Guru Dutt

The Guru Dutt team is a group of filmmakers formed by Guru Dutt for some of his works.[1] Some well-known films that the team created include Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Kaagaz Ke Phool, and Pyaasa. In 2005 Pyaasa was ranked among the top 100 movies by Time magazine.[2]

Much of their work found critical appreciation long after these movies were made. Movies such as Kaagaz Ke Phool, which was a huge commercial failure of its days, found critical and commercial success when it was re-released in the 1980s in Europe. Dutt has a huge following in France, Germany, and Japan, where his movie festivals are held occasionally.[3][4]

The team

Notable works

The following are notable films from Dutt's career:[5][6]

After Dutt's death

The team stopped working together after Dutt's death at 39.

After his death, only a few of the members were able to achieve the critical acclaim they did as a team. Partly the reason was Guru Dutt's eye for detail. Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are an inspiration for directors even today. The exceptions were Dev Anand, S.D. Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Hemant Kumar, and Mohammad Rafi, who were already established when Guru Dutt entered film making. Waheeda Rehman is also an exception, as she performed par excellence in her coming films like Teesri Kasam, Bees Saal Baad, Reshma Aur Shera, Khamoshi and her magnum opus Guide. V. K. Murthy continued work with Promod Chakravarthy but his notable work was in Tamas (1987), directed by his erstwhile assistant Govind Nihalani.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Guru Dutt's 94th birth anniversary: A master director who was tormented by life". Hindustan Times. 9 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel (12 February 2005). "All-Time 100 Movies". Time. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Asian Film Series No.9 Guru Dutt Retorospective". Japan Foundation Asia Center. 2000–2001. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Sampath, Janani (10 October 2019). "In life and death, Guru Dutt remains an enigma". The Federal.
  5. ↑ "Guru Dutt | Indian filmmaker and actor". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  6. ↑ "Film legend Guru Dutt's biopic titled 'Pyaasa' in works". The New Indian Express.

Bibliography

  • Guru Dutt, 1925-1965: A Monograph, by Firoze Rangoonwalla, National Film Archive of India, Govt. of India, 1973.
  • Guru Dutt, un grand cinéaste encore pratiquement inconnu hors de l'Inde, by Henri Micciollo, Films sans Frontières, 1984.
  • Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema, by Nasreen Munni Kabir, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-19-564274-0.
  • In Black and White: Hollywood and the Melodrama of Guru Dutt, by Darius Cooper, Seagull Books, 2005. ISBN 81-7046-217-7.
  • Yours Guru Dutt: Intimate Letters of a Great Indian Filmmaker, by Nasreen Munni Kabir, Lustre Press, Roli Books, 2006. ISBN 81-7436-388-2.
  • Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's journey, by Sathya Saran. 2008, Penguin, ISBN 0-670-08221-X.


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