Panaji: As India's most respected lyricists, and with a series of successful films to his credit, Gulzar sahab is used to fans requesting for autographs and quick photographs with him. So when the iconic filmmaker attended Day 2 at IFFI for his retrospective, his fans turned up in huge numbers, which further led to chaos and scuffles.
The fans, who were keen on catching the glimpse of their favourite director, got into a scuffle with the volunteers at the venue. Bijoy, who witnessed the scuffle that happened right outside the hall where Gulzar was addressing a gathering, said, "There is some confusion. These volunteers are allowing people without tickets. I really don't know what's happening here. We are here to watch Gulzar Sahab's film 'Libaas'. Praying hard to ensure I don't miss the screening."
The 10-day long International Film festival of India paid tribute to the 80-year-old Dada Saheb Phalke helmer.
Even though several films will be screened at the 45th edition of IFFI, the one film which grabbed everyone's attention and topped every delegates' priority list was Gulzar's 'Libaas'.
The film's screening was followed by a Q n A session where the delegates were allowed to discuss the issues which the film focused on with the filmmaker himself.
The special screening saw the presence of Gulzar's daughter Meghna Gulzar, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj and his wife Rekha.
The screening at IFFI held special significance as 'Libaas' will not be shown at public theatres.####
Veteran film lyricist,director, screenwriter,producer & poet, Sh. #Gulzar at inaug. of Retrospective of Gulzar #IFFI pic.twitter.com/0iD6z9COH3— PIB India (@PIB_India) November 22, 2014
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