Guru Dutt
Actor, Film director
1925 – 1964
Who was Guru Dutt?
Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, 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. He is sometimes referred to as "India's Orson Welles". In 2010, he was included among CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all time".
He is most famous for making lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Hindi cinema of the 1950s, and expanding its commercial conventions, starting with his 1957 film, Pyaasa. Several of his later works have a cult following. His movies go full house when re-released; especially in Germany, France and Japan. The latest book on him is Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey by Sathya Saran based on the recollections of his chief scriptwriter and friend.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1925
Bangalore - Also known as
- Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
- Guru
- Dada
- Late Guru Dutt 'Dada'
- Gurudutt
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Geeta Dutt
(1953/05/26 - 1964/10/10) - Suvarna
- Vijaya
- Geeta Dutt
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Konkani people
- Indian people
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Bangalore
- Mumbai
- Died
- Oct 10, 1964
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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