
It included multiple episodes of the celebrated author's best-known novels 'Godaan' (The Gift of a Cow) and 'Nirmala'. Gulzar was in the capital today to unveil the DVDs of 'Godan' and 'Nirmala' from his 26-episode TV 2004 serial 'Tehreer. His films are engaging and entertaining but without any dose of necessary song and dance," Gulzar said. "Shyam Benegal's films are the best examples.

Today's youth Google everything and get everything on their finger tip.īut literature is very important and my aim is to encourage them towards it in a simple way. "There are many mediums today to gain knowledge. Gulzar said literature can not be reformer, it can only remind or record the past era. The 79-year-old director, who is this year's Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, adapted the works of well-known Indian writers for the big and small screen.

It should not have unnecessary tinge of entertainment, feels poet-lyricist Gulzar. Indian literature is very rich and directors should be careful when they adapt them into a film or a TV series.
