we lyricists have always had to work under a great creative disadvantage. The tune is always given to us first from the advent of talkie cinema. We had to write in the lyrics. Even today the songs are successful for their tunes, not lyrics. Only two lyricists made the songs into successes. They were Sahir Ludhianvi and Pradeep. There's no third name."

(Courtesy : Mr. Subhash K. Jha)

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