Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt Shiv Shankar Padukone is the full name of great ‘actor’, ‘director’ and ‘producer’ commonly known as “GuruDutt. He was born on July 9, 1925 in a Saraswat family of Mangalore. After getting his early education in Calcutta he joined the dancing school at Almora. He remained there for two years. Thereafter he joined ‘Prabhat Studio’ and began his apprenticeship in films. He was interested in every aspect of film-making, and learned them by assisting major Prabhat directors. He talents as a choreographer were mostly appreciated in film Hum ek Hain (1946), and he got a break.

Devanand as a colleague and good friend, promised him that he will give a chance to direct his film whenever he will produce a film. Dev Anand launched his own banner 'Navketan', and invited him to direct a film for him to keep his promise. He got a great break in 1951 with the film ‘Baazi’. Guru Dutt and Geeta Roy met during the song recording of Baazi and fell in love. They married on the 26th of May,1953.
‘Jaal’ (1952) was another film directed by him, again with Dev Anand as the hero. But it did not get that much success. After ‘Jaal’ he directed the film ‘Baaz’, which was also an unsuccessful effort to persuade back his public. Guru Dutt himself played the role of the hero in Baaz but the film failed. ‘Aar Paar’ (1954) was the film which established Guru Dutt as a recognized director. After ‘Aar Par’ he presented his best work in the form of the films ‘Mr. and Mrs 55’ and ‘Pyaasa’. ‘Kaagaz ke Phool’, the first ‘cinema scope’ movie of Indian Cinema, was the last film directed by Guru Dutt. Though it was his very ambitious film, it could not get much success and Guru Dutt never directed any film after this. He continued to produce films and act in both home and outside productions. ‘Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam’ won the President's silver medal. This film was also awarded with ‘the film of the year’ by the Bengal Film Journalists Association.


Below is the list of films of Guru Dutta as Dance Director, Assistant Director, Director, Producer, Actor:

Ø Lakharani (1945)
Ø Mohan (1947)
Ø Girl's School (1949)
Ø Sangram (1950)
Ø Baazi (1951)
Ø Jaal (1952)
Ø Baaz (1953)
Ø Aar Paar (1954)
Ø Mr. & Mrs 55 (1955)
Ø Sailaab (1956)
Ø C.I.D. (1956)
Ø Pyaasa (1957)
Ø Twelve o'clock (1958)
Ø Kaagaz ke Phool (1959)
Ø Chaudhivi ka Chand (1960)
Ø Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962)
Ø Sautela Bhai (1962)
Ø Bahurani (1963)
Ø Bharosa (1963)
Ø Sanjh aur Savera (1964)
Ø Suhagan (1964)

List of films which Guru Dutt could not complete:

Ø Gauri (1957)
Ø Raaz (1959)
Ø Kaneez (1962)
Ø Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi (1963-64)
Ø Love and God (1963 - 64)