10 Best Guru Dutt films

10/08/2020

He was conceived as Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone on July 9, 1925 in Bangalore, India. He started his career as a telephone operator at a Lever Brothers processing plant in Kolkata. Master Dutt was hired as a choreographer to work under a three-year contract with 'Prabhat Film Company' in Pune. He later went on to become an entertainer in the company and furthermore served as an assistant director. In 1944, he acted in a little role as Sri Krishna in the movie 'Chand'. In 1946, he served as an assistant director and choreographed dances for the film 'Murmur Ek Hain'. In 1947, the agreement with the film company ended and he was given the job of a freelance assistant with Baburao Pai. However, soon he was rendered unemployed and wrote short stories for 'The Illustrated Weekly of India', a local weekly English magazine. The defining moment in his life came when Dev Anand asked him to direct the movie 'Baazi' (1951) under his production company. Later, he directed several other movies, for example, 'Mr. what's more, Mrs. 55' (1955), 'Sailaab' (1956), and 'Pyaasa' (1957). In 1959, he made his most goal-oriented project 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' yet it proved to be a bitter disappointment in the cinematic world and he lost a great deal of money creating the film. 'Sahib Bibi 7Aur Ghulam' (1962), 'Pyaasa' (1957), 'Chaudvin Ka Chand' (1960), and 'Kagaz Ke Phool' (1959) are among his most notable films. In 1953, he married Geeta Dutt, a professional playback singer. The couple later separated because of his compulsive worker nature and mostly because of his rumored relationship with actress Waheeda Rehman. He died on October 10, 1964, from overconsumption of liquor and sleeping pills. It is as yet a mystery whether his death was a suicide or an accidental overdose.

Top 10 Guru Dutt films

1. Pyaasa (1957)

A talented but indigent poet Vijay struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha, Rehman

2. Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Suresh Sinha, a famous director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in a film. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a superstar and Suresh faces a decline in his career.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Kumari Naaz, Johnny Walker

3. Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)

A young, naive heiress, in custody of a martinet and flamingly feminist aunt is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Madhubala, Guru Dutt, Lalita Pawar, Johnny Walker

4. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)

A lowly servant, Bhognath gets close to the wife of his employer and narrates her story through his eyes and perspective.

Director: Abrar Alvi | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Rehman, Waheeda Rehman

5. Full Moon (1960)

The setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Two of the three best friends who live in this city have fallen in love with the same woman named

Director: M. Sadiq | Stars: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Rehman, Minoo Mumtaz

6. 12 O'Clock (1958)

Bani Chowdhury and solicitor Ajoy Kumar are deeply in love with each other. But their world comes crashing down when Bani's cousin, Maya is found dead in the first class compartment at a

Director: Pramod Chakravorty | Stars: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Shashikala, Rehman

7. Baaz (1953)

Nisha lives a poor lifestyle in the Portuguese-ruled Malabar region in India along with her widowed dad, Narayan Das. Both father and daughter are opposed to the oppressive rule of the

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Geeta Bali, K.N. Singh, Johnny Walker

8. Sanjh Aur Savera (1964)

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his widowed mom, Rukmini, and younger sister, Manju. His mom would like him to get married to Ambala-based Advocate

Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Mehmood, Shubha Khote

9. Aar-Paar (1954)

An ex-convict gets a job as a taxi driver to change his girlfriend's prejudiced father's view of him, and becomes embroiled with a criminal gang in the process.

Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Shyama, Guru Dutt, Jagdish Sethi, Johnny Walker

10. Bahurani (1964)

An assertive village-belle weds a semi-senile male and is abused by her in-laws.

Director: T. Prakash Rao | Stars: Guru Dutt, Feroz Khan, Nasir Hussain, Agha

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