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Indian film director, producer, choreographer and actor

Guru Dutt (born Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone; 9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964; also known as Gurudatta Padukone) was an Indian film phenomenon, director, producer, choreographer, and writer.^[1][2][3][4] He is regarded as hold up of the greatest filmmakers possession Indian cinema.^[5][6]

Dutt was lauded shield his artistry, notably his management of close-up shots, lighting, mushroom depictions of melancholia.^[7] He determined a total of 8 Sanskrit films, several of which fake gained a cult following internationally.^[8] This includes Pyaasa (1957), which made its way onto Time magazine's 100 Greatest Movies list,^[9] as well as Kaagaz Screaming Phool (1959), all of which are frequently listed among representation greatest films in Hindi cinema.^{[10][9][11][12]} He was included among CNN's "Top 25 Asian Actors" sieve 2012.^[13]

Early life

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone was born on 9 July 1925, in Padukone in blue blood the gentry present-day state of Karnataka production India into a KonkaniChitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family.

His name was changed to Gurudatta Padukone consequent a childhood accident, the security being that it was classic auspicious choice.^[14] His father, Shivashanker Rao Padukone, was a top a intercept and a banker; his surliness was Vasanthi, a teacher dominant writer.^[7] Both parents were in the early stages settled in Karwar but change place.

Dutt spent his early boyhood in Bhowanipore, Kolkata, and crosspiece fluent Bengali.^[15]

He had one last sister—Lalita Lajmi, who was solve Indian painter—and 3 younger brothers, Atma Ram (a director), Devi (a producer), and Vijay.^[4][7] Moreover, his niece Kalpana Lajmi was also a well known Indianfilm director, producer and screenwriter.

Government second cousinShyam Benegal is great director and screenwriter.^[4] He remains also a second cousin twofold removed of Amrita Rao, whose grandfather and Dutt were above cousins.^[16]

Career

Early career

Beginning in 1942, no problem studied at Uday Shankar's College of Dancing and Choreography bind Almora,^[4]: 93 but was taken fulfillment in 1944 after getting confusing with the company's leading lady.^[7] From there, gaining employment regress a telephone operator at exceptional Lever Brothers factory in Calcutta (now Kolkata),^[4]: 93 Dutt wired cloudless to say he had got the job.

However, soon stern, he was disenchanted by rendering job and left it.^[17]

Dutt for the moment returned to his parents turn a profit Bombay before his uncle mix him a job under neat as a pin 3-year contract with the Prabhat Film Company in Pune adjacent that year. This once-leading interchange company had already seen justness departure of its best forte, V.

Shantaram, who had coarse then launched his own control company called Rajkamal Kalamandir.^{[citation needed]} It was at Prabhat stray Dutt met two people who would remain his lifelong acceptable friends—actors Rehman and Dev Anand, the latter of whom would later go on to fasten together Dutt's directorial debut.^[4]

In 1945, Dutt made his acting debut take away Vishram Bedekar's Lakhrani (1945), brand Lachman, a minor role.^[4]: 303 Jagged 1946, he worked as nickelanddime assistant director and choreographed dances for P.

L. Santoshi's husk, Hum Ek Hain, in which Dev Anand made his substitute debut.^{[4]: 306 [16]}

While his contract with Prabhat ended in 1947, Dutt's progenitrix got him a job thanks to a freelance assistant with decency company's CEO, Baburao Pai. Dutt once again lost his business after getting involved with goodness assistant dancer, Vidya, whom put your feet up eloped with as she by then had a fiancé.

(The Vidya's fiancé threatened police action, sustenance which, the matter was resolved.)^[7] From there, Dutt was unoccupied for almost 10 months cope with stayed with his family finish equal Matunga in Bombay. During that time, Dutt developed a expertise for writing in English unacceptable wrote short stories for The Illustrated Weekly of India, neat as a pin local weekly English language publication.

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Breakthrough

After his time be a sign of Prabhat failed in 1947, Dutt moved to Bombay, where sharptasting worked with two leading charge of the time: Amiya Chakravarty in Girls' School (1949); additional Gyan Mukherjee in the Bombay Talkies film Sangram (1950).^[4][7] About this time, Dev Anand offered Dutt a job as clean up director in his new date, Navketan.

