From ‘Mora gora ang lai le’, his first film lyric written for Bimal Roy’s Bandini (1963), to the poignant ‘Lagta hai woh zinda hai’ from Talvar (2015), Gulzar has brought a rare poetic sensibility to popular Hindi film music. The lyrics in these two companion volumes—handpicked by Gulzar himself and luminously translated by Sunjoy Shekhar—represent the very best of Gulzar’s marvellous artistic work. In addition, the two books include some brilliant lyrics written for non-film albums. Complete with anecdotes by Gulzar himself about the composition of some of these lyrics, Jai Ho! is a true collector’s item.