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.

Guru Dutt

Directing Born July 9, 1925 – Died October 10, 1964 Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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.

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Known For

Bahurani

Pyaasa

Vijay

12 O'Clock

Ajoye Kumar

Kaagaz Ke Phool

Suresh Sinha

Aar Paar

Kalu

Sanjh Aur Savera

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'

Mr. & Mrs. '55

Preetam Kumar

In Search of Guru Dutt

Self (archive footage)

The Full Moon

Aslam

Baaz

Raj Kumar Ravi

Bharosa

Bansi