Guru Dutt

Born: 1925-07-09

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guru Dutt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Pyaasa

as Vijay
Released: 1957-02-19

Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With...

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Kaagaz Ke Phool

as Suresh Sinha
Released: 1959-02-01

The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his...

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Mr. & Mrs. '55

as Preetam Kumar
Released: 1955-02-11

A young, naive heiress is forced into a 'marriage of convenience' with an unemployed cartoonist...

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Sanjh Aur Savera

as Dr. Shankar Chaudhry
Released: 1964-01-01

Shankar Chaudhry, a wealthy man gets married to Maya assuming she is the daughter of...

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Aar Paar

as Kalu
Released: 1954-07-09

Kalu is a taxi-driver in Bombay, India. He has two women who love him and would like to marry...

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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

as Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'
Released: 1962-07-29

A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in...

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Chaudhvin Ka Chand

as Aslam
Released: 1960-01-01

Aslam and Nawab fall in love with the same girl, Jameela. Misunderstandings and bad luck drive...

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In Search of Guru Dutt

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1989-06-11

This documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of...

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12 O'Clock

as Ajoye Kumar
Released: 1958-01-01

Bani Chowdhury and solicitor Ajoy Kumar are deeply in love with each other. But their world...

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Suhagan

as Vijay Kumar
Released: 1964-02-26

Sharda, a college student and the daughter of a wealthy educationist, marries Vijay, a college...

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Bharosa

as uncredited
Released: 1963-09-02

Ramdas is a trusting individual, and trusts everybody around him. When times turn bad for him,...

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Bahurani

as uncredited
Released: 1964-04-01

A newly-wed woman is met with abuse in her new house

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Sautela Bhai

as Gokul
Released: 1962-01-05

Melodrama about an extended family in Bengal. Baikunth Majumdar, who has a son by previous...

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The Falcon

as Raj Kumar Ravi
Released: 1953-05-31

The Crown Prince of Malabar dallies with Rosita whilst his people suffer at the hands of cruel...

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