E1 Guru Dutt - Guru Dutt Films
07 September 2026 | 2 min
In just ten years, Guru Dutt Films created eight films that left a lasting mark on Indian cinema. Explore the studio’s vision, its acclaimed work, and the man behind it, whose real name was not Guru D...
E2 Guru Dutt - The Making of Guru Dutt
07 September 2026 | 2 min
From Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar’s early years in Kolkata to his transformation into Guru Dutt, this episode traces his journey through dance, music and cinema, including his breakthrough as a director...
E3 Guru Dutt - The Noir Vision
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Inspired by Hollywood film noir, progressive filmmaker Guru Dutt revolutionized Indian cinema with striking visual textures and urban aesthetics, leading him to launch his own production studio in 195...
E4 Guru Dutt - Birth of Aar Paar
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Launching Aar Paar in 1954, Guru Dutt and writer Abrar Alvi transformed Hindi cinema by introducing natural regional dialogues while cinematographer VK Murthy brought Bombay streets alive as a living...
E5 Guru Dutt - Mr. & Mrs. '55
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Seeking a careful balance between artistic expression and studio survival, Guru Dutt produced the thriller C.I.D. directed by Raj Khosla, while pouring his soul into Pyaasa and sharpening his critique...
E6 Guru Dutt - The Pyaasa Dilemma
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Seeking a careful balance between artistic expression and studio survival, Guru Dutt produced the thriller C.I.D. directed by Raj Khosla, while pouring his soul into Pyaasa and sharpening his critique...
E7 Guru Dutt - The C.I.D. Muse
07 September 2026 | 3 min
Introducing legendary costume designer Bhanu Athaiya and discovering iconic muse Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt adapts a classic Hollywood thriller into C.I.D., blending dark crime, gangsters, and striking...
E8 Guru Dutt - The Pyaasa Era
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Marking a massive turning point for Guru Dutt Films in 1957, Pyaasa explores the deep existential angst of a starving poet, capturing the timeless tragedy of a living artist ignored and a dead one pra...
E9 Guru Dutt - The Soul of Pyaasa
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Rejected by a selfish society, unsuccessful poet Vijay finds profound empathy only with the compassionate Gulabo. Fueled by Sahir Ludhianvi's revolutionary poetry, Pyaasa exposes ruthless human greed...
E10 Guru Dutt - Poet and Prostitute
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Championing justice against oppressive systems, Sahir Ludhianvi's fierce anti-capitalist poetry echoes Guru Dutt's vision, uniting a struggling poet and a marginalized prostitute in an indifferent soc...
E11 Guru Dutt - The Kolkata Setting
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Set in Kolkata, Guru Dutt enlisted master composer S.D. Burman to infuse rich Bengali musical elements. Despite its sharp societal critique, this massive box office hit paved the way for Kaagaz Ke Pho...
E12 Guru Dutt - Kaagaz Ke Phool
07 September 2026 | 2 min
Released in 1959 as India’s first CinemaScope film, the semi-autobiographical Kaagaz Ke Phool uses sweeping wide frames and masterly light-and-shadow techniques to amplify Suresh Sinha's profound lone...