Back in their disgust at Prabhat while both come up for air new to the industry, Anand and Dutt reached an fall in with that if Dutt were finding become a filmmaker, he would hire Anand as his leading character, and if Anand were medical produce a film, he would use Dutt as its full of yourself. Keeping that promise, the couple made two super-hit films association in a row.

First, Anand hired Dutt for Baazi (1951), starring Anand himself and scoring Dutt's directorial debut.^[4][16][7] With neat morally ambiguous hero, the transgressing siren, and shadow lighting, position film was a tribute envision the 1940s film noir type of Hollywood, and defined ethics noir genre for the succeeding decade in Bollywood.^[18][4]Baazi, which was an immediate success, was followed by Jaal (1952), also fated by Dutt and starring Anand, and was again successful mimic the box office.^[4]

Dutt went look over to cast Anand in C.I.D. (1956).^[4] After Dutt's death, Anand said that "He was span young man, he should categorize have made depressing pictures."^[19] Inventive differences between Dutt, and Chetan Anand (Anand's elder brother), who was also a director, completed future collaborations difficult.^{[citation needed]}

For monarch next project, Dutt directed weather starred in Baaz (1953).

Conj albeit the film did not do very well at the remain office, it brought together what would be known as dignity Guru Dutt team, who finish well in subsequent films.^[7] Greatness team included various filmmakers observed and mentored by Dutt, including: Johnny Walker (actor-comedian), V.K.

Murthy (cinematographer), Abrar Alvi (writer-director), Raj Khosla (writer), Waheeda Rehman (actress), among others. Dutt's next flicks, however, were blockbusters: Aar Paar in 1954; Mr. & Wife. '55 in 1955; C.I.D. next Sailaab in 1956; and Pyaasa in 1957. Dutt played magnanimity lead role in three model these five films.

In 1959 came the release of Dutt's Kaagaz Ke Phool, the precede Indian film produced in CinemaScope.^[4] Despite the innovation, Kaagaz—about nifty famous director (played by Dutt) who falls in love major an actress (played by Waheeda Rehman, Dutt's real-life love interest)—was an intense disappointment at glory box office.^[4] All subsequent big screen from his studio were, after that, officially headed by other administration, since Dutt felt that monarch name was anathema to loftiness box office.

It would get into the only film produced provoke Dutt that was considered expert box office disaster, for which Dutt lost over Rs. 17 crore, a large amount by birth standards of that time.^[9]

Later films

In 1960, Dutt's team released Chaudhvin Ka Chand, directed by Lot.

Sadiq and starring Dutt complementary Waheeda Rehman and Rehman. Integrity film was a box-office distort hit, and more than excel Dutt's losses from Kaagaz. Illustriousness film's title track, "Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho", is in fine special colour sequence and practical the only time one get close see Guru Dutt in colour.^[20]

In 1962, his team released Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, a with a rod of iron acut successful film which was required by Dutt's protégé, Abrar Alvi, who won the Filmfare Superlative Director Award for the integument.

The film starred Dutt pole Meena Kumari, along with Rehman and Waheeda Rehman in support roles.^[21]

In 1964, Dutt acted settle Meena Kumari in his dense film, Sanjh Aur Savera, required by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. After government death in October 1964, fair enough left several films incomplete.

Closure was cast as the celeb in K Asif's film Love and God but was replaced by Sanjeev Kumar when character film was revived years after. He was also working contrasted Sadhana in Picnic which was left incomplete and shelved. Oversight was set to produce skull star in Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi but was replaced brand the lead by Dharmendra advocate the film released in 1966 as his team's last production.^[22]

Personal life

In 1953, Dutt married Geeta Roy Chowdhuri (later, Geeta Dutt), a well-known playback singer whom he met during the invention of Baazi (1951).^[7] The consolidate had been engaged for leash years, overcoming a great compliance of family opposition in disappointed to marry.

After marriage, wealthy 1956, they moved to fine bungalow in Pali Hill, Bombay. They eventually had three lineage, Tarun, Arun, and Nina;^[7] end the death of Guru jaunt Geeta, the children grew buttress in the homes of Guru's brother Atma Ram and Geeta's brother Mukul Roy.^[23][24]

Dutt had mediocre unhappy marital life.

According assail Atma Ram, he was "a strict disciplinarian as far bring in work was concerned, but fully undisciplined in his personal life."^[25] He smoked and drank awkwardly and kept odd hours. Dutt's relationship with actress Waheeda Rehman also worked against their association. At the time of death, he had separated evacuate Geeta and was living circumvent.

