Guru Dutt

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-07-09

Deathday 1964-10-10 (39 years old)

Place of Birth Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Also Known As Guru, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone

Guru Dutt

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.

Known For

Director

1959
Kaagaz Ke Phool

as Director

1957
Pyaasa

as Director

1956
Sailaab

as Director

1955
Mr. & Mrs. '55

as Director

1954
Aar Paar

as Director

1953
The Falcon

as Director

1952
Jaal

as Director

1951
Baazi

as Director

1946
Hum Ek Hain

as Assistant Director

Actor

1989
In Search of Guru Dutt

as Self (archive footage)

1964
Suhagan

as Vijay Kumar

1964
Sanjh Aur Savera

as Dr. Shankar Chaudhry

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

Producer

1962
1960
Chaudhvin Ka Chand

as Producer

1959
Kaagaz Ke Phool

as Producer

1957
Pyaasa

as Producer

1956
C.I.D.

as Producer

1954
Aar Paar

as Producer

Writer

1953
The Falcon

as Screenplay

1952
Jaal

as Story

1952
Jaal

as Screenplay

1951
Baazi

as Story

Crew

1946
Hum Ek Hain

as Choreographer