am an ardent fan of guru dutt ever since i started understanding cinema.i like the play of light and shadow in his films.the music of all his films is superb.he was able to get the right emotions from his actors and actresses.i like the way guru dutt was able to get under tyhe skin of his character. yes,he was far ahead of his times.i also like his "Kagaz Ke Phool". can understand why the son misses his father.my father is also an introvert.i am able to understand my father a little more after reading this article. wish u all the best arun.
You miss your father terribally. A lot and lot of more miss him as great a actor and an artist. A teacher has to suffer a lot to learn and to able to teach that is what he has done and succeeded. We are proud and so you should be.
i have been a great fan of the legend guru dutt. i have almost seen all of his movies , except bazz. pyasa was superb, no movie in that catogory can match anywhere near pyasa. when ever i see his movies i feel that people from our film industry then were biased . the legend did not get due recognition for his masterpieces he made . nor did he himself kept a high profile like others ,that time, even today people enjoy his movies , one can see all the big time actors in guru dutts acting, one can see dilipkumar ,amitabh or even for instance aamir khan in gurudutts acting , its really surprising why such an actor/director was not given any kind of recognition then and even now . its such pitty on the part of our film industry that they havent valued for such a great legend.
"Pyaasa" and "Kaagaz ke Phool" are truly the finest examples of Indian cinema, and continue to rank, in my opinion, among the grandest films of all time, alongside "Citizen Kane" and "Fitzcarraldo."
Will any film star ever be as beautiful, or poignant, as Waheeda Rehman during "Waqt ne Kiya"? her words, sung to Guru Dutt, came from Geeta Dutt's mouth only increases the pathos of the scene. Our sorrows are sweet indeed.
If only the others were still among us... they put today's "stars" and "auteurs" to shame.
Guru Dutt was way ahead of his time. Be it Chaudavin ka Chand or Kagaz ke Phool. The light and shadow effects in Kagaz ke Phool is enough to prove the point. The characters and situations portrayed in his films are relevant even in this age. e.g. I saw Baharein Phir Bhi Aayegi last week and there are a couple of scenes where the owners of the newspaper want to exploit the happenings to increase the paper's circulation. It indeed is an up-to-date sketch.
I feel immensely lucky to be able to see those masterpieces now on VCDs. Would love to be able to see all the Guru Dutt and Dev Anand b&w films in some sort of a festival on a theatre. That would be fabulous.
