Guru Dutt

Timeline

1. Sep 09, 2025

   1:05 pm

   From Guru Dutt to Raj Kapoor: Shivdutt Das Art Foundation to showcase Damodar Kamat’s timeless frames in photographic tribute to Indian cinema at NCPA, Mumbai

   

   The Shivdutt Das Art Foundation is set to present Enduring Legacies: Edition 1 – Timeless Frames: A…

2. Aug 07, 2025

   6:16 pm

   Guru Dutt Film Festival: “This role belongs to YOU!” – Guru Dutt was willing to SCRAP 7 reels of Pyaasa for Dilip Kumar; Javed Akhtar CONFESSES, “Dilip saab once told me that he REGRETTED turning down Pyaasa, Baiju Bawra, Zanjeer…”

   

   Javed Akhtar, Sudhir Mishra, R Balki, Hansal Mehta and Bhawana Somaaya attended a session to pay…
   5:54 pm

   RARE Trivia from Guru Dutt Film Festival session: How change in interval placement SAVED Pyaasa from becoming a disaster; Guru Dutt was too shy to explain 16-year-old Waheeda Rehman about her street walker character

   

   Javed Akhtar, Sudhir Mishra, R Balki, Hansal Mehta and Bhawana Somaaya attended a session to pay…

   10:13 am

   Photos: Javed Akhtar, Divya Dutta, Rituparna Sengupta and others attend the premiere of Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa 4K restored version

   
3. Jul 09, 2025

   4:10 pm

   “Guru Dutt hit me hard”, Shoojit Sircar reflects on the timeless genius of Indian cinema’s lost auteur

   

   Like all notable contemporary filmmakers, you seem influenced by Guru Dutt. It took some time for…

   11:00 am

   “I still maintain that he DID NOT commit suicide” – The INSIDE story on the last 24 hours of Guru Dutt’s life; a brother’s emotional recollection

   

   The 100th birth anniversary of one of the greatest film personalities ever, Guru Dutt, is…
   10:00 am

   Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to honour Guru Dutt with special screenings of Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool

   

   The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), one of the largest Indian film festivals outside…

   9:46 am

   100th anniversary special: Shah Rukh Khan expressed desire to play Guru Dutt: “My face is like a beautiful poem in B&W”; son Arun Dutt approached Aamir Khan to play the lead in biopic; script was written by Anurag Kashyap

   

   The 100th birth anniversary of one of the greatest film personalities ever, Guru Dutt, is…

4. May 30, 2025

   9:28 am

   Guru Dutt biopic in early talks; Vicky Kaushal considered to play the icon

   

   As Indian cinema approaches the 100th birth anniversary of Guru Dutt, plans are underway to…

5. Aug 23, 2024

   11:16 am

   Vidhu Vinod Chopra launches daughter Ishaa’s book ‘Finding Order In Disorder: A Bipolar Memoir’: “VVC is the Guru Dutt of our times, minus the mental illness”

   

   Vidhu Vinod Chopra graced the launch of his daughter Ishaa Vinod Chopra’s book, 'Finding Order In…