Jaya launches ‘Bhai’ Gulzar’s masterpieces 

By Taran Adarsh, September 6, 2005 - 04:20 IST

“This is the most difficult part of the evening. To talk about Bhai,” remarked Jaya Bachchan at the launch of noted lyricist-director Gulzar’s handpicked collection of his masterpieces [songs], MERA KUCHH SAMAAN, on Monday, September 5 at The Club, Andheri.

To honor Gulzar’s immense contribution in the film and non-film arena, Saregama India Ltd. launched a special pack containing his best works over the years. This special 4 CD pack, MERA KUCHH SAMAAN, comes with an attractive book featuring anecdotes and interesting information about Gulzar.

While both Gulzar and Khayyam came down heavily on remix songs, Jaya spoke about the special relationship she shares with Gulzar. “There’s not a single day when I don’t think of Bhai,” she divulged, also throwing light on the fact that Gulzar had initially approached her for MAUSAM. “I had got married at that point of time. It would’ve been a good career move to have Amitabh Bachchan’s wife as the leading lady of MAUSAM. But Bhai and Haribhai [Sanjeev Kumar] requested me to opt out of the film. That was very thoughtful, I feel,” she reminisced.

Also present at the get-together were Rajkumar Barjatya, Vishal Bhardwaj and Meghna Gulzar.

Gulzar…. The Creative Genius