This writer feels that among the many things that have been lost in the last decade, is the art of subtlety. The delicacy of shifting a narrative with a smile, rather than brute force of drama, is an art few writers still inhabit. For director Salim Arif, it is the distinction between good writers and great ones. His revival, Arre O Henry, will feature two writers, Gulzar and O Henry (William Sydney Porter), in whom subtlety and mischief find a hospitable balance.

Salim Arif and Gulzar