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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Big screen no more inspires Gulzar21st Feb 2006 12.45 IST By Agencies Big screen no more inspires writer-director Gulzar who has given mega hits like ‘Parichay’, ‘Aandhi’ and ‘Maachis’. "Rather than the two hour format, I now like telling my stories in 12 hour format," he says referring to television in an informal chat with PTI at the Neemrana Fort-Palace heritage resort in Rajasthan o Monday on the sidelines of the "Asia Africa Literary Conference" where he was one of the participants.
40 writers from around 20 countries from both the continents discussed issues of legacy and identity in the post-colonial period in a two-day conclave, which was organised by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). While his TV Series on Munshi Premchand "Tehreer..Munshi Premchand Ki" is having a re-run, he is working on his next TV series based on the works of Rabindranath Tagore. Gulzar's last big screen direction was "Hu Tu Tu" in 1999 which starred Nana Patekar , Sunil Shetty and Tabu but failed to wow the audiences. "These days I am doing things at a leisurely pace. I am doing lyrics for films, I have scripted a musical drama "Pinnocchio" involving thousands of children," he said. However, more than anything else, he wants to be known as an "Urdu writer." He doesn't buy the argument that "Urdu" as a language is on the decline in India. "80 per cent of the Hindi we speak is Urdu, almost 70 per cent of the language you hear in Hindi movies is Urdu, so where is the decline?" he asks. Related Gulzar Nana Patekar Sunil Shetty Tabu | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ~ Shilpa Shetty wants Akshay Kumar for her film ~ Shahid Kapur's dancing skills to be put to test ~ Amitabh Bachchan prefers being guided than to lead ~ 'Singh Is Kinng' garners ample publicity ~ Bachna Ae Haseeno : Movie Preview / Slideshow ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ~ Disney to launch 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD in US ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Singh Is Kinng , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Mission Istanbul MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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