Guru Dutt by Yasser Usman

Author:Yasser Usman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S&S India
Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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MR. & MRS. ’55

‘It was an unsaid rule that no one, not even close friends or family members were welcomed when Guru Dutt was immersed in shooting. He wanted no distractions or disturbances on his sets.’

—V.K. Murthy

With Mr. & Mrs. ’55, Guru Dutt and Abrar Alvi once again proved their mettle in a romantic comedy with great sophistication. Guru Dutt repeated almost the same winning team of Aar Paar with Abrar Alvi, V.K. Murthy, the O.P. Nayyar-Geeta Dutt-Mohd Rafi combination and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Commercially, the results were even better than Aar Paar. The big star, Madhubala, led the cast and lifted the film with her screen presence, her talent for comedy and her spontaneity. However, in this film too the first choice for the male lead role wasn’t Guru Dutt but Sunil Dutt. Guru Dutt later felt he would do the role himself.

Praising Guru Dutt’s direction and acting performance, the Filmfare magazine (27 May 1955) review said:

Under Guru Dutt’s sure handed direction the entire cast embellish the picture with high histrionic appeal, their portrayals breathing life into the story and investing the characterisations with utterly convincing human attributes. Guru Dutt, as the impecunious hero who gambles for love, interprets his role perfectly and displays the genius of the born actor.

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