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ARACHI: Prominent lyricist and film director Gulzar will be among the 250-member Indian delegation due to attend the joint convention held here under the aegis of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) on December 11-13.
Others due in the delegation include Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah and his wife the playwright Ratna Pathakshah, academics Professor Shushail Khanna and Dr Anand Raj Varma, prominent lawyers Ashok Agarwal, Sheba George and Nitiya Ramakrishna, who is representing Kashmiris allegedly involved in the Indian parliament attack, Saeeda Hameed, a peace activist, Ved Basin, editor of the Kashmir Times, and Tapan Bose, general secretary of the PIPFPD, Indian chapter.
Sampooran Singh, who adopted the pen name of Gulzar, was born in the town of Deena, Jhelum, now part of Pakistan, on August 18, 1936. As a result of the communal riots after partition of the sub-continent in 1947, he was forced to migrate to India. He started his career as a poet and became actively involved in the Progressive Writers Movement (PWA) led by luminaries such as the late Syed Sajjad Zaheer.
The PWA had the blessings of such stalwarts as Prem Chand, Rabindra Nath Tagore and Allama Iqbal, and produced great writers and poets, including Krishen Chandra, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Syed Sibte Hasan, Josh Malihabadi and Qurat-ul-Ain Haider.
The PWA, launched in 1936, played a pivotal role in the national liberation movement of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent and influenced several generations living in this part of the world. After partition, the PWA was bifurcated into independent Pakistan and Indian chapters and continued to influence the people, particularly the young.
The career of Gulzar in the film industry began as an assistant to Bimal Roy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar. He made his debut as a lyricist when he wrote Mora Gora Ang Lai Lay for Bimal Roy’s Bandini in 1963. Thereafter, he wrote for many films, including Anand, 1970, Guddi, 1971, Bawarchi, 1972 , Namak Haram, 1973 for Hrishida and Do Dooni Chaar, 1968, Khamoshi, 1969, and Safar, 1970. He also emerged as a filmmaker with Mere Apne in 1971. The films he made include Parichay, 1972, and Koshish, 1972, Aandhi, 1975, Mausam, 1975, Angoor, 1981, and Namkeen, 1982. He also made Ijazat, 1987, Lekin, 1990, and Maachis, 1996. He also contributed to TV serials and made Mirza Ghalib in 1988 with Naseeruddin Shah and starring as Mirza Ghalib.
The PIPFD convention is being held against the backdrop of easing tension between India and Pakistan, which have fought three deadly wars due to myopia on the part of political leadership in both countries. It is seen as an event in the name of peace that will also help in containing jingoism and fanaticism perpetuated by fundamentalist forces on both sides of the divide.
