Ratna Pathak Shah talks about her childhood when she was reluctant to act, the relationship between the government and art, her body of work after she crossed her 40s and the issue of pay parity.
He wrote at a time when writers like Sahir Ludhianvi, Hasrat Jaipuri, Kaifi Azmi, Jan Nisar Akhtar, and Majrooh Sultanpuri were at the peak of their careers, writing intelligent, brilliantly crafted poetry. What set Shailendra apart and endeared him to the masses was the eloquence of an uncomplicated thought
"When I joined the film industry, we were only making family dramas with a hero, heroine, a villain. But then there were certain prerequisites, and inn sab mein main kahan fit hota?" he said
Shailendra will be remembered through the ages because he tapped into the tried and tested truth that heaven on earth is possible only when we feel the joy and pain of others as our own