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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 by admin

Guru Dutt

Suffused with the dark poetry of the death wish, Dutt’s classics were nihilistic, self-portraits of the artiste as a depressed, disturbed and deluded young man. Surprisingly, Guru Dutt Padukone’s childhood could have hardly been more normal. Born near Bangalore, of middle-class but intellectual parents, he was fascinated by dance. He joined Uday Shankar’s Dance Academy ...

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Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 by admin

Shakila in Aar Paar (1954)

This is perhaps one of the best songs composed by O.P. Nayyar for Geeta Dutt. Accordion plays a major part in setting the overall mood of the song and Geeta sings this song in her distinctive frothy style. This song was picturized on Shakila. According to her, “Guru Dutt used to explain things well to ...

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 by admin

Kaagaz ke phool (1959)

This is often said to the be the film that marked Guru Dutt’s mental decline towards suicide, as its failure at the box office led to his refusal to direct another film. Many believe that he actually directed Sahib bibi our ghulam (1961) and Chaudhvin ka chand (1960), in which he starred, but that he ...

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