Bollywood can take Faiz to youth, daughter Salima Hashmi

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"Gulon Mein Rang Bharay", a popular poem written by Faiz while he was in jail in Pakistan, has been used in the upcoming film "Sikandar" by director Piyush Jha. The film revolves around the life of a young boy growing up in violence torn Kashmir.

"Poetry is a powerful tool to bring people together just like Bollywood and in times of strife, artistes like Faiz become bridges to unite people from both sides of the border," Hashmi, who is in India for talks regarding a cross-cultural theatre festival for peace, told PTI in an interview.

Hashmi, who owns the copyright to all her father's work, said, "My father believed that once a poem is published it is people's property and I believe the same. Faiz is being used in India in films and theatre and it reflects how revered he is here." Jha, who took special permission from Hashmi to use the song in "Sikandar", said "Gulon Mein" was one of his favourite poems while growing up and the poem kept coming to him while writing the story of the film.

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