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Guru Dutt
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- Life with the Teacher of Teachers
- Zindagi -1
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Geeta Dutt (Bengali: গীতা দত্ত) (November 23, 1930 – July 20, 1972) was an Indian playback singer, considered one of the best to have hit the Indian film world. Geeta Dutt was born into a rich zamindaar's family as Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri in Faridpur, East Bengal in 1930. In 1942, her parents shifted to a Dadar apartment in Bombay when she was twelve. Over there in their modest flat at Dadar, composer/music director Hanuman Prasad, overheard her singing casually and agreed to impart her train
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- Born
- Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone , ( 1925-07-09 ) 9 July 1925, Bangalore , Kingdom of Mysore , British India (present-day Karnataka , India)
- Died
- 10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) (aged 39), Bombay , Maharashtra , India (present-day Mumbai )
- Other name
- Gurudatta Padukone
- Occupations
- Actor film producer film director choreographer
- Years active
- 1946–1964
- Spouse
- Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 )
- Relatives
- Atma Ram (brother) Lalita Lajmi (sister) Kalpana Lajmi (niece) Shyam Benegal (cousin)
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- 3
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- 1925-07-09
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- 1964-10-10
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Guru Dutt (born Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone; 9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964; also known as Gurudatta Padukone) was an Indian film actor, director, producer, choreographer, and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. He was heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock in his initial films and later was compared with Orson Welles due to his works getting a legitimate amount of prominence amongst the cinephiles.
Dutt was lauded for his artistry, notably his usage of close-up shots, lighting, and depictions of melancholia. He directed a total of eight Hindi films, several of which have gained a cult following internationally. This includes Pyaasa (1957), which made its way onto Time magazine's 100 Greatest Movies list, as well as Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), all of which are frequently listed among the greatest films in Hindi cinema. He was included among CNN's "Top 25 Asian Actors" in 2012.