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Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt

Personal Profile (Personal Biography)

  • - Original Name: Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
  • - Commonly Known Name: Guru Dutt
  • - Occupation: Director, Choreographer, Producer and Actor
  • - Date of Birth (Birthday): 9 July, 1925
  • - Date of Death: 10 October, 1964
  • - Hair Color: Black
  • - Birth Place: Bangalore
  • - Education: Uday Shankar's dancing school at Almora
  • - Languages: Hindi, English
  • - Hobbies: Hunting

Family Background

  • - Father's Name: Shivshanker Padukone
  • - Mother's Name: Vasanthi Padukone
  • - Brother(s): Atmaram, Devidas and Vijay
  • - Sister(s): Lalita
  • - Spouse: Geeta Dutt, a well-known playback singer
  • - Son: Arun, Tarun
  • - Daughter: Nina

Film Background (Filmography)

Debut Film: Baazi

Other Achievements: Was a director & producer also, First Directed Film Girls School

Guru Dutt joined the Uday Shankar India Culture Center at age 16 in 1941 on a five-year scholarship of Rs. 75 annually and studied there until 1944, when the advancing World War II forced the closing of the center.

His career started as a Telephone operator at a Lever Brothers factory in Kolkata. Soon, he joined Prabhat Film Company in Pune in 1944.

Guru Dutt developed a flair for writing in English, and wrote short stories for The Illustrated Weekly of India, a local weekly English magazine.

List of Films by Guru Dutt

Actor: Picnic (1964)-Incomplete, Sanjh Aur Savera (1964), Suhagan (1964), Bahurani (1963), Bharosa (1963), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Sautela Bhai (1962), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), 12 O'Clock (1958), Pyaasa (1957), Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955), Aar Paar (1954), Suhagan (1954), Baaz (1953), Hum Ek Hain (1946), Lakha Rani (1945), Chand (1944)

Director: Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Pyaasa (1957), Sailaab (1956), Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955), Aar Paar (1954), Baaz (1953), Jaal (1952), Baazi (1951)

Producer: Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Pyaasa (1957), C.I.D. (1956), Aar Paar (1955)

Film Awards

Filmfare Best Film Award for "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam"

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