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Gulzar to receive excellence in cinema Award

Gulzar to receive excellence in cinema Award
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Lyricist-filmmaker Gulzar will be honoured with excellence in cinema award by South Asian Cinema foundation this year.
Gulzar, who won the Oscar for Best Original song for Jai Ho with A R Rahman, will receive the award at a special function here from India's High Commissioner to the UK, Nalin Surie.
The previous recipients of the award are Adoor Gopalakrishnan, M S Sathyu, Saeed Akhtar Mirza and Girish Kasaravalli.
London: Lyricist-filmmaker Gulzar will behonoured with excellence in cinema award by South Asian Cinemafoundation this year.

Gulzar, who won the Oscar for Best Original song forJai Ho with A R Rahman, will receive the award at a specialfunction here from India's High Commissioner to the UK, NalinSurie.

The previous recipients of the award are AdoorGopalakrishnan, M S Sathyu, Saeed Akhtar Mirza and GirishKasaravalli.

"Gulzar is being honoured for his overall historiccontribution to popular Indian cinema. His distinction lies inhis creation of a unique imagery in film lyrics, makingintense political films like Aandhi (1975) and Maachis(1996) and breaking new ground with a screen writingimpregnated with strong political undercurrent," said LalitMohan Joshi, the Director of South Asian Cinema Foundation.

Gulzar, 75, will also inaugurate a retrospective onhis films and introduce his film Ijaazat before itsscreening.

The acclaimed poet will recite a selection of hispoetry as part of the programme Kalaam-e-Gulzar,B'zabaan-e-Gulzar, at the University of Westminster.

A prolific filmmaker, Gulzar has directed a number offilms. They range from whacky entertainers like Angoor,Namkeen and Parichay, to politically provocative filmslike Maachis and Aandhi.

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