Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt or Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone was born on July 9, 1925,Bangalore, Mysore, British India.
Guru Dutt was a most famous film director, producer and actor of bollywood industry. Guru Dutt is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema.

Guru Dutt is most famous for making brilliant lyrical and artistic films within the context of popular Hindi cinema of the 1950s, starting with his 1957 masterpiece, Pyaasa. Several of his later works have a cult following. Guru Dutt developed a flair for writing in English, and wrote short stories for The Illustrated Weekly of India, a local weekly English magazine.

As a director, Baazi was an immediate success. Guru Dutt followed it with Jaal and Baaz. Fortune smiled on Dutt's next film, the 1954 Aar Paar. Guru Dutt also has his influence on his last box office smash hit Chaudhvin Ka Chand.
Guru Dutt's last productions film in 1964 was Sanjh Aur Savera opposite Meena Kumari. Guru Dutt died on October 10, 1964.

Guru Dutt's legacy to direction of Hindi cinema is unmistakable and accepted by many leading Hindi directors of the day.