1. A Poet's Life: Pyaasa (1957) - R. Emmet Sweeney
Feb 28, 2020 · It is a movie about failure, as Vijay's poems are roundly rejected, while his vagabond lifestyle alienates him from his immediate family.
January 10, 2017 Guru Dutt is a tragic figure in Bollywood history, a tremendously talented actor and filmmaker who committed suicide at the age of 39. He was able to direct eight films before his …
2. 'Pyaasa' Review: Guru Dutt's Hauntingly Semi-Autobiographical ...
Jun 3, 2019 · This film is a melodrama about a failed poet Vijay played by Guru Dutt himself and his attempts to get his own work more well-known in a post-independence ...
Guru Dutt’s tale of achieving success in post-independence India is a haunting piece of Bollywood cinema.
3. Pyaasa (1957): The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of It | Feminism in India
Feb 20, 2023 · Based on his own adolescence as a struggling artist and starring Dutt himself, this is a story about greed, wealth, and the artist archetype.
Pyaasa is a story about romance and romanticism of the human experience at its core. But art and capitalism are not all it is about.
4. FEMINIST MESSAGES IN GURU DUTT'S PYAASA (1957)
Dec 15, 2022 · Guru Dutt's masterpiece Pyaasa (1957) is not just a movie. It is ... He wrote a book on the surrealist movies of David Lynch, jointly ...
Guru Dutt’s masterpiece Pyaasa (1957) is not just a movie. It is in fact much more than that. It is an experiment with humanity. It is also a journey along the brighter and darker alleys of the normal human mind. While dissecting everything that cripples the Indian society then and even now, it’s partly haunting and partly reassuring narrative makes us ask some fundamental questions vis-à-vis our social existence. One of the resultant questions that crops up in the process tries to uncover the true essence of womanhood. From the narcissistic and decidedly selfish character of Meena, played by the inimitable Mala Sinha, to the selfless and deeply loving character of Gulabo, enacted flawlessly by the mesmerizing Waheeda Rehman, the movie refuses to take sides and declare loyalties. While one might argue that the protagonist Vijay, played by Guru Dutt himself, sides towards Gulabo at the end of the movie, the inclination is far from being decisive. If one takes a clear look at the diegesis of the movie, she/ he would be able to appreciate that the decision is influenced more by convenience than by ideology. While ideology does play a part in what the movie theorizes, it is more of a reflection on the true nature of the society that we live in. This research paper makes an honest attempt at deciphering the obvious and subtle feminist messages that are ingrained in the movie. While doing so, the researcher looks not just at the narrative of the movie but at the filmmaking style as...
5. Pyaasa (1957): Legendary Indian Auteur Guru Dutt's Epic Tale of ...
Apr 7, 2012 · As far as the source of Pyaasa's plot is concerned, it's surmised that the movie's story is loosely based on renowned lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi's ...
Pyaasa, Indian filmmaker Guru Dutt's 1957 film that features in Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies.
6. Negotiating Empathy and Excess: Pyaasa as a Melodrama of Authorship
Pyaasa (1957) is rather underappreciated as a rich cinematic text that opens itself up to a complex inquiry of screened authorship.
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7. A Relook at Pyaasa - Google Arts & Culture
Pyaasa is a story of a neglected writer finding a place for his love and expression in a vicious world. · Vijay a young struggling poet, is unable to get his ...
A creative-writer, the selfish-world and an unquenched thirst for love.
8. Pyaasa (1957) - Art House Cinema
Aug 27, 2014 · Pyaasa is a 1957 Hindi film produced and directed by film maker Guru Dutt and features him in the lead role. Based on the life of a young poet struggling to ...
Guru Dutt's Pyaasa (1957) signifies the beginning of the shattering of the dream which the makers of this country once had. One of the best films ever made.
9. Pyaasa (1957) directed by Guru Dutt • Reviews, film + cast - Letterboxd
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes ...
Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
10. 'Pyaasa' is the Guru Dutt gift that keeps giving - Scroll.in
Oct 17, 2015 · Pyaasa was based on a story idea called Kashmakash, written by Guru Dutt sometime in 1947 or '48 when he was only 22. Fresh from Uday ...
A new restoration of the 1950s classic provides an opportunity to appreciate all over again its many achievements.
