Meghna Gulzar directing a movie written by Vishal Bhardwaj

Nov 24, 2014 NR

Meghna Gulzar, daughter of noted lyricist, poet and writer Gulzar, is directing a movie that's written by the acclaimed writer-director-musician Vishal Bhardwaj.

"I've written a film for Meghna Gulzar. It is being shot right now. I am also doing the music for it", Vishal told reporters at Panaji after a session on "Shakespeare 2016 On Screen: Film London launch UK/India Feature Film Fund" at the ongoing Film Bazaar that bridges gap between the international and South Asian film fraternity.

Vishal Bhardwaj, who is greatly inspired by William Shakespeare's tragedies like "Macbeth" and "Othello", said that the poet's "work is timeless".

The session was also attended by Gulzar, who had made 1982 cult comedy "Angoor" based on one of Shakespeare's plays - "The Comedy of Errors".

"He (Gulzar) says that my films are original and not adaptation and that I am just exploiting Shakespeare's name. But I think he gives me compliment in a twisted way", said Bhardwaj.