| Name(s) |
GURU DUTT
(Original Full Name: Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone) |
| Date of
Birth |
July 09, 1925
– Bangalore, Karnataka, India. |
| Date of
Death |
October 10, 1964
– Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (He was found dead in his bed in
Mumbai). |
|
Identity |
Indian Actor,
Producer, Director, Choreographer |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He was the maker of classics of
1950s and 1960s such as Pyaasa,
Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Bibi Aur
Ghulam and Chaudhvin Ka Chand.
- In 1953, He married Geeta Dutt,
a well-known playback singer,
despite intensive opposition from
his family.
- After his schooling, he joined
the performing arts troupe of Uday
Shankar, the elder brother of the
better-known Ravi Shankar.
- He joined the Prabhat Film
Company in Pune in 1944.
- After the expiry of his 3 years
contract he was unemployed for some
time during which he was writing
short stories in magazines.
- His first film, Navketan's
Baazi, was released
in 1951, which was an immediate
great success.
- Thereafter his other film ‘Aar
Paar’, released in 1954 was
a great success, followed by many
more successes till 1959 when his
film ‘Kaagaz ke Phool’
resulted in a box-office disaster.
- In 1964 he acted in his last
film Sanjh Aur Savera directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee opposite Meena
Kumari.
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Awards and Accolades |
- His films ‘Pyaasa’
and ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’
are 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.
- In 2010, he was included among
CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all
time".
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