Guru Dutt
Birthday
1925/07/09
Day of death
1964/10/10 (39 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Also know as
Guru, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone
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...Read more
Acting
(1957) Pyaasa
as Vijay
(1955) Mr. & Mrs. '55
as Preetam Kumar
(1954) Aar Paar
as Kalu
(1962) Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
as Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'
(1960) Chaudhvin Ka Chand
as Aslam
(1953) The Falcon
as Raj Kumar Ravi
(1989) In Search of Guru Dutt
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Sautela Bhai
as Gokul
(1959) Kaagaz Ke Phool
as Suresh Sinha
(1958) 12 O'Clock
as Ajoye Kumar
(1964) Sanjh Aur Savera
as Dr. Shankar Chaudhry
(1963) Bharosa
as ---
(1964) Bahurani
as ---
(1964) Suhagan
as Vijay Kumar