Guru Dutt
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-07-09 (39 years old)
Deathday
1964-10-10
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 W...
Acting
1957
as Vijay
1955
as Preetam Kumar
1954
as Kalu
1962
as Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'
1960
as Aslam
1953
as Raj Kumar Ravi
1989
as Self (archive footage)
1962
as Gokul
1959
as Suresh Sinha
1958
as Ajoye Kumar
1964
as Dr. Shankar Chaudhry
1964
1963
as Bansi
1964
as Vijay Kumar
Production
1957
as Director
1955
as Director
1954
as Director
1959
as Director
1946
as Assistant Director
1946
as Choreographer
1951
as Director
1953
as Director
1952
as Director
1952
as Story
1952
as Screenplay
1957
as Producer
1956
as Director
1962
as Producer
1954
as Producer
1951
as Story
1960
as Producer
1959
as Producer
1953
as Screenplay
1956
as Producer
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