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The World of Guru Dutt

Mr. & Mrs. ’55

2h 30m

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    Directed by Guru Dutt • 1957 • India
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    (KAAGAZ KE PHOOL)
    Directed by Guru Dutt • 1959 • India
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    Prefiguring Fellini’s 8 1/2, Guru Dutt’s deeply personal, poetic drama draws on his own experiences within the film industry to express an artist’s increasing disillusionment with the world. Pl...

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    (“Full Moon”)
    Directed by M. Sadiq • 1960 • India
    Starring Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman

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