About the Book: Gulzars Angoor - Insights into The Film
By the time Gulzar made Ijaazat (1987), action-packed potboilers had replaced
the genteel romanticism of yore, leaving few takers for a film about lost love
and a broken marriage. And yet, three decades later, Ijaazat is a film that has
endured.. Gulzars interpretation of a love triangle in Ijaazat - an evocative
exploration of the strength and fragility of human relationships - was years
ahead of its time. This book examines that interpretation to show how,
thematically, the film was possibly Gulzars most daring. It highlights how his
skill as a storyteller - at once romantic and