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Legendary lyricist and poet Gulzar will be honored with the Jnanpith Award. Regarding this, Gulzar expressed his gratitude to his fans in a video message. (Also Read | Shankar Mahadevan congratulates ‘dearest and greatest’ Gulzar on Jnanpith Award, shares photo of him)
He said, “I would like to thank all those people who chose me for Jnanpith Award and also those people who listen to my poetry and Shayari in Urdu language.”
He added, “I was thinking that maybe it is because of the film and music that people are not aware of listening to poetry and Shayari. But, when the announcement of Jnanpith Award came, I felt that people were still interested in listening to Urdu Poetry and Shayari. I felt very happy.”
According to the selection committee, the 58th Jnanpith Award for the year 2023 has been awarded to Swami Rambhadracharya in Sanskrit and Shri Gulzar in Urdu.
Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, has written several memorable and iconic songs of Hindi cinema. He started his career as a lyricist with the film Kabuliwala, starring Balraj Sahni.
He has written songs and scripts for numerous films and has also directed several acclaimed feature films including Maachis, Aandhi, Mausam, Khushboo, Parichay and Koshish.
He has previously received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in 2002, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013, the Padma Bhushan in 2004 and at least five National Film Awards for his works.
The Jnanpith Award was instituted in 1961 by Bharatiya Jnanpith. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Awards, it is the highest award for Indian literature.
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