گورو دات

Film & TV

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), better known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Chaudhvin Ka Chand. In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best…

Known for

• In Search of Guru Dutt — Self (archive footage)1989
• Sanjh Aur Savera — Dr. Shankar Chaudhry1964
• Bahurani1964
• Suhagan — Vijay Kumar1964
• Bharosa — Bansi1963
• Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam — Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'1962
• Sautela Bhai — Gokul1962
• The Full Moon — Aslam1960
• Kaagaz Ke Phool — Suresh Sinha1959
• 12 O'Clock — Ajoye Kumar1958

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Key facts

Born

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone , ( 1925-07-09 ) 9 July 1925, Bangalore , Kingdom of Mysore , British India (present-day Karnataka , India)

Died

10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) (aged 39), Bombay , Maharashtra , India (present-day Mumbai )

Other name

Gurudatta Padukone

Occupations

Actor film producer film director choreographer

Years active

1946–1964

Spouse

Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ) ​

Relatives

Atma Ram (brother) Lalita Lajmi (sister) Kalpana Lajmi (niece) Shyam Benegal (cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Dominion of India

Place of birth

Bengaluru

Place of death

Mumbai

Spouse

Geeta Dutt

Occupation

film editor

Languages spoken

Hindi

Image

Guru Dutt 2004 stamp of India.jpg

Number of children

3

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