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Pyaasa: An Everlasting Portrayal Of Society’s Double Standards And Hypocrisy
On days you feel like lamenting about all the ways this consumerist society has crushed your ambitions and your spirit, Pyaasa is the film to watch
15 Things You Didn't Know About Guru Dutt's Pyaasa
As the Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman classic turns 65, here’s a look at some interesting trivia behind the film
The Range Of Genres And Moods That Is Pyaasa’s Soundtrack
With the best minds on board—SD Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi—the result could only have been one: magic
The 30 Most Beautiful Hindi Films Of All Time
From Shree 420 to Bulbbul, a 1950s gothic romance to MF Hussain’s artwork in motion, here is a definitive list of the most beautiful Hindi films of all time
Guru Dutt:An Unfinished Story By Yasser Usman Is A Commercial Biograpy
The 300 page biography doesn’t tell us anything new or novel about the filmmaker-actor, most well-known for his films Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool
10 Hindi Film Classics To Watch on Streaming
From noirish thrillers to rousing social dramas, here’s a list of classic Hindi cinema from the 50s and 60s
Hemant Kumar: On His Birth Centenary, A Musical Flashback
Recalling some of the composer-singer’s music, from the sombre Guru Dutt films to Girl Friend, which had ‘Boom booma boom’.
Posterphilia: Guru Dutt In Posters
From Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool to Mr and Mrs 55, we take a look at the posters of six of Guru Dutt’s most significant films
FC Flashback: Why You Should Watch Guru Dutt’s Mr And Mrs 55
A fine middle ground between Dutt playing an overtly serious, sympathy-seeking part and his distinct authorial personality as a director can be discovered in Mr and Mrs 55
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