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Pyaasa (1957)

Name: Pyaasa (1957)
Director: Guru Dutt
Released: 1957
Duration: 2 h 23 min 4 s

प्यासा

Hindi film

by Guru Dutt 1957G General

1950s golden age Guru Dutt

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Directed by: Guru Dutt
Music by: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyrics by: Sahir Ludhianvi
Cinematography: V. K. Murthy
Cast: Guru Dutt, Mehmood Ali, Johnny Walker, Rehman, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha
Produced by: Guru Dutt
Written by: Abrar Alvi

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A poet nobody will publish is taken for dead, and his work becomes a sensation the moment he is gone - so that the only way back into his own life is to deny he wrote any of it. Guru Dutt directing and playing the poet, with Sahir Ludhianvi's lyrics carrying the argument: 'Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par Woh Kahan Hain' is a verse about a country, sung through a brothel district. Routinely named among the finest films made in India.

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Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo — not in this catalogue yet
A song from this film.
Jaane Woh Kaise Log The — not in this catalogue yet
A song from this film.
Jinhe Naaz Hai Hind Par — not in this catalogue yet
Sahir's indictment of the new nation, sung walking through a brothel district.
Kaagaz Ke Phool — not in this catalogue yet
The companion film: an artist destroyed by success rather than by neglect.
Sar Jo Tera Chakraye — not in this catalogue yet
Johnny Walker as the head-massage man.
Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kya Hai — not in this catalogue yet
A song from this film.

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Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 10 years apart.
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Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
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Same music director: Teen Devian (1965)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director: Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)
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Same music director: Tyaag (1977)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 20 years apart.

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