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TopicGuru Dutt

Topic: Guru Dutt

Daastan-e-Guru Dutt starts with songs, claps, wah-wahs. Ends with ‘aise bhi jaata nahin koi’

New Delhi: The story of the multitalented yet tragic filmmaker and actor Guru Dutt was retold through an emotive dastangoi by Fouzia Dastango at...

Guru Dutt was more than brooding loneliness. His cinema pulsed with wit and satire

Aar Paar is an essential film in Guru Dutt’s legacy—not a footnote, but a standalone masterpiece that showcases his wit, range, and control.

Guru Dutt’s ‘Pyaasa’, ‘Aar-Paar’ in your theatre again. 150 people worked to restore the films

‘We picked films where Guru Dutt either acted or directed. From those, we restored the ones whose prints were in the best condition,’ said Sushilkumar Agrawal, founder of Ultra Media.

Guru Dutt’s female characters were mirrors to a changing India

In Guru Dutt’s films like Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool, women weren’t side characters — they were the story’s moral centre influencing the journey of the male protagonists.

‘He never spoke about why he wanted to die’—Guru Dutt’s sister broke her silence

During my multiple conversations with Guru Dutt’s sister, Lalita Lajmi, for my 2021 biography of him, there were many moments when she was moved by her memories.

Guru Dutt built Bollywood’s most unlikely dream team—bus conductor, unknown writer, dancer

Guru Dutt discovered most of his A-team through chance and a fine-tuned instinct for creative spark. Some became legends in their own right.

Guru Dutt turned melancholia into art. He was ‘lost in filmmaking, lost to life’

In his book Guru Dutt, Arun Khopkar noted that the actor’s films reflect an inner turmoil that transcended his personal life, elevating his work to something deeply universal.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.