Guru Dutt
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Guru Dutt was an Indian director, actor, and producer born in Bangalore, celebrated for a small but intensely poetic body of work within the commercial Hindi film industry. Pyaasa, following a struggling poet disillusioned by a corrupt and indifferent society, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi films ever made, blending melodrama, music, and social critique into a mournful meditation on artistic failure. Kaagaz Ke Phool, India's first cinemascope film, turned this same theme toward the film industry itself, depicting a director's decline with an autobiographical intensity that proved commercially disastrous on release but is now revered. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, which he produced and starred in, extended his interest in doomed romantic and social decay within aristocratic households. Dutt died at forty-four, but his fusion of visual lyricism, unrequited longing, and social pessimism has secured his reputation as one of Indian cinema's most influential auteurs.
Guru Dutt
Director · Actor
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Guru Dutt was an Indian director, actor, and producer born in Bangalore, celebrated for a small but intensely poetic body of work within the commercial Hindi film industry. Pyaasa, following a struggling poet disillusioned by a corrupt and indifferent society, is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi films ever made, blending melodrama, music, and social critique into a mournful meditation on artistic failure. Kaagaz Ke Phool, India's first cinemascope film, turned this same theme toward the film industry itself, depicting a director's decline with an autobiographical intensity that proved commercially disastrous on release but is now revered. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, which he produced and starred in, extended his interest in doomed romantic and social decay within aristocratic households. Dutt died at forty-four, but his fusion of visual lyricism, unrequited longing, and social pessimism has secured his reputation as one of Indian cinema's most influential auteurs.
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Is Guru Dutt still alive?
Guru Dutt passed away on October 10, 1964 at age 39.
What are the most famous roles of Guru Dutt?
Guru Dutt is best known for directing Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
How many movies has Guru Dutt directed?
Over a 13-year career (since 1951), Guru Dutt has directed or written 9 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was Guru Dutt's first movie?
The career of Guru Dutt began with Baazi (1951).
What is Guru Dutt's most recent movie or series?
Guru Dutt's most recent release is Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, which premiered on July 29, 1962.
Guru Dutt
1925-07-09 · Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), better known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Chaudhvin Ka Chand. In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll, where Dutt himself is included among the greatest film directors of all time.Guru Dutt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.