Waheeda Rehman was discovered in Telugu film industry. When Guru Dutt found her, she was raw as an actor. Over time she matured and gave memorable performances. Her platonic relationship with Guru Dutt was fodder for gossip magazines. He had a soft corner for her and she had emotions for him. But was that an affair, no one really knows.
As marriage was on rocks, Guru Dutt was slowly killing himself. He was either thinking about films or drinking. Suicidal tendencies surfaced.
Two movies – Kaagaz Ke Phool and Pyaasa defined his life and cinematic brilliance.
Pyaasa was reflection of his angst against hypocrisy in society. How people misbehave with the no-ones and run behind the names? How people don’t even hesitate in exploiting people in inferior position? How even the blood betrays? Pyaasa was story of a poet who is cheated by not only strangers but also by the people he had faith in. When his brilliance is admired by masses, they suddenly start celebrate his art. What should he do? Jump in and enjoy the empty stardom? He would rather renounce the world. Guru Dutt suffered this dilemma. Owing to responsibilities, he chose the middle path trying to balance between what he wanted and what people expected. How he wished to make more movies like Kaagaz Ke Phool which got it due years after his death.
Kaagaz Ke Phool was a glimpse in his life and life of his mentor Gyan Mukherjee. A successful man who fades away in the winds of changing times. Suresh is successful but unhappy because he doesn’t have a free hand in his work. His marriage is on rocks and is trying very hard to sort issues with his arrogant wife. He discovers an artist accidently and they fall in love. However, she walks away when his daughter objects. In the end Suresh doesn’t get anything except an unknown death. There was so much in common with his own life. Sort of a mirror image. Sort of a fore warning.
When Vasanth come he brings in gifts of nature and the bounty is cherished by all. When he leaves, he leaves silently. His absence is noticed much later. How prophetic was his name...
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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