Mumbai, Aug 4 (UNI) The 3rd and final day of the 5th Indian Screenwriters Conference (ISC) concluded on a beautiful note as three living legends- Gulzar, writers Javed Siddiqui and Kamlesh Pandey paid heartfelt tributes to three late legends - lyricist Shailendra, writer Dr Rahi Masoom Raza and writer-filmmaker K A Abbas.
The Screenwriters Association (SWA) posthumously awarded late Shailendra, Dr Rahi Masoom Raza and K A Abbas for their stellar contribution to Indian cinema and television. The legends were conferred with awards for lyrics writing, writing for TV and writing for films respectively.
The atmosphere on the final day of the 5th Indian Screenwriters Conference was emotionally charged as the family members of the literary legends came to accept the awards and thanked the SWA members which also included the peers of the late legends.
Actor and great granddaughter of K A Abbas - Neelima Azmi broke into tears as she came on stage to accept the posthumous award on behalf of the late legendary filmmaker. Nadeem Khan – cinematographer and son of Dr Rahi Masoom Raza and Parvati Khan – singer and daughter in law of Dr Rahi Masoom Raza also got emotional while accepting the award on behalf of the late writer.
Actor Randhir Kapoor presented the award to Neelima Azim, while Kamlesh Pandey presented the award to Nadeem and Parvati Khan.
Lyricist Shailendra’s sons Manoj Shailendra, Dinesh Shailendra and daughter Amla Shailendra flew to Mumbai specially to accept the award bestowed to their father. And while accepting the award from Gulzar, they said that they were touched by this wonderful gesture of the SWA.
Talking about his association with the late Shailendra, the legendary Gulzar said, “It was thanks to Shailendra that I came into the film industry. He egged me constantly to write and that’s how I ended up penning my first song – Mora Gora Ang Layle for Bimal Roy’s Bandini. He was my friend, philosopher, guide and I learnt a lot from him.”
Talking about Shailendra’s writing prowess, Gulzar said, “He wrote from his heart and his writings were an ode to the common man. It clearly reflected from his songs.”
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