Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Jiya Jale The Stories Of Songs.

by Gulzar, Nasreen Munni Kabir

Jiya Jale The Stories Of Songs ABISBOOK Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited.

200 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2023

Reviews

[Kanwarpal Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is dialogue interview between Gulzar sahab and Nasreen Munni Kabir and this interview turn into this beautiful book. The legendary lyricist, poet and filmmaker Gulzar sahab tells us of the art, anecdotes , behind the scene , funny moments and stories behind the making of his best songs. some of the finest and most popular of Hindi Cinema—from 1963 to 2018. Gulzar speaks about the making of his most enduring songs—from ‘Mora gora ang lai le’ to ‘Jiya jale’ to ‘Tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi’and ‘Dil toh bachcha hai ji’ and talks about songs where he helped and changes few things Beedi jalayi le, Naino ki mat maniyo, Namak Ishq ka. He also discusses the songs of other great musicians, music directors, composers and writers, lyricists, like Shailendra and Sahir Ludhianvi; his favourite music directors, like SD and RD Burman, Hemant Kumar and AR Rahman; and several playback singers, among them, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Vani Jairam, Jagjit Singh and Bhupinder Singh and some contemporary artist like her daughter Meghna Gulzar , Vishal bhardwaj, Rekha Bhardwaj he described there works best. Awards and accolades and acclaimed prizes and poets, singers love for cooking food and having with each other as hobby or a getaway.

He remains as popular today, and as sensitive a chronicler of our emotions, as he was half a century ago. And throughout, his work has been gloriously distinctive, especially for the unforgettable images and the intimacy he brings to his songs

[Raavee (Taylor's Version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book, I got to know lots about Gulzar saab, his songs and Indian music from long ago. The experiences Gulzar talks about are so personal and intimate it is almost such that I know these people, the people he is talking about and has worked with. Nasreen Munni Kabir does a great job of translating the classic and poetic works, such that they the complex concepts become easier to understand. Lovely book, well worth my time and I would read again. Also this book deserves more love, it should be more popular.