New Delhi Aug 18 (IANS) Gulzar is widely known as a filmmaker lyricist and writer. But a new book by his daughter Meghna Gulzar presents a facet of the icon that few have been aware of - as a father.
Titled "Because he is" the announcement of the book s publication was made on Saturday Gulzar s 84 birthday by publisher HarperCollins.
"In iridescent prose his daughter Meghna documents his life revealing the man behind the legend: in every way a hands-on father who prepared her for school without fail every day braiding her hair and tying her shoelaces and who despite his busy career in cinema always made it a point to end his workday at 4 p.m. because her school ended at that time and who wrote a book for her birthday every year till she was thirteen " HarperCollins said in a statement.
The book is said to carry "never-seen-before" photographs of Gulzar and according to the publisher offers an incredible insight into the bond between a father and a daughter.

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