However, Abrar Alvi did not share his conviction when shown the photographs. “Chhaya was a beautiful girl with well-chiselled features, a very fair complexion and a good voice, but after rehearsing ...

Kolkata: Guru Dutt was not born in Kolkata but the city had lived in him since he shifted here and grew up as a Bhowanipore resident. Fluent in Bengali and an avid reader of Bengali literature, Dutt ...

Guru Dutt cut a tragic figure with his many unrealised projects, but here’s one that came true after his death TEAM BUILDING: The property in Versova that still houses some of Dutt’s unit members; the ...

On his momentous birth centenary, here is a tribute to Guru Dutt: the visionary director, sensitive actor, captivating storyteller, and imaginative master of song picturisation, by delving into his ...

Kolkata is offering tribute to cinema legend Guru Dutt, with screenings of his restored masterpieces and lectures. The Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC) hosted ‘Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye Toh: ...

'The pain of not having a home is bearable, but the pain of having one -- and not finding peace in it -- is far worse.' IMAGE: Guru Dutt in Kaagaz Ke Phool. Bungalow No 48 in Pali Hill was a dream for ...

The storytelling, exquisite framing, play of light and shadow... see how R Balki, Anurag Kashyap, Tigmanshu Dhulia and others have drawn from his artistry. The days of black-and-white are long gone.

"Mera yeh dard-e-dil, meri shayari, mera junoon, ye sab meri zindagi ki haqiqat hai, aur main inhi haqiqaton ko lekar jeena chahta hu.(My pain, my poetry, my passion, these are all the realities of my ...

Bungalow No 48 in Pali Hills was a dream for many but not for its owner, filmmaker Guru Dutt. For his wife, singer Geeta Dutt, it was a haunted space, for him, never the sanctuary he longed for. In ...

The film “leaves one confused because it is a confused product of a confused brain”, the reviewer complains. Also, “It is a picture which lacks coherence, a clear and cognizable theme and, ...

Like all notable contemporary filmmakers, you seem influenced by Guru Dutt. It took some time for me to truly grasp and understand Guru Dutt’s cinema. But of course, those stark images, the interplay ...