Guru Dutt

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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 have been included among the greatest films of all time by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies list and by the 2002 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".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 attract full houses when re-released; especially in Germany, France and Japan.

Early life

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone was born on 9 July 1925, in Padukone in the present-day state of Karnataka in India into a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. His name was changed to Gurudatta Padukone following a childhood accident, the belief being that it was an auspicious choice. His father, Shivashanker Rao Padukone, was a headmaster and a banker; his mother was Vasanthi, a teacher and writer. Both parents were originally settled in Karwar but relocated. Dutt spent his early childhood in Bhowanipore, Kolkata, and spoke fluent Bengali.

He had one younger sister—Lalita Lajmi, who is an Indian painter—and 3 younger brothers, Atma Ram (a director), Devi (a producer), and Vijay. Likewise, his niece Kalpana Lajmi was also a well known Indian film director, producer and screenwriter; and his second cousin Shyam Benegal is a director and screenwriter. He is also a second cousin twice removed of Amrita Rao, whose grandfather and Dutt were second cousins.

Personal life

In 1953, Dutt married Geeta Roy Chowdhuri (later, Geeta Dutt), a well-known playback singer whom he met during the making of Baazi (1951). The couple had been engaged for three years, overcoming a great deal of family opposition in order to marry. After marriage, in 1956, they moved to a bungalow in Pali Hill, Mumbai. They eventually had three children, Tarun, Arun, and Nina; after the death of Guru and Geeta, the children grew up in the homes of Guru's brother Atma Ram and Geeta's brother Mukul Roy.

Dutt had an unhappy marital life. According to Atma Ram, he was "a strict disciplinarian as far as work was concerned, but totally undisciplined in his personal life." He smoked and drank heavily and kept odd hours. Dutt's relationship with actress Waheeda Rehman also worked against their marriage. At the time of his death, he had separated from Geeta and was living alone. Geeta Dutt died in 1972 at age 41, after excessive drinking, which resulted in liver damage.

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Career

He attended Uday Shankar's School of Dancing and Choreography in Almora, 1942, but was kicked out in 1944 after being concerned with the company's leading lady. From there, 93 Dutt wired home to say he had been at the Lever Brothers factory in Calcutta (now Kolkata). However, he was disenchanted by his work and left the field shortly after.

Before his uncle discovered him a job with the Prabhat Film Company in Pune later this year, Dutt briefly returned to his parents in Bombay. V. Shantaram, the company's top talent, had already been fired and had by then formed Rajkamal Kalamandir, a once-leading production firm. Dutt met two people who would remain his lifelong good friends—actors Rehman and Dev Anand, the latter of whom would later produce Dutt's debut.

Dutt made his acting debut in Vishram Bedekar's Lakhrani (1945), as Lachman, a minor role. 303 He served as an assistant director and choreographed dances for P. L. Santoshi's film, Hum Ek Hain, in which Dev Anand made his acting debut in 1946.

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Dutt's mother gave him a job as a freelance assistant with Prabhat in 1947, despite the fact that his deal with Prabhat came to an end. Dutt lost his career after becoming acquainted with Vidya, the assistant dancer who eloped with as she already had a fiancé. (The fiancé of Vidya threatened police action before the matter was settled) (The matter was settled after that). Dutt had been unemployed for almost ten months and spent with his family at Matunga, Bombay, where he had been born there. During this period, Dutt found a knack for writing in English and wrote short stories for The Illustrated Weekly of India, a local weekly English language newspaper.

After his time with Prabhat ended in 1947, Dutt travelled to Bombay, where he worked with two leading directors of the time: Amiya Chakravarty in Girls' School (1949); and Gyan Mukherjee in the Bombay Talkies film Sangram (1950). In Dev Anand's latest venture, Navketan, around this time, he gave Dutt a job as a director. Both Anand and Dutt came to an agreement that if Dutt wanted to become a film maker, he'd bring Anand as his hero, and if Anand were to produce a film, he'd use Dutt as the director. Following that pledge, the pair produced two smash films in a row.

First, Anand recruited Dutt for Baazi (1951), starring Anand himself and commemorating Dutt's debut as director. The film was a tribute to Hollywood's 1940s film noir style, with its morally ambiguous hero, the transgressing siren, and shadow lighting. Baazi, which was immediately profitable, was followed by Jaal (1952), which was also directed by Dutt and starring Anand, and it was also profitable at the box office.

In C.I.D., Dutt went on to portray Anand. (1956): (1956) "He was a young man, not depressing pictures," Anand said after Dutt's death. Dutt's younger brother, who was also a filmmaker, made future collaborations difficult.

Dutt produced and starred in Baaz (1953) for his next venture. Despite the fact that the film did not do well at the box office, it did bring together what would be described as the Guru Dutt crew, who did well in subsequent films. Several filmmakers were discovered and mentored by Dutt, including Johnny Walker (actor-comedian) and V.K. Murthy (cinematographer), Abrar Alvi (writer), Raj Khosla (writer), Waheeda Rehman (actress), and others.

Dutt's next films, however, were blockbusters: Aar Paar in 1954; Mr. and Mrs.'55 in 1955; C.I.D. In 1956, Sailaab was a member of the Sailaab Party, and Pyaasa in 1957. In three of these five films, Dutt played the lead role.

The first Indian film shot in CinemaScope, Kaagaz Ke Phool, was released in 1959. Despite the innovation, Kaagaz, about a well-known producer who falls in love with an actress (played by Waheeda Rehman, Dutt's genuine love interest) was a major disappointment at the box office. Since Dutt thought that his name was anathema to the box office, all subsequent films from his studio were, eventually, officially headed by other producers. It would be Dutt's first film made by the box office tragedy for which Dutt lost over Rs. By the time's standards, 17 crore is a considerable amount.

Chaudhvin Ka Chand, directed by M. Sadiq and starring Waheeda Rehman and Rehman, was released in 1960. Dutt's losses from Kaagaz were more than recovered from the film, and it was a box-office smash. "Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho" the film's title track, is in a special color sequence, and this is the first time one can see Guru Dutt in color.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, a critically acclaimed film directed by Dutt's protégé, Abrar Alvi, who received the Filmfare Best Director Award for the film, was released in 1962. Dutt and Meena Kumari appeared in the film, as did Rehman and Waheeda Rehman in supporting roles.

In 1964, Dutt appeared in Sanjh Aur Savera, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Several films were incomplete after his death in October 1964. He was leading K Asif's film Love and God but was replaced by Sanjeev Kumar when the film was revived years later. In Picnic, he was also working opposite Sadhana, who was left unfinished and shelved. He was supposed to produce and act in Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi but was eventually dropped as the lead by Dharmendra and the film was released in 1966 as his team's last production.

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