Mumbai: Gulzar Sahab has written and directed films that are appreciated by all age groups. The multi faceted man has won accolades not only as a Director, but also as a writer, poet and lyricist. He recently made India proud with an Oscar for his Jai Ho Slumdog Millionaire.
Shemaroo Entertainment celebrates the 75th Birth Day of the living legend – Gulzar on 18 August’10 with a range of DVD & VCD products that will occupy a pride of place in every Hindi movie buff’s personal collection. Gulzar Saab’s oeuvre as a Director ranges from sentimental AANDHI, PARICHAY, and KHUSHBOO to sensitive KOSHISH & MERE APNE to a thriller ACHANAK to spiritual – philosophical MEERA. The 4 DVD pack Best of Gulzar feature four of his films as director: – Koshish, Parichay, Aandhi and Khushboo. The DVD Value Pack is priced at Rs.399 /- MRP. These films along with his other films as a director are also available as single DVDs and VCDs.
Shemaroo Entertainment, the leader in Song Compilation segment has also released DVDs & VCDs with original videos of his lyrics. Tere bina zindagi se, a DVD compilation, features Gulzar as the poetic genius. It has songs with lyrics that capture several emotions in words like Hum ko man ki shakti dena. (Guddi) and Sa re ke sa re ga ma Ko Lekar. (Parichay) to Aanewala pal jaanewala hai (Gol Maal) to his debut song as a lyricist Mora Gora Ang Lai le (Bandini). Musafir Hoon Yaaron is another DVD compilation that pays a tribute to the Composer-Lyricist duo viz. Pancham – Gulzar. The songs like Golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai. (Golmaal) and Saare Niyam Tod Do. (Khoobsurat) inject a sense of fun and energy with its lyrics and music. Both the video songs DVDs are priced at Rs.99/- each. Tum aa gaye ho is a VCD compilation featuring songs like Maine tere liye. (Anand), aye zindagi. (Sadma). The VCD of Tum aa gaye ho is priced at Rs.45/- only.
The Collector’s Edition – Pancham Unmixed, a documentary on the great Panchamda, not only also features interview bites with Gulzarji, but also has a chapter on them in the Coffee table book PANCHAM :- STRINGS OF ETERNITY, which is a part of the Collectors Edition. Gulzar Saab’s recent critically acclaimed works as a lyricist – OMKARA, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE & ISHQIYA are also available on Shemaroo DVDs and VCDs.