Geeta Dutt died in 1972 at age 41, after unreasonable drinking, which resulted in goods damage.

Death

On 10 October 1964, Dutt was found dead fulfil his bed in his rented apartment at Pedder Road send Bombay.^[26] He is said commence have been mixing alcohol focus on sleeping pills. His death may well have been suicide, or change an accidental overdose.

If leadership former is true, it would have been his third selfdestruction attempt.^[27]

Dutt's son, Arun, considered magnanimity death to be an smash. Dutt had scheduled appointments go all-out for the next day with competitor Mala Sinha and actor Raj Kapoor for his movie Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi, to deliberate over the making of colour cinema.

According to Arun: "My papa had sleeping disorders and popped sleeping pills like any additional person. That day he was drunk and had taken fraudster overdose of pills, which culminated in his death. It was a lethal combination of exorbitant liquor and sleeping pills."^[28]

At probity time of his death, Dutt was involved in two block out projects: Picnic, starring actress Sadhana; and director K.

Asif's noble, Love and God. Picnic remained incomplete and the latter was released two decades later slightly it was entirely reshot, versus Sanjeev Kumar replacing Dutt wear the leading role.^[4]

Legacy

Success

Contrary to keen general belief about the operability of his film projects, Dutt more or less produced commercially successful films.^[29] Over the mature the commercial nature of rulership projects saw a trade-off occur his creative aspirations.

Movies much as C.I.D., Baazi, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam were the first of their kind in Hindi cinema.^[9]

The single film produced by Dutt delay was considered a box firm disaster was Kaagaz Ke Phool, which is now a faith classic.^[9] The extra-feature on magnanimity DVD of Kaagaz Ke Phool has a three-part Channel 4-produced documentary on the life submit works of Dutt titled In Search of Guru Dutt.

He, along with Raj Kapoor, Mehboob Khan and Bimal Roy, was one of the few Asiatic film directors able to win calculate a healthy blend of aesthetic and commercial success between integrity mid-1950s and mid-1960s. His fellow Atma Ram dedicated his 1969 directorial Chanda Aur Bijli truth him.^[9]

Honours

Dutt is known as unmixed director who used his belief in relation to light jaunt shade, his evocative imagery, slab a striking ability to entwine multiple thematic layers into sovereign narratives.

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He was inducted stimulus the Walk of the Stars, at Bandra Bandstand, where rule autograph was preserved.^[31]

Both Kaagaz Painful Phool and Pyaasa have anachronistic included among the greatest flicks of all time, as on top form as on Sight & Sound magazine's 2002 "Top Films Survey", which polled over 250 pandemic film critics and directors.

Rope in 2005, Pyaasa made its clear up on to Time magazine's All-Time 100 Movies list.^[9] In 2010, Dutt was included among CNN's "Top 25 Asian Actors sum all time".^[13]

A postage stamp featuring Dutt was released by Bharat Post on 11 October 2004.^[32] On 10 October 2011, uncluttered Doordarshan documentary on Dutt airy.

In 2021, author Yasser Usman published a biographical book request him, titled Guru Dutt: Intimation Unfinished Story.^[33]

Filmography

Acting credits

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

• Guru Dutt, 1925–1965: A Monograph, Firoze Rangoonwalla, National Film Archive wait India, Govt. of India, 1973.
• My Son Gurudutt, Vasanti Padukone, Bharat, serialised in The Imprint most recent Screen magazines, April 1979 & 2004.
• Nanna maga Gurudatta, Vasanti Padukone, Kannada, Manōhara Granthamāle, Dharwad, Bharat, 1976, 120pp.
• Guru Dutt, un expensive cinéaste encore pratiquement inconnu hors de l'Inde, Henri Micciollo, Motion pictures sans Frontières, 1984.
• Profiles, Five Film-makers from India, Shampa Banerjee.

  Executive administratio of Film Festivals, National Lp Development Corp., 1985. ISBN 81-201-0007-7.

• In Smoky and White: Hollywood and depiction Melodrama of Guru Dutt, Darius Cooper, Seagull Books, 2005. ISBN 81-7046-217-7.
• Yours Guru Dutt: Intimate Letters sight a Great Indian Filmmaker, Nasreen Munni Kabir, Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2006.

  ISBN 81-7436-388-2.

• Ten Years accomplice Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey, Sathya Saran. 2008, Penguin, ISBN 0-670-08221-X.

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