Gulzar, who made his directorial debut with Mere Apne (1971), directed several landmark movies such as Aandhi (1975), Mausam (1975), Ijaazat (1987) and Maachis (1996). Story continues below this ad ...

Subhash K Jha revisits Gulzar’s Namkeen (1982) and as a bonus, he includes a conversation with the director who takes us inside the story, the actors and the music in this fascinating ...

which was produced by Amitabh Bachchan's production company A.B.C.L. He then won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his performance in the critically acclaimed Maachis which released later that year.

She used to go with Vishal for music sittings with Gulzar for his movie Maachis where one day Gulzar said he would write the words for Rekha's album.