Portrait of Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt

Directing

Biography

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.

Born: July 9, 1925

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Filmography

1989
In Search of Guru Dutt

as Self (archive footage)

1964
Suhagan

as Vijay Kumar

1964
Sanjh Aur Savera

as Dr. Shankar Chaudhry

1963
Bharosa

as Bansi

1962
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

as Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'

1962
Sautela Bhai

as Gokul

1960
1959
Kaagaz Ke Phool

as Suresh Sinha

1958
12 O'Clock

as Ajoye Kumar

1957
Pyaasa

as Vijay

1955
Mr. & Mrs. '55

as Preetam Kumar

1954
Aar Paar

as Kalu

1953
The Falcon

as Raj Kumar Ravi

1945
Lakhrani

as Lachhman