Gulzar’s Bol on his Classic ‘Mera Kuchh Saaman’ & Its Reinvention
Gulzar’s BOL on how Vishal Bhardwaj, who celebrates his birthday today, made him reinvent ‘Mera Kuchh Saaman’.
From Mora gora ang lai le to Bidi jalaile jigar se piya, Gulzar has been reinventing the filmi bol for more than half a century now.
Nobody understands the contemporary idiom better than him. And when he teams up with Vishal Bhardwaj – who celebrates his birthday today – magic happens. Gulzar and Bhardwaj have worked on many projects together and have imbued Bollywood music with a distinct poetic sensibility that draws on the vocabulary and elements of everyday existence.
In this video, Gulzar shares how, at the behest of Bhardwaj, he ended up giving us a modernised version of his timeless classic Mera kucchh saaman from ‘Ijaazat’.
Video Editor: Vivek Gupta
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