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Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)

Name: Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
Director: Guru Dutt
Released: 1959
Duration: 2 h 21 min 50 s

काग़ज़ के फूल

Hindi film

by Guru Dutt 1959G General

Drama Musical romance

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Directed by: Guru Dutt
Produced by: Guru Dutt
Written by: Abrar Alvi
Screenplay by: Abrar Alvi
Dialogue by: Abrar Alvi
Music by: Sachin Dev Burman
Lyrics by: Kaifi Azmi
Singers: Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt, Malhotra, Mohammed Rafi, Sudha
Cinematography: V. K. Murthy
Edited by: Y.G. Chawhan
Production design: M.R. Achrekar
Cast: Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Mehmood Ali, Johnny Walker

Description

Suresh Sinha is one of the most admired directors in Bombay, but his marriage has collapsed and his wife's wealthy family keeps him away from his beloved daughter Pammi. On a rainy night he meets Shanti, a shy young woman, and casts her in his new film; she becomes a star, and the two drift into a tender bond that the gossiping world and his family will not allow. As her star rises, his begins to fall. Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers) was India's first film in CinemaScope and Guru Dutt's most personal work. It failed at the box office on release, and Guru Dutt never again took a director's credit, but it is now counted among the greatest Indian films. V. K. Murthy's shafts of studio light in Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam, sung by Geeta Dutt, are among cinema's most famous images.

The songs

Vaqt Ne Kiyaa, Kyaa Hasin Sitam
Dekhi Zamaane Ki Yaari Bichhade Sabhi
Ulte Sidhe Dao Lagaye
Ham Tum Jise Kehta Hai Shadi
Ud Ja Ud Ja Pyase Bhanwre
San San San Wo Chali Hawa
aanch Chhah Aur Saat Aath Aur Nau
Kaagaz Ke Phool

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Taken up again in

Pyaasa — not in this catalogue yet
The companion film: an artist destroyed by neglect rather than by success.
Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam — not in this catalogue yet
Shot in a beam of light Murthy bounced off mirrors into an empty studio.

The same people, elsewhere

Same music director and singer: Aradhana (1969)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 10 years apart.
Same lyricist: Arth (1982)
Kaifi Azmi wrote the lyrics of both - 23 years apart.
Same music director: Bandini (1963)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director and photographer: Barood (1976)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both; V.K. Murthy photographed them - 17 years apart.
Same music director and singer: Devdas (1955)
The film Suresh Sinha is making inside Kaagaz Ke Phool is Devdas, and the Devdas this catalogue holds - Bimal Roy's, with Dilip Kumar - came out four years earlier.
Same music director: Gambler (1971)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 12 years apart.
Same music director and singer: Jewel Thief (1967)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director: Manzil (1960)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same photographer and singer: Nastik (1983)
V. K. Murthy photographed both. On Kaagaz Ke Phool he made the beam of light in Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam with mirrors and sunlight bounced in from outside the stage, and won the Filmfare for it.
Same music director and photographer: Naya Zamana (1971)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both; V.K. Murthy photographed them - 12 years apart.
Same music director: Prem Nagar (1974)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 15 years apart.
Same director and music director: Pyaasa (1957)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director: Sujata (1959)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director and actor: Taxi Driver (1954)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director: Teen Devian (1965)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director and singer: Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both.
Same music director: Tyaag (1977)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 18 years apart.
Waheeda Rehman
Waheeda Rehman stands in the most reproduced shot in Indian cinema - the beam in Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam, which V. K. Murthy made with mirrors and sunlight bounced in from outside the stage.
Same music director and photographer: Ziddi (1964)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both; V.K. Murthy photographed them.
Same music director and actor: Zindagi Zindagi (1972)
Sachin Dev Burman wrote the music of both - 13 years apart.

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