Jammu, July 9 -- Even six decades after his death, his classics remain relevant for the film lovers
By Tirthankar Mitra
Talk of organising a retrospective of films of Guru Dutt, it will be welcomed. The audience would be all ears, at a proposal to make a show of films of Guru Dutt. And there is good reason for it as here was a man who turned melancholia into art. He turned his camera to the painful realities of life. His music showed how the pathos, the struggles and the failures can be turned into a fusion of melody long remembered after the audience leave the halls. Guru Dutt who was born in 1925, completes his 100th year on July 9, 2025. He had a short life passing away in 1964 at the age of 39.
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