By the time Gulzar made Ijaazat (1987), action-packed potboilers had replaced the genteel romanticism of yore, leaving few takers for a film about lost love and a broken marriage. And yet, three decades later, Ijaazat is a film that has endured. Gulzar's interpretation of a love triangle in Ijaazat - an evocative exploration of the strength and fragility of human relationships - was years ahead of its time. This book examines that interpretation to show how, thematically, the film was possibly Gulzar's most daring. It highlights how his skill as a storyteller - at once romantic and realistic - is exemplified by his complex characters. Contributing to that understanding is how the film's power also derived hugely from its sublime musical score by R.D. Burman. Drawing on Gulzar's recollections of the making of the film, Mira Hashmi''s book embraces the memory of the 'love' that for the poet wasn't always the answer, but a part of the question.

当古尔扎尔拍摄《Ijaazat》（1987年）时，动作片已经取代了过去的温文尔雅的浪漫主义，使一部关于失去的爱情和破碎的婚姻的电影很少有人问津。然而，三十年过去了，Ijaazat是一部经久不衰的电影。古尔扎尔在《Ijaazat》中对三角恋的诠释--对人类关系的力量和脆弱性的令人回味的探索--领先于其时代。本书对这一解释进行了研究，以表明在主题上，这部电影可能是古尔扎尔最大胆的作品。它强调了他作为一个讲故事的人的技能--既浪漫又现实--是如何通过他复杂的人物来体现的。对这种理解的贡献是，这部电影的力量是如何从R.D.Burman的崇高的音乐配乐中得到巨大的提升。米拉-哈什米(Mira Hashmi)的书根据古尔扎尔(Gulzar)对电影制作的回忆，拥抱了对 "爱 "的记忆，对诗人来说，爱并不总是答案，而是问题的一部分。