In the Company of a Poet Paperback – 1 December 2012

Superb. Conversation flowing in and out, full of earthly wisdom and wit, peppered with fabulous anecdotes. Wished there were more Gulzars. Ms. Kabir has extracted the best of him without going over the top. Well done.

It not only focuses on Gulzar as a lyricist, but also as a screenplay writer, a poet, a director. The book is in a Q&A format which makes it more palatable. It begins with his background, his place of birth (Dina, now Pakistan) to Delhi and to Mumbai where he started to interact with other legendary bollywood personalities at PWA (Progressive Writers Assoc). It describes his association with Bimal Roy, Hemant Kumar to Vishal Bharadwaj and AR Rahman of today's generation. An excellent way to look at his life in about 200 pages!

Gulzar is such a sweet-heart. Such a straight-forward and down-to-earth person and yet doesn’t come across as somebody who would be rude or harsh even while being straight-forward.His lyrics would always be fresh like dew-drops, never get old or weary on this (referring to myself) unassuming, benign and incognizant mindI already loved him for his various hues of work specially his songs and now I feel that I should go read every poem, song, story, play or translation that he has worked on. Wish I could learn the language that he always writes in. Would definitely try and get his books on poems and short stories that are in Hindi or English. Wish I could understand all that he writes Now my love for this amazing person has grown to a greater extent.And kudos to Nasreen Munni Kabir for getting Gulzar saab speak so much about his life and work. It was as if he was speaking directly to the readers

The book is very well written in for of conversation. I found this is a very unique and interesting method to found new insight. It is long long interview in which Gulzar Saheb has shared his views quite openly. Gives a glimpse to understand his persona . great write up and must read.

Not so much about his experiences with different actors for his different films, I was expecting that one but the interview did not cover that.

Gulzar sahab! Nuff' said. This conversational piece exceeds all my expectations. I was sceptical as to how a conversation with him would go in English (since I associate him with Hindustani & Urdu) and whether a book of merely 200 pages would do justice to such a luminous life. It does, and leaves you wanting more. Now that's always a good thing. Can't wait to devour more of his works and books on him.

Nice way presenting thoughts and information. Enjoyed reading

A very personal account of conversations the author had with Gulzar-saab. Gulzar's early life in Delhi and his initial days in Bombay as an assistant in his brother's spare parts shop come out with great clarity and honesty.In fact, this honesty shows through in every page of the book. RD Burman is just mentioned in passing. I wish Gulzar had spoken in depth about his relation with RD, and how they went about creating magic! But I guess that would have digressed from the focus of this book, which is his poetry.A must-read for all fans of Gulzar the director and the poet.

Nasreen Munni Kabir interviews Gulzar and makes him talk about his journey into films and literature. Gulzar's candid, multi-faceted persona and the enviable wealth of his life experiences, both come through these conversations. Poor proof-reading (A complete mess-up of capitalization of letters throughout the book!) is an irritant in an otherwise interesting read!

Very efficient