11. Pyaasa (1957) - BFI
Set in post-Independence Calcutta, it tells the story of Vijay (Guru Dutt), an unemployed young man striving to be a published poet.
Guru Dutt’s classic, set in post-independence Kolkata (then Calcutta), tells of a young poet’s ambition.
12. Hindi Film Songs - Pyaasa (1957) - MySwar
Album · The film's premise was based on a short story Guru Dutt had written in 1947-1948 titled "Kashmakash". · Guru Dutt had initially wanted to cast Dilip Kumar ...
Pyaasa (1957) by S.D. Burman - Complete information including lyricist, singers and other credits, ratings and user and critic reviews, complete songs listing, award information and trivia. Listen song previews, buy songs and albums. Rate, contribute reviews, awards info, trivia.
13. Pyaasa (1957) - The Best of Valentine's Day
Feb 11, 2011 · Pyaasa (1957) ... Where did classic Hollywood go when it died? To India, where the nation's pop cinema (Bollywood to you) still attends to antique ...
Where did classic Hollywood go when it died? To India, where the nation's pop cinema (Bollywood to you) still attends to antique conventions of family fealty, personal integrity and, of course,...
14. 'Pyaasa' (1957): The Plight of the Starving Artist
Jan 14, 2023 · Directed by: Guru Dutt || Produced by: Guru Dutt Screenplay by: Abrar Alvi, Guru Dutt || Starring: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, ...
Directed by: Guru Dutt || Produced by: Guru Dutt Screenplay by: Abrar Alvi, Guru Dutt || Starring: Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Said Rehman Khan, Johnny Walker Music by: Sachin Dev Burman…
15. Pyaasa, 65 Years Later: Breaking Down the Film's Visual Storytelling ...
Aug 19, 2022 · Guru Dutt's intense obsession with art and the unparalleled attempts at making films his way reaches its zenith in 1957's Pyaasa. I don't ...
Guru Dutt's intense obsession with art and the unparalleled attempts at making films his way reaches its zenith in 1957's Pyaasa. I don't want to speak for the
16. On Guru Dutt's birth anniversary: How a 1957 film 'Pyaasa' still speaks to you
Jul 9, 2017 · Pyaasa is a story about a young, unemployed poet Vijay ( Guru Dutt) who fails to get recognition for his art.
On Guru Dutt’s birth anniversary: Long before La La Land and Rockstar, Guru Dutt's Pyaasa that's also listed in TIME's top 100 movies explored similar themes. The film is intellectually stimulating even today. Watching it in 2017 can be a tedious task, given the film's slow pace. But it's nevertheless impactful.
17. Describing . . . Ghosts: Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1957) - Oxford Academic
Jan 18, 2024 · 4 Describing . . . Ghosts: Pyaasa (Guru Dutt, 1957). Timothy Corrigan.
AbstractAn analysis of the elevator sequence in Pyassa, in which Vijay meets his lost love and then flashback to their past romance. The description turns
18. Pyaasa (1957) | Harveypam's Blog - WordPress.com
May 28, 2010 · Basically it is the story of a poet, a poor unemployed poet Vijay (Guru Dutt). In college his girl-friend Meena (Mala Sinha) leaves him to ...
When I first saw Pyaasa, I must have been eleven or twelve years old. Well, in fact, I didn’t get to watch it because 1. I had a exam the next day, 2. I had a splitting headache. The end result was…
19. Thirst - Rotten Tomatoes
When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly ...
Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.
20. Rut Phire Par din Hamare Phire Na (Pyaasa, 1957)
Oct 8, 2014 · Pyaasa, the 1957 Guru Dutt classic starring Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha and Waheeda Rehman, boasted of memorable music. The brilliant music was ...
One of the self-imposed rules of this blog, which I have just now recognised, is that – Thou shalt write a long post on at least one Sahir Ludhianvi song per week. This realisation came about…
21. 15 Things You Didn't Know About Guru Dutt's Pyaasa - Film Companion
Feb 19, 2022 · Based on Kashmakash, a story Dutt wrote when he was 22, the film was first titled Pyaas, but Guru Dutt felt that Pyaasa would better ...
It has been 65 years since we saw Vijay (the Guru Dutt version) play the thirsty (read ambitious) poet willing to burn the world down in Pyaasa. Why so? Because
