Guru Dutt
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.
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Known For | Directing |
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Most Rating | 7.236 |
Birthday | 1925-07-09 |
Place of Birth | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
Also Known As | Guru, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, |
1957
Pyaasa
7.298/62
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream co...
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Pyaasa
1955
Mr. & Mrs. '55
4.9/9
A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist in an attempt to save her millions - a move orchestrat...
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Mr. & Mrs. '55
1962
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
6.9/10
A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a youn...
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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
1954
Aar Paar
5.5/6
Kalu is a taxi-driver in Bombay, India. He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself, and become r...
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Aar Paar
1960
Chaudhvin Ka Chand
5.889/9
Aslam and Nawab fall in love with the same girl, Jameela. Misunderstandings and bad luck drive the narrative and ultimately lead to tragedy. But at th...
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Chaudhvin Ka Chand
1953
The Falcon
5/3
The Crown Prince of Malabar dallies with Rosita whilst his people suffer at the hands of cruel Portuguese colonists. Whilst voyaging on a Portuguese s...
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The Falcon
1962
Sautela Bhai
0/0
Melodrama about an extended family in Bengal. Baikunth Majumdar, who has a son by previous marriage, remarries. His new wife Bhawani raises her stepso...
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Sautela Bhai
1959
Kaagaz Ke Phool
6.8/30
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress.
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Kaagaz Ke Phool
1958
12 O'Clock
7/1
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...
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12 O'Clock
1964
Sanjh Aur Savera
0/0
Shankar Chaudhry, a wealthy man gets married to Maya assuming she is the daughter of Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan. He is shocked to realize that M...
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Sanjh Aur Savera
1964
Bahurani
0/0
A newly-wed woman is met with abuse in her new house
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Bahurani
1963
Bharosa
0/0
Ramdas is a trusting individual, and trusts everybody around him. When times turn bad for him, he entrusts the life of his son, Bansi, to his trusted...
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Bharosa
1964
Suhagan
0/0
Sharda, a college student and the daughter of a wealthy educationist, marries Vijay, a college professor, against her father's wishes. Things take a t...
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Suhagan
1989
In Search of Guru Dutt
6/1
This documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of 39. The work traces Guru Dutt's personal story through...
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