Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs Review ‘An excellent book that treats the Hindi film song with the seriousness and respect it deserves.’—Hindustan Times 				    	 					 About the Author GULZAR is one of the most respected and loved film and literary personalities of India. He is a veteran poet, lyricist, writer and director. He has written close to 1000 songs, besides writing and directing several iconic films, including Mere Apne, Koshish, Mausam, Aandhi, Angoor, Ijaazat and Maachis. He has also published books of poetry and collections of short stories—which have been translated from the original Urdu into Bengali, Marathi, Hindi, English and other languages—and a novel in English, Two. NASREEN MUNNI KABIR is a reputed documentary filmmaker and writer on films. Based in London, she has made programmes on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 TV. Her several books include Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema; Talking Films and Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar; A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music; Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice; and, most recently, Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music.