Today's generation of filmmakers express things openly, says Gulzar

Gulzar's own directorial credits include films like Mere Apne, Aandhi, Koshish, Ijaazat, Angoor and Maachis.

ulzar's own directorial credits include films like Mere Apne, Aandhi, Koshish, Ijaazat, Angoor and Maachis.

On the changes he has observed in Indian cinema over the years, the 83-year-old writer said: "When I came into cinema, films were about storytelling....I was very verbose, and used to have very exaggerated dialogues... But today's generation relies more on visuals and they trust it to convey what they intend to."

He said even the cinema halls were full of noise either of the food and drinks vendors or the projectors. "Technically, our cinemas were handicapped," he said, adding how today's generation of filmmakers don't have to grapple with such issues because of how advanced the techniques and equipments have become.

Touching upon how people keep brooding over the difference between old and new melodies in Indian cinema, Gulzar pointed out how it only - like the films - reflect life.

"People listen to old melodies and say they have a 'thehrav' hai which is beautiful... But that was there in the life back then and in the stories of life. It can't be that your life's pace changes, and the music remains the same. It will be out of sync. So, it will have to change with time and with the pace of life, and I feel it has changed beautifully."

However, he said to have physical presence of music in some form - as LPs, EPs, cassettes, CDs and now even pen drives are going out of fashion - lends a sense of nostalgia to the experience of listening